Daniel Valente 🏎️

Isack Hadjar on his first day in the RB22:

“It was pretty productive. Surprisingly, we managed to do a lot more laps than we expected. Everything went pretty smooth. We had like only minor issues so it’s quite impressive considering it’s our first day with our own engine.”

George Russell is pleased with his first day in the Mercedes W17 but says Red Bull has “clearly done a good job” with its power unit considering the number of laps they put in. Also mentions Ferrari’s mileage.

“It's not quite how it was in 2014.”

Liam Lawson on Red Bull-Ford PU:

“The main thing is reliability & we’ve done a good amount of laps. … The only issues we really had today were safety precautions.”

“So far on the power unit side it’s been very very good but again hard to know compared to everyone else where we’re at.”

Gabriel Bortoleto on Audi’s short day:

“We found a couple problems that unfortunately put us out of the day already. It was expected, these type of things.”

“It was a precaution thing as well. We decided to not run until we fully understand then to put the car back on track…”

Kimi Antonelli: “The car is nice. It’s very nice to drive”

“I have to say the team did, on the PU side, a really good job. Drivability which was a big question mark seems to be good so far. Obviously it’s early days … but so far, the package is feeling good.”

Liam Lawson says 2026 F1 cars are “very different” to drive.

“Feels like there’s a lot more we can do as drivers potentially to make a difference, which is good.”

The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for F1 testing this week

Red Bull's RB22 (2026) vs. Red Bull's RB16B (2021)

Philosophy feels closer to this than any zeropod design.

Isack Hadjar in the Red Bull RB22 tops the unofficial timing sheet for the morning session of Day 1 of Barcelona testing

🚨 Here are some side-by-side car comparisons in Barcelona of:

• Red Bull vs. Mercedes
• Cadillac vs. Audi

This really highlights Red Bull's sidepod design (or lack of perhaps) ...

Audi announces that Freddie Slater is the first driver signed to its Driver Development Programme 👏

There is the RB22 in Barcelona

Today marks 50 days since Lando Norris became the drivers’ champion.

And it won’t be much longer until we see the #1 on his car on a race track for the first time.

🚨 All the new track records set in 2025

🇦🇺 Albert Park: Norris
🇨🇳 Shanghai: Piastri
🇯🇵 Suzuka: Verstappen
🇸🇦 Jeddah: Verstappen
🇺🇸 Miami: Verstappen
🇲🇨 Monaco: Norris
🇧🇪 Spa: Piastri
🇳🇱 Zandvoort: Piastri
🇮🇹 Monza: Verstappen
🇸🇬 Singapore: Russell
🇶🇦 Losail: Piastri

When driver #16 Charles Leclerc took his first career pole in Bahrain 2019, he became the 33rd different polesitter in Ferrari history.

There's a target audience for this stat.

😳 The drivers in this photo are responsible for the three longest winning streaks during the turbo-hyrbid era:

1⃣ Max Verstappen - 10 consecutive wins
2⃣ Max Verstappen - 9 consecutive wins
3⃣ Nico Rosberg - 7 consecutive wins

Most wins at a GP for current drivers

Lewis Hamilton: 9 🇬🇧
Lewis Hamilton: 8 🇭🇺
Lewis Hamilton: 7 🇨🇦
Lewis Hamilton: 6 🇺🇸
Lewis Hamilton: 6 🇨🇳
Lewis Hamilton: 6 🇪🇸
Lewis Hamilton: 5 🇮🇹
Lewis Hamilton: 5 🇯🇵
Lewis Hamilton: 5 🇦🇪
Lewis Hamilton: 5 🇧🇭
Lewis Hamilton: 5 🇷🇺
Lewis Hamilton: 5 🇧🇪
Max Verstappen: 5 🇦🇪

It has officially been 55 days since Carlos Sainz brought Williams its most recent podium.

When will be the next one?

Kimi Antonelli running with the 2026 Winter Olympics torch today

😳 One of the best throwback stats 😳

Only one driver completed an overtake on Max Verstappen while on equal tyre conditions during the entire 2023 season ...

Charles Leclerc.

Lewis Hamilton completed a super grand slam at the 2015 Italian GP 😳

FP1: Lewis Hamilton
FP2: Lewis Hamilton
FP3: Lewis Hamilton
Q1: Lewis Hamilton
Q2: Lewis Hamilton
Q3/Pole: Lewis Hamilton
Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton
Led All Laps: Lewis Hamilton
Winner: Lewis Hamilton

Max Verstappen's dominance in a 25-race stretch from May 7th 2023 to May 19th 2024:

🏆 10 straight wins, a new F1 record
🏆 9 straight wins, matching the old F1 record
🛞 8 straight poles, tying the F1 record

Will never see anything like it again.

🚨 We are now Logan Sargeant days away from Barcelona preseason testing (2)

Freedom from the winter break is nearly upon us!

🤯 Here’s an awesome coincidence: Ferrari revealed the SF26 …

• 16 days after Lewis Hamilton’s birthday
• 44 days before the first race of the season in Australia

1644 strikes again.

At the end of the 2026 Australian GP, there will be only one driver in F1 history to make more than 150 starts with a single constructor & not win a drivers' title for them.

Charles Leclerc and Ferrari.

The SF-26 has to be good so Charles can abolish this off his record.

Aura.

Ferrari’s SF-26 (bottom) draws a lot of similarities to the 2016 SF16-H (top) & 2017 SF70H (middle).

The Ferrari SF-26 compared to the Mercedes W17 🔍

Is there a rocket ship in this photo? 👀

🚨 We have now seen seven 2026 Formula 1 liveries:

• Ferrari
• Alpine
• Mercedes
• Red Bull
• Audi
• Racing Bulls
• Haas

The colour on the grid continues to grow. Which are the best liveries?

Here’s a comparison between the shakedown versions of the Racing Bulls VCARB03 and Mercedes W17 🔍