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New pre-season testing date and venue confirmed
With the first F1 race of 2021 now in Bahrain on March 28, pre-season testing has been switched to Sakhir from Barcelona. Originally scheduled for the Circuit de Catalunya from March 2-4, teams will now get to try out their cars for the new campaign in Bahrain on March 12, 13 and 14 instead. The switch has been formally agreed by Formula 1, the FIA and the teams for logistical reasons, being at the same venue as where the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend will take place exactly two weeks after the three days of testing. To save costs, testing has been restricted to just three days in 2021, which means only one-and-a-half days of running for each driver. Compared to previous years, that will...
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