Pre-season testing to take place in Bahrain
Despite the change of calendar for the 2025 season, which will begin with the Australian Grand Prix, Formula 1 winter testing will take place in Bahrain at the Sakhir circuit on February 26, 27 and 28.
For the seventh time since 2009, the ten teams participating in the F1 World Championship will meet in Bahrain for the winter tests. These will take place from February 26th to 28th, 2025, before the paddock heads to Australia for the start of the championship from March 14th to 16th.
Formula 1 and the FIA have announced that the Bahrain International Circuit will host three days of pre-season testing in 2025.
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Becoming the preferred location for these tests in recent years (2010, 2014, 2015 and every year since 2021), Bahrain offers ideal conditions for conducting these trials: its constant weather conditions, its mix of high- and low-speed corners, and its two long straight lines allow the ten Formula 1 teams to put their cars to the test, indicates the F1 statement.
Bahrain, 4th Grand Prix of the 2025 season
While the Bahrain Grand Prix has been kicking off the Formula 1 seasons since 2021, it will see three Grand Prix events precede it next season. Drivers will compete in the Australian, Chinese, and Japanese Grand Prix before heading back to the Middle East. This change in the calendar is taking place as part of the ongoing efforts in sustainability, with the sport on track to becoming Net Zero by 2030, a significant percentage of energy consumption will be reduced, the statement specifies.
The FIA also indicates that a significant percentage of the freight will remain at the Bahrain International Circuit to limit pollution related to its transportation. For the record, Max Verstappen remains on two victories at Sakhir (2023 and 2024) but it is Lewis Hamilton who holds the record for victories on the circuit (5: 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020 and 2021).
