Max Verstappen will give the Red Bull RB16B its first extended run out on Friday when Formula 1 pr൲e-season testing gets underway in Bahrain.

The Dutchm𝓀an will drive for the whole of the first day💙 before handing over to Sergio Perez on Saturday.

The pair w🎃ill then share driving duties on the final day of the three-day test at the Bahrain Internationalꦛ Circuit.

Compared to previous years, testing will run over three days rather than eight as a way to save costs aღnd due to the regulations remaining fairly stable compared to last season.

Red Bull launched its😼 RB16B last month and already completed a shakedown at Silverstone handing 𓂃Perez his first opportunity to drive Red Bull machinery.

The Mexican was drafted in for 2021 as a replacement for Alexander Albon as Red Bull hopes to close the gap 🀅to Mercedes.

While Red Bull rarely had the car to beat Mercedes over the cour♈se of 2020, it often had only one car in the mix wi𒁏th Albon often fighting in the midfield.

The signing of Perez should allow Red ℱBull to have a two-pronged attack against Mercedes as it looks to win its firಌst drivers' and constructors' championships since 2013.

Red Bull finished a mammoth 254 points adrift of Mercedes and it will be hoping 🎉it has ironed out the problem⛎s it suffered during 2020.

2021 marks Honda's final year in the sport before 168澳洲🌳幸运5官方开奖结果历史:bowing out at ☂the end of the season.

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Red Bull will continue to run Honda's power unit technology after 168澳洲幸ཧ运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 agreed an engine development freeze. 

Ahead of the new season, Perez said he's ಌ“in the best shape of my life” and is “hun🔜grier than ever”. 

Just a few days to be in the car. It’s been a very intense offseason, with a lot of work. Im in the best shape of my life and hungrier than ever

Solo unos días para subir al coche. Ha sido una pretemporada m༒uy intensa. Llego mejor preparado y co🌺n más hambre que nunca

— Sergio Pérez (@SChecoPerez)