Formula 1

Andrew Shovlin says Mercedes has 'more or less ticked off all the objectives' from their first two days on track at F1's Barcelona Shakedown, completing 'two race distances' with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli on their second day of running.

Formula 1 has completed day one of its highly secretive first day of preseason testing -- a day so secret that even each team's quickest lap times have been hard to come by.

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.

Mercedes driver George Russell believes Formula 1's 2026 regulations will provide more exciting races this year and said the complex new cars are more intuitive to drive than he was expecting.

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies described Isack Hadjar's crash on the second day of preseason testing as "unfortunate."

Lewis Hamilton sounded positive about his first day of preseason testing for Ferrari, calling it an "intense but productive" start to the 2026 season.

Ferrari joined the Barcelona Formula 1 test on Tuesday morning as the start of the second day was interrupted early by a brief red flag caused by Red Bull

Mercedes’ 2026 Formula 1 car feels better on track than in the simulator “in a number of areas” and is already resolving a "big question mark" the team had

Here is how teams are approaching the three-day allowance in the opening test of the F1 2026 pre-season at Barcelona

F1's closed-doors Barcelona test is already a success for most participating teams - which makes the efforts to keep it so private even more misplaced

Red Bull has enjoyed a dream start to Formula 1 testing with its new car and more importantly its first in-house Ford-branded engine, which Isack Hadjar said has exceeded expectations

Cadillac encountered "a lot of issues" on the first day of F1 testing - but it's ready for its second day of running on Wednesday

Isack Hadjar brought Red Bull’s second day of running at Formula 1’s Barcelona test to an early end with a crash into the barriers

Red Bull is not sure when it will be able to repair its new Formula 1 car after Isack Hadjar’s Tuesday crash and “we will try our best” to fix it this week

The second day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona was book-ended by red flags caused by Red Bull, though one incident was more severe than the other. Here's what you need to know:

Isack Hadjar cut an upbeat figure after completing his first proper day as a Red Bull Racing driver at the start of the Barcelona Shakedown, describing Monday’s running as “pretty productive”.