After kicking off under a cloud of secrecy with a private test in Barcelona, F1 2026 had official lift-off with official preseason running in Bahrain. Here are the fastest laps.

Fastest lap times and most laps completed at Formula 1s first official pre-season test in Bahrain; watch full coverage of the final pre-season test in Bahrain live on Sky Sports F1 from February 18-20

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen captured pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, a surprising feat against the dominant McLaren cars. In the process of qualifying first, Verstappen also managed to break another record, a seemingly regular occurrence for ...

Under the pale winter sun of Barcelona and the desert of Bahrain, George Russell turned F1 pre-season testing into his own endurance contest.

Formula One wrapped up pre-season testing in Bahrain on Friday with Charles Leclerc fastest for Ferrari and Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad pounding out a single-day record of 165 laps.

For a minute or so on Saturday afternoon at Monza, Lando Norris was not only provisional polesitter for the Italian Grand Prix, but also a record-breaker: his 1m18.869s lap meant an average speed of 264.423km/h, faster than Lewis Hamilton’s 264.362km/h ...

McLaren's Oscar Piastri finished the first day of the new Formula 1 season in first place after Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix. The narrative of the weekend so far has been about Aston Martin's plight at the back of the field as much as the fight at the front, following the biggest regulation change in the sport's history.