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F1 teams head into their second day of pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit on Friday.

While some will pick up where they left off on Thursday, others will be looking to boost their lap tally at Sakhir.

That will be the case for McLaren whose mileage was limited on the opening day by brake temperature issues, with Lando Norris putting just 50 laps on the board.

The Briton was scheduled to handover the team's MCL36 to Daniel Ricciardo, but the Aussie who woke up feeling ill yesterday morning remains under the weather. So Norris will once again be on his own.

Haas will also be looking to recover the ground it lost following its freight issues and forced delayed start to its testing schedule in Bahrain.

Regarding the US outfit, Danish fans will be looking forward to seeing Kevin Magnussen back at the wheel of an F1 car, with the comeback kid getting his first taste this afternoon of Haas' VF-22.

Again, the track will go green at 10:00 local time (07:00 GMT - 08:00 CET), with the day's session breaking for lunch at 14:00 and then running from 15:00 until 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT - 17:00 CET).

Driver line-ups for Bahrain pre-season test

Thursday
March 10
Friday
March 11
Saturday
March 12
Mercedes 
AM Lewis Hamilton
PM George Russell
AM George Russell
PM Lewis Hamilton
AM TBC
PM TBC
Red Bull 
Sergio Perez Max Verstappen AM Sergio Perez
PM Max Verstappen
Ferrari
AM Charles Leclerc
PM Carlos Sainz
AM Charles Leclerc
PM Carlos Sainz
AM TBC
PM TBC
McLaren
Lando Norris Lando Norris AM TBC
PM TBC
Alpine 
AM Esteban Ocon
PM Fernando Alonso
Esteban Ocon AM TBC
PM TBC
Scuderia AlphaTauri
Pierre Gasly Yuki Tsunoda AM Pierre Gasly
PM Yuki Tsunoda
Aston Martin F1
AM Sebastian Vettel
PM Lance Stroll
AM Sebastian Vettel
PM Lance Stroll
AM Sebastian Vettel
PM Lance Stroll
Williams
Alex Albon Nicholas Latifi AM Alex Albon
PM Nicholas Latifi
Alfa Romeo F1
AM Guanyu Zhou
PM Valtteri Bottas
AM Valtteri Bottas
PM Guanyu Zhou
AM Guanyu Zhou
PM Valtteri Bottas
Haas F1 Team
AM No running
PM Pietro Fittipaldi
AM Mick Schumacher
PM Kevin Magnussen
AM TBC
PM TBC
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