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Laurent Mekies admitted that it was a “very special moment” for Red Bull to run with their own power unit for the first time during the Barcelona Shakedown, with the Team Principal adding that he is “proud” of the squad for the work that has gone into the project.

Lewis Hamilton echoed team mate Charles Leclerc’s positive early sentiments after Ferrari completed their first running of the Barcelona Shakedown on Tuesday.

The F1 movie has been nominated for three BAFTAs in the Best Editing, Best Special Visual Effects and Best Sound categories.
The Formula 1 blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has received multiple nominations during awards season, with the latest from the BAFTAs.
In the Best Editing category, F1 faces competition from A House Of Dynamite, Marty ...Keep reading

After a two-month winter break, MotoGP bikes will return to the track this week for the first official test of the year. While the entire grid won't be in action until the main Sepang test, all five manufacturers will be present in some capacity for what is officially labelled the 'Sepang shakedown'.
Schedule for the Sepang Shakedown Test
The shakedown in Sepang will take place on 29-31 ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Karun Chandhok has raised concerns about Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari race engineer changes.
The seven-time champion is currently working with an interim race engineer during private testing for the 2026 F1 season after Ferrari confirmed earlier in January that his 2025 race engineer, Riccardo Adami, would move to another role.
Hamilton joined ...Keep reading

Cadillac Formula 1 team principal Graeme Lowdon says the needle between his team and Red Bull partner Ford "adds another layer of interest" to the series.
Cadillac is making its long-awaited F1 debut this year as an 11th expansion team, initially joining as a Ferrari customer outfit while working on its in-house power units in the US. Meanwhile, Ford is returning to the series as a power unit ...Keep reading

KTM boss Pit Beirer has admitted the manufacturer has not yet "done enough" to convince Pedro Acosta to stay beyond 2026, but is confident it can show significant progress on track this season.
Acosta was groomed by KTM through the junior ranks and has become a central figure in its MotoGP programme, but his long-term future remains uncertain ahead of the championship’s regulation overhaul in ...Keep reading

Aston Martin has confirmed that it has retained Stoffel Vandoorne as its simulator, test and reserve driver for 2026.
The Belgian driver has been part of the Silverstone outfit since 2023, initially joining as the reserve and simulator driver alongside 2022 Formula 2 champion Felipe Drugovich. 
After making his Formula 1 debut in 2016 with McLaren, where he also served as a reserve driver ...Keep reading

Ferrari’s first day of 2026 Formula 1 pre-season testing was made “very challenging” by the rain but featured “no major issues”, Lewis Hamilton recapped.
F1 has reconvened for an opening five-day test behind closed doors at Barcelona, with teams allowed to run on three of those days.
After shaking down its new SF-26 at Fiorano on Friday with a 15km Demonstration Event, Ferrari ...Keep reading

Aprilia has announced that 2024 MotoGP champion Jorge Martin will miss the first pre-season test of the year at Sepang next week.
As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this month, Martin will sit out the three-day test in Malaysia on 3-5 February after undergoing two more surgeries in the winter to treat the injuries he had suffered during a wretched 2025 campaign.
While the Spaniard will ...Keep reading

The initial filming day for Racing Bulls at Imola and the collective shakedown in Barcelona mark the first steps for Red Bull-Ford Powertrains on track.
The partnership came about after Red Bull’s negotiations with Porsche – which wanted to be a partner “on equal footing” – broke down and Ford Performance director Mark Rushbrook saw his opportunity. By his own admission, he simply ...Keep reading

John Hunter Nemechek is joining a stacked field for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season-opener at Daytona International Speedway.
Nemechek, who competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series with Legacy Motor Club, will pilot the No. 62 Halmar Friesen Racing Toyota as he takes on double duty for the first official race weekend of the new season.
Halmar-Friesen is swapping the owner points ...Keep reading

NASCAR has released a full list of owner points transfers ahead of the 2026 season for its three national divisions. 
Below you can find a complete rundown of of every 2025 team that made a change, where they were ranked, and which team will have those points for the start of the new year. New car numbers that are choosing to start with zero points are also listed below each table. 
Owner ...Keep reading

Despite questions to the contrary, Logan Schuchart is not a brand new man or anything of the sort after his wedding earlier in the month but he is hoping for a brand new Shark Racing 1S to have brand new results compared to the past two seasons.
First, his wedding to wife Summer Small went according to plan, and was a wonderful event.
“Obviously, it was on the night of the Chili Bowl, so ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman hit career F1 highs. Cadillac stage a race simulation.

Kimi Antonelli and Ollie Bearman hit career F1 highs. Cadillac stage a race simulation.

Charles Leclerc was left feeling “very excited” for the upcoming season following his opening run at the Barcelona Shakedown, with the Monegasque hoping that the opportunity posed by the new regulations can help to “bring Ferrari back to the top”.

With the second day of the Barcelona Shakedown now complete, F1.com looks at which teams were running and what the drivers had to say.

Newly promoted Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashes his car in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing.