F1 Pre-Season Testing: Day 1 as it happened

Formula 1 in 2020 roars into life with the start of pre-season testing!

Follow this link to keep up to date with the opening test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya which runs between February 19-21.

Formula 1 pre-season testing begins this week in Barcelona as the 10 teams prepare for their first laps in anger of 2020.

With the new campaign just a month away, attention turns to a crucial two weeks of testing, in which teams will have the chance to run their latest cars and clock up that all-important mileage ahead of the season-opener in Melbourne on March 15.

The winter test programme has been reduced from eight days to just six for 2020, adding to the importance of hitting the ground running quickly at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, which once again plays host to both tests.

F1 2020 Barcelona Pre-Season Test 1 - Driver Line-Ups:

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19

Mercedes: Valtteri Bottas (am), Lewis Hamilton (pm)

Ferrari: Charles Leclerc

Red Bull: Max Verstappen

McLaren: Carlos Sainz

Renault: Esteban Ocon (am), Daniel Ricciardo (pm)

AlphaTauri: Daniil Kvyat

Racing Point: Sergio Perez (am), Lance Stroll (pm)

Alfa Romeo: Robert Kubica (am), Antonio Giovinazzi (pm)

Haas: Kevin Magnussen

Williams: George Russell (am), Nicholas Latifi (pm)

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20

Mercedes: TBC

Ferrari: Charles Leclerc (am), Sebastian Vettel (pm)

Red Bull: Alexander Albon

McLaren: Lando Norris

Renault: Daniel Ricciardo (am), Esteban Ocon (am)

AlphaTauri: Pierre Gasly

Racing Point: Sergio Perez

Alfa Romeo: Kimi Raikkonen

Haas: Romain Grosjean

Williams: George Russell

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21

Mercedes: TBC

Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull: Max Verstappen (am), Alexander Albon (pm)

McLaren: Lando Norris (am), Carlos Sainz (pm)

Renault: Esteban Ocon (am), Daniel Ricciardo (pm)

AlphaTauri: Daniil Kvyat (am), Pierre Gasly (pm)

Racing Point: Lance Stroll

Alfa Romeo: Antonio Giovinazzi

Haas: Romain Grosjean (am), Kevin Magnussen (pm)

Williams: Nicholas Latifi