Formula 1 2026 is underway — under a cloud of secrecy with the initial preseason test in Barcelona taking place behind closed doors.<\/p>\n
That is because F1 is taking on a huge rule change, with the engines and cars overhauled