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Williams Team Principal James Vowles says his Formula 1 team's 2026 car has passed all mandatory crash tests and they are ready to take part in official pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Lando Norris says driving around as the reigning Formula 1 world champion was a "surreal" feeling as he took to the track in Barcelona for a day of discovering his 2026 McLaren MCL40.
McLaren delayed its start to pre-season testing until Wednesday, the third of five shakedown days at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya. With teams able to pick and choose a maximum of three days to run at the ...Keep reading

"They are just playing with us!" Renger van der Zande said as early as Saturday evening during a media round in the media center of the Daytona International Speedway. They were words of pain.
Urs Kuratle, Porsche's LMDh chief, countered that after the race when asked by Motorsport.com: "I’m convinced that it looked more dominant than it actually was."
Porsche seemed untouchable through ...Keep reading

Haas was back in action at Formula 1’s Barcelona shakedown event on Wednesday, but Oliver Bearman’s running in the VF-26 was hampered by two reliability issues – with one being branded as “more serious” by team boss Ayao Komatsu.
Wednesday marked the American outfit’s second day on track, with teams permitted to run on any three out of the five days. 
“We’d sorted out so ...Keep reading

On one hand, the 2025 season was a success for Josh Berry, in that it produced his first Cup Series victory and for the Wood Brothers no less. On the other hand, there were also stretches where a lot was left on the table and left them wondering what could have been.
Specifically, the iconic No. 21 was amongst the fastest in the entire field in the first round of the playoffs, but Berry also ...Keep reading

Arvid Lindblad admits he’s unsure if he is “entirely ready” to contest his rookie Formula 1 campaign in 2026 - but he is certainly gathering praise from Racing Bulls.
The 18-year-old will enter F1 with the Italian outfit this year and conducted his first set of track action in the private Barcelona shakedown on Wednesday.
It is understood that Lindblad completed at least 42 laps, but ...Keep reading

The Balance of Performance graph for Cadillac tells a clear story: Within just four World Endurance Championship races, the V-Series.R’s power-to-weight ratio deteriorated by 0.171 kg/kW. Not even Ferrari experienced such a drastic shift this season. It was evidence that Cadillac made big steps throughout 2025.
This leap was a consequence of both an electronics update over the winter and the ...Keep reading

After years of dominating in Formula 1, Max Verstappen found himself in an underdog role during his championship fight in 2025.
His post-summer break surge in performance resulted in him missing out on the drivers' championship title by just two points to winner Lando Norris.
While he would have rather replicated a season such as 2023, when he won 19 out of the 22 grands prix, Verstappen ...Keep reading

Aston Martin has entered into a multi-year partnership with the zero-sugar energy drink brand CELSIUS.
The new partnership will bring fan activations on and off the track, in the garage and hospitality areas, as well as introducing branded fitness experiences.
In addition, the new collaboration will introduce a co-hosted Run Challenge giving fans the opportunity to complete custom run ...Keep reading

There was a lot more action on the third day of Formula 1’s pre-season ‘shakedown’ which, as is common knowledge by now, is taking place behind closed doors in Barcelona.
Six out of 11 teams took to the track, including McLaren, which skipped the first two days but is planning to run continuously until Friday evening – each team is allowed three days of testing this week.
Lando ...Keep reading

Graham Rahal believes the possibility of racing in Washington D.C. later this year should be embraced by the IndyCar community. 
An AI-generated video made the rounds on social media less than a week ago for a proposed “D.C. Grand Prix.” Presented by Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy and supported on social media by President Donald J. Trump, the concept would be part of the Freedom ...Keep reading

Williams missing the first testing sessions before the 2026 F1 season is "incredibly painful", says team principal James Vowles.

Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles says it is "incredibly painful" for his squad to miss out on the Barcelona shakedown this week, and has denied rumours the team's car will be significantly overweight.
Last week, Williams decided to abandon its plans to attend F1's first testing opportunity of the 2026 pre-season in Barcelona, losing three days of running in Spain.
The reason given ...Keep reading

Thierry Neuville has previously conquered the Monte Carlo Rally twice, but a fundamental lack of confidence to push his Hyundai to the limit left the 2024 world champion on the back foot.
Neuville had flagged even before last weekend’s season opener that he would be “lying a bit” if he said he felt confident behind the wheel of his updated Hyundai, admitting he was missing the feeling he ...Keep reading

Although only two teams took to the track on the second day of Formula 1's five-day 'shakedown' behind closed doors at the Circuit de Catalunya, there was plenty of material for analysis.
During the morning, as Ferrari focused on data collection and logging mileage on its first proper day of running the SF-26, Charles Leclerc was able to complete his first laps on a soaking track surface as ...Keep reading

Karun Chandhok has backed George Russell to become the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' champion.
2026 brings in a new set of regulations to the championship, effectively levelling the playing field. While Red Bull, and then later McLaren, dominated the ground effect era from 2022 to the end of 2025, there is no way of knowing how each team will compare in the upcoming season.
When choosing a driver ...Keep reading

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Laurent Mekies admitted that it was a “very special moment” for Red Bull to run with their own power unit for the first time during the Barcelona Shakedown, with the Team Principal adding that he is “proud” of the squad for the work that has gone into the project.

Lewis Hamilton echoed team mate Charles Leclerc’s positive early sentiments after Ferrari completed their first running of the Barcelona Shakedown on Tuesday.

The F1 movie has been nominated for three BAFTAs in the Best Editing, Best Special Visual Effects and Best Sound categories.
The Formula 1 blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has received multiple nominations during awards season, with the latest from the BAFTAs.
In the Best Editing category, F1 faces competition from A House Of Dynamite, Marty ...Keep reading