Mercedes have been told they have 'won the shakedown', as the team got to leave F1's first pre-season test early. read more »

F1 2026's first pre-season test ended with Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari on top. read more »

Charles Leclerc reportedly put his Ferrari top of the timesheets in the morning of the fifth and final day of the Barcelona F1 pre-season test, but Fernando Alonso's first... read more »

Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon must wait until Bahrain to begin their pre-season in the Williams FW48. read more »

Lewis Hamilton is off to a more optimistic start to the F1 2026 pre-season than he felt at this stage last year... read more »

Audi Technical Director James Key has delivered a positive update on the team's early evaluations of its R26 from this week's F1 pre-season test in Barcelona. The... read more »

McLaren impressed by their competition in the first F1 pre-season test. read more »

Mercedes leave Barcelona after a dream first F1 2026 pre-season test. read more »

The first Aston Martin to be designed under the leadership of eminent designer Adrian Newey catches attention as it appears in pre-season testing. read more »

Amid information blackouts and trickles of 'unofficial' lap times and lap counts, perhaps the biggest fascination of the F1's pre-season test in Barcelona has... read more »

Lewis Hamilton said Ferrari have made a better start to Formula 1 pre-season testing than they did last year as he praised the team for amassing an "amazing" amount... read more »

A technical issue cut short McLaren's running on the penultimate day of Formula 1's first 2026 pre-season testing event as rivals Mercedes and Ferrari delivered... read more »

Mercedes reportedly ended Day Four of F1's Barcelona pre-season test on top, with George Russell fastest ahead of team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The post Mercedes on top... read more »

Williams F1 driver Alex Albon has issued his response to team boss James Vowles' statement about the team's pre-season testing involvement. read more »

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has reportedly topped the timesheets in the morning's running of the third day of the F1 pre-season test at Barcelona. The post F1 Test: Kimi... read more »

Mercedes' Trackside Engineer Director, Andrew Shovlin, has revealed the team is "ahead of where we hoped" after the midway point of the F1 pre-season test in... read more »

Mercedes has delivered a strong start to the 2026 Formula 1 pre-season as Andrea Kimi Antonelli completed a full race simulation on day two.The Mercedes W17 ran reliably on... read more »

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... read more »

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... read more »

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... read more »

Williams 2026 pre-season has not gone to plan with the team absent from the first F1 test in Barcelona, and now it appears their car launch has also been scaled back. read more »

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,... read more »

Lando Norris has hit the track for the first time this week, as McLaren begins its programme on Day 3 of the F1 pre-season test in Barcelona. The post F1 Test: McLaren hits... read more »

The restrictions placed on the Barcelona test coverage limited threatens F1, and Motorsport Week can reveal that is the teams, not F1 that is responsible for the media... read more »

Newly promoted Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashes his car in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing. read more »