F1 pre-season testing 2026: Fastest times, most laps, driver line-ups for five-day Barcelona Shakedown event

After five days of Formula 1 testing in Barcelona, Sky Sports F1 recap the unofficial fastest laps and mileage.

Who went fastest?

The fastest laps of Barcelona Shakedown per driver


Driver	Team	Test Day	Lap Time
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	Day Five	1:16.348
George Russell	Mercedes	Day Four	1:16.445
Lando Norris	McLaren	Day Five	1:16.594
Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	Day Five	1:16.653
Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	Day Five	1:17.081
Oscar Piastri	McLaren	Day Four	:17.446
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Day Five	1:17.586
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	Day Five	1:17.707
Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	Day Two	1:18.159
Esteban Ocon	Haas	Day Five	1:18.393
Oliver Bearman	Haas	Day Five	1:18.423
Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	Day Four	1:18.451
Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	Day Four	1:18.840
Franco Colapinto	Alpine	Day Three	1:19.150
Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	Day Five	1:19.870
Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	Day Five	1:20.179
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	Day Five	1:20.795
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	Day Five	120.920
Sergio Perez	Cadillac	Day Four	1:21.024
Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	Day Four	1:46.404
Alex Albon	Williams
Carlos Sainz	Williams

The fastest laps of Barcelona Shakedown per team


Driver	Team	Test Day	Lap Time
Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	Day Five	1:16.348
George Russell	Mercedes	Day Four	1:16.445
Lando Norris	McLaren	Day Five	1:16.594
Max Verstappen	Red Bull	Day Five	1:17.586
Pierre Gasly	Alpine	Day Five	1:17.707
Esteban Ocon	Haas	Day Five	1:18.393
Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	Day Four	1:18.451
Nico Hulkenberg	Audi	Day Five	1:19.870
Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	Day Five	1:20.795
Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	Day Five	120.920

Who went furthest?

Team	Number of laps
Mercedes	500
Haas	402
Alpine	349
Ferrari	340
Red Bull	305
Racing Bulls	318
McLaren	291
Audi	244
Cadillac	165
Aston Martin	65
Williams	0

When is F1 Bahrain pre-season testing?

The introduction of new regulations means there is a robust schedule of three separate testing events before the start of the 2026 season.

With the Barcelona Shakedown now done, two tests follow in Bahrain from February 11-13 and 18-20.

When is the first F1 race?

The teams then have two weeks to prepare for the opening round of the season, which is the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne from March 6-8.

The first practice sessions of the season will take place on Friday March 6, with Qualifying on Saturday March 7 and the opening race on Sunday March 8.

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