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F1 testing: Ferrari impress as Charles Leclerc goes quickest in Bahrain
1+ hour, 43+ min ago (232+ words) Charles Leclerc ensured Ferrari ended preseason testing in style with a scintillating set of late laps in Bahrain that will increase hype around the Italian team's 2026 chances. Leclerc finished the final day nearly 0.9 seconds clear of the next quickest car,…...
Have F1's new-for-2026 regulations made the sport too complicated?
17+ hour, 50+ min ago (898+ words) BAHRAIN -- Formula 1's new generation of cars haven't completed a competitive lap yet but have already been singled out for criticism by the sport's star drivers. F1's careful messaging around its brand-new cars was shattered a week into the first…...
F1 boss Stefano Domenicalli: Max Verstappen won't quit over new rules
17+ hour, 54+ min ago (547+ words) Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali said he is certain Max Verstappen will not quit the sport over its controversial and already-maligned new rules, which he has urged fans to "stay calm" about. F1's brand new cars -- which feature engines which are…...
Norris shares Verstappen's assessment of 2026 F1 cars: 'Not purest F1"
20+ hour, 21+ min ago (589+ words) Lando Norris has said his comments about Max Verstappen and the new Formula 1 rules were "to see the reaction of everyone" and that he in fact shares the four-time world champion's negative outlook on the 2026 cars. After Verstappen stated at…...
F1 testing: Mercedes' Antonelli tops testing on day 2 of second week
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (531+ words) Kimi Antonelli kept Mercedes at the top of the timesheets on the penultimate day of preseason testing in Bahrain after lowering the overall benchmark lap time to a 1:32.803. Antonelli was 0.058 seconds clear of the time set by McLaren's Oscar Piastri…...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff hits out at 'bulls---' F1 engine, fuel talk
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (481+ words) Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has snapped back at "utter bulls---" about a potential fuel problem a day after the FIA proposed a midseason rule change over the team's engine controversy. It was announced on Wednesday that a vote will take…...
F1 testing LIVE: Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton back in Red Bull, Ferrari cars for crucial penultimate day
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (172+ words) Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton both have the full day in their Red Bull and Ferrari cars for the penultimate day of Formula 1 2026 preseason testing on Thursday, and you can follow it all live here with ESPN. Mercedes, McLaren, Ferrari…...
25 years after his death, Earnhardt's presence lives on in Daytona
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (586+ words) DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- He is still here. Most of us are destined to be forgotten. City parks are filled with statues of once so-important figures whose bronze likenesses are now glorified bird houses. So many names over the doors of…...
Mercedes engines: F1, FIA to hold midseason vote amid controversial design
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (457+ words) Formula 1 and motorsport governing body, the FIA, will vote on a mid-season ban for a controversial engine design believed to have been pioneered by Mercedes for the upcoming 2026 season. F1 has brand new engines this year, but rivals have grown suspicious…...
Lewis Hamilton: 'My DNA' is in this Ferrari F1 car - last year is behind me
2+ day, 7+ min ago (440+ words) Lewis Hamilton said he heads into 2026 "personally in the best place" he's been in a long time with a Ferrari car which he feels has more of his "DNA" in its design. Hamilton endured a bitterly underwhelming debut season with…...