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Leclerc later said that Italian team was not running “flat out” in the morning session where he set the quickest time, and then stayed on top in the afternoon.  In this video from Barcelona, Ben Anderson is joined by Edd Straw and Jack Cozens to discuss what the fastest day of 2019 testing told us, why Leclerc’s lap was far from the full potential of the SF90, how the midfield battle is ... Keep reading

Every Formula 1 team set its fastest time of 2019 pre-season testing so far on the penultimate day of the final test, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc setting the fastest lap

The teams reflect as the penultimate day of the second pre-season test comes to an end.

Lewis Hamilton applauds Mercedes' testing, George Russell concedes poor Williams showing, and more.

While again there was no attempt to explore the limits on Pirelli’s softest compounds – that is on the schedule for Friday – the new car ran a lot of miles, with Hamilton completing 85 laps in the morning, and Valtteri Bottas 96 in the afternoon. The Brackley team was also able to address the graining issues which proved problematic earlier in the week. “Today has been a good day,” ... Keep reading

Leclerc set the fastest time of Barcelona testing so far on Thursday but brought out a red flag in the afternoon. Ferrari has since confirmed it was caused by “a small issue with the exhaust”. Its customer team Haas was hit by “an exhaust manifold failure and a gas leak”, according to team principal Gunther Steiner. He said the team “had to take the gearbox off, the ... Keep reading

In a stark contrast to their mysterious session-ending crash on Wednesday, the anticipated championship challengers powered through the current test record to fire warning shots to their rivals with a time of 1m16.231s, over half-a-second faster than the nearest competitor. On a day where the majority of teams attempted higher-pace laps on the C5 tyres in the morning session, Ferrari's effort ... Keep reading

Ferrari exhaust problems caused Charles Leclerc's on-track stoppage and the delay to Haas driver Romain Grosjean's running on the penultimate day of Formula 1 pre-season testing

Pierre Gasly says he was left "a bit shaken" by his crash on the penultimate day of the Barcelona Formula 1 testing, describing the incident as one of his biggest

Pierre Gasly crash causes of one of three red flags that interrupt the flow of penultimate day of pre-season testing.

Gasly dipped the left wheels of his Red Bull RB15 into the grass approaching the fast Turn 9 right-hander, Campsa, and was pitched off the track as he tried to turn in. The car was slammed into the tyre wall, with the crash ripping the front and rear wings off the RB15 and forcing Gasly to visit the medical centre. “I’m fine, a bit shaken, but I made a mistake in Turn 9 and you guys saw ... Keep reading

Formula 1 as a business is "pretty immune" to any issues that might arise from Brexit, according to CEO Chase Carey

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc sets the fastest time of the winter as Pierre Gasly crashes his Red Bull on the penultimate day of testing.

Ferrari driver Leclerc set the fastest time of the testing fortnight so far on Thursday morning, with his 1m16.231s effort on Pirelli's softest C5 tyre more than half a second faster than the next-best time. That lap was also a mere six tenths shy of Lewis Hamilton's 2018 Spanish Grand Prix pole time. Leclerc stopped with 20 minutes of the session to go but before that had added 82 laps to ... Keep reading

Charles Leclerc's morning benchmark stood unbeaten on the penultimate day of Formula 1's second pre-season test at Barcelona, as a hefty Pierre Gasly crash halted Red Bull's running

Today's times from Barcelona, the penultimate day of the second pre-season test.

The 2007 world champion is not driving on Thursday, with teammate Antonio Giovinazzi at the wheel of the C38 instead. However, Raikkonen has not detached himself from Alfa's pre-season preparations on the penultimate day of testing. Pictures and a short video posted on his official Instagram account show the Finn engaging in small repair job on his seat, ahead of his final day in the car on ... Keep reading

The FW42 did not run until the third day of pre-season testing at Barcelona, which prompted suggestions ex-Mercedes man Lowe may not remain in his role. Lowe joined Williams in early 2017 following a leading role at the title-winning Mercedes squad, but Williams slumped to last in the constructors' championship in 2018 with an extremely problematic. Answering to Motorsport.com if he had ... Keep reading

Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe says he has no concerns for his position following speculation the Formula 1 team's 2019 car delays may threaten his future

Formula 1 generated increased income in 2018 compared to the previous year, but an expenditure hike meant that the organisation made a bigger loss overall

The news comes as F1 and the teams continued what are likely to be increasingly complex negotiations over both the sport's rules and the commercial arrangements for 2021 and beyond. Liberty Media's annual results, issued on Thursday, indicate that F1's revenues rose by some $44m from $1783m in 2017 to $1827m last season. However, only $6m of that was due to "primary revenue" - income from ... Keep reading

Having set a blistering pace on Thursday morning, Charles Leclerc warns rivals that the Ferrari hasn't shown its true pace yet.

