1+ hour, 52+ min ago   (229+ words) The first of two pre-season tests at Bahrain marks the first official on-track running for the 2026 Formula 1 teams - as the five days at Barcelona in January was held behind closed doors and dubbed the 'shakedown week'. We've already seen plenty…...

15+ hour ago   (555+ words) The luxury of using the MGU-H to get the turbo up to speed has gone with the 2026 Formula 1 cars, which has implications not only for corner exit performance but also on the starting grid. The volume of exhaust gas is…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (652+ words) Lewis Hamilton's first proper media briefing of the 2026 Formula 1 season sounded in places like a pretty savage demolition of the new rules era, with disparaging headline-friendly lines about "slower than GP2" pace, "ridiculously complex" systems and "600 metres lift and coast on…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (630+ words) Mercedes fears it is well behind Red Bull with its energy deployment in Formula 1 right now " as it claims it is losing one-second per lap on the straights to its rival. In the wake of an eye-opening long run head-to-head…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (845+ words) As Audi was the first team to run its 2026 car on track, it's only right that it's the first team to hit the track with visible updates, most obviously a dramatic change to its sidepods. The difference between what it…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (760+ words) After the imposed secrecy of Formula 1's first 'shakedown' test of 2026 in Barcelona, the Bahrain test is providing no shortage of data to sink our teeth into. The headline times have Lando Norris and the Mercedes-powered McLaren gaining an early…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1031+ words) Early on the first day of Formula 1s Bahrain test it was apparent Max Verstappen was doing something others were not. Verstappen has been an early proponent of using an unorthodox downshifting technique that offered us the first real sign of…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (548+ words) Red Bull's Max Verstappen was the fastest driver in the first half of the opening day of Formula 1's first 2026 Bahrain pre-season test. After its behind-closed-doors five-day Barcelona test (where teams could run on a maximum of three days each),…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (485+ words) Lewis'Hamilton'admits his late change of race engineer for his second year at Ferrari will be "detrimental" to his 2026 Formula 1 season, as Riccardo Adami's permanent replacement will not be in the position for the opening races. Hamilton's sometimes awkward exchanges with…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (402+ words) Audi has appeared at Formula 1's pre-season test in Bahrain with an interesting change of sidepod concept. The team was one of the first to commit to an initial design specification for its R26, having had its car complete an initial…...