The Preseason test of Formula 1 They can go back to Barcelona In 2026. There were rumors for these months of possibility, due to the importance of changing 2026 regulations. Cars and machines will be new, so next year grid teams will require more than three days of preseason currently debated to prove their new cars and propellers and will come ready at the beginning of the course. F1 wants to make sure the show is the best and that the teams are prepared after a major regulation change, and for that reason, among others, according to MD, this is the F1 itself and not the layout of Catalan that has been in touch with the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya To shift your interest in conducting some preseason test in Montmeló.
A few days ago, the ‘mototime.es’ portal assured that the circuit of Barcelona-Catalunya will go -Host the combined preseason tests, and finally, ‘Autosport’ provided the details of the concrete: According to the prestigious expert medium, Catalan track will re -house pre -Season trials in all current setsspecifically, those on the track of new cars of 2026. Barcelona is the place selected so that in the first time all 2026 cars share asphalt.
Called as ‘unofficial’: by public or television
However, the format will be similar to 2022: without public and, theoretical, without a live television range. The reason? The money. This happened in 2022, when F1 celebrated several days of testing new cars into Barcelona regulation in a test called ‘Not Officer’. All, to label subsequent trials to Sakhir circuit as ‘official trial’, with live and public incidence of television for money placed by BahrainNothing else. But the work track will be equally important.
After the first trials of BarcelonaTeams will go Bahrain To perform two official trials, planned by February 12 to 14 (3 days) and from 18 to 20 of the same month (3 days). Thus, in 5 days of Barcelona and the 6 divided into two batches of Bahrain, in 2026 a total of 11 days of trial, the year with more trials in the last decade.
The circuit ensures that it still has no details
The surprising thing about all this is the ‘autosport’ information that leaks that the circuit ensures that it is still not. Catalan resources assured that this newspaper a few minutes before the news of the news of ‘Autosport’ That has not been signed or confirmed and that, so far, everyone has the first approach of F1 to show that there will be some trials on all sets on the track in Montmeló.
Catalan layout is asserted that “after this first approach, we hope that in the next day or weeks” F1 confirmed the details in the circuit to close the calendar. After publishing details through ‘Autosport’, the track added “We have no information published.”
Completely out of renewal
In addition, the resources of Circuit clearly to md That the fact that the part of the pre -Season Test part of 2026 has nothing to do with the negotiations that they keep on the calendar of F1 beyond 2026 (Last year of contract). They also indicate that this does not mean that the trials are continuously conducted in Barcelona in the subsequent preseason, as it is a kind of contract “year -it.” In this sense, they said F1 “only requested 2026”.
Why did F1 return to the circuit?
F1 wants to return to Barcelona in the 2026 preseason test as it is a major regulation change. The 3 days tested today before the start of the course is not enough. Teams need more and Barcelona is the idyllic area for many reasons. The first, by Track properties, with curves and different areas and representative to understand the behavior of new cars at all Type of turn or its long line.
In this is accompanied by its strategic location: it is close to factories, Located on the old continent. This facilitates the logistics of the teams: they can take cars in factories to work with them as soon as possible. It also allows complex to receive new pieces for track testing during testing.
In addition, the good situation of the circuit, near Barcelona, and the modified facilities, is very much appreciated things so that the work of the teams and the F1 is the best.
Source: La Verdad
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