Having previously called for a raft of upgrades in order to battle Ferrari, Valtteri Bottas insists the German team needs to dig deeper.

Leclerc's best lap of 1m16.231s on the softest C5 compound proved that F1's 2019 cars are quicker than last year's. The lap was nearly one second faster than Sebastian Vettel's best effort from last year, when he set the best overall time of 1m17.182s. But despite confirming Ferrari's place as the pre-season favourite, Leclerc said that he felt there was even more performance that could be ... Keep reading

Charles Leclerc says Ferrari is still not running "flat out" despite having set the quickest time of 2019 Formula 1 pre-season testing so far on Thursday

Fernando Alonso was back in the Formula 1 paddock during Barcelona testing this week, as McLaren announced he will test its 2019 car as part of an 'ambassadorial' role

Daniel Ricciardo says he was not "running from a fight" with Max Verstappen by leaving Red Bull to join Renault for the 2019 Formula 1 season

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Valtteri Bottas says there is a "very small window" to get the tyres working in pre-season testing, and that is making a "massive difference" to performance

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Finally the teams opt for performance over consistency and reliability, as Ferrari shows no ill-effects from Wednesday's crash.

Mercedes introduced a major aero update for the start of this week's second test, following a low-key start to its preparations at Barcelona last week. But while Bottas is convinced that the revamped wing and nose have delivered a step forward in overcoming some of the handling issues that marred the first test, he thinks the team is not yet in a position where it can be confident of matching ... Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes still needs to find more from its latest aerodynamic upgrade to compete with Ferrari at the start of the 2019 Formula 1 season

Ferrari bounced back as Charles Leclerc topped the morning session of the penultimate day of 2019 Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona, as teams largely focused on performance runs

This morning's times from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the penultimate day of the second pre-season test.

Leclerc had already raised eyebrows before setting the fastest time when he shot to third with an impressive-looking lap on the harder C2 compound while his rivals ran the red-walled C4 and C5 tyres. His 1m17.253s effort was good enough for third at the time, before he used the C4 tyre to lap in 1m16.949 and go second. Leclerc then moved to the top spot with a 1m16.658s effort on the C5 ... Keep reading

Sirotkin made his F1 debut last year with Williams but did not continue with the team for a second year, and is combining a World Endurance Championship programme with a Renault F1 reserve driver role. The British team missed the first two and a half days of running because of delays building its new FW42 and has been bottom of the times throughout Barcelona testing. “We all know that the ... Keep reading

Both Red Bull and Williams have trialled blown wheel spacers in Formula 1 testing at Barcelona, deploying similar solutions to Mercedes' 'controversial' rear wheel design seen last year

The Renault Formula 1 team has conducted a number of aerodynamic tests at Barcelona to investigate the flexure in its front and rear wings

Following its investigation, Ferrari claims that a "rim issue" was the cause of Sebastian Vettel's crash during testing on Wednesday morning.

Having won the Daytona 24 Hours at the end of January, Alonso's main focus now is on winning the Indy 500 in May and becoming WEC champion with Toyota. While there have been suggestions that Alonso could try his hand at some other categories – like the Dakar or NASCAR – the McLaren ambassador says he is pretty happy not adding too much more to his schedule this year. Asked what events ... Keep reading

The German lost control of his SF90 at Turn 3 during the morning session, and the car ploughed into the barriers on the outside of the corner. Footage of the incident showed that some kind of failure at the front left of the car triggered the crash, but it took detailed analysis by Ferrari engineers to confirm that the problem was with the wheel rim. A statement issued by Ferrari on Thursday ... Keep reading

Ferrari has concluded that Sebastian Vettel's crash in Formula 1 testing at Barcelona on Wednesday was caused by a damaged wheel rim failing

During filming for F1's upcoming Netflix documentary on the 2018 season, Red Bull team boss Christian Horner is said to have questioned whether Ricciardo was "making the right career choice" following the Australian's shock announcement last summer. According to The Telegraph, in one episode Horner says: "My assumption is that he is running from a fight." Ricciardo and Verstappen had a ... Keep reading

