Wolff tells Mercedes’ F1 rivals to «get your s*** together» over engine complaints
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has called on rival power unit manufacturers to «just get your s*** together» after they voiced complaints to the FIA on Mercedes’ interpretation of the regulations. The 2026 power unit regulations prescribe an engine compression ratio of 16:1, down from 18:1 last year. That compression ratio has always […]
What happened on day five of F1’s secretive 2026 shakedown
Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap on the final day of Formula 1’s 2026 shakedown in Barcelona, while Mercedes conducted the most mileage across the week. The Ferrari driver completed an unofficial 1m16.348s towards the end of day five at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, knocking former Mercedes stablemate George Russell off top spot. In what can […]
What caused Hadjar’s Red Bull crash at Barcelona F1 shakedown
Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar has explained what caused his crash on Tuesday at the Barcelona Formula 1 shakedown. The new Red Bull driver suffered the only major accident of the shakedown week at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as he went off at the final corner late on Tuesday in wet conditions. Hadjar’s Red Bull car reportedly […]
Why Hamilton has found the new F1 cars more fun to drive
Lewis Hamilton’s wealth of Formula 1 experience puts him in the best place to assess the new generation of cars – and he’s enjoying what he is driving so far. The seven-time F1 world champion is entering the fifth major regulations overhaul of his career and has often been vocal about which era of car […]
How Barcelona’s F1 shakedown went for the 2026 field
The complexity of F1’s 2026 rules overhaul is such that teams requested an extra shakedown on top of two three-day tests in Bahrain to prepare for the start of the season in Melbourne in March. The new power units, with a much bigger reliance on a more powerful electric MGU-K system, caused such nerves that […]
Pierre Gasly buys shares in the Tech3 MotoGP team
Pierre Gasly’s Trail Slam investment fund has purchased shares in the Tech3 MotoGP team. His buy into the squad follows the acquisition of the team by an investment group led by former Haas F1 team principal Gunther Steiner last year. In September 2025, a group of investors led by Steiner and IKON Capital took control […]
The «huge changes» Aston Martin had to overcome to make the Barcelona F1 shakedown
Like Indiana Jones snatching his misplaced fedora from under a rapidly descending stone doorway, Aston Martin’s timing was dramatically close to the edge this week. The team arrived for the Barcelona shakedown week late on the third of the five days and only achieved a handful of laps when its AMR26 emerged from the garage […]
Lowdon on why Cadillac F1 hired on values over ability
As Formula 1’s first expansion team in a decade, Cadillac is very much up against it to take on F1’s establishment when its veteran race winners Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez join the grid in March. Following an intense recruitment spree for its bases in Silverstone and North America, which the team says yielded over 140,000 […]
What happened on day four of F1’s secretive 2026 shakedown
Aston Martin finally appeared on track in the latter stages of the fourth day of the Barcelona Formula 1 shakedown, while Mercedes kept collecting miles and McLaren’s day was cut short with trouble. Fresh from turning over 90 laps apiece on Wednesday, Andrea Kimi Antonelli and George Russell traded turns again on Thursday with a […]