F1 Testing 2026 – Second Test, Day 1
P1 with Matt and Tommy
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🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
We’ve reached the second F1 test, just weeks away from the start of the season - and some big questions still need answering. Will the teams sort these crazy start procedures? Will Mercedes end up using cooking oil in their engine? And what does Tommy’s dad think of the day’s action?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody and welcome back to the P1 podcast with Matt and Tommy. |
| 0:10.6 | We are a matter of weeks away from the start of the Formula One season. |
| 0:16.5 | We are a matter of two more days after today and testing is done and dusted. |
| 0:21.5 | Day one of the second Bahrain F1 test is in the bag and we're here to chat about it. |
| 0:29.0 | Let's discuss what's been going down today, Tommy. |
| 0:32.7 | I wouldn't say the most chaotic of days, a lot of running for a lot of teams, but I think there |
| 0:39.5 | also are a few outliers that we need to discuss, as well as other news as well, away from |
| 0:45.3 | F1 testing, but to do with the F1 season, to do with sprint races and stuff like that, to talk |
| 0:50.2 | about as well. So lots to get through. Definitely. Yeah, there's been loads of news and chatter |
| 0:55.9 | today, of course, the fact that we're doing a lot more testing than normal. So we've already kind of |
| 1:02.3 | seen a lot of what we believe to be the pecking order, although some people have gone a little |
| 1:07.3 | bit faster, which is maybe making a few of us worried. |
| 1:11.9 | We'll get on to them later. |
| 1:16.9 | But yeah, there's also been a lot of news dropping and things like that as well and still trying to tweak these rules. |
| 1:19.9 | You know, no other sport goes into a new season with like a few weeks to go. |
| 1:24.5 | And they're still kind of making it up and going, should we do this? |
| 1:28.5 | Should we do that? |
| 1:29.7 | Do we need to change this? |
| 1:31.0 | It is bizarre. |
| 1:32.2 | But this is the sport we have. |
| 1:34.7 | This is the sport we have. |
| 1:36.1 | This is the sport we love most of the time. |
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