Driver line-ups for the 2022 F1 tests in Barcelona

Despite the fact that Formula 1 defined it as a shakedown before the official tests, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya will host three days of the 2022 preseason from this Wednesday, February 23 to Friday 25.

So that the big teams do not take advantage of their money by fielding several single-seaters, as well as to save costs, each team can only field one car per day, so the drivers have to divide the six days that the winter tests will have between Barcelona and Bahrain .

As F1 introduces regulations this year, we will see few reserve or test drivers in these tests, and it will be the starters who try to take advantage of every minute of action on the track to get used to the new cars.

However, Alfa Romeo surprised by giving the first kilometers of the tests to Robert Kubica , its reserve driver, probably due to a clause in the contract with its main sponsor, Orlen. Thus, the Pole will play the first morning, before Bottas gets in the car in the afternoon. The Finn, number 1 driver of the team, will be the only Alfa Romeo to be in all three days, since he will also share Thursday and Friday with the Chinese rookie Guanyu Zhou .

The other teams, in their line-ups for the Barcelona tests, will only put their two regular drivers on the circuit. In addition, and despite the fact that in other years we have seen drivers play full days and share the third session between the two of the team, in 2022 there is a greater disparity in ‘tactics’.

Williams, Haas, Ferrari, Aston Martin, and probably Mercedes will allocate four hours to each driver over the three days, while AlphaTauri, Red Bull , and Alpine are the only ones to have given each driver a full day and then, on the third, split the day in two.

The reason for dividing the days in a divided way and not for full days is to prevent in case of a breakdown that leaves a pilot out of activity for a whole day, and to give them the same options to enjoy the most optimal moments on the asphalt.

Team driver line-ups for each day of the Barcelona 2022 F1 tests

Equipment	Wednesday lineup February 23, 2022	Thursday lineup February 24, 2022	Wednesday lineup February 25, 2022
Aston-Martin	Sebastian Vettel (tomorrow)/ Lance Stroll (late)	Lance Stroll (morning)/ Sebastian Vettel (late)	Sebastian Vettel (tomorrow)/ Lance Stroll (late)
Hass	Nikita Mazepin (morning)/ Mick Schumacher (late)	Mick Schumacher (tomorrow)/ Nikita Mazepin (late)	Nikita Mazepin (morning)/ Mick Schumacher (late)
williams	Nicholas Latifi (manana)/ Alexander Albon (late)	Alexander Albon (manana)/ Nicholas Latifi (late)	Nicholas Latifi (manana)/ Alexander Albon (late)
AlphaTauri	Yuki Tsunoda	Pierre Gasly	Pierre Gasly (meaning) / Yuki Tsunoda
Alfa Romeo	Robert Kubica (tomorrow) / Valtteri Boots (late)	Valtteri Bottas (morning) / Guanyu Zhou (afternoon)	Guanyu Zhou (tomorrow) / Valtteri Boots (late)
Red Bull	Max Verstappen	Sergio Perez	Max Verstappen (morning) / Sergio Pérez (afternoon)
Mercedes	George Russell (morning) / Lewis Hamilton (afternoon)	Lewis Hamilton (morning) / George Russell (late)	George Russell (morning) / Lewis Hamilton (afternoon)
Alpine	Fernando Alonso	Stephen Ocon	Fernando Alonso (morning) / Esteban Ocon (afternoon)
McLaren	lando norris	Daniel Ricciardo
ferrari	Charles Leclerc (morning) / Carlos Sainz (afternoon)	Carlos Sainz (tomorrow) / Charles Leclerc (late)	Charles Leclerc (morning) / Carlos Sainz (afternoon)