Barcelona, F1 2026
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Newly promoted Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar crashes his car in wet conditions on the second day of Formula 1 pre-season testing.
Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc joined four-time world champion Max Verstappen in making their 2026 preseason debuts in a quieter second day of testing.
Cadillac hit issues on the first day of Formula 1 testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Team sources described this year as feeling “more uncontrollable than ever” because of the extended pre-season schedule and compressed offseason. Between 2023 and 2025, there was just a single three-day test — held in Bahrain each time.
The American outfit lapped over 150 times on the first day of Formula 1 testing.
The grid decided to keep the year's first preseason test private after bad memories from 2014 but early data has proved these concerns wrong