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Who is driving when in the 2016 Silverstone F1 test

Find out who is driving when for each team during the post-race F1 test at Silverstone. You can follow live coverage of the test here

Mercedes

2016 car

Tuesday: Esteban Ocon
Wednesday: Esteban Ocon

2014 car testing tyres for Pirelli

Tuesday: Pascal Wehrlein
Wednesday: Pascal Wehrlein

Ferrari

Tuesday: Charles Leclerc
Wednesday: Kimi Raikkonen

Williams

Tuesday: Alex Lynn
Wednesday: Valtteri Bottas

Red Bull

Tuesday: Pierre Gasly
Wednesday: Pierre Gasly

Force India

Tuesday: Nikita Mazepin
Wednesday: Nikita Mazepin

Renault

Tuesday: Sergey Sirotkin
Wednesday: Jolyon Palmer

Toro Rosso

Tuesday: Carlos Sainz
Wednesday: Sergio Sette Camara

McLaren

Tuesday: Fernando Alonso
Wednesday: Stoffel Vandoorne

Manor

Tuesday: Rio Haryanto
Wednesday: Jordan King

Haas

Tuesday: Santino Ferrucci
Wednesday: Santino Ferrucci

Sauber is not taking part in the post-race test in an attempt to save costs, with its new aero package not yet ready for testing.

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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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