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    F1 testing: When and how to watch final three days live, full Bahrain preseason schedule and times

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    After a behind-closed-doors shakedown in Barcelona, Formula 1's 2026 season build-up has moved into full view with teams heading to Bahrain for official preseason testing. With all 11 new cars on track for the first time together, Bahrain is offering the clearest early indication yet of who has adapted quickest to the sport's sweeping regulation changes. Read below for all the essential information before testing, and how you can follow it. There are two three-day preseason tests before the start of the season on March 8. The first took place on Wednesday, Feb. 11 until Friday, Feb. 13, and the second is from Wednesday, Feb. 18 to Friday, Feb. 20. McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes topped the three days from the opening week, though Red Bull are also right in the mix. What time does it start? The remaining three days of testing all have the same schedule, starting at 7 a.m. GMT and finishing at 4 p.m. That's 10 a.m to 7 p.m. in Bahrain. Each 'session' is four hours long before there's an hour break -- unofficially for lunch -- which often features media activities. For the first time this season, all 11 teams are in action across the Bahrain tests. That means a debut for Williams, who skipped all five days of the Barcelona shakedown. Teams have been using their 2026 race drivers throughout given the amount of work to get used to the all-new cars, where the stars behind the wheel can make more of an impact than ever. F1 and its teams tried to keep Barcelona as secret as possible with only short highlights and limited timing information -- but for the first time this year fans will get a chance to watch the action live in Bahrain. For the opening three days in Bahrain, only the final hour was streamed live across F1's broadcast partners, such as Sky Sports F1 in the UK, but that is changing for the second test. The final three days will be live on Sky Sports F1, from 6.50 a.m. through to 4.10 p.m. GMT. ESPN are live blogging all the action throughout the tests, on-site in Bahrain. Follow all the updates here. All times GMT Bahrain test 1 Wednesday, Feb 11: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.Thursday, Feb 12: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.Friday, Feb 13: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Bahrain test 2 Wednesday, Feb 18: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.Thursday, Feb 19: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.Friday, Feb 20: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m.
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