Formula 1’s governing body the FIA will experiment with tweaked start procedure timings at Bahrain’s second pre-season test amid safety concerns.The FIA will trial a longer start procedure at the end of each day’s running in Bahrain pre-season testing to alleviate team concerns.F1’s 2026 rules have placed a much biggerContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has doubled down on his criticism of the 2026 Formula 1 regulations, stating the championship must “stay away” from becoming Formula E.The four-time world champion caused a huge stir during last week’s Bahrain pre-season test, when he labelled the new F1 rule set as “anti-racing” and “Formula EContinue Reading
Charles Leclerc kicked off the final week of pre-season testing for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign by going fastest in Bahrain, as the top teams asserted their dominance over the midfield.The Ferrari driver set a 1m33.739s on prototype tyres inside the opening hour of Wednesday’s morning session, 0.070s slower thanContinue Reading
On Tuesday, the government of Victoria publicly rejected a proposal from MotoGP Sports Entertainment – the promoter of the MotoGP World Championship, formerly known as Dorna – suggesting that the Australian Grand Prix, held for several decades at Phillip Island, be moved to the Albert Park circuit. The venue, locatedContinue Reading
Ginetta’s UK one-make championships will now be operated by SRO with immediate effect while the manufacturer instead focuses upon increasing production of its cars as it expands into new markets.The Ginetta Junior, Ginetta GT and GT Academy championships have all run in support of the SRO-organised British GT category sinceContinue Reading
Nick Payne was resolute in advance of the Daytona 500.The fourth-year spotter of the 23XI Racing No. 45 team needed to do some soul searching too. It’s been well-documented that Tyler Reddick and Billy Scott did some reflecting over the winter to better understand what produced a winless season oneContinue Reading
The new Cadillac Formula 1 team has explained its approach regarding its Ferrari customer status.For its first three F1 seasons, the General Motors brand opted for Ferrari power units as its own engine project won’t come to fruition before 2029 at the earliest.The American outfit is also using the Scuderia’sContinue Reading
Formula E is exploring plans with Saudi Arabian authorities to adopt an extended configuration of the Jeddah Corniche Circuit from the start of the Gen4 era in 2026/27.When Formula E moved to Jeddah in 2025 after the previous site in Diriyah became unavailable due to construction work, it designed aContinue Reading
Formula 1 heads into its final days of pre-season testing for the 2026 campaign this week in Bahrain and there is much to discuss.The new-for-2026 regulations have obviously dominated headlines thus far, particularly after the angered Max Verstappen claimed they are “not fun” and like “Formula E on steroids”.With theContinue Reading
During Formula 1 winter testing in Bahrain, the focus – apart from the ongoing compression ratio discussion – has mainly been on energy management during the races. Achieving consistent deployment over longer runs remains a key challenge for teams.Sergio Perez revealed that in his case, there were still fluctuations ofContinue Reading