F1 Pre-Season Testing LIVE: F1 Pre-Season 2023 Testing LIVE – The F1 2023 kick starts with the F1 Pre-Season testing in Bahrain. All 10 teams will bring out their new cars on Bahrain’s Sakir circuit for a period of three days. Day 1 of the Pre-season testing begins on 23rd February at 12:30 PM IST. Defending champion Max Verstappen will be out on the track in the first session of day 1 while 7-time champion Lewis Hamilton will take the track in the evening session. Check F1 Pre-season Testing Timings, Schedule details below. Follow Formula 1 Updates with InsideSport.IN.
F1 Pre-Season Testing LIVE: F1 2023 Season kick starts in Bahrain, 10 Teams to begin Pre-Season practice STARTS from 12:30 PM – Check Full Schedule, Pre-season Timings – Follow F1 Live Updates
F1 Pre-Season Schedule
Day 1 from 12:30 PM IST to 10:00 PM IST on Thursday, February 23
Day 2 from 12:30 PM IST to 10:00 PM IST on Friday, February 24
Day 3 from 12:30 PM IST to 10:00 PM IST on Saturday, February 25
The pre-season testing will take place for a period of 3 days.
F1 Pre-Season LIVE Streaming in India
F1 fans in India will be able to witness the F1 Pre-Season on F1 TV Pro in India. As for Live Broadcast, no such information is not available as of now.
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— Formula 1 (@F1) February 22, 2023
F1 Pre-Season Testing LIVE: F1 2023 Season kick starts in Bahrain, 10 Teams to begin Pre-Season practice STARTS from 12:30 PM – Check Full Schedule, Pre-season Timings – Follow F1 Live Updates
Drivers Schedule at F1 pre-season Testing?
| Team | Day 1 AM | Day 1 PM | Day 2 AM | Day 2 PM | Day 3 AM | Day 3 PM |
| Red Bull | Max Verstappen | Max Verstappen | Sergio Perez | Max Verstappen | Sergio Perez | Sergio Perez |
| Ferrari | Carlos Sainz | Charles Leclerc | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Mercedes | George Russell | Lewis Hamilton | Lewis Hamilton | George Russell | George Russell | Lewis Hamilton |
| Alpine | Pierre Gasly | Esteban Ocon | Esteban Ocon | Pierre Gasly | Pierre Gasly | Esteban Ocon |
| McLaren | Oscar Piastri | Lando Norris | Lando Norris | Oscar Piastri | Oscar Piastri | Lando Norris |
| Alfa Romeo | Zhou Guanyu | Valtteri Bottas | Zhou Guanyu | Zhou Guanyu | Valtteri Bottas | Valtteri Bottas |
| Aston Martin | Fernando Alonso | Felipe Drugovich | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Haas | Nico Hulkenberg | Kevin Magnussen | Kevin Magnussen | Nico Hulkenberg | Nico Hulkenberg | Kevin Magnussen |
| AlphaTauri | Yuki Tsunoda | Nyck de Vries | Yuki Tsunoda | Nyck de Vries | Nyck de Vries | Yuki Tsunoda |
| Williams | Alex Albon | Logan Sargeant | Logan Sargeant | Logan Sargeant | Alex Albon | Alex Albon |
F1 Pre-Season Weather Forecast at Bahrain
The weather and temperature conditions are set to be perfect for the Pre-season. There are few chances of rain. An optimum temperature of 25 Celcius is expected to be the air temperature which will provide warm conditions on the track.
F1 Pre-Season Testing Guide
Reliability testing takes many forms. There are checks for car cooling: for example, an undercooled power unit may fail or operate with poor performance, whereas an overcooled PU is wasteful of the air flow supplied to the car, which could otherwise be used to provide downforce or reduce drag.
All the mechanical systems underneath the bodywork, from suspension through to drivers’ drinks systems, are tested in a variety of situations. Take the almost standard fuel run-out test which checks all the fuel pumps are able collect every bit of fuel from the tank during a low fuel qualifying lap. This is often the cause of many of the red flags at the end of test sessions.
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— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) February 22, 2023
F1 Pre-Season Testing LIVE: F1 2023 Season kick starts in Bahrain, 10 Teams to begin Pre-Season practice STARTS from 12:30 PM – Check Full Schedule, Pre-season Timings – Follow F1 Live Updates
Performance is more complicated. With only three days of testing ahead of the 2023 season and limited runs and tyres available, it will be impossible to fulfil the test requests from every department, even if everything runs smoothly.
Additionally, only some tests can be completed together in order to not influence the results of another. As a simple example, the car would ideally be run at different ride heights to access set-up performance, but between runs differences in track improvement, temperature, wind and tyre condition will affect results without any other tests, not to mention driver learning.
Teams end the three days with a huge volume of data that needs to be isolated from various test conditions to get the desired test result.
Track temperature will also increase or decrease the achievable lap time significantly, not to mention changeable wind levels and any deposited desert sand. Therefore, it is difficult to differentiate between fuel load, car mass and engine mode from outside observation alone.
F1 Pre-Season Testing LIVE: F1 2023 Season kick starts in Bahrain, 10 Teams to begin Pre-Season practice STARTS from 12:30 PM – Check Full Schedule, Pre-season Timings – Follow F1 Live Updates
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