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F1.com brings you the lowdown on the fourth day of running at the Barcelona Shakedown, from which teams hit the track to what the drivers had to say.

Charles Leclerc reflects on a productive dry run in the SF‑26, as he works through the long checklist and gets to grip with the car around Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

Aston Martin Team Principal Mike Krack sums up the team’s track debut at the Barcelona Shakedown, reflecting on a productive day despite a delayed start for the AMR26.

After half a day of running at the Barcelona Shakedown on Thursday, Arvid Lindblad expressed his gratitude to the team for the hard work that went into building the new 2026 Racing Bulls car, praising their effort after a good outing.

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Reigning world champions Lando Norris and McLaren have made their first appearance at Formula 1's private test at Barcelona.

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Audi has suffered a second stoppage at Formula 1’s Barcelona test, causing one of two red flags early on the third day

Mercedes driver George Russell has set a new fastest time of testing so far at Barcelona in the first half of Wednesday’s running

McLaren finally joined Formula 1’s test in the third morning at Barcelona on Wednesday with its new MCL40 completing its first installation lap

Williams has passed all the necessary tests with its 2026 F1 car and will conduct a shakedown of its own ahead of Bahrain testing, having missed this week's pre-season test at Barcelona

Andrea Kimi Antonelli replaced Mercedes F1 team-mate George Russell at the top of the timesheets on day three of the 2026 private pre-season test at Barcelona

Haas made a “huge step forward” in its Barcelona Formula 1 test programme on Wednesday despite suffering two reliability issues – the second of which was “a bit more serious”

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Williams Team Principal James Vowles says his Formula 1 team's 2026 car has passed all mandatory crash tests and they are ready to take part in official pre-season testing in Bahrain.

Racing Bulls Chief Technical Officer Tim Goss says "everyone's up for the fight" and "thrilled to bits" on developing the new car and extracting performance from it, with two successfull days of running at the F1 Barcelona Shakedown.