Perez completed just 30 laps on the first day of testing last week, and followed that up with 67 on his second day, before running a further 88 on Wednesday, when he set the second-fastest time behind Carlos Sainz. With two days of testing left, his total of 185 laps in the RP19 had left him ahead of only the two Williams drivers and Haas development driver Pietro Fittipaldi in the mileage ... Keep reading

McLaren topped the times at Formula 1 testing again on Wednesday, prompting questions about what its regular presence near the head of the order in pre-season means

The team appears to be rejuvenated both on and off the track in 2019. With insight from Italian journalist Roberto Chinchero, who knows the inner workings of Maranello very well, Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell discuss Ferrari's new culture following a change of regime, and why the team is so confident based on how testing has gone so far. Our journalists also discuss the crash that curtailed ... Keep reading

The team appears to be rejuvenated both on and off the track in 2019. With insight from Italian journalist Roberto Chinchero, who knows the inner workings of Maranello very well, Ben Anderson and Scott Mitchell discuss Ferrari's new culture following a change of regime, and why the team is so confident based on how testing has gone so far. Our journalists also discuss the crash that curtailed ... Keep reading

The teams reflect as the second day of the second pre-season test comes to an end.

Ferrari has altered its driving plan for the final two days of 2019 Formula 1 pre-season testing after Sebastian Vettel's accident on Wednesday

Kimi Raikkonen says Alfa Romeo tried "a lot of things" on its Formula 1 car on Wednesday as he experimented with its set-up properly for the first time

Robert Kubica says "time is running out" for Williams to complete the work it needs to be ready for the start of the 2019 Formula 1 season

The Italian team has now decided to drop its usual schedule of alternating the drivers between the morning and afternoon sessions, and instead will give Vettel and Charles Leclerc a full day of running each. Ferrari noted that it “has decided to have its drivers do a complete day each at the wheel, so that the work can progress in a more linear fashion," adding: "Charles will drive tomorrow ... Keep reading

McLaren driver Carlos Sainz Jr believes "teams like Ferrari and Red Bull" are capable of lapping "much faster" than his own benchmark in Formula 1 pre-season testing at Barcelona

Carlos Sainz ensured McLaren retained a place at the top of the timing screens after setting the fastest lap of the test on day six of pre-season testing. Despite their demonstration of pace on the C4 tyre, a minor technical issue brought a slight delay to the team's running, but the quick resolution of the problem meant a 130-lap day could be completed by Sainz, who finished several tenths of ... Keep reading

After his squadmate Lando Norris set the pace on the first day of the second week of testing, Sainz took over in the MCL34 to post the fastest lap of the F1 pre-season so far, a 1m17.144s. The lap, set on the C4 tyre compound, is a quarter of a second quicker than Nico Hulkenberg's opening-week benchmark for Renault, and is within a second of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton's Spanish Grand Prix ... Keep reading

Williams missed the first two days of pre-season running after its test car build was delayed. Although he completed 130 laps on Wednesday – the joint-highest with McLaren’s Carlos Sainz for the day – Kubica says the team is still yet to conduct work “from a driver point of view”. “Today was a productive day from one side but from another side maybe not because time is running ... Keep reading

McLaren continues to set Barcelona pace, as Day 6 witnesses the busiest session since pre-season testing got underway.

Sebastian Vettel crashes his Ferrari on the second day of the final pre-season test, severely curtailing the team's running.

Mercedes admitted it was behind Ferrari after the first four days of testing but its W10 rolled out on Tuesday this week with a series of major aerodynamic updates. The lead times required to produce a new aero package suggest Mercedes was always planning to produce a much more advanced concept for test two. Asked if he had kept an eye on the Mercedes update, Vettel said: "Yes. You ... Keep reading

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel says he was "a bit surprised" to see Mercedes bring so many upgrades to the second Formula 1 pre-season test at Barcelona

McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr retained the fastest time in Formula 1's second week of pre-season testing at Barcelona, while Ferrari only managed one further lap after its morning crash

Sainz set his benchmark time of 1m17.144s within the first two hours of the morning before going on to complete more laps than any other driver with 130. His leading time never looked close to being threatened until the final 20 minutes of the day. Racing Point - which again lagged behind in the mileage stakes - bolted a set of C4 tyres on Sergio Perez's car, which he used to go second with ... Keep reading

Today's times from Barcelona, the second day of the second pre-season test.

