F1 testing 2023

Pre-season is finally here! Follow us for all the live action as it happens on the opening day of testing in Bahrain.

Our first green light of the season will appear in 30 minutes’ time for the first four-hour session of the day until 1415 local time. 1044: You may have seen over the course of the off season that we have launched a brand-new F1 channel with GFN called On Track GP and our first predictions video is out now! 1245: Only a couple of cars out on track at the moment, Sainz and Drugovich. All is calm and serene at the moment as the drivers crack on with their programmes. The first session of the Formula 1 2023 season is in the books. As for the rest, Oscar Piastri, Zhou Guanyu, Felipe Drugovich, Nico Hulkenberg, Yuki Tsunoda and Alex Albon will all be in action. George Russell is first in the queue. 1200: We’ve hit the two-hour mark of the first morning session and it’s absolutely flown by! As it was for the majority of 2022, Max Verstappen is at the top of the timesheets while it is Carlos Sainz behind him and the surprise sight of Alex Albon in P3. 1515: Welcome back to Bahrain for the afternoon session. Promotion is available to new subscriptions only and discounted subscriptions will auto-renew to full price unless cancelled prior to the date of renewal. Verstappen tops the timesheets while rookies Drugovich and Piastri get out on track.

Formula One is back as the sole pre-season test begins in Sakhir.

Unlike most recent years, Barcelona will not host the F1 pre-season test this year with the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir instead the destination for both testing and the first race of the campaign. F1 testing in 2023 begins on Thursday, February 23 and continues across the Friday and Saturday. F1 testing: Dates, times and how to watch 2023 pre-season in Bahrain today

Max Verstappen set the pace during the opening morning of pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Ahead of the 2023 F1 season, RacingNews365.com journalists Dieter Rencken and Michael Butterworth look back on a winter break laden with intrigue and controversy. [Red Bull](/formula-1-teams/red-bull) driver set the pace with a lap of 1:32.959, as well as completing 71 laps during the morning. Max Verstappen topped the timesheets as the first session of F1 2023 pre-season testing got underway in Bahrain.

F1 testing LIVE: Schedule, lap times, live stream and updates as 2023 pre-season begins in Bahrain with Max Verstappen going fastest.

F1 testing LIVE: No cars out on track In 60 laps in these conditions it’s all relative to others and fuel load etc, I could spot straight away what strengths and weaknesses we had. F1 testing LIVE: Verstappen out on track! Excited to jump back in tomorrow evening. F1 testing LIVE: Lance Stroll has been ruled out of the three-day testing window, with Aston Martin test driver Felipe Drugovich taking his place on Thursday morning. F1 testing LIVE: Here’s the drivers out on track for this afternoon’s session! Logan Sargeant just goes off track into turn 10 in his Williams. F1 testing LIVE: Pierre Gasly, speaking to F1 TV: F1 testing LIVE: Update! F1 testing LIVE: Felipe Drugovich, speaking to F1 TV: F1 testing LIVE: Here’s who’s out on track this afternoon in Bahrain!