The Spanish driver Fernando Alonso, two-time Formula One world champion, will sit in the new McLaren this Tuesday and Thursday to start the pre-season tests that the eleven teams will carry out at the Barcelona Circuit.
In addition to Tuesday, Alonso will also take the controls of the McLaren on Thursday, alternating with his partner Jenson Batton, who will drive the car on Monday and Wednesday; Like the other Spaniard in the World Cup, Carlos Sainz Jr from Madrid, who will be at Toro Rosso for another year.
The first round of training will begin this Monday at the Barcelona Circuit, in the town of Montmeló, and will conclude on Thursday, while the second will be from March 1 to 4.
The world championship will start on March 20 in Australia, as usual, where the first of the twenty-one races of the course will be run.
The first drivers to open the track tomorrow will be: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes), Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari), Valtteri Bottas
(Williams), Daniel Ricciardo (Red Bull), Alfonso Celis (Force India), Jolyon Palmer (Renault), Carlos Sainz Jr (Toro Rosso),
Marcus Ericsson (Sauber), Jenson Button (McLaren), Pascal Wehrlein (Manor) and Romain Grosjean (Haas).
Alonso will race on Tuesday and Thursday in Montmelo; Sainz, tomorrow and Wednesday
