F1 has confirmed that pre-season testing in 2020 has been reduced to six days in view of the calendar being expanded to 22 races.

While, in recent years, there have been two tests of four days each, next year each test will comprise just three days.

The tests will take place at Barcelona on 19 - 21 February and 26 - 28 February, with the season opening Australian Grand Prix scheduled for 15 March.

The in-season tests, which this year took place in Bahrain and Spain, have been scrapped in the hope that the teams will place greater emphasis on the Friday practice sessions.

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1. Posted by sagosac, 09/10/2019 10:57

"Yes, indeed sounds a bit -- well -- avaricious.
Same with engine freeze, restrictive parc-fermé-regulations and banning innovations: it mus all cement the pecking order.
Really hard to get your head around this knowledge (no irony ! ), but we never witnessed anything else.
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2. Posted by Spindoctor, 05/10/2019 10:41

"In this the 50th anniversary of Monty Python, you'd have to describe this as "Too silly"!
One reason that a single team has the opportunity to dominate for so long is the inability of competitors to test & develop their cars enough to achieve parity.
Talent aside (and they had plenty!) the Schumacher\Brawn duopoly depended on exhaustive testing, and when that dominance was challenged, it was by other Teams' extensive testing & development."

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3. Posted by Nortim, 05/10/2019 8:52

"6 days of testing only? Why they even bother with those 6? No testing - go to Australia and let's have guessing time... :("

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