The F1 teams are testing their 2026 cars at the Barcelona track this week. But why is the action not open to the public?

After Mercedes completed the first laps with its 2026 F1 car, much attention was drawn to a hole in the diffuser, but what is ...

A Formula 1 test in January, in the middle of winter, behind closed doors and with no media or fans in sight? ESPN fills you in on all you need to know ahead of Barcelona testing.

Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have completed the first laps in Ferrari's new 2026 Formula 1 car at the team's test track, Fiorano.

It remains to be seen how drivers will respond to the new rules, but they could make for far more interesting races.

McLaren has released the first images of the car Lando Norris will use to defend his Formula 1 title, albeit finished in an interim testing livery.

The R26 represents VW AG's first-ever full works operation in F1—and the first step in a plan to win a championship by 2030.

Formula 1's biggest technical overhaul isn't just reshaping the cars and the way drivers extract performance from them -- it is also redefining the language of racing.

For millions of fans who follow Grand Prix racing year-round, the closest they will get to the adrenaline rush of driving a Formula 1 car is through an onboard camera. These small cameras, known as ...

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