It has been a very weird week in the world of Formula 1: cars have hit the track for the first time in 2026 but the general public, media included, has only been drip-fed information. In a world where everything is usually on constant demand, putting the Barcelona shakedown behindContinue Reading
Yamaha and Jorge Martin are finalising the details that will see the Spaniard become a factory rider for the Japanese manufacturer for the next two seasons, Motorsport.com has learned.This move follows the one reported by this publication earlier on Thursday, which will see Fabio Quartararo leave the Iwata-based squad toContinue Reading
Alpine needs to turn a page in its history. Team boss Flavio Briatore insisted on swapping from Renault to Mercedes power, removing one long-standing excuse for its underperformance. The Enstone-based team finished last year at the bottom of the constructors’ championship and its engineers have responded by exploiting the new regulationsContinue Reading
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 both Monday and Wednesday, with George Russell having completed 92 laps by lunchtime yesterday before handing over the car to Antonelli.Continue Reading
Honda’s factory MotoGP team has finalised the signing of Fabio Quartararo for the next two seasons, Autosport has learned.The 26-year-old Frenchman will leave Yamaha after agreeing a deal with HRC for 2027 and 2028, bringing to an end his association with the manufacturer, which handed him his MotoGP debut inContinue Reading
Honda’s factory MotoGP team has agreed a deal with Fabio Quartararo for the next two seasons, Autosport has learned.The 26-year-old Frenchman will leave Yamaha after agreeing a deal with HRC for 2027 and 2028, bringing to an end his association with the manufacturer, which handed him his MotoGP debut in 2019Continue Reading
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 2026 McLaren MCL40.McLaren delayed its start to pre-season testing until Wednesday, the third of five shakedown days at the CircuitContinue Reading
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 out of 11 teams took to the track, including McLaren, which skipped the first two days but is planning toContinue Reading
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 inContinue 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 runningContinue Reading