Updates about 2022 F1 Calendar and Pre-Season Testing from AMuS. Some news about 2022 F1 Pre-Season Testing.

Despite the fact that the current Formula One season is not even halfway over yet, the 2022 programme is already being worked on. Already a few details have been leaked regarding the start for next championship and the test days for 2022.

This way there would be, according to German automobile magazine ‘Auto Motor und Sport’: next year there will again be two test weeks. These will consist of three sessions/ days. In short: two weeks of testing, six days in total. These three extra days compared to this year are of course necessary to be able to test the new car, which will be used from 2022 on. The teams have insisted on this, according to the German automobile magazine.

Yet another difference is that these two weeks will be at different circuits, as reported by Auto Motor und Sport. The test days will start with three days in Barcelona, which should take place from 23 to 25 February. Then, also different from past years, there will be a two-week break to give teams a first chance of working on the car based on the data gathered from the first testing session.

From March 11 to 13 the second round of testing will be scheduled for Bahrain. In the meantime, teams will have time to analyse their data from the first test week, mainly for safety reasons and to give the teams extra time to work out the first problems with the new car.

2022 Formula 1 season to start on 20 March
The fact that the final testing session will take place in Bahrain is not so strange since the new season should start in Bahrain, just like this year. From March 20th the new season, with the new cars, would then be opened. However, a sports rulebook has to be changed for this, as article 8.5a of the regulations currently states that there should be at least ten days between the last test day and the start of the new season. This would not be the case with this set-up.

There is also information about the second race of the 2022 Formula One season, which will most likely take place a week after the Bahrain event. The second race will be scheduled for 27 March at the new circuit of Saudi Arabia, which will be used for the first time at the end of the year.