Winter Testing Day 1 - Line-Up / Barcelona

Winter Break is officially over and it's time for everyone to get back to work. The first test of the pre-season is upon us and as always, we'll be reporting everything! So, let's kick off day one with who will be driving! 

BARCELONA TEST - DAY 1 - LINE-UP:

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari: Sebastian Vettel

Red Bull: Daniel Ricciardo

Williams: Valtteri Bottas

Force India: Alfonso Celis

Toro Rosso: Carlos Sainz

Renault: Jolyon Palmer

Sauber: Marcus Ericsson

McLaren: Jenson Button

Manor: Pascal Wehrlein

Haas: Romain Grosjean

(Subject to change)

Article Written By: Amy Hawk

Bahrain Testing Day 3 - Re-Cap

Day 4 of testing in Bahrain will be underway in an hour and it's time for a Re-Cap of Day 3!
We had some different drivers out on track and some action as well. Multiple cars stopped including Chilton and Maldonado - Causing red flags. There was actually quite a bit of smoke and possibly I heard there was fire from Chilton's car and there's some photos of him jumping out of the car!

There was quite a delay in getting the Force India out for Perez and in turn, he did not get to complete as many laps as anyone else. Williams had both Bottas and Massa in the car for the session, with Bottas mostl doing pit-stop practice all morning before the car got turned over to Massa for the afternoon. 

Here are the times.

Fastest Times: 

1. Lewis Hamilton - 1:34.263 / Mercedes
2. Jenson Button - 1:34.976 / McLaren
3. Felipe Massa - 1:37.066 / Williams
4. Esteban Gutierrez - 1:37.180 / Sauber
5. Sergio Perez - 1:37.367 / Force India
6. Kimi Raikkonen - 1:37.467 / Ferrari
7. Daniil Kvyat - 1:38.974 / Toro Rosso
8. Pastor Maldonado - 1:39.642 / Lotus
9. Daniel Ricciardo - 1:40.781 / Redbull
10. Marcus Ericsson - 1:42.130 / Caterham
11. Max Chilton - 1:46.672 / Marussia

Driver Line-Up for Day 4 will be up in a separate article.

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Bahrain Testing Day 3 - LINE-UP!

Here are the drivers who will be going tonight at the Bahrain International Circuit for Day 3 of Winter Testing. It will once again be an action-packed 8-hour-session and I will be doing Live-Commentary on my twitter @F1Insider78 & You can also find me with the same name on Autosport.com in the Chat under the Live Testing page! Make sure to come say Hi! and chat with us as we all gather around to talk about F1!


Line-Up / Day 3.

Redbull: Daniel Ricciardo

Lotus: Pastor Maldonado

Mercedes: Lewis Hamilton

Force India: Sergio Perez

McLaren: Jenson Button

Ferrari: Kimi Raikkonen

Sauber: Esteban Gutierrez

Toro Rosso: Daniil Kvyat

Williams: Felipe Massa & Valtteri Bottas will drive

Caterham: Marcus Ericsson

Marussia: Max Chilton

Session starts at 9 AM Bahrain time and ends at 5 PM Bahrain time / That means it starts at 10:00 PM for anyone on the West Coast in the US and 1:00 AM for people in the US East Coast. If you want it converted to your time, just let me know!

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Bahrain Testing Day 1 - Re-Cap.

Thanks to all who joined me last night on Twitter for my live commentary of Day 1 at Bahrain International Circuit! Here's a quick re-cap of what happened. Also, I'm live right now on Twitter for Day 2 and also chatting on Autosport.com in the live Forum Chat under Day 2 of Bahrain testing.

Re-Cap: Day 1 at Bahrain International Circuit started out with a few woes as the session was delayed while waiting for enough Marshalls to be around the circuit and then Fernando Alonso's Ferrari stopped out on track, before he was able to bring it back to the garage. Redbull had to delay their run as well as Toro Rosso, with theirs being due to some sort of oil leaks. Sutil in the Sauber also stopped on the circuit, and had be to removed and taken back to the pits. Other than that, things ran pretty smoothly and here are your times!

Fastest Times:

1. Nico Hulkenberg - 1:36.880 / Force India.
2. Fernando Alonso - 1:37.879/ Ferari.
3. Lewis Hamilton - 1:37.908 / Mercedes.
4. Kevin Magnussen - 1:38.295 / McLaren.
5. Sebastian Vettel - 1:40.224 / Redbull.
6. Adrian Sutil - 1:40.443 / Sauber.
7. Robin Frijns - 1:42.534 / Caterham.
8. Danill Kvyat - 1:44.346 / Toro Rosso.
9. Romain Grosjean - 1:44.832 / Lotus.
10. Felipe Massa - No Time Set / Williams.
11. Jules Bianchi - No Time Set / Marussia.

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Drivers Permanent Numbers

During the later months of 2013, it was announced that drivers were going to be allowed to pick their permanent numbers for the 2014 season. After months of waiting, the FIA announced who had chosen what number. For those of you who have not seen the list, here it is.


Redbull:

Sebastian Vettel - #1 (If he is to lose his championship spot, his number will be 5 as it is the one he chose. 1 is awarded regardless to the current champion.)
Daniel Ricciardo - #3

Ferrari:

Fernando Alonso - #24
Kimi Raikkonen - #7

Lotus:

Romain Grosjean - #8
Pastor Maldonado - #13

Mercedes:

Lewis Hamilton - #44
Nico Rosberg - #6

McLaren:

Jenson Button - #22

Kevin Magnussen - #20

Force India:

Sergio Perez - #11

Nico Hulkenberg - #27

Sauber:

Esteban Gutierrez - #22

Adrian Sutil - #99

Williams:

Felipe Massa - #19

Valtteri Bottas - #77

Toro Rosso:

Daniil Kvyat - #26

Jean-Eric Vergne - #25

Caterham:

Kamui Kobayashi - #10

Marcus Ericsson - #9

Marussia:

Jules Bianchi - #17

Max Chilton - #4

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