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PART ONE – Nico HULKENBERG (Audi), Valtteri BOTTAS (Cadillac), George RUSSELL (Mercedes)   Q: George, why don’t we start with you. A lot has changed in Formula 1 this year. Just how confident are you and Mercedes feeling ahead of this first race?George RUSSELL: Well, I think there’s just an element of the unknown, excitement going into the […]

DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 5 March 1330hrs  1400hrs Nico Hülkenberg (Audi)Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac)George Russell (Mercedes) Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)Oscar Piastri (McLaren)Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls) Friday, 6 March 1430hrs Adrian Newey (Aston Martin)Graeme Lowdon (Cadillac)Toto Wolff (Mercedes) Saturday, 7 March Post-Qualifying Top three fastest drivers Sunday, 8 March Post-Race First three finishing drivers

The modifications to the Technical Regulations follow the pre-season tests in Barcelona and Bahrain and extensive feedback received from drivers and teams. A significant effort has been invested in finding a solution to the topic of the compression ratio. This parameter, which was one of the key fundamental targets of these regulations in order to […]

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the final day of F1’s pre-season test schedule with the fastest time of the six days, posting a time of 1:31.992 to end the week as the only driver below the 1m32s mark.  Leclerc led the way throughout the final day, using C3 compound Pirelli tyres to get down to 1:32.655. […]

The FIA, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile, is proud to announce a landmark Partnership with Tomorrow.io, the world’s leading Resilience Platform™, joining as an Official Partner. The collaboration unites the FIA’s mission to advance safety and integrity across world motorsport with Tomorrow.io’s AI-powered weather intelligence, setting a new benchmark for race-day preparedness and operational excellence.  Weather has […]

Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli topped the timesheet on the penultimate day of pre-season testing in Bahrain ahead of the start of the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship in a little over a fortnight’s time. The 19-year-old Italian set the fastest time of pre-season testing with a lap of 1:32.803, good enough to edge out […]

Refinements to the 2026 Formula 1 Regulations were agreed and will now be referred to the World Motor Sport Council for final approval.  The following is an overview of the key discussion points: Feedback on 2026 Formula 1 Regulations  In common with the introduction of such significant regulatory changes, there are still collective learnings to […]

Over recent weeks and months, the FIA and the Power Unit Manufacturers have collaboratively developed a methodology to quantify how the compression ratio changes from ambient to operating conditions. Following validation of this approach, a proposal has been submitted whereby, from 1 August 2026, compliance with the compression ratio limit must be demonstrated not only […]

Mercedes’ George Russell beat McLaren’s Oscar Piastri by one hundredth of a second as the final pre-season Formula test ahead of the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship got underway at the Bahrain International Circuit. Third place on the timesheet went to Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. Russell posted a lap of 1:33.459 in the afternoon session, […]