Champion parade

Charles Leclerc was feeling positive about his new Ferrari SF-26 thanks to the healthy lap count racked up during the first pre-season test in Bahrain, although his feedback was couched with caution g

New cars, new engines, new tyres... Formula One’s rule changes are going to take some getting used to, warns Simon Barnes

The murky calculus required to get the best out of the 2026 Formula 1 cars gradually revealed itself during the second pre-season test in Bahrain. The competitive order remains unclear, but there were

What on earth are Formula 1 fans in for on Sunday? Will half the field bog down on the grid when they try to launch? And once they do get going, will drivers struggle to harvest enough energy to run a

Funny how attitudes can change. Lando Norris was having a go – in a nice way – at Max Verstappen’s blunt criticism of the latest Formula 1 cars. “F1 changes all the time,” chided Norris. “Sometimes it

HIDDEN WITHIN FRANCE’S Auvergne volcano country is a school like no other: a racing school at which you drive only historic cars. It’s the brainchild of Julien Chaffard, a competitive skier who grew u