After the first day of Formula 1 2022 pre-season testing, the drivers return to the track to continue testing their new cars, but with changes in the line-ups for Friday, March 11.
Which drivers will compete on Friday in the 2022 F1 tests? Lineups:
- Alpine : Esteban Ocon
- Ferrari : Charles Leclerc (morning), Carlos Sainz (afternoon)
- Red Bull : Max Verstappen
- Mercedes : George Russell (morning), Lewis Hamilton (afternoon)
- Aston Martin : Sebastian Vettel (morning), Lance Stroll (afternoon)
- Williams : Nicholas Latifi
- Haas : Mick Schumacher (morning), Kevin Magnussen (afternoon)
- AlphaTauri : Yuki Tsunoda
- Alfa Romeo : Valtteri Bottas (morning), Guanyu Zhou (afternoon)
- McLaren : Lando Norris
The second day of pre-season testing will begin at 10:00 a.m. local time in Bahrain (08:00 a.m. in Spanish peninsular time), and the teams will have 4 hours to shoot until 2:00 p.m., at which time session 60 will stop. minutes for lunch.
After that, the teams will have another 4 hours to continue testing the new cars with ground effect on the Shakir track, until 7:00 p.m., when the checkered flag falls.
| Equipment | Friday March 11 | Saturday March 12 |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes |
|
Sin confirmar |
| Red Bull |
 M. Verstappen |
|
| ferrari |
|
unconfirmed |
| McLaren |
|
Sin confirmar |
|
Alpine |
 E. Ocon |
 F. Alonso |
| AlphaTauri |  Y. Tsunoda |
P. Gasly Y. Tsunoda |
| Aston Martin |
|
|
| williams |  N. Latifi |
|
| Alfa Romeo |  V. Bottas G. Zhou |
G. Zhou V. Bottas |
| Haas |
 M. Schumacher K. Magnussen |
K. Magnussen M. Schumacher |
G. Russell
S. Pérez
C. Leclerc 
A. Albon After leading the day on Thursday, Pierre Gasly will make way for Yuki Tsunoda, while the favourite, according to George Russell, the Ferrari team, will keep its line-up, with Leclerc in the morning and Sainz in the afternoon.
Mercedes will switch roles, as will Alfa Romeo, with Bottas in the morning session and Zhou in the afternoon. For its part, Alpine, after the problems of Fernando Alonso, will leave the whole day for Esteban Ocon, as will Williams with Latifi and Red Bull with Verstappen.
At Aston Martin they will continue with the same program, with Vettel in the morning and Stroll when the sun begins to go down. McLaren, after Ricciardo’s indisposition, will put the Australian at the controls of the MCL36 at dawn, allowing Norris to drive in the afternoon.
Haas, after recovering from cargo delays, will finally have its regular driver pairing on the tarmac, with Mick Schumacher opening the day and Kevin Magnussen when Shakir’s lights come on.
