Everything you need to know ahead of F1's first round of public pre-season testing in Bahrain for the new regulatory era.

Formula 3 Sprint Race took place on Friday at 13:15 PM Bahrain time. With Nikola Tsolov of Campos Racing taking the win, followed by debutant, Freddie Slater of AIX Racing and Tuukka Taponen of ART Grand Prix, here is a brief recap on the sprint for Round 2 in Sakhir.

It may be early days, but across six sessions of Formula One’s pre-season testing, there has been sufficient data for us to dig into.

Written by Owen Bradley Credit: Julien Delfosse / DPPI MotoGP Legend, Valentino Rossi, has been confirmed by BMW to be participating in the Bahrain rookie test in early November. Rossi will drive the BMW LMDh Prototype, his first test in the BMW M Hybrid V8 car. Rossi has claimed two podium finishes so far during his debut season in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) at Imola and at Fuji, alongside his GT World Challenge Teammate, Maxime Martin, and the bronze driver in