F1 testing 2025: Pre-season session timings in Bahrain and how to watch The three-day test gives all 20 drivers their first chance to get to grips with their 2025 cars.
The official F1 pre-season test takes place once again in Bahrain on 26-28 February as anticipation builds towards the 2025 season.
Yet this year, Albert Park in Australia will host the first race of the season for the first time since 2019.
Bahrain has held the test every year since the Covid pandemic, with the season-opener usually following at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir.
It means all 20 drivers will have two weeks from the three-day pre-season test to the first ‘lights out’ of the season, ahead of another record-equalling 24-race calendar.
