By:
Filip Cleeren, Stuart Codling, Jake Boxall-Legge
For the next three days the 10 teams will each run one car per day around the familiar confines of the Bahrain International Circuit.
So, who do we get to see this morning?
McLaren: Oscar Piastri
Ferrari: Lewis Hamilton
Red Bull: Liam Lawson
Mercedes: Andrea Kimi Antonelli
Aston Martin: Fernando Alonso
Alpine: Jack Doohan
Haas: Oliver Bearman
Racing Bulls: Yuki Tsunoda
Williams: Alex Albon
Sauber: Nico Hulkenberg
Almost all teams will switch to the other driver after lunch, with the exception of Ferrari, which will feature Lewis Hamilton all day on his official-ish debut with the Scuderia. You can find the full three-day schedule here.
Welcome to F1 2025
Good morning and welcome at Motorsport.com for the official start of the 2025 Formula 1 season. All the pomp and charade of the launch season is firmly behind us now, and it’s time to actually follow F1 cars go around a race track again!
It’s Fil here taking you through the morning hours of the first test day, with our colleagues on the ground in Bahrain feeding you information as we get it.