Williams F1 2026 car finally hits the track with Silverstone shakedown
The 2026 Williams Formula 1 car finally hit the track for the first time with a shakedown at Silverstone just a week after the British squad skipped the Barcelona shakedown. F1 hosted its first collective test of the 2026 season last week with five days of private running at the Catalan circuit, ahead of the […]
WEC 2025 BoP Analysis: BMW
The Balance of Performance graph essentially tells the entire story: the BMW M Hybrid V8 stagnated during the 2025 World Endurance Championship. A very strong start to the season was followed by a bitter Le Mans and a disappointing second half of the year. In its second season in the Hypercar class, WRT’s goal was […]
Breakthrough or false dawn? Francesco Bagnaia finds early confidence on 2026 Ducati
Francesco Bagnaia is becoming increasingly comfortable on Ducati’s 2026 MotoGP bike following the second day of pre-season testing at Sepang. Having already been encouraged by an initial run on a prototype version of the GP26 in November, Bagnaia has largely been able to confirm those positive impressions in Malaysia this week. As soon as he […]
Honda leads rain-hit Day 2 as engine issues sideline Yamaha
Joan Mir put Honda on top on the second day of MotoGP pre-season testing at Sepang, as Yamaha sat out the action to investigate an engine issue. While riders were keen to preserve their limited allocation of soft tyres for the final day of the test, it didn’t take long for lap times to tumble […]
Russell eager for F1 2026 title battle against Verstappen
George Russell is eager to contest a Formula 1 title battle against Max Verstappen in 2026 with the Mercedes driver heading into the campaign as the world championship favourite. F1 will introduce a new set of regulations this year meaning the car is completely new and with such wholesale changes, the pecking order is currently […]
Yamaha halts Sepang MotoGP running while investigating M1 engine issue
Yamaha has decided to suspend all on-track activity during the second day of the Sepang MotoGP test while it works to determine the cause of the issue that forced Fabio Quartararo to stop on Tuesday. The Frenchman crashed at Turn 5 of the Malaysian circuit on the opening day of the official test and fractured […]
Aston Martin was four months late with 2026 F1 car design, Newey reveals
Adrian Newey has revealed Aston Martin didn’t start its 2026 wind tunnel programme until mid-April 2025, which accounts for the team’s current setback. As Formula 1 held a five-day shakedown last week at Barcelona, where each team was allowed to run on three days, Aston completed just one full day of testing, on Friday, after […]
Fabio Quartararo to return home after breaking finger in Sepang MotoGP test
Fabio Quartararo will sit out the remainder of MotoGP’s Sepang pre-season test after breaking a finger in a crash on Tuesday. Just an hour into the start of collective testing in Malaysia, Quartararo went down at Turn 5 on his V4-powered Yamaha M1 and had to be taken to the medical centre for checks. Although […]