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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Leclerc pips Norris on morning of day four

The Ferrari driver set a 1m33.739s to top Wednesday morning's running in Bahrain for pre-season testing of F1 2026

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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Charles Leclerc pips Lando Norris on morning of day four

The Ferrari driver set a 1m33.739s to top Wednesday morning's running in Bahrain for pre-season testing of F1 2026

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Midfield “seconds away” as top F1 teams increase gap in 2026

F1’s midfielders are worrying that top teams might steal the show in 2026, leaving everyone else to fight over scraps

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F1 drivers share early verdict on 2026 cars ahead of second Bahrain test

Max Verstappen's outspoken opinion

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Pierre Gasly: ‘Turn your TV on for the start in Australia – it might be memorable’

Gasly won’t be surprised if the start of the Australian Grand Prix is somewhat chaotic

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Esteban Ocon responds to Ayao Komatsu's F1 2025 season review

Komatsu recently discussed Ocon's disappointing debut year with Haas in 2025, saying he 'expected more' from the F1 race winner

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F1 2026 testing live: Antonelli leads Mercedes one-two on final day in Bahrain

Follow live F1 updates as all 11 teams build up to the new season with a test at the Bahrain International Circuit

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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Norris leads from Verstappen on opening day

McLaren trumped Red Bull in terms of pace on the first day of running, but Max Verstappen completed more laps than any other driver

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F1 2026 Bahrain pre-season test: Lando Norris edges Max Verstappen on day one

McLaren trumped Red Bull in terms of pace on the first day of running, but Max Verstappen completed more laps than any other driver

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F1 Bahrain pre-season test: Verstappen fastest on opening morning

Max Verstappen was fastest on Wednesday morning as all teams covered a substantial amount of laps

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"We could have used it in a better way" - Esteban Ocon's take on F1 2026’s active aero

According to Ocon, F1 cars’ new mobile wings are not real active aero

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Komatsu: "Nobody's satisfied" with Ocon's F1 2025 - but not all his fault

Team boss Ayao Komatsu expected better from his lead driver in 2025, but reaffirmed his confidence in the Frenchman

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“We expected more” from Esteban Ocon – Haas

Team boss Ayao Komatsu expected better from his lead driver in 2025, but reaffirmed his confidence in the Frenchman

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F1 2026 energy management “annoying” and “sad” as drivers lift early

F1’s new-for-2026 power units will require some lift-and-coast to save and harvest energy

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How energy management could turn F1 2026 into “speed chess”

Both in qualifying and wheel-to-wheel battles, F1 drivers will have to deploy the available energy tactically. Andrea Kimi Antonelli speaks of ‘speed chess’, but what exactly is behind that?

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Axed F1 driver handed surprise Haas reprieve for 2026 season

The 23-year-old will take on his new role after his first stint in F1 was cut short in double quick time

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Esteban Ocon predicts early F1 2026 pecking order after Barcelona test

Ocon provided an early pecking order of F1 teams, with the caveat that it’s still early to draw conclusions

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Overtaking looks “difficult” with 2026 F1 cars, Esteban Ocon warns

2026 F1 cars may not provide easier overtaking than their predecessors, the Haas drivers fear

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Why overtaking still looks "difficult" with 2026 F1 cars

2026 F1 cars may not provide easier overtaking than their predecessors, Haas drivers Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman fear

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Different, "but still a racing car" - Drivers share early verdict on F1's 2026 cars

Around half the Formula 1 grid took to the track on Monday with the series' all-new generation of cars for 2026, leading to a wide array of first impressions

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Complicated but "doable" - Drivers issue early verdict on the F1 2026 cars

Around half the Formula 1 grid took to the track on Monday with the series' all-new generation of cars for 2026, leading to a wide array of first impressions

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Here's what happened on day one of F1’s secretive closed-door 2026 shakedown

Mercedes won the race to get out on track, but this has been a quiet day of information-gathering for the seven teams that ran - while heavy-handed security established an ever-expanding exclusion zone around the circuit perimeter

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What happened behind closed doors on day one of F1’s secretive 2026 shakedown

Mercedes won the race to get out on track but this has been a quiet day of information-gathering for the seven teams which ran, while heavy-handed security established an ever-expanding exclusion zone around the circuit perimeter

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Haas 'discovering problems, but that's what we are here for' at Barcelona F1 test

“We are discovering issues, problems we need to solve, every lap, every run,” team boss Ayao Komatsu admits, but “at least we are running”

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The challenges facing Alpine ahead of F1 2026

It’s a new era at Alpine, after Renault’s engine programme ended

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