Charles Leclerc experienced his first day in normal conditions in the SF-26 at the 2026 F1 Barcelona shakedown. On the fourth day of testing, but Ferrari’s second day, the Ferrari driver recorded the third-fastest time with a lap of 1:18.223. The Monegasque completed 89 laps around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in the dry conditions. Speaking…
Day 5 of testing and the final one of the 2026 F1 Barcelona shakedown is in the books, view the full results below. Alpine, Aston Martin, Audi, Cadillac, Ferrari, Haas, McLaren and Red Bull Racing all participated on the final day of action. Mercedes and Racing Bulls had already run their maximum of three days….
Oscar Piastri reflected on his first day on track at the 2026 F1 Barcelona shakedown. The Australian’s first day of running did not go completely smoothly, as Piastri admits a fuel system issue cut the day short. Still, the McLaren driver remains excited to go again tomorrow and to work hard to ensure everything goes…
The fourth day of the 2026 F1 testing in Barcelona has finished, and George Russell has finished on top of the pack. Full (unofficial) results are below. Mercedes looking reliable again Haas, Alpine, Audi and Red Bull were not testing, just as Williams, who elected to skip the entire week. Of the teams testing today,…
The third day of F1 Testing in 2026 is in the books in Barcelona as Kimi Antonelli was quickest, view the full day 3 results below. Ferrari, Red Bull, Cadillac and Aston Martin did not take to the track. James Vowles confirmed Williams would be on track at the first Bahrain test in February earlier…
Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton completed his first laps of the 2026 F1 Barcelona Shakedown, running in wet weather conditions. He completed 19 laps before having to pit when the rain got heavier causing a red flag. Hamilton returned to the track once the weather improved, running 28 laps on Full Wet tyres. As the rain…
Alpine F1 team and Franco Colapinto took part on the first day of F1’s first closed-door shakedown week at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on January 26. This five-day shakedown represented the opening act of the 2026 regulation era, with teams permitted to run on a maximum of three days. The test preceded two official public…
The opening day of F1 Testing in 2026 is in the books in Barcelona as Isack Hadjar was quickest, view the full day 1 results below. Known for quite a while, the first running with the new cars and regs would be held behind closed doors at the Circuit de Catalunya. While there has been…
With pre-season testing in Bahrain now concluded, reigning world champion Max Verstappen has offered his thoughts on the RB21, the 2025 F1 challenger for Red Bull Racing, expressing cautious optimism about the improvements made over last season’s car. While the Dutchman acknowledged that it’s still early to draw firm conclusions, his initial impressions suggest the…
Racing Bulls left pre-season testing for the 2025 Formula 1 season with the third-highest lap count of the 10 teams, as Yuki Tsunoda and debutant Isack Hadjar logged 454 laps between them over the three days of running, just four shy of Mercedes’ chart-topping 458. And that, along with the fact that there weren’t any…
