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EXPLAINED: How the Barcelona Shakedown will work
With pre-season testing fast approaching, Lawrence Barretto outlines how the Barcelona Shakedown will unfold.
With the winter break firmly in the rearview mirrors and several of the teams having already completed a first run of their car during a filming day or released imagery of their new livery and machines, attention is now turning to the next step – the Barcelona Shakedown.
It's an opportunity for teams to run their car without limitations like a maximum of 200km of running on promotional tyres that is permitted during filming days, so they can start checking parts on the new machines work as expected.
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Nate Saunders lifts the lid on everything you need to know about Formula One's first test of the new 2026 regulations in Barcelona. (7:55)
McLaren has released the first images of the car Lando Norris will use to defend his Formula 1 title, albeit finished in an interim testing livery.
The MCL40 will hit the track for the first time at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya later this week as F1 preseason testing gets underway at a private test.
Each team is allowed to run on three days over a five-day period this week, and the defending constructors' champions have elected to push its first day to Tuesday or Wednesday in order to maximise development time.
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Formula 1’s first pre-season test, marketed now as ‘Shakedown Week’, begins in Spain on Monday – but only behind closed doors.
There will be no public timing, media do not have access, and teams are limited to sharing just half a dozen images of their cars on track a day.
F1 itself will be there as a content creator, though. This will include sharing material on social media, filming a few minutes of drivers and team personnel speaking across the week, and putting together a highlights package each evening.
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