Alex Albon has revealed that Williams F1 Team are “playing catch-up” ahead of the 2026 season opener after skipping the Barcelona shakedown due to delays with the FW48 programme, costing them three valuable pre-season testing days compared to...

It’s hard to get used to calling Mad Dog Marko — the once fearsome romper-stomper of Red Bull Racing — plain old Dr. Helmut Marko. But since he hung up his Red Bull wings, we’ve had to retire the...

Pre-season F1 testing is a bit like a disinformation campaign. Take the fastest lap, which was set by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. That lap time doesn’t really matter because pre-season testing conditions are cooler. Cooler conditions...

Fernando Alonso isn’t indulging in profound philosophical musings about humanoid robots replacing humans, or people becoming servants to machines. Nor is this a debate about sentient AI. He’s talking about the 2026 Formula 1 regulations—and his...

We rarely cover F1 testing in depth because pre-season sessions are often inconclusive. The unofficial test in Barcelona was a case in point—a private event where teams ran systems checks under the new rules. Official...

When Aston Martin entered their Adrian Newey phase, the much-anticipated AMR26 was late to the Barcelona test party, with rumors swirling that it might be overweight. Weight is a killer in high-performance racing, where victories are measured in...