The McLaren driver also admitted the cars were "certainly not the purest form of racing", and he shared Verstappen's views in many ways."I agree with Max on a lot of comments," Norris said. "Probably most of the comments I agree with, but it's not that I don't have...
Just like that, pre-season testing ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season is complete. Next up, it's Melbourne.
But the work doesn't stop there for F1's 11 teams, who will be using the fortnight between now and the first round of the season in Australia (March 6-8) to dig...
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc ended the test with the single fastest lap time in an emphatic way - 0.811 seconds quicker than the next best time, set by Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.Headline times in testing are usually not the place to look to gauge the competitive order, but this did...
George Russell believes that Mercedes need to “keep on improving reliability” after experiencing some gremlins during the Bahrain test, with the Briton also suggesting that race starts could be the “tallest hurdle” to the team’s potential.
Kimi Antonelli saw his running on the final morning of pre-season testing reduced...
F1's bosses agreed at a meeting of the F1 Commission rules-making body on Wednesday they would assess data from this final test at a further meeting to decide whether action needed to be taken in the short term.Concern arises from the fact the new engine rules have tripled...
Cadillac’s Graeme Lowdon has suggested that onlookers should not “read too much” into “small issues” experienced by the squad as the second pre-season test in Bahrain got underway, with the Team Principal reiterating that the new outfit are still in the very early days of their time in...
Available for over a yearThe countdown to Formula 1’s new era has begun in earnest. There are now just days to go until the teams unleash the new-look cars that will carry their fortunes in the landmark 2026 season. Concepts crafted inside the team’s fiercely-protected factories are about...
Fresh from four days of number crunching, Formula 1's 11 teams were back at the Bahrain International Circuit for the first of just three more days of pre-season testing before we get the 2026 show on the road in Australia. While several teams had a few issues, others...
But Alonso said that a driver's skill was not as important as before, because optimum energy management meant some corners were taken slower than they could be because doing so gained more lap time from having extra energy to deploy on straights than was lost through the bends.Alonso...
Red Bull have estimated that they are sitting behind Mercedes, McLaren and Ferrari in terms of outright performance after the opening pre-season test in Bahrain, despite the “remarkable job” done by the team’s new power unit division.
Red Bull head into the 2026 campaign – and F1’s new era...
