Oscar Piastri began proceedings for McLaren, cutting 54 laps of the Sakhir circuit before handing the reins over to Norris.

The 2026 Formula 1 season is upon us and with just six weeks until the first race in Australia, the teams are now preparing for a campaign of unknowns. New regulations this season mean it is a clean slate for all 11 teams, with Cadillac the first new team ...

In a high-speed crash during a test session for the Italian Grand Prix, the F1 safety car, driven by Bernd Maylander, lost control at the Parabolica corner. A high-speed test session for the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix ended abruptly when the safety car ...

Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas completed a filming day at Sakhir, Bahrain ahead of the second F1 test. The asymmetrical

George Russell and Kimi Antonelli covered 502 laps between them, which is extremely significant in the first test of a new era, regardless of how fast the car was right out of the box. Speed will be a worry later on, but the Barcelona run was the kind of start every team dreams of when it has both a new car and a new power unit.

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Ten new cars, five days, no fans. Formula 1 starts a new era with the public and the media excluded from its private testing session in Spain starting ...