Formula 1 News

Williams Formula 1 team boss James Vowles says it is "incredibly painful" for his squad to miss out the Barcelona shakedown test this week, but denies rumours the team's car will be significantly overweight.
Last week Williams abandoned 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 was "delays ...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 Barcelona-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 ...Keep reading

Seven years ago, Red Bull signed sophomore Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly as Max Verstappen’s new team-mate following the Frenchman’s convincing rookie season, forgoing a more experienced option in Carlos Sainz – but Gasly crashed twice at Barcelona in pre-season testing and was demoted to Toro Rosso after a nightmare first half of the season.
Seven years later, Red Bull signed sophomore ...Keep reading

Franco Colapinto is looking “much more mature” ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season, according to Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore.
The young Argentinian is set to contest his first full F1 campaign, having previously stepped into a race seat mid-season in 2024 with Williams and then again at Alpine in 2025, replacing Jack Doohan from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix ...Keep reading

As Flavio Briatore said at Alpine's 2026 launch in Barcelona, his team has no more excuses. But rather than dreading the added pressure, a character-building 2025 has meant the team has been counting the days until it could finally show what it can do.
It was hard not to notice Alpine was in a buoyant mood as it kickstarted its new year on the MSC World Europa, with Pierre Gasly and Franco ...Keep reading

Ferrari has become the first team to publicly show the use of active aerodynamics that is part of the new Formula 1 rules era, after it was spotted during the SF26 shakedown at Fiorano.
Having been seen on several videos to explain how it will work, this technology has been officially published on Formula 1's own channels, clearly showing the aerodynamic elements at work.
But fans will have ...Keep reading

Haas has become the latest team to shake down its 2026 Formula 1 car, as the grid makes their final preparations for the first official test under the new regulations.
F1 sophomore Oliver Bearman turned the first laps in the Haas VF-26 at Ferrari’sFiorano circuit on Saturday, running Pirelli’s special demonstration tyres as part of the team’s filming allocation.
In a short social media ...Keep reading

Haas has become the latest team to shake down its 2026 Formula 1 car, as the grid makes their final preparations for the first official test under the new regulations.
F1 sophomore Oliver Bearman turned the first laps in the Haas VF-26 at Ferrari’s Fiorano circuit on Saturday, running Pirelli’s special demonstration tyres as part of the team’s filming allocation.
In a short social ...Keep reading

Alpine's Flavio Briatore says moving to Mercedes customer units was his only condition for joining the Renault-owned Formula 1 team, contradicting earlier comments that he had nothing to do with the swap.
Alpine abandoned its in-house F1's power unit programme in Viry-Chatillon to become a Mercedes customer, saving the parent company a significant amount of money while also giving it better ...Keep reading

FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis believes there is “quite a lot of flexibility” to adjust energy deployment, in particular the new Overtake Mode, throughout the 2026 Formula 1 season.
F1 has switched to new power units featuring a near-50:50 split between combustion and electric power, with energy deployment playing an even more crucial role than in the 2014-2025 formula.
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