Alpine confirm when Franco Colapinto will test in F1 at Bahrain | OneFootball

Formula 1 will face a new stage of testing this week with the aim of fine-tuning technical details ahead of the start of the championship, which will take place in Australia between March 6 and 8. After the first session in Barcelona, the teams moved to the Bahrain International Circuit, where Franco Colapinto will take to the track on Wednesday morning and all day Friday with Alpine.

The circuit located in Sakhir will host two rounds of testing in February. The first will be from Wednesday the 11th to Friday the 13th, while the second will take place from the 18th to the 20th of the same month. Both sessions will serve to evaluate the performance of the new single-seaters under the 2026 regulations and to continue with the drivers’ adaptation.

Each day of testing will follow a fixed schedule, with two four-hour sessions per day. Activity will begin at 4 a.m. (Argentinian time) and run until 8. After a break, the cars will return to the track from 9 to 13. This format will be repeated over the three days.

Colapinto will be the first to get into the Alpine car: the 22-year-old from Buenos Aires will drive on Wednesday during the morning session. In the afternoon, Pierre Gasly will take the wheel, and he will also be the only one on track on Thursday. On Friday, the car will return to the hands of the Argentine driver.

There will also be media contact during the sessions. Colapinto will speak on Wednesday at 11, while Gasly will do so on Thursday at 13:05 and Friday at 8:30. That same day, a statement from Steve Nielsen is also scheduled, although the Argentine driver will not participate in that meeting.

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