F1 testing 2025 LIVE: Stream and times as Lewis Hamilton makes Ferrari debut in Bahrain

The Ferrari driver takes the run-off area at turn 11 as he goes beyond the white line, but rejoins all OK.

Hamilton has done 11 laps so far, and is fifth in the leaderboard, He’s currently on the hard tyre.

With a time of 1:32.862, Albon tops the leaderboard for Williams after an hour!

AM: 7am-11am (GMT); PM: 12pm-4pm

• Wednesday: Piastri (AM), Norris (PM)
• Thursday: TBC
• Friday: TBC

• Wednesday: Hamilton (AM), Leclerc (PM)
• Thursday: TBC
• Friday: TBC

• Wednesday: Lawson (AM), Verstappen (PM)
• Thursday: Lawson
• Friday: Verstappen

• Wednesday: Antonelli (AM), Russell (PM)
• Thursday: Russell (AM), Antonelli (PM)
• Friday: Antonelli (AM), Russell (PM)

• Wednesday: Alonso (AM), Stroll (PM)
• Thursday: Alonso (AM), Stroll (PM)
• Friday: Stroll (AM), Alonso (PM)

• Wednesday: Albon (AM), Sainz (PM)
• Thursday: Sainz (AM), Sainz (PM)
• Friday: Albon (AM), Albon (PM)

• Wednesday: Doohan (AM), Gasly (PM)
• Thursday: Gasly (AM), Doohan (PM)
• Friday: Doohan (AM), Gasly (PM)

• Wednesday: Bearman (AM), Ocon (PM)
• Thursday: Ocon (AM), Bearman (PM)
• Friday: Bearman (AM), Ocon (PM)

• Wednesday: Hulkenberg (AM), Bortoleto (PM)
• Thursday: Hulkenberg (AM), Bortoleto (PM)
• Friday: Bortoleto (AM), Hulkenberg (PM)

This will get some getting used to!

Kimi Antonelli has Peter Bonnington – Lewis Hamilton’s long-term engineer – in his corner as race engineer at Mercedes this season!

From a 40-year-old to an 18-year-old for Bono!

Forty-five minutes in and we can give you the leaderboard early on, with the big caveat that absolutely nothing should be read into it!

All the cars are on different run-plans with different fuel loads, so impossible to gauge true pace.

Still, let’s have some fun.

1. Jack Doohan – 1:33:196

2. Fernando Alonso – 1:33:359

3. Nico Hulkenberg – 1:33:842

4. Yuki Tsunoda – 1:33:983

5. Lewis Hamilton – 1:35:086

6. Liam Lawson – 1:35:428

7. Ollie Bearman – 1:35:619

8. Kimi Antonelli – 1:37:310

9. Oscar Piastri – no time

The official pre-season test takes place from Wednesday 26 February to Friday 28 February.

In line with previous years, the track will be open for eight hours each day, starting at 7am (GMT) and ending at 4pm (GMT).

Teams have a choice: they can either give a driver a whole day’s worth of running or split the sessions up between their pair.

Either way, barring any injuries, illness or car breakdowns, each driver will get 12 hours of time in the car over the course of the three days.

Beyond the safe confines of Ferrari HQ in Maranello and the adjoining Fiorano circuit, this week in Bahrain will be the first time we see Lewis Hamilton properly unleashed for the fabled Scuderia.

This week’s official – and only – three-day pre-season test in Bahrain will give the waiting world a first glimpse at the pecking order in Formula One this year, a fortnight out from the 2025 campaign starting at its traditional season-opener in Melbourne, Australia.

And the unknowns are plentiful. In what is the final year of the sport’s current phase of regulations, a convergence of the field seems overwhelmingly likely in 2025. Mercifully, it is no longer a case of nine teams languishing hopelessly behind Red Bull.

The Red Bull driver, a surprise call-up for many to the main team ahead of Yuki Tsunoda, is in the car this morning ahead of the first season he’s actually started in F1, despite making his debut in 2023!

Mercedes – Kimi Antonelli

Aston Martin – Fernando Alonso

The first session is from 7am-11am (GMT)!