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Bahrain F1 2026 second test: How to watch and who is driving each day
A guide to Formula 1’s 2026 pre-season testing schedule, including dates, venues and how to follow
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Matt Bishop: What Jenson Button really brings to Aston Martin
Drawing on a quarter-century of shared history, Matt Bishop explains why Jenson Button is exactly the ambassador Aston Martin needs now
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Bahrain F1 test will expose Barcelona’s illusions
Barcelona proved Formula 1’s radical 2026 cars can run, but only Bahrain’s tests will reveal who’s genuinely quick and who’s in trouble
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Don’t judge 2026 F1 cars on Melbourne performance, warns McLaren
McLaren boss Andrea Stella says power unit mastery and continuous upgrades will separate winners from losers under new F1 rules
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2026 McLaren F1 car launch: team unveils new livery
McLaren presented its colour scheme for the 2026 F1 season in Bahrain on Monday
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2026 Aston Martin F1 car launch: Newey’s AMR26 revealed
Aston Martin has revealed its 2026 Formula 1 car, the first designed by Adrian Newey
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Why McLaren’s 2025 F1 success guarantees nothing in 2026
McLaren faces a rules reset that renders its 2025 dominance meaningless – and a potential works team disadvantage it will have to overcome
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Newey’s first Aston Martin: The F1 car that must justify everything
Adrian Newey’s first Aston Martin arrives with the designer juggling dual responsibilities, a works Honda engine and the expectation to fight for wins
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Does Cadillac stand a chance of escaping the bottom in F1 2026?
Cadillac built a 500-person Formula 1 team in less than a year and got a car to Barcelona, but the test confirmed what history suggests: the hard part is what comes next
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Bahrain F1 2026 second test: How to watch and who is driving each day
A guide to Formula 1’s 2026 pre-season testing schedule, including dates, venues and how to follow
F1
Matt Bishop: What Jenson Button really brings to Aston Martin
Drawing on a quarter-century of shared history, Matt Bishop explains why Jenson Button is exactly the ambassador Aston Martin needs now
F1
Bahrain F1 test will expose Barcelona’s illusions
Barcelona proved Formula 1’s radical 2026 cars can run, but only Bahrain’s tests will reveal who’s genuinely quick and who’s in trouble
F1
Don’t judge 2026 F1 cars on Melbourne performance, warns McLaren
McLaren boss Andrea Stella says power unit mastery and continuous upgrades will separate winners from losers under new F1 rules
F1
2026 McLaren F1 car launch: team unveils new livery
McLaren presented its colour scheme for the 2026 F1 season in Bahrain on Monday
F1
2026 Aston Martin F1 car launch: Newey’s AMR26 revealed
Aston Martin has revealed its 2026 Formula 1 car, the first designed by Adrian Newey
F1
Why McLaren’s 2025 F1 success guarantees nothing in 2026
McLaren faces a rules reset that renders its 2025 dominance meaningless – and a potential works team disadvantage it will have to overcome
F1
Newey’s first Aston Martin: The F1 car that must justify everything
Adrian Newey’s first Aston Martin arrives with the designer juggling dual responsibilities, a works Honda engine and the expectation to fight for wins
F1
Does Cadillac stand a chance of escaping the bottom in F1 2026?
Cadillac built a 500-person Formula 1 team in less than a year and got a car to Barcelona, but the test confirmed what history suggests: the hard part is what comes next
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Lock in fans, then make everything worse: F1 risks falling into Big Tech trap
There is a word for what happens when platforms stop serving the people who made them great. Should Formula 1 learn it?
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Ready for the F1 title fight: How Kimi Antonelli revealed he has what it takes
Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes
Leading the world championship aged 19, Kimi Antonelli has proved he has the pace to win the title — and this could be his best shot. Plus: how GPs could be shortened over safety fears, and why Max Verstappen is serious in threatening to quit
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Stewart and Jenkinson clash over safety as Rindt wins at Clermont-Ferrand
July 5, 1970 Clermont-Ferrand, France Smiles here, but the reigning Formula 1 champion Jackie Stewart and Motor Sport’s continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson were embroiled in a bitter war of words…
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