Day two of F1 2026's Bahrain test dropped more clues of this year's pecking order […]

All the laptimes and total lap counts you need to know for every team and every driver at the first Bahrain F1 2026 test […]

Lando Norris does not share Max Verstappen’s dislike of the new F1 rules – and says his rival is welcome to walk away from the series if he is not happy with the cars […]

Reigning world champion Lando Norris feels Formula 1 drivers have little to complain about following Max Verstappen's explosive criticism on the new generation of cars.Speaking his mind on the new regulations, which feature a much bigger reliance on electric energy that forces drivers and teams to focus heavily on energy management, Verstappen said the new cars are "not a lot of fun" and feel […]

At the end of the second day of testing in Bahrain, Max Verstappen shared his honest opinion about the new Formula 1 regulations, and it is fair to say he is far from impressed. Speaking during the English-language media session, he described the package as “anti-racing” and “Formula E on steroids”.In the Dutch media session that followed, he went a step further and revealed that he […]

Pictures from the third day of the first test for the 2026 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit. This gallery will be updated throughout the day […]

Max Verstappen says Red Bull are taking extra motivation from being an engine supplier; Verstappen also aired reservations over F1s new cars; watch the 3-4pm hour on Friday at the first Bahrain test live on Sky Sports F1 before full coverage of the February 18-20 test […]

On day two of Formula 1's first official pre-season test, held in Bahrain from February 11-13, here are the key figures to remember.Read Also:Formula 1F1 2026 Bahrain pre-season test: Charles Leclerc tops day two, Lando Norris completes most lapsFormula 1All important statistics from day one of 2026 F1 Bahrain testBahrain Test 1, Day 2 - Mileage per […]

Netflix has released the trailer for Drive to Survive Season 8 ahead of its release on the streaming platform on 27 February 2026.The eighth season will cover the on and off-track stories of the 2025 season, and the trailer has shared a hint of what's to come from the docuseries. It starts with footage from the F1-75 show in London. "This is the moment we have all been waiting for," McLaren's […]

Charles Lecelrc edges out Lando Norris as drivers continue to get to grips with F1 2026 […]

Max Verstappen trashed Formula 1's new rules for the 2026 season after starting his second test in Red Bull's latest car […]

Former Red Bull motorsport advisor Dr Helmut Marko claims that the Milton Keynes outfit must continue to provide four-time champion Max Verstappen with a competitive power unit if it wants to keep him happy.Red Bull parted ways with Honda at the end of 2025 and launched Red Bull Powertrains in collaboration with Ford, coinciding with the introduction of the new regulations in the championship […]

Max Verstappen slammed Formula 1's new generation of cars after sampling the 2026 Red Bull in Bahrain testing, saying they are "not fun to drive" and "FE on steroids".On day two of the first three-day Bahrain test, Verstappen hosted his first proper press conference of 2026, having completed 136 laps on Wednesday before handing over the car to team-mate Isack Hadjar today.Verstappen and […]

Max Verstappen has labelled the energy management demands of F1's 2026 cars "not very Formula 1-like", "anti-racing" and more like "Formula E on steroids" […]

Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris led the way while Red Bull and Mercedes rebouded from slow starts to day two of testing in Bahrain […]

Charles Leclerc was fastest on day two of Formula 1’s 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain, pipping world champion Lando Norris who completed the most mileage.The Ferrari driver set a 1m34.273s early in the morning session with his time on softs subsequently going unbeaten - 0.511s quicker than the medium-running McLaren, which was fastest on day one.  But Norris’ time also came in the […]

Four-time champion Max Verstappen has said Formula 1's new generation of cars are not fun to drive, comparing them to the all-electric series Formula E, but "on steroids." […]

Charles Leclerc topped the second day of Formula 1's Bahrain preseason test as the new competitive order continued to be shrouded in mystery ahead of the coming year […]

Charles Leclerc ended the second day of Formula 1 2026 testing at Bahrain with the fastest time as seven teams completed more than 100 laps […]

Aston Martin’s tough start to Formula 1 testing with Honda is laid bare when watching the car trackside […]

Today's times from Manama, the second day of the first pre-season test […]

Charles Leclerc topped Lando Norris as Ferrari and McLaren both had a strong day; Red Bull and Mercedes were hit by technical issues; watch the 3-4pm hour on each day of the first Bahrain test live on Sky Sports F1 before full coverage of the February 18-20 second test […]

Formula 1 is set for fresh talks about changes to race starts, The Race has learned, despite Ferrari blocking a previous move to alter them […]

Lance Stroll left seriously unimpressed following initial runs in the Aston Martin […]

Lance Stroll was extremely downbeat after Aston Martin’s tough start to pre-season testing for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign - claiming “we’re four seconds off”.The Silverstone outfit was four days late to the first collective shakedown of the year in Barcelona before Stroll completed just 36 laps on day one of this week’s Bahrain test - only Franco Colapinto had fewer.That was the […]

Lance Stroll has said Aston Martin need to find four seconds of performance over the remaining days of preseason testing […]

Carlos Sainz claims that the early signs suggest that Red Bull's engine has stolen a march on its rivals […]

Carlos Sainz has insisted that while it was frustrating to miss the Barcelona shakedown, he has not lost any confidence in Williams.Williams decided to skip the private testing at Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, "following delays in the FW48 programme.""Yeah, frustrating. Obviously, I'm not going to hide away from the fact that I would have loved to be in Barcelona to get those three […]

Valtteri Bottas's Cadillac losing a wing mirror on track and Pierre Gasly's Alpine stopping on track triggered two red flags in quick succession on the second day of F1 2026's first Bahrain test […]

Lance Stroll says the 2026 Aston Martin Formula 1 car looks up to four and a half seconds off the leading teams in Bahrain testing […]

The 2026 Formula 1 regulation change has brought all kinds of challenges to the drivers given the cars are now totally different from their predecessors. A chassis, for example, is approximately 32kg lighter with significantly less downforce, while the power unit is much more reliant on electric energy having a near-50:50 split alongside the internal combustion engine.It is the changes to the […]

This is not the start Aston Martin had hoped for in the 2026 Formula 1 season. After falling behind in the Barcelona shakedown, the team was expected to recover the mileage and valuable time lost in Spain due to issues with assembling the car. However, she first day in Sakhir did not go smoothly and the Silverstone-based team had to give up a large part of the session due to technical problems […]

Coincidence or copying? The number of F1 drivers trying the technique being mastered by Max Verstappen increased exponentially on the second day of testing in Bahrain […]

Mercedes and Red Bull's new Formula 1 cars were hardly seen on the morning of the second day of testing in Bahrain […]

Nailing a good race start in the 2026 F1 cars is going to be a lot more challenging. Gary Anderson explains why […]

Ferrari F1 driver Charles Leclerc set the new fastest time of the Bahrain test in the morning session of the second day, as both Mercedes and Red Bull hit trouble […]

Toto Wolff has confirmed that it was Mercedes-AMG that pushed to change the dates of the preparation races for the Nürburgring 24 Hours to accommodate Max Verstappen due to the influence the four-time Formula 1 champion has on the series' viewership.After making his GT3 debut, and winning, in the Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie (NLS) in 2025, Verstappen has been eager to continue with his […]

This morning's times from the Bahrain International Circuit, the second day of pre-season testing […]

Charles Leclerc topped the second morning of Formula 1’s opening Bahrain pre-season test, as Mercedes and Red Bull were hit by reliability trouble alongside Cadillac.About an hour and 15 minutes into the session, Leclerc drove Ferrari’s SF-26 to a 1m34.273s, which is four tenths faster than McLaren’s Lando Norris achieved on Wednesday.Norris’ own 1m34.669s benchmark was set on […]

The Mercedes Formula 1 team has encountered its second issue of the Bahrain test, with Andrea Kimi Antonelli's W17 breaking down after just three laps with a power unit issue.Mercedes had been reliably racking up miles at Barcelona's shakedown, but its running in Bahrain has now been halted for two consecutive days. On Wednesday afternoon Antonelli was restricted to 30 laps with a suspension […]

Williams driver Carlos Sainz says Red Bull Ford's power units have looked "a step ahead", backing similar comments by Mercedes, as he offered fresh insight into how to get the best of out the 2026 generation of cars.On Wednesday, Mercedes chief Toto Wolff said Red Bull Ford's power units are currently the benchmark in Bahrain winter testing, singling out the new manufacturer's outstanding […]

A Cadillac-triggered red flag punctuated the opening hour of running on day two of Formula 1's first of two pre-season tests in Bahrain […]

Cadillac consultant Pat Symonds says F1's 11th team wants to "earn the respect" of its more experienced rivals with how the squad tackles its debut season.While the true pecking order will take some time to fully emerge, Cadillac doesn't appear to be completely out of the ballpark - the 107% rule that team principal Graeme Lowdon's previous start-up team Manor had to battle on a regular basis […]

Until a week ago, Mercedes was confident its engine compression ratio trick would stand. Now the tide might have turned against it and towards a rule change […]

While each lap of 2026 Formula 1 pre-season testing in Bahrain adds to the teams' accumulated knowledge of how the cars will function when the racing begins, questions remain over how key elements of the spectacle will work, and how it will be communicated to fans, spectators and casual TV viewers.Despite extensive briefings, drivers are still getting to grips with the complex demands of the […]

Thursday's edition of the RaceFans round-up […]

If you've been keeping your eyes on testing today in Bahrain and were able to look away from Audi's rather intriguing sidepod design, then you will have seen what Williams has added to its garages. The Grove outfit has added a pair of animated eyes to the back of its monitors via a screen and it's quickly become the talk of the paddock.While Williams missed the shakedown in Barcelona earlier […]

Yuki Tsunoda will make a return to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car for a demonstration event in San Francisco.The Red Bull test and reserve driver will join former F1 and rallycross driver Scott Speed, Ford off-road racer Mitch Guthrie and freestyle motocross rider Aaron Colton. Tsunoda will take the driver's seat of Red Bull's double-title-winning 2011 RB7.“I can’t wait to get back […]

Lewis Hamilton is concerned about how much energy-saving Formula 1 drivers will have to do in the new cars for 2026 […]

Lando Norris topped the timesheets on the first day of testing in Sakhir, the first of six pre-season testing days ahead of the season-opening race in Melbourne on March 8 […]

The opening day of F1’s Bahrain test has already given us the deeper insight we’ve been waiting for – so here’s everything we learned from the first proper day of watching 2026 F1 cars […]

Driver line-ups, fastest lap times and most laps completed at Formula 1s first official pre-season test in Bahrain; watch the 3-4pm hour on each day of the first Bahrain test live on Sky Sports F1 before full coverage of the February 18-20 second test […]

Formula 1 was back on track in Bahrain for the first day of its official pre-season test, which will run from 11 February until 13 February. After a day of running, these are the key figures to remember from Wednesday.Read also:Formula 1F1 2026 Bahrain pre-season test: Lando Norris edges Max Verstappen on day oneBahrain Test 1, Day 1: Mileage by […]

Pictures of all 11 Formula 1 cars in action on the first day of the second test for the 2026 F1 season at the Bahrain International Circuit […]

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 as we analyse long-runs from day one […]

Cadillac Formula 1 team principal Graeme Lowdon has admitted that the positive start to testing for the American outfit has not changed his expectations for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.Pre-season testing started today in Bahrain after a private shakedown in Barcelona from 26 - 30 January. As Cadillac prepares for its first season in F1, it used the shakedown to test every part of […]