The Race

A stricken Aston Martin caused a red flag for the second consecutive day of Formula 1’s final 2026 Bahrain pre-season test

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has angrily hit back at suggestions his team risks running its engines with non-homologated fuel at the start of the season

Gary Anderson explains the pros and cons of Ferrari's upside down rear wing, and how it differs to the other teams' approaches for 2026

Formula 1 teams have been invited to run with reduced electric power deployment at times during the final Bahrain test - here's why

Kimi Antonelli topped the penultimate day of F1 2026 pre-season testing with the fastest lap in Bahrain this year so far

Dropping Phillip Island for an Adelaide street track will alienate MotoGP fans and riders, and is so unfeasible safety-wise that it's hard to see it ever happening at all, says Simon Patterson

Does the FIA think Ferrari's upside down wing is legal? And what do its rivals make of the innovation? More on the story that took the F1 paddock by storm on Thursday

A head-to-head between the McLaren of Oscar Piastri and the Red Bull of Max Verstappen headlined the race simulations on day two in Bahrain

We learned plenty from the penultimate day of F1 2026 pre-season testing

Ferrari-engined cars have turned heads at Formula 1 testing after taking off “like rockets” in the end-of-season collective practice race starts

Mercedes has debuted a sizeable upgrade package on the first day of the final 2026 Formula 1 pre-season test in Bahrain

F1's engine manufacturers will vote next week on a mid-season introduction of an additional compression ratio test, The Race can reveal

The FIA is to evaluate potential modifications to the Formula 1 start procedures over this week’s Bahrain test in the wake of recent safety concerns

Lance Stroll brought out the first red flag of Formula 1's final pre-season test in Bahrain as his Aston Martin ended up in the gravel trap

George Russell ended day one of the final Formula 1 2026 pre-season test on top with a new fastest time of the Bahrain testing fortnight

Ex-F1 technical director Gary Anderson gives his take on the updates Mercedes has brought to the second Bahrain test