Sebastian Vettel's day of Formula 1 testing ended in the Barcelona barriers on Wednesday, but that scare shouldn't cause too much concern for Ferrari

Williams has made it clear that the delayed build of its 2019 Formula 1 car was not caused by external suppliers being late or a lack of budget

While the team is conducting a thorough investigation to get to the bottom of why its new FW42 missed the opening two days of pre-season testing, deputy team principal Claire Williams has dismissed two theories. "I think there were many stories around about what potentially could have been the cause of it," she said. "A couple that I read were that there were issues with external suppliers ... Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel says he could not avoid crashing on Wednesday, Lewis Hamilton's brother is signed up, and more.

Daniel Ricciardo says he has no "hard evidence" that Renault has established itself at the front of the chasing pack behind Formula 1's top three teams

Although Alonso and McLaren were in talks about the Spaniard driving the 2019 car, it will be race drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris who will complete all of the team's winter testing before the first race. As part of his new ambassador role announced on Wednesday, Alonso will drive in "selected tests" during the year as he helps McLaren with the development of both the MCL34 and next ... Keep reading

Renault has set its sight on closing in on the leading trio of Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull this year, having finished fourth in the constructors' championship in 2018. But with early indications from testing suggesting that the midfield pack may actually have closed up this year, Ricciardo says that he cannot be sure yet about where Renault stands. Asked if he believed Renault could break ... Keep reading

The start time of MotoGP's 2019 season-opening Qatar Grand Prix could be changed after riders voiced safety concerns in testing

Sebastian Vettel says it would be "a lot easier" to identify the cause of his Formula 1 pre-season testing crash at Barcelona without the damage his Ferrari has suffered

Vettel went off on the entry to the fast Turn 3 right-hander after what Ferrari described as a "mechanical problem". The cause has not been detailed, although images seen by Motorsport.com revealed the left side of the front wing was making contact with the track as Vettel went off. Vettel said he did not know "much more than everyone knows" when asked during Wednesday's lunch break what ... Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel says that Ferrari must "be careful in understanding" the cause of the failure that caused his crash on Wednesday morning.

Fernando Alonso says spending 2019 on the sidelines would have been a 'waste of everyone's time', having added McLaren Formula 1 testing to his IndyCar and World Endurance Championship schedule

With testing under way and all of 2019's new cars unveiled, BBC Sport reveals which one is the best looking.

Alonso stepped down from grand prix racing after the 2018 season but has been handed an ambassadorial role with McLaren that will include driving its 2019 car this year.  He will dovetail that development work with another bid to win the Indianapolis 500, and the conclusion of his 2018/19 WEC campaign with Toyota. Asked what he will get out of his McLaren role, Alonso said: “At the ... Keep reading

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso becomes an ambassador for McLaren, a role that will include him testing their F1 car this year.

Mechanical problem sees Sebastian Vettel crash out of testing, as Carlos Sainz continues to show strong pace for McLaren.

McLaren's Carlos Sainz Jr set the fastest time of Formula 1 pre-season testing yet, as a Sebastian Vettel crash interrupted the start of day two of the second Barcelona test

Sainz took over the MCL34 from teammate Lando Norris - who ended Tuesday's first day on top despite twice stopping out on track - on Wednesday morning and went fastest on his first timed run towards the end of the first hour with a 1m18.878s. His next improvement took him into the mid-1m17s, before he set his session-topping 1m17.144s lap on the softer C4 compound around an hour and a quarter ... Keep reading

This morning's times from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the second day of the second pre-season test.

Gearbox specialist Xtrac is set to submit a tender for the contract to provide gearboxes to all Formula 1 teams for the 2021 to '24 seasons

The Toro Rosso driver has been on a steep learning curve after being handed an F1 race seat for 2019 despite having never tested a grand prix car before. But while happy with the amount of progress he has been able to make in the two pre-season F1 tests, Albon senses a lot of opportunity to raise his game. “The main thing at the minute is just using all the tools on the steering wheel,” ... Keep reading

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso becomes an ambassador for McLaren, a role that will include him testing their F1 car this year.

Fernando Alonso will test McLaren's 2019 Formula 1 car as part of a new role as team "ambassador", following his decision not to race in F1 this season

The two-time world champion rejoined McLaren in 2015 but opted to step away from grand prix racing for 2019 following years of uncompetitive machinery, and an urge to compete elsewhere. Alonso had already been confirmed to race for McLaren in this year's Indianapolis 500, but his much-speculated involvement in the F1 team's testing programme has now been firmed up as well. He will drive at ... Keep reading

McLaren Racing and Fernando Alonso will continue their relationship with the appointment of the two-time world champion as a McLaren Racing ambassador in a wide-ranging agreement.

