Toro Rosso’s pre-season test schedule
Published on 13 January 2015 by Stefan Meens
Max Verstappen’s team Scuderia Toro Rosso have revealed their planned driver schedule ahead of the collective pre-season Formula 1 tests in Spain. The team’s announcement followed the news that Toro Rosso’s 2015 spec racer, the STR10, passed all of the FIA mandatory crash tests.
Pre-season testing is restricted to three four-day test sessions. The first one (Feb 1-4), will be held at Jerez. For the remaining two sessions (Feb 19–22 and Feb 26–Mar 1), the venue for the Spanish Grand Prix, the Circuit de Catalunya, will host the teams as they prepare for the season opener in Melbourne in March.
Below Toro Rosso’s - provisional - full driver schedule:
Test 1, Jerez: Day 1 Sunday 1 February – Carlos Sainz Day 2 Monday 2 February – Max Verstappen Day 3 Tuesday 3 februari – Carlos Sainz Day 4 Wednesday 4 februari – Max Verstappen Test 2, Barcelona: Day 1 Thursday 19 February – Max Verstappen Day 2 Friday 20 February – Carlos Sainz Day 3 Saturday 21 February – Max Verstappen Day 4 Sunday 22 February – Carlos Sainz Test 3, Barcelona: Day 1 Thursday 26 February – Carlos Sainz Day 2 Friday 27 February – Max Verstappen Day 3 Saturday 28 February – Carlos Sainz Day 4 Sunday 1 March - Max Verstappen