Overview
- Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar topped the times on Day 1, leading the morning and returning as the benchmark in the afternoon session.
- Alpine’s Franco Colapinto completed his first official laps, triggered the first red flag after a stoppage, then resumed to post a competitive time that placed him third in the morning.
- Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto caused the second red flag; seven teams ran, with McLaren and Ferrari delaying their first outings and Williams skipping Barcelona due to development delays.
- Mercedes logged significant mileage as Andrea Kimi Antonelli featured near the top in the morning and George Russell emerged as a frontrunner in the later running.
- The shakedown is being conducted under restricted access across five days, with each team selecting three, before two Bahrain test blocks in February ahead of the early‑March season start.