Mercedes top timesheet on their final day in Barcelona; McLaren track-time limited by technical issue; Aston Martin debut AMR26; Watch F1 2026: Barcelona Shakedown with Ted Kravitz and guests every evening this week on Sky Sports F1 at 9pm,

Ferrari unveiled its new SF-26 on Friday in Fiorano, where it held a 15km shakedown meeting the Demonstration Event regulations, then opted to skip the first day of the Barcelona test.

Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc joined four-time world champion Max Verstappen in making their 2026 preseason debuts in a quieter second day of testing.

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

Oliver Bearman had his running cut short on Wednesday as Haas' Formula 1 test outing

Formula 1 2026 is underway -- under a cloud of secrecy with the initial preseason test in Barcelona taking place behind closed doors. Here are the fastest laps so far.

Ten new cars, five days, no fans. And plenty of security. Formula 1 started a new era with the public and the media excluded from the teams' reliability-focused private testing session in Spain on Monday.

The F1 teams are testing their 2026 cars at the Barcelona track this week. But why is the action not open to the public?

Williams missing the first testing sessions before the 2026 F1 season is "incredibly painful", says team principal James Vowles.

Lando Norris admits ‘surreal’ McLaren moment at start of 2026 F1 testing - The British driver took to the track for the first time since claiming the world championship in December

Team sources described this year as feeling “more uncontrollable than ever” because of the extended pre-season schedule and compressed offseason. Between 2023 and 2025, there was just a single three-day test — held in Bahrain each time.