Russian Sergey Sirotkin gets a Formula 1 lifeline with the Renault team after losing his seat at Williams.

Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael, has joined the Ferrari Driver Academy after clinching the European Formula 3 title last year. As reported by Motorsport.com, this new role had the potential to facilitate his first F1 test opportunity, either with the Maranello team or one of its customer outfits, Alfa and Haas. "There is a shortlist and Mick is part of the shortlist ... Keep reading

Former Williams Formula 1 racer Sergey Sirotkin has rejoined the Renault team as its reserve driver for 2019

Mick Schumacher is on the "shortlist" of drivers being considered for an Alfa Romeo Formula 1 test this season, according to team principal Frederic Vasseur

Sirotkin had originally joined the French manufacturer's works F1 team in a development role in 2016, and was promoted to reserve driver the year after. He subsequently left Renault to contest his debut F1 campaign with Williams, but scored just one point in 2018 in an uncompetitive Williams FW41 and ultimately split with the Grove-based outfit after a single season. The Russian tested DTM ... Keep reading

Sergey Sirotkin returns to F1 as third & reserve driver with Renault, while Jack Aitken is confirmed as test driver.

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After banking as many laps as possible in week one to prove Honda's reliability, Red Bull gave us a first look at some of the performance it has been hiding under its tightly packaged bodywork. That allowed for some comparisons with Ferrari, while Mercedes caught the eye with a major update package that could be an ominous sign for its competition. Following the conclusion of the day's ... Keep reading

McLaren set the pace on the opening day of the second Formula 1 pre-season test, but all the action that really mattered went on behind Lando Norris on the timing screens

Price won a second Dakar crown earlier this year in impressive fashion, braving a badly-broken wrist to conquer the Peruvian dunes. That feat will be recognised during the driver parade at the season-opening grand prix in Melbourne, Price set to follow the F1 stars around on the KTM that he rode to Dakar glory. “Toby Price is the only Australian to have ever conquered the gruelling Dakar ... Keep reading

Mick Schumacher could make his test debut, F1 opens gearbox applications, McLaren are "behind Ferrari" , and more.

F1's champion squad arrived at the final week of pre-season running with substantial revisions to its W10 design. Lewis Hamilton covered 83 laps in the morning, but when Valtteri Bottas took over for the afternoon session the car stopped on its out-lap. Mercedes undertook a rapid precautionary engine change in response to the oil pressure problem it had suffered, but Bottas only had time for ... Keep reading

The teams reflect as the first day of the second pre-season test comes to an end.

Mercedes' oil pressure problem in Barcelona Formula 1 testing hampered the team's chance to fully evaluate its new aerodynamic package

After their mostly-reliable start to pre-season testing last week, McLaren have finally encountered some headaches after a day of highs and lows for the team. Lando Norris had the unwelcome honour of causing two red flags. In the morning, he was forced to park his McLaren MCL34 up in the opening sector of the lap as his car was struck by hydraulic pressure problems. The team spent the ... Keep reading

Kevin Magnussen says Formula 1's new aero rules have made a 'big difference’ when following other cars, based on an experience he had in Tuesday's pre-season test

Wider and simpler front and rear wings have been introduced this year in a bid to try to help improve overtaking, with the 2018 cars having been notoriously difficult at running close together on track. While there has been a great deal of scepticism about how much of a difference the changes will make, Magnussen said he was hugely encouraged by the totally different feel he had when shadowing ... Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 rookie George Russell has described the team's productive start to the final Barcelona pre-season test as a "huge relief" after its dramas last week

McLaren's Lando Norris tops the timesheets in Barcelona as testing resumes, but two stoppages suggest the MCL34 has issues.

The British team started testing in Spain late because of build delays with its new FW42. Russell kicked off the second test on Tuesday by completing 119 laps, 31 more than the team managed across its day-and-a-half of activity in the first week. "After the last couple of weeks it's a huge relief to get a day like today," said Russell, who finished ninth-fastest, 1.9s off the pace. "We've ... Keep reading

British rookie Lando Norris set the fastest time in his McLaren on the first day of the final pre-season test.

