Bahrain F1 2026 second test: When is each driver in the car?

As quickly as that, the 2026 Formula 1 pre-season is almost at its end - with this week's second Bahrain test offering teams the final chance to hone their new cars on-track before the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in early March.

Every driver on the grid will be in action across the February 18-20 test in Bahrain but, as is often the case, some teams have chosen to split days between drivers, while others will use a single driver per day.

Those plans may yet change depending on run plans and whether either of the team's two drivers is conspicuously short of mileage due to something unforeseen. But, for now, here is what we know of the plans for the test.

Team by team

McLaren

WED: Lando Norris (AM), Oscar Piastri (PM)
THU: Norris (AM), Piastri (PM)
FRI: Piastri (AM), Norris (PM)

Mercedes

WED: Kimi Antonelli (AM), George Russell (PM)
THU: Russell (AM), Antonelli (PM)
FRI: Antonelli (AM), Russell (PM)

Red Bull

WED: Isack Hadjar
THU: Max Verstappen
FRI: Hadjar (AM), Verstappen (PM)

Ferrari

WED: Charles Leclerc (AM), Lewis Hamilton (PM)
THU: Hamilton
FRI: Leclerc

Williams

WED: Alex Albon (AM), Carlos Sainz (PM)
THU: Albon
FRI: Sainz

Racing Bulls

WED: Arvid Lindlad (AM), Liam Lawson (PM)
THU: Lawson
FRI: Lindblad

Aston Martin

WED: Lance Stroll (AM), Fernando Alonso (PM)
THU: Alonso
FRI: Stroll

Haas

WED: Esteban Ocon (AM), Ollie Bearman (PM)
THU: Bearman (PM), Ocon (AM)
FRI: Ocon (AM), Bearman (PM)

Audi

WED: Nico Hulkenberg (AM), Gabriel Bortoleto (PM)
THU: Bortoleto (AM), Hulkenberg (PM)
FRI: Hulkenberg (AM), Bortoleto (PM)

Alpine

WED: Pierre Gasly (AM), Franco Colapinto (PM)
THU: Colapinto
Fri: Gasly

Cadillac

WED: Sergio Perez (AM), Valtteri Bottas (PM)
THU: Bottas (AM), Perez (PM)
FRI: Perez (AM), Bottas (PM)

Day by day

Wednesday, February 18

Hadjar
Norris (AM)
Antonelli (AM)
Leclerc (AM)
Albon (AM)
Lindblad (AM)
Stroll (AM)
Ocon (AM)
Hulkenberg (AM)
Gasly (AM)
Perez (AM)
Piastri (PM)
Russell (PM)
Hamilton (PM)
Sainz (PM)
Lawson (PM)
Alonso (PM)
Bearman (PM)
Bortoleto (PM)
Colapinto (PM)
Bottas (PM)

Thursday, February 19

Verstappen
Hamilton
Lawson
Alonso
Colapinto
Albon
Norris (AM)
Russell (AM)
Bearman (AM)
Bortoleto (AM)
Bottas (AM)
Piastri (PM)
Antonelli (PM)
Ocon (PM)
Hulkenberg (PM)
Perez (PM)

Friday, February 20

Leclerc
Lindblad
Stroll
Gasly
Sainz
Piastri (AM)
Antonelli (AM)
Hadjar (AM)
Ocon (AM)
Hulkenberg (AM)
Perez (AM)
Norris (PM)
Russell (PM)
Verstappen (PM)
Bearman (PM)
Bortoleto (PM)
Bottas (PM)