Sky Sports F1 has confirmed a change to the usual broadcast schedule it has adopted in recent years for pre-season testing.
Following the Barcelona shakedown event last week, F1 heads to Bahrain for two pre-season tests, each taking place over three days.
It will offer the F1 teams another chance to gather data of their new cars which have been built under fresh regulations.
The Barcelona shakedown event had no coverage as it was a private event for the teams, however Bahrain will have more access with accredited media allowed to attend.
Confirming its plans for the test running from February 11 - 13, Sky Sports will only broadcast the final hour of on-track action on each day.
This will commence at 15:00 GMT, in line with the F1 TV changes that were recently confirmed.
Later in the day, at 20:00 GMT, it will broadcast a 'Testing Wrap' show where it discusses all the action from the day.
This will then be followed by 'Ted's Testing Notebook', hosted by Ted Kravtiz, at 20:30 GMT.
The broadcast schedule for the final pre-season test of the year, which spans February 18-20, has not yet been released.
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