2017 Bahrain F1 In-season Test Line up

It was announced yesterday that sixteen drivers on the current Formula 1 grid will take part in testing during this week’s two-day in-season test in Bahrain.

Lewis Hamilton will drive for Mercedes on Tuesday, with teammate Valtteri Bottas taking over the following day. Championship leader Sebastian Vettel is staying on in Bahrain after his victory to drive on Wednesday, with reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi starting the test on Tuesday.

Red Bull Racing driver Daniel Ricciardo is on duty on Tuesday, with reigning GP2 champion Pierre Gasly driving on day two. Force India have decided that Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon will share driving duties for Force India on Tuesday, with reserve Alfonso Celis Jr getting a full day.

Williams is also splitting driving duties, with Lance Stroll and Felipe Massa in attendance on Tuesday and ex-McLaren test driver Gary Paffett driving the FW40 on Wednesday.
Formula 2 driver Sean Gelael will drive an F1 car for the first time when he tests the Toro Rosso on Tuesday, with Daniil Kvyat and Carlos Sainz splitting the driving on Wednesday.

Haas have decided that Romain Grosjean will have a day's running on Tuesday; with Kevin Magnussen running a full day on Wednesday. The Renault F1 Team has decided that Nico Hulkenberg and Sergey Sirotkin get a day each in the Renault while Sauber is sharing driving duties with Marcus Ericsson and Pascal Wehrlein.

McLaren-Honda development driver Oliver Turvey will test on Tuesday with Stoffel Vandoorne running the following day.

Here's the 2017 Bahrain F1 In-season test line up as follows:-
Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team- Lewis Hamilton (Tuesday), Valtteri Bottas (Wednesday)
Ferrari- Antonio Giovinazzi (Tuesday), Sebastian Vettel (Wednesday)
Red Bull- Daniel Ricciardo (Tuesday), Pierre Gasly (Wednesday)
Force India-Sergio Perez and Esteban Ocon (Tuesday), Alfonso Celis Jr (Wednesday)
Williams- Lance Stroll and Felipe Massa (Tuesday), Gary Paffett (Wednesday)
Haas- Romain Grosjean (Tuesday), Kevin Magnussen (Wednesday)
Toro Rosso- Sean Gelael (Tuesday), Carlos Sainz Jr and Daniil Kvyat (Wednesday)
Renault- Nico Hulkenberg (Tuesday), Sergey Sirotkin (Wednesday)
Sauber- Marcus Ericsson (Tuesday), Pascal Wehrlein (Wednesday)
McLaren-Honda- Oliver Turvey (Tuesday), Stoffel Vandoorne (Wednesday)

Driving for Pleasure will be covering both days of the Bahrain in-season test with reports of each day.

Sarah Jones-@jonesy_laaa