Driver line-up confirmed for final pre-season test

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Teams have confirmed their driver line-up for the final four days of testing before the start of the Australian Grand Prix weekend.

Several teams have joined Mercedes in swapping their driver line-ups during the day. Mercedes began this practice due to the large amount of mileage they were able to complete which was becoming too much of a strain for a single driver each day.

Felipe Massa will begin the test for Williams having been unable to take part in the final day of last week’s test due to the damage caused by his team mate’s crash. Lance Stroll will be back at the wheel of the FW40 for the first time on Wednesday afternoon.

The only race driver yet to sample his car for the new season, Sauber’s Pascal Wehrlein, will be in action after being given the all-clear by doctors to resume driving.

TeamCarTuesday 7thWednesday 8thThursday 9thFriday 10th
Red BullRB13Daniel RicciardoMax VerstappenDaniel RicciardoMax Verstappen
HaasVF-17Kevin MagnussenRomain GrosjeanKevin MagnussenRomain Grosjean
WilliamsFW40Felipe MassaFelipe Massa / Lance StrollLance Stroll / Felipe MassaLance Stroll
McLarenMCL32Stoffel VandoorneFernando AlonsoStoffel VandoorneFernando Alonso
Toro RossoSTR12Daniil KvyatCarlos Sainz JnrDaniil KvyatCarlos Sainz Jnr
MercedesW08Lewis Hamilton / Valtteri BottasValtteri Bottas / Lewis HamiltonLewis Hamilton / Valtteri BottasValtteri Bottas / Lewis Hamilton
FerrariSF70HSebastian VettelKimi RaikkonenSebastian VettelKimi Raikkonen
SauberC36Pascal WehrleinMarcus EricssonPascal WehrleinMarcus Ericsson
Force IndiaVJM10Esteban OconSergio PerezEsteban OconSergio Perez
RenaultRS17Jolyon Palmer / Nico HulkenbergNico Hulkenberg / Jolyon PalmerJolyon Palmer / Nico HulkenbergNico Hulkenberg / Jolyon Palmer

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8 comments on “Driver line-up confirmed for final pre-season test”

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    Jeanrien (@jeanrien)
    6th March 2017, 20:07

    Mercedes going for high mileage again and Renault trying to mimic it ?

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      Diego (@ironcito)
      7th March 2017, 1:15

      They’re all going for high mileage, I would think. That doesn’t mean that mileage is the only metric for a successful test, but yeah, nobody’s going to do 20 laps and be satisfied.

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    hahostolze (@hahostolze)
    6th March 2017, 20:45

    Williams FW40 Felipe Massa Felipe Massa / Lance Stroll No Thursday running Felipe Massa

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      rpiian (@rpiian)
      7th March 2017, 13:36

      Zing!

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    dutchtreat (@dutchtreat)
    6th March 2017, 21:05

    McLaren must have found a Peugeot engine somewhere for the test…

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      G. (#F1insperations) (@greggriffiths)
      6th March 2017, 21:21

      Hahaha…A suped up 206 they found on the perimeter fence of the Spanish race track

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    DonSmee (@david-beau)
    7th March 2017, 18:56

    Which driver is that in the photo?

    1. Jorge Olivier
      7th March 2017, 22:40

      Looks like Sainz.

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