29 January 2026 00:28
Former Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner has visited the FIA in Paris, raising questions among Formula 1 fans.
Horner was replaced in his role at the Milton Keynes outfit by Laurent Mekies on 9 July 2025. There have been multiple rumours surrounding a potential return of the Briton to the paddock. However, nothing has been confirmed at this stage. But as FIA president ...
28 January 2026 20:49
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 ...
28 January 2026 20:30
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 ...
28 January 2026 20:17
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 ...
28 January 2026 18:54
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 ...
28 January 2026 18:44
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 ...
28 January 2026 18:30
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 ...
28 January 2026 17:04
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 ...
28 January 2026 15:21
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 ...
28 January 2026 15:19
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 ...
28 January 2026 14:32
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 ...
28 January 2026 13:56
Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Karun Chandhok has raised concerns about Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari race engineer changes.
The seven-time champion is currently working with an interim race engineer during private testing for the 2026 F1 season after Ferrari confirmed earlier in January that his 2025 race engineer, Riccardo Adami, would move to another role.
Hamilton joined ...
28 January 2026 13:29
Cadillac Formula 1 team principal Graeme Lowdon says the needle between his team and Red Bull partner Ford "adds another layer of interest" to the series.
Cadillac is making its long-awaited F1 debut this year as an 11th expansion team, initially joining as a Ferrari customer outfit while working on its in-house power units in the US. Meanwhile, Ford is returning to the series as a power unit ...
28 January 2026 11:49
Aston Martin has confirmed that it has retained Stoffel Vandoorne as its simulator, test and reserve driver for 2026.
The Belgian driver has been part of the Silverstone outfit since 2023, initially joining as the reserve and simulator driver alongside 2022 Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich.
After making his Formula 1 debut in 2016 with McLaren, where he also served as a reserve driver ...
28 January 2026 10:11
Ferrari’s first day of 2026 Formula 1 pre-season testing was made “very challenging” by the rain but featured “no major issues”, Lewis Hamilton recapped.
F1 has reconvened for an opening five-day test behind closed doors at Barcelona, with teams allowed to run on three of those days.
After shaking down its new SF-26 at Fiorano on Friday with a 15km Demonstration Event, Ferrari ...
28 January 2026 09:42
The initial filming day for Racing Bulls at Imola and the collective shakedown in Barcelona mark the first steps for Red Bull-Ford Powertrains on track.
The partnership came about after Red Bull’s negotiations with Porsche – which wanted to be a partner “on equal footing” – broke down and Ford Performance director Mark Rushbrook saw his opportunity. By his own admission, he simply ...
27 January 2026 21:16
The Red Bull Formula 1 team is still evaluating its plans for a final day of Barcelona running after Isack Hadjar suffered a crash with the new RB22 on Tuesday.
In tricky wet conditions, Hadjar spun backwards into the wall at Barcelona's final corner, damaging the rear of Red Bull's 2026 challenger in the process and ending the Frenchman's day. Given the limited information available from the ...
27 January 2026 18:57
The second day of Formula 1’s secretive ‘shakedown week’ at the Circuit de Catalunya proved much quieter as only two teams took to the track. Ferrari, like McLaren, had signalled its intention to miss the opening day but the reigning constructors’ champion also did not appear on the second.
Each team is permitted three days of running during the five-day ‘shakedown’, and these do ...
27 January 2026 18:23
Isack Hadjar crashed Red Bull’s RB22 car on the second day of Formula 1’s first pre-season test at Barcelona.
A five-day test is taking place behind closed doors at the Catalan track this week, as teams get to grips with new machinery meeting the overhauled chassis and engine regulations for 2026, with each outfit allowed to run on three of those days.
Red Bull is the only squad that ...
27 January 2026 16:56
Charles Leclerc says “everything went properly” during Ferrari’s first morning of 2026 Formula 1 testing at Barcelona.
As F1 moves into a new technical era with new chassis and engine regulations, the world championship is having a five-day test behind closed doors at the Catalan track this week, though teams can run on only three days each.
Ferrari unveiled its new SF-26 on Friday in ...
27 January 2026 16:51
When new rules come into force in Formula 1, it's natural to see many different interpretations across the grid, especially on those components that define the car’s overall concept. From tail to tip, from the sidepods to the suspension, all the way to the front wing, changes have swept the 2026 cars in line with the new philosophy this season.
The FIA has sought to limit the outwash effect ...
27 January 2026 15:47
The Williams Formula 1 team has partnered with Sparco ahead of the 2026 season on a multi-year deal.
Sparco joins the Grove outfit as its official racewear and technical apparel supplier, providing race suits for drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, as well as the team's F1 Academy driver, and members of the Williams F1 Team Driver Academy, Williams Heritage, sim racing drivers and the ...
27 January 2026 13:01
Formula 1 and F1 Academy have announced today, 27 January 2026, a partnership with Standard Chartered.
