While the dates for the first two-pre season tests had been agreed several months ago, the details of the runs in Barcelona and Bahrain had still to be finalised.
On Wednesday, however, F1 confirmed that its contract with both venues had been agreed, as it laid out the plans for the two three-days tests.
The Barcelona test will take place from February 23-25, while the event in Bahrain will run from March 10-12, ahead of the season opener on March 18.
While there will be tremendous hype surrounding the first running of 2022 machinery at Barcelona, F1 is treating it as nothing more than a shakedown run – which normally take place as private events.
In a statement explaining the plan, F1’s official website said: “The first outing is a lower key, pre-testing track session at Barcelona on February 23-25, allowing the teams to shake down their all-new-for-’22 cars for the first time in the same place.
“However, as is traditional with teams’ pre-testing-type events, the…
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