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Who is driving when during the first pre-season test

Find out who is driving when for each team during the first F1 pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. You can follow live coverage of the test here

Mercedes

Monday: Lewis Hamilton
Tuesday: Nico Rosberg
Wednesday: Nico Rosberg AM, Lewis Hamilton PM
Thursday: Lewis Hamilton AM, Nico Rosberg PM

Ferrari

Monday: Sebastian Vettel
Tuesday: Sebastian Vettel
Wednesday: Kimi Raikkonen
Thursday: Kimi Raikkonen

Williams

Monday: Valtteri Bottas
Tuesday: Valtteri Bottas
Wednesday: Felipe Massa
Thursday: Felipe Massa

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Red Bull

Monday: Daniel Ricciardo
Tuesday: Daniel Ricciardo
Wednesday: Daniil Kvyat
Thursday: Daniil Kvyat

Force India

Monday: Alfonso Celis Jr
Tuesday: Sergio Perez
Wednesday: Nico Hulkenberg
Thursday: Alfonso Celis Jr

Renault

Monday: Jolyon Palmer
Tuesday: Jolyon Palmer
Wednesday: Kevin Magnussen
Thursday: Kevin Magnussen

Toro Rosso

Monday: Carlos Sainz
Tuesday: Max Verstappen
Wednesday: Carlos Sainz
Thursday: Max Verstappen

Sauber

Monday: Marcus Ericsson
Tuesday: Marcus Ericsson
Wednesday: Felipe Nasr
Thursday: Felipe Nasr

McLaren

Monday: Jenson Button
Tuesday: Fernando Alonso
Wednesday: Jenson Button
Thursday: Fernando Alonso

Manor

Monday: Pascal Wehrlein
Tuesday: Pascal Wehrlein
Wednesday: Rio Haryanto
Thursday: Rio Haryanto

Haas

Monday: Romain Grosjean
Tuesday: Esteban Gutierrez
Wednesday: Romain Grosjean
Thursday: Esteban Gutierrez

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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