McLaren driver Lando Norris headed the first day of Formula 1's second pre-season test despite stopping twice on track, beating long-time pacesetter Pierre Gasly to top spot by 0.006 seconds

Norris completed 38 laps in the morning but missed the final hour and 40 minutes of that session when he stopped with a reported loss of hydraulic pressure. He completed solid mileage when running got back underway after the lunch break, but did not improve on the 1m22.306s he set shortly after 10am local time until 5:15pm when he recorded a 1m19.264s on the C5 Pirelli tyre. That was the ... Keep reading

Today's times from Barcelona, the first day of the second pre-season test.

Mercedes unveiled a host of changes to its W10 2019 Formula 1 car as the second pre-season test began at Barcelona on Tuesday morning

That followed an inconclusive first week in which the champion team appeared to be off arch-rival Ferrari's pace with a car that had clearly followed a very different design concept to the other frontrunners - particularly in regard to the new front wing rules. With the help of Giorgio Piola's images, Jake Boxall-Legge joined Ben Anderson to discuss the changes Mercedes has made and to explain ... Keep reading

Ex-McLaren Formula 1 chief Eric Boullier says aiming for "something different" pushed him towards his new French Grand Prix role, because he was not "desperate" to stay in the paddock

Boullier returned to the F1 paddock on Tuesday at the start of the second week of pre-season testing, his first appearance since resigning as McLaren's racing director last summer. The Frenchman has taken a "strategic advisor" and global ambassador role for the French GP, which returned to the calendar last season at Paul Ricard. Asked by Motorsport.com why he focused on his new role instead ... Keep reading

It is being reported that Mick Schumacher could make his F1 debut in the post-Bahrain GP test.

Mixed fortunes for title favourites as testing resumes at Barcelona, where Mercedes gives notice that it has no intention of surrendering to Ferrari any time soon.

Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi left it late to set the fastest time in the opening session of Formula 1's second week of pre-season testing

Giovinazzi deposed long-time leader Pierre Gasly for the top spot inside the final 20 minutes after the Red Bull driver led from within the first hour of the morning. Gasly's first lap was completed in 1m19.973 using the mid-range C3 tyre. He then alternated between cool-down laps and flying efforts and improved to 1m19.077s. His final benchmark of 1m18.647s, still on the C3 tyre, came ... Keep reading

This morning's times from the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the first day of the second pre-season test.

The FIA published an invitation to tender last week for the supply of a common seven-speed gearbox cassette as a step towards addressing costs. Teams will be expected to have the use of four gearboxes per car for the 2021 race season, with two extras for testing purposes, making for a total of 10. The design won’t change for the remaining three years of the tender contract. Any potential ... Keep reading

The team launched with a front wing design noticeably different to the others seen on the grid, most interestingly using an endplate design which appeared to guide airflow inwards, rather than the outwashing endplates used by everyone else. Although it seemed that the combination of the endplate and front wing flap adjuster together could ultimately channel airflow around the tyre, Mercedes has ... Keep reading

Mercedes has kicked off its running in the second Formula 1 pre-season test at Barcelona with a number of new aerodynamic components in the pursuit of extra performance

While few doubt that Ferrari is currently the team to beat after its strong first week of testing, behind the Italian team things are much harder to work out. Daniel Ricciardo, whose teammate Nico Hulkenberg set the fastest time of the first week of testing, says that everyone is impressing at the moment. "I kind of feel that everyone has a pretty decent car at the moment," he said. "So ... Keep reading

Traditionally, Ferrari gives its driver full days in the car during pre-season testing, with one day last year the only exception since the V6 turbo-hybrid era began in 2014. However, the team has opted to split the running of Vettel and Leclerc for the second four-day test in Spain this week. Leclerc will kick off the test on Tuesday morning before handing over to Vettel for the afternoon ... Keep reading

Ferrari will split the driving duties of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc for the final Formula 1 pre-season test, with both drivers appearing on each day at Barcelona this week

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How big is Ferrari's advantage? Is Mercedes really in trouble? Is Red Bull-Honda right to be so confident? Week two of Formula 1 pre-season testing begins with many unanswered questions

What are the key answers that we should be looking for over the next four days of running? Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell join Ben Anderson ahead of the start of the test to outline what they are looking to see from the teams up and down the pitlane to give us a clearer picture of how the new season is shaping up. We have just four days of Formula 1 pre-season testing remaining and, apart from ... Keep reading

Racing Point Formula 1 technical director Andrew Green says the investment from its new owners has made a big difference - joking that it can finally afford an IT upgrade