Formula 1 News

Williams will not take part in next week’s Formula 1 pre-season test at Barcelona, the team has revealed.
F1 will reconvene next week at the Catalan track as the world championship’s new era begins, with overhauled technical regulations featuring active aerodynamics and a near-50:50 split between combustion and electric power.
F1 squads have been open about the scale of the challenge ...Keep reading

The F1 movie has been nominated in four categories at the 2026 Oscars, which Lewis Hamilton has described as a "tremendous honour".
F1, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has received multiple nominations this awards season. The latest are for the Oscars, with nominations for Best Picture, Best Film Editing, Best Sound and Best Visual Effects.
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Alpine has revealed the livery for its 2026 car ahead of the upcoming Formula 1 season.
The Enstone-based outfit hosted its season launch on a cruise ship off the Catalan coast near Barcelona, celebrating the team's partnership with MSC Cruises.
The new design is not radically different from its predecessor, with Alpine's blue associated with title-sponsor BWT's pink.
Alpine has been ...Keep reading

Alpine has revealed the livery for its 2026 car ahead of the upcoming Formula 1 season.
The Enstone-based outfit hosted its season launch on a cruise ship off the Catalan coast near Barcelona, celebrating the team's partnership with MSC Cruises.
The new design is not radically different from its predecessor, with Alpine's blue associated with title-sponsor BWT's pink.
Alpine has been ...Keep reading

Here we are and here we go: the status quo will remain as the 2026 Formula 1 season gets under way. Mercedes and Red Bull Powertrains will be able to race with power units which are understood to employ clever metallurgy to increase the compression ratio of the internal combustion engine beyond the permitted 16:1.
The issue has been the matter of great intrigue since before news leaked out to ...Keep reading

Ferrari has become the latest Formula 1 team to unveil its 2026 car, the SF-26, ahead of a shakedown at its Fiorano test track.
As detailed last month, the Italian team has stuck to its traditional launch plan of revealing its new car on the same day as its shakedown at Fiorano, with both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on hand to complete the first laps of Ferrari’s 2026 ...Keep reading

Racing Bulls has hired former Red Bull and Aston Martin engineer Dan Fallows as Formula 1 technical director.
Fallows will report to chief technical officer Tim Goss and “take responsibility for the overall technical direction of the team, working across design, aerodynamics and performance”, the Faenza-based squad stated in a press release.
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After finishing dead last in the 2025 constructors’ championship, Alpine will attempt to bounce back in the upcoming Formula 1 season.
What can the French outfit do with a largely unchanged team alongside a new engine partner? Ahead of its season launch in Barcelona on Friday, let’s delve into its prospects.
What's new at Alpine?
The main change for 2026 at Alpine is the team’s ...Keep reading

The car launch season for the 2026 Formula 1 season is firmly under way with Red Bull, Racing Bulls, Haas, Audi and Mercedes all having revealed their liveries for this year. 
Up next is Ferrari on Friday after what was a highly disappointing 2025 campaign, as the Italian outfit slipped to fourth in the championship and failed to win a grand prix for the first time since 2021. 
But 2026 ...Keep reading

“The car everyone will see in Barcelona won’t be the car that races in Australia. I think that will be across the board, because it's simply too early.”
A few days ago, Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu was confident all Formula 1 cars would evolve significantly by the Australian Grand Prix – but McLaren differs.
The team won’t officially launch its MCL40 until 9 February, long ...Keep reading