Formula 1 teams have confirmed their driver arrangements for the first pre-season test of 2020.
[smr2020test]Three days of testing will begin at the Circuit de Catalunya tomorrow, followed by another three from Wednesday to Thursday next week.
The reduction from two four-day tests last year to a pair of three-day outings this year has prompted several teams to split the running between their drivers on individual days. Mercedes intend to do this on all three days, and say they will confirm exact details of who will drive for them on a day-by-day basis.
Renault, Racing Point, Williams and Alfa Romeo will also split their first day of running between two drivers. Robert Kubica is the only non-race driver currently scheduled to participate in the test, and will be first to drive the C39 tomorrow.
Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen will each have a full day at the wheel of their new cars on Monday before handing over to their respective team mates.
[f1tv2020testc]
2020 pre-season test one driver line-up
| Wednesday 19th | Thursday 20th | Friday 21st | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercedes | Valtteri Bottas (am) / Lewis Hamilton (pm) | Will confirm day-by-day | |
| Ferrari | Sebastian Vettel | Sebastian Vettel (am) / Charles Leclerc (pm) | Charles Leclerc |
| Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Alexander Albon | Max Verstappen (am) / Alexander Albon (pm) |
| McLaren | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Lando Norris | Lando Norris (am) / Carlos Sainz Jnr (pm) |
| Renault | Esteban Ocon (am) / Daniel Ricciardo (pm) | Daniel Ricciardo (am) / Esteban Ocon (pm) | Esteban Ocon (am) / Daniel Ricciardo (pm) |
| AlphaTauri | Daniil Kvyat | Pierre Gasly | Daniil Kvyat (am) / Pierre Gasly (pm) |
| Racing Point | Sergio Perez (am) / Lance Stroll (pm) | Sergio Perez | Lance Stroll |
| Alfa Romeo | Robert Kubica (am) / Antonio Giovinazzi (pm) | Kimi Raikkonen | Antonio Giovinazzi |
| Haas | Kevin Magnussen | Romain Grosjean | Romain Grosjean (am) / Kevin Magnussen (pm) |
| Williams | George Russell (am) / Nicholas Latifi (pm) | George Russell | Nicholas Latifi |
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Jere (@jerejj)
18th February 2020, 13:51
All teams except Alfa Romeo and Renault (Mercedes excluded due to the lack of confirmation at this point) follow the same pattern of both drivers getting one full and a half test-day each.
Jon Bee
18th February 2020, 14:14
Lewis Hamilton is already on a winning streak.
He’s the shared winner of the 2020 Laureus World Sportsman Of The Year.
Dani Popescu
18th February 2020, 14:35
This needs correcting:
. 🙂
Robbie (@robbie)
18th February 2020, 16:07
As well, Seb and Max have full days on Wednesday, not Monday.
DAllein (@)
18th February 2020, 16:26
F1 is back for one last time!
(yes, I have no hope for anything good in 2021, so will be enjoying 2020 as The End)
Jere (@jerejj)
18th February 2020, 17:09
@dallein We don’t know at this point how the planned changes are going to pan out when the time comes, so no point in being critical or sad now. Give things a chance first before judging.
Robbie (@robbie)
18th February 2020, 18:02
I’m so looking forward to next year, as this will be the final year of BE influenced F1, and we’ll be on to a much better product after this.
bob (@riptide)
18th February 2020, 16:56
According to the team, tomorrow Bottas doing the morning, with Hamilton in the afternoon.
Jere (@jerejj)
18th February 2020, 18:16
@riptide True.
DB-C90 (@dbradock)
18th February 2020, 23:30
I’ll be greatly interested to know how effective this round of testing will actually be given they have shortened it.
There’s also next t no time any more for any changes to be made between tests, so if a team turns up with a problem, it may well be that next week will be pretty ineffective as well.
Adrian Hancox (@ahxshades)
19th February 2020, 0:57
but – it’s only testing :)
Mark
19th February 2020, 5:28
Great to see Robert Kubica in F1, even as a reserve driver for now.