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 […]

World champion Lando Norris was fastest as the second test began but Lance Stroll managed just 36 laps in the new Aston Martin […]

McLaren's Lando Norris opened the book on the first day of official Formula 1 pre-season testing by going 0.129s faster than Max Verstappen, although the Red Bull driver completed more laps than McLaren managed all day.Oscar Piastri set a best time of 1m35.602s over 54 laps in the morning, before Norris took over the MCL40 and set the fastest time of the day – 1m34.669s – in the afternoon […]

Lando Norris tops the timesheets as pre-season testing gets underway […]

Early on the first day of Formula 1’s Bahrain test it was apparent Max Verstappen was doing something others were not […]

Newly-crowned world champion Lando Norris kept his McLaren top of the order on the first official day of Formula 1 preseason testing for 2026 […]

Reigning Formula 1 champion Lando Norris and his McLaren team set the fastest time of the opening day of F1 testing in Bahrain - but Red Bull and Max Verstappen stole the limelight […]

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

Lando Norris fastest for McLaren on first day in Bahrain; Max Verstappen second as Red Bull impress rivals; 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 […]

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes Red Bull has set the early benchmark for power unit performance under Formula 1's new regulations […]

Lewis Hamilton will have Kimi Raikkonen's ex-F1 race engineer Carlo Santi before a permanent replacement for Riccardo Adami can be in place […]

"It's like you need a degree to fully understand," says Lewis Hamilton of modes terminology […]

Valtteri Bottas has revealed that his talks with the Cadillac Formula 1 team started more than three years ago, as he offered an update on the outfit as Bahrain testing for the 2026 season starts today. Bottas was confirmed to be part of Cadillac's line-up alongside former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez for the squad's first season in the championship. But while its arrival on the grid wasn't […]

Cadillac Formula 1 executive engineering consultant Pat Symonds has defended Sergio Perez, arguing that the bad press the Mexican driver has received in recent years is "undeserved".The American outfit joins the F1 grid in 2026 after gaining entry as the 11th team. It comes with the experienced driver line-up of former Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas and former Red Bull driver Sergio […]

Mercedes are at the centre of an engine dispute during F1s two pre-season tests in Bahrain; watch the 3-4pm hour on each day of the first Bahrain test live from Wednesday on Sky Sports F1 before full coverage of the February 18-20 second test […]

Lewis Hamilton thinks Formula 1 fans will need a university degree in the sport's new regulations just to understand what's happening in races this year […]

Lewis Hamilton says splitting with race engineer Riccardo Adami was “a very difficult decision to make” ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season.Hamilton’s first campaign as a Ferrari driver was perhaps the toughest in his lengthy, glittering F1 career, amid a clear lack of chemistry in his communication with Adami.Read Also:Formula 1Lewis Hamilton: ‘New F1 cars more fun to […]

Lewis Hamilton revealed that his Ferrari race engineer will change again a few races into the 2026 Formula 1 season; watch the 3-4pm hour on each day of the first Bahrain test live from Wednesday on Sky Sports F1 before full coverage of the February 18-20 second test […]

As the row over his own engine continues, Mercedes boss, Toto Wolff suggests that in fact it is the Red Bull power unit that is the current benchmark […]

The Mercedes engine is at the centre of attention at the start of Formula 1 testing in Bahrain. Although Toto Wolff emphasised that Red Bull is the benchmark in his view, that does not change the fact that rivals are working on plans to get the compression ratio checks adjusted before the start of the season.Rivals are urging the FIA to change the procedures, as Mercedes complies with the 16:1 […]

Audi brought the second session of the opening day of Bahrain 2026 Formula 1 testing to a halt when Nico Hulkenberg came to a stand 90 minutes in […]

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 […]

Mercedes fears it is well behind "benchmark" Red Bull with its energy deployment in Formula 1 right now […]

Lewis Hamilton revealed his Ferrari race engineer will change for a second time early in the 2026 season, saying on Wednesday that he expects the lack of stability to be "detrimental." […]

Mercedes Formula 1 chief Toto Wolff believes new power unit manufacturer Red Bull Ford has come out of the gates with the best engine at Bahrain testing.During a spell in which Honda decided to withdraw from F1, a decision it later reversed to partner with Aston Martin, former CEO Christian Horner pushed ahead with the decision for Red Bull to start producing in-house power units. It then […]

Audi's the first team to hit the track with visible 2026 upgrades - here's ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson's take on them […]

The last few years have been difficult for Lewis Hamilton after he struggled to extract performance from the ground-effect Formula 1 cars following a deflating end to the hybrid era. And after an equally difficult 2025 season - his first with Ferrari - a new set of regulations will undoubtedly bring a refreshed seven-time champion. Jenson Button believes his second year with the Scuderia will […]

F1 movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer has confirmed that a sequel to the blockbuster is officially being worked on.Following the immense success of the film, which has surpassed $630million at the global box office since its release in June 2025, there has been an abundance of chatter about a potential sequel. While conversations surrounding the topic have been confirmed previously, Bruckheimer […]

Formula 1 tyre supplier Pirelli has been pleasantly surprised by the all-new 2026 cars following early fears that performance levels would be similar to Formula 2.This year will introduce the biggest regulation overhaul in F1 history, as a chassis is approximately 32kg lighter with significantly less downforce, while power units are now more reliant on electrical energy.This follows four […]

A second Formula 1 movie is in development, according to producer Jerry Bruckheimer […]

Oscar Piastri arrived in Bahrain for the first pre-season test accompanied by two new faces – at least as far as the Formula 1 paddock is concerned.This represents a direct response to the issues which beset him during the second half of his world championship campaign last season, when he lost a commanding lead in the drivers' standings to a flurry of mistakes and sub-optimal race […]

A new documentary about four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen, Max Verstappen - New Ground, has been released on Viaplay.The three-part documentary follows the Dutchman as he sets up his own racing team and works with sim racing driver Chris Lulham to get him into real-world racing at the 24 Hours of Spa."Viaplay and I have worked together for many years to show what racing is […]

Max Verstappen led the way as Formula 1 testing resumed at the Bahrain International Circuit […]

Cadillac Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas was quick to get a call from Netflix's Drive to Survive producers after he secured a contract with the American outfit for the 2026 season. Cadillac will join the F1 grid as the 11th team in 2026 with the experienced driver line-up of Bottas and former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez. Graeme Lowdon serves as the team principal, and Zhou Guanyu has taken […]

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen set the fastest time of Wednesday’s morning session in Formula 1’s Bahrain pre-season test.Shortly before 12pm local time – with the test’s opening session taking place from 10am to 2pm – Verstappen set a 1m35.433s on soft tyres for Red Bull.As F1 switches to new technical regulations, this time is five-and-a-half seconds slower than Oscar Piastri’s […]

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 […]

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

Convinced the Mercedes engine is fully legal, Williams boss, James Vowles empathises with "p****d off" rivals sort of […]

Early trackside viewing from Bahrain has revealed just how different the new generation of Formula 1 cars are to their ground-effect predecessors […]

After 10 of the 11 Formula 1 teams made it to Barcelona for the shakedown last month, the circus has now rolled into the Bahrain International Circuit for the start of official pre-season testing. Almost as soon as the track went live, we got our fist glimpse of all 11 2026 cars on track together for the first time, here's how they look. Read Also:Formula 1Mercedes' early F1 […]

Audi has appeared at Formula 1's pre-season test in Bahrain with an interesting change of sidepod concept […]

Mercedes being able to complete a full race simulation on day two of F1's Barcelona shakedown in January was a "laugh in everyone's face", thinks Williams chief James Vowles.Mercedes got off to an ominously strong start to the 2026 pre-season as Andrea Kimi Antonelli completed a full race simulation on day two on Barcelona's shakedown at the end of January.The Mercedes W17 and its HPP […]

Arvid Lindblad led the way for Racing Bulls just after the opening hour of F1's pre-season test in Bahrain on Wednesday […]

Formula 1's preseason kicks into overdrive with the first of two tests in Bahrain this week, and you can follow all the action live with ESPN […]

At the start of winter testing in Bahrain, most discussions in the Formula 1 paddock revolve around two words: compression ratio. Rivals are keeping a close eye on the Mercedes power unit, which complies with the 16:1 limit during static tests, but can achieve a higher ratio while running on track.Audi, Ferrari and Honda immediately asked for clarification in a joint letter to the FIA, with […]

Williams team principal James Vowles says F1 has a choice to make about whether it remains a meritocracy or punishes "the best engineering" amid the row over compression ratio rules […]

Formula 1 design legend Adrian Newey has revealed how he conceived the concept behind his new Aston Martin AMR26 while on gardening leave from Red Bull […]

Every team has just one car in the Bahrain F1 test - so which driver is driving when? […]

Also in Wednesday's edition of the RaceFans round-up, Antonelli Kimi Antonelli is unhurt after crashing a road car […]

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports Germany reporter Ralf Schumacher has announced his engagement to his partner Étienne Bousquet-Cassagne.The pair first confirmed their relationship in July 2024 and are understood to have been together for three years. They have remained relatively private since then."We are pleased to confirm that Ralf Schumacher and his partner Étienne […]