The bank has joined F1 as its official wealth management and corporate and investment banking partner in a multi-year deal from 2026, and will extend its partnership to the all-female racing series.
The new partnership will result in new fan experiences across the F1 calendar, with ...
27 January 2026 11:01
Gabriel Bortoleto is preparing for his second season in Formula 1. While his rookie year is now behind him, the Brazilian driver has confirmed he has not changed his approach in his preparations for the upcoming season.
Bortoleto finished 19th in the 2025 drivers' championship and is eager to start another season with the Audi F1 team, which has taken over Sauber.
"To be honest, the same way ...
27 January 2026 09:38
The first serious test for Red Bull Ford Powertrains – following an earlier filming day for Racing Bulls at Imola – has gone largely according to plan. Liam Lawson caused a red flag at the start of the lunch break, but still completed 88 laps in his Racing Bulls.
Max Verstappen was not behind the wheel on Monday, but saw his team-mate Isack Hadjar lap the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya 107 ...
27 January 2026 08:51
George Russell says he has been impressed by the amount of running completed by several rival teams, including Red Bull and Haas, during the opening day of Formula 1’s 2026 Barcelona shakedown.
The first day of running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya proved productive for a number of teams, despite the major changes introduced for the new regulation cycle covering both chassis and power ...
27 January 2026 00:41
Charles Leclerc has reached a milestone away from Formula 1 after his personal YouTube channel surpassed 1 million subscribers.
The Ferrari F1 driver has now reached a total of 1.47 million subscribers on his channel, where he shares behind-the-scenes looks at race weekends, his piano music, what he gets up to during the winter and summer breaks, and insights into his personal brands, such as ...
26 January 2026 23:05
Lewis Hamilton has discussed the "massive challenge" of adapting to a new set of regulations in Formula 1.
Having made his debut in the championship in 2007, the seven-time champion is preparing for another major regulation change in 2026. The upcoming regulations include a 50:50 split between internal combustion engine and electric power, smaller and lighter cars, the removal of DRS, and its ...
26 January 2026 22:51
Alex Albon has addressed the news that Williams decided to miss the private testing at Barcelona this week.
The Grove outfit confirmed last week that it would not be taking part in the private testing due to delays with its 2026 Formula 1 challenger, the FW48. The team stated: "Atlassian Williams F1 Team has taken the decision not to participate in next week's shakedown test at Barcelona ...
26 January 2026 20:49
Other than a few short filming runs, day one of Barcelona's five-day shakedown was the first real opportunity for Formula 1 drivers to put the brand-new 2026 generation of cars to the test.
Seven of the 11 teams made it out on day one, with Williams forced to skip the week completely and Aston Martin scrambling to make it out for at least two of the three days allowed per team.
No reliable ...
26 January 2026 19:22
Audi Formula 1 team principal Jonathan Wheatley has explained why it was so important to the German marque to join the championship as a works team.
The team, which took over Sauber ahead of the 2026 season, unveiled its livery during a launch event on 20 January with Wheatley present alongside drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, among others.
"Hugely," Wheatley explained at the ...
26 January 2026 19:18
A technical issue cut Audi’s day short as Formula 1’s pre-season testing got under way in Barcelona.
A five-day ‘shakedown’ is taking place behind closed doors at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with teams allowed three days of running each between 26 and 30 January.
Audi took over the Sauber outfit to enter the world championship for the first time in the German brand’s ...
26 January 2026 19:06
Formula 1’s shakedown week began on a crisp but chilly day at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with Mercedes’ W17 emerging from the garages first in the hands of Andrea Kimi Antonelli, followed in short order by Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto and Alpine’s Franco Colapinto.
Both Bortoleto and Colapinto would later be delayed with technical issues but the closed-door policy of what is billed ...
26 January 2026 19:04
Isack Hadjar has unveiled his 2026 Formula 1 helmet ahead of his first season as a Red Bull Racing driver.
The French-Algerian driver has opted for a yellow and purple design with the Red Bull logo taking centre stage on the side of the helmet. The yellow accents are a nod to one of his F1 idols, Ayrton Senna.
The helmet also features a physics equation on the back as a tribute to his ...
26 January 2026 18:12
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu admitted to encountering a number of issues on day one of Formula 1’s Barcelona test, but took pride in his new car’s consistent running.
F1’s new technical era with revamped chassis and engine regulations really began on Monday with the first day of collective testing, which seven teams took part in – the Barcelona behind-closed-doors ‘shakedown’ is ...
26 January 2026 17:50
New Cadillac driver Valtteri Bottas hinted that problems struck all teams during the opening day of testing for the 2026 Formula 1 season - claiming the purpose of running is to ‘debug’ the 2026 cars.
Monday kickstarted a five-day shakedown at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but little is known about the action due to it being behind closed doors with no release of lap times and local ...
26 January 2026 17:22
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has announced its "intention is to run Thursday and Friday" at Barcelona's 2026 shakedown, which means it will not take up at least one of its three days of running.
F1 heads to the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this weekend for a five-day pre-season test, dubbed the shakedown as official testing takes place in Bahrain in February with two three-day tests.
At ...
26 January 2026 16:46
Andrea Kimi Antonelli took part in the 48th stage of the Olympic Torch Relay before heading to Barcelona for private Formula 1 testing this week.
The Italian driver joined fellow athletes gymnast Tara Dragas, basketball player Michele Antonutti, former footballer Luigi De Agostini, Olympic fencing champion Mara Navarria, footballer Alessia Tuttino, cross-country skier Venanzio Ortis and Olympic ...
26 January 2026 13:59
Aston Martin is set to skip the opening two days of the first 2026 Formula 1 pre-season test in Barcelona, Motorsport.com understands.
F1 is currently hosting a five-day shakedown at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (26-30 January), ahead of further tests in Bahrain (11-13 and 18-20 February) before the forthcoming campaign.
This season will introduce widespread regulation changes and as a ...
26 January 2026 12:28
Charles Leclerc shared his thoughts on the Ferrari SF-26 following the shakedown on Friday 23 January.
The Monegasque driver was encouraged by the fact that there were no major issues, but added that it was too early to say definitively, especially as the conditions were not ideal at the Fiorano circuit.
Following the unveiling of the SF-26, both Leclerc and his team-mate Lewis Hamilton took ...
26 January 2026 11:10
Audi has signed reigning Formula Regional European champion Freddie Slater as its Driver Development Programme’s first member.
Audi just took over the Sauber Formula 1 outfit after completing its acquisition in 2024 and announced on Friday it was launching its own academy, managed by former F1 driver and three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Allan McNish – who triumphed with Audi on two ...
26 January 2026 10:10
It’s all change in Formula 1 this year, as the series rolls out radical new rules that will upend the chassis and engine regulations. Ahead of the season-opener in Australia, teams have begun unveiling their 2026 challengers.
Red Bull was the first to reveal the cars that will compete for its titular outfit and sister team Racing Bulls, before five further teams showcased their 2026 Formula 1 ...
26 January 2026 09:15
Red Bull has lifted the covers off its RB22 Formula 1 car for the 2026 season.
The Milton Keynes-based outfit previously revealed its livery on 15 January at an event in Detroit, Michigan, where its new engine partner Ford is based, but its actual machinery remained to be seen.
The first pre-season test gets under way on Monday at Barcelona, with all teams entitled to three days of running ...
26 January 2026 09:05
McLaren has unveiled the car tasked with mounting a successful Formula 1 title defence in 2026, as it unleashed renders of its new MCL40 in a testing livery ahead of the behind-closed-doors Barcelona test.
The Woking squad claimed both world championship titles last year and had sewn up the constructors' championship as early as Singapore, well before Lando Norris clinched the drivers' title in ...
25 January 2026 16:14
Caution is always required when analysing Formula 1 launches – especially with the introduction of new regulations. A few years ago, Red Bull Racing played games with its sidepod inlets by showing different designs at the launch in Milton Keynes and on renders. During the subsequent test days in Bahrain, the design was different again, which illustrates the steps teams take to stop rivals ...
25 January 2026 15:00
With just over a month to go before the eighth season of the popular Drive to Survive is released, we are taking a look at everything we know so far about the Formula 1 docuseries.
The launch of the series has been instrumental in a boom in the popularity of the championship in the United States, and also among a younger audience. While it has drawn some criticism over the years for dramatising ...
25 January 2026 14:47
Mercedes has announced another new partnership ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season, with internationally acclaimed restaurant group Azumi Ltd.
Azumi has partnered with the Brackley outfit on a multi-year contract through its Zuma brand.
As part of its new role as Mercedes' official lifestyle and dining curator, Zuma will be part of the team's activations, as well as some of the other brands ...
25 January 2026 13:00
The FIA will not comply with the demands of Formula 1 teams to increase the minimum car weight for 2026 - stressing that the championship needs a “diet”.
F1 will introduce a new set of regulations for the forthcoming campaign and one area of change is the car chassis, with the minimum weight reducing from 800kg to 768kg.
It is a drastic change and thus expected to be an early ...
25 January 2026 11:03
The human brain is hard-wired to greet changes and unexpected circumstances with a stress response: the amygdalae, biochemical arbiters of the fight-or-flight instinct, flag the change as a threat.
This is just one deep seated explanation for the orgy of negativity that has surrounded the 2026 Formula 1 regulations and their introduction, from drivers hating their first experiences of the '26 ...
25 January 2026 07:53
The 19-year-old Connor Zilisch is already a class winner in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, winning on debut in LMP2 two years ago. This weekend, he is making his GTP debut with the Whelen Cadillac squad and having a blast s they contend for a podium spot.
But just a few weeks from now, he will embark on his first full-time season as NASCAR Cup driver, taking the wheel of the No. 88 Trackhouse ...
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