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Mark Hughes takes a closer look at the unusual features spotted on Ferrari's car during the second pre-season test in Bahrain.

Lando Norris admits he described the new Formula 1 cars as "a lot of fun" last week to "see what the reaction was of everyone".

Lando Norris posted the fastest time as pre-season testing continued at the Bahrain International Circuit on Thursday, leading the way from Max Verstappen and George Russell.

Irish Formula 2 driver Alex Dunne joins Alpine's young driver programme for the 2026 season.

Keep up to date with all the action - both on track and off it - as the 11 F1 teams work on preparations for the 2026 season. Live coverage of Day 2 in Bahrain.

Here are the driver line-ups in action for Day 2 of the second pre-season test in Bahrain.

Formula 1 cars were back on track on Wednesday as the second and final 2026 pre-season test got under way at the Bahrain International Circuit.

With the first day of the second 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain now complete, the F1 TV crew are here to analyse the key talking points.

Marcus Ericsson suffered a hard crash in the final session of the Unser IndyCar Open Test at Phoenix Raceway on Wednesday.
The 35-year-old Swedish native had begun the last hour of the day’s running and went through Turn 4 as the backend of his No. 28 Andretti Global Honda broke loose. Despite his best efforts to make the save, the car drifted back up and the right side hit the wall before ...Keep reading

On Thursday, the Government of South Australia and MotoGP Sports Entertainment presented the project for the street circuit, as Adelaide will take over from the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit as host of the Australian Grand Prix in 2027.
The event, held in Adelaide, was led by South Australia Premier Peter Malinauskas and Carlos Ezpeleta, Chief Sporting Officer of MotoGP Sports ...Keep reading

Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso believes that everything can be fixed on the Aston Martin AMR26, but remains realistic on the potential timeline.
The Silverstone outfit has admitted that it still has some work to do after the first week of pre-season testing in Bahrain. Alonso's team-mate Lance Stroll claimed that the team was four seconds off the pace while speaking to the media at ...Keep reading

Four-time Formula 1 champion Sebastian Vettel has teased a 24 Hours of Le Mans outing with Max Verstappen in the future.
The German driver, who retired from F1 at the end of the 2022 season, confirmed he is in regular contact with the Red Bull driver and that they have their sights set on a Le Mans entry when the time is right.
"I am also in regular contact with Max, and we talked a few ...Keep reading

Zane Smith came up just short of winning the Daytona 500 but a sixth-place finish combined with a victory in the first stage leaves his No. 38 Front Row Motorsports team fourth in the early championship standings.
This is more an important result than at any point of the past decade because a good points day very much has value under the restored Chase for the Championship coming up in ...Keep reading

F1.com's Lawrence Barretto looks back on the opening day of the second official 2026 pre-season test in Bahrain.

George Russell and Mercedes topped the timesheets as the second and final pre-season test of 2026 kicked off in Bahrain – leading the way from McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc.

Firestone will take its newly-constructed right-front tire for Phoenix Raceway and also carry it to the IndyCar round at World Wide Technology Raceway later this season.
With numerous tests to support the continuation of Firestone’s superspeedway tire development, the rubber compound has been different from anything previously raced to date in North America’s premier open-wheel ...Keep reading

Ralf Schumacher has identified what could be a "huge advantage" for Ferrari in the upcoming 2026 Formula 1 season.
As the teams are making the most of pre-season testing in Bahrain ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 6-8 March, Schumacher saw a noticeable difference in the way the Ferrari cars were able to take corners in comparison to its rivals.
"Yes, it looks tidy, and ...Keep reading

Ed Carpenter Racing’s Alexander Rossi led a gusty morning session for the Unser IndyCar Open Test at Phoenix Raceway on Wednesday.
Amid cloudy conditions that saw wind gusts exceed 20 mph, the 34-year-old California native propelled the No. 20 ECR Chevrolet to a flying lap of 174.444 mph (20.6370 seconds) around the 1-mile tri-oval.
Josef Newgarden continued his theme of running second ...Keep reading

It appeared over the weekend that NASCAR implemented a new policy that made an extra effort to not reasonably throw a caution on the final lap of a superspeedway race.
It appeared that way because NASCAR evenly applied that stance in both the Truck and Cup race across two different race directors. But also, throughout the weekend, solo car spins without any additional contact that unevenly drew ...Keep reading

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