News Details

F1 teams agree to in-season Bahrain test plan for 2017

Formula 1 teams have agreed to abandon efforts to host a pre-season test in Bahrain next year and will instead run at the Sakhir track in the week after the grand prix. Following weeks of discussions about where next year's pre-season testing should take place – as teams were divided on whether to stick to Barcelona or run in Bahrain – F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone summoned team principals together on Friday lunchtime in Austin. After discussing a number of options – including having a split test or running entirely in Bahrain – it was agreed that the best way forward was not to change the long-established plan to hold both pre-season tests in Barcelona. However, a plan has been put...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Teams wary of Brexit impact on recruitment

 XPB Images F1 teams including Renault and Williams are wary of...
8y ago from F1i.com

2017 tire test a bust; can no one come to an agreement...

F1 News 2017 tire test a bust; can no one come to an agreement over...
8y ago from Formula1Blog.com

King gets FP1 run with Manor at Austin

Jordan King will make his Formula 1 practice debut when he drives for the...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Bahrain test ‘a £400,000 minimum extra cost’

 XPB Images Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley says...
8y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati using 2024 chassis and aero ‘a real...

Ducati has revealed that there is 'a real possibility' of the team using...

Jonathan Rea to miss WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Jonathan Rea has been ruled out of the WorldSBK season opener at Phillip...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Team Penske quickest in final IndyCar test day

The NTT IndyCar Series held its second and final preseason open test day...

Pit lane speed adjustments made for 2025 IndyCar season

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a few changes for the upcoming 2025...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Pato O’Ward fastest in first day of IndyCar...

The entire NTT IndyCar Series paddock set up shop in Sebring, Florida on...

ECR shares new look for 2025 IndyCar campaign

Ed Carpenter Racing has unveiled a drastically different set of liveries...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Rally Sweden by a whisker

Super Sunday on Rally Sweden was just that! After 300km of hard racing,...

Elfyn Evans under pressure on Rally Sweden –...

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin maintained their lead on Rally Sweden after...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal's Takehiro Tomiyasu confirms worst-case injury...

Arsenal defender Takehiro Tomiyasu confirms that he has undergone surgery...
6h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Ethan Nwaneri receives England call-up verdict as...

England boss Thomas Tuchel 'must be tempted' to call up Arsenal wonderkid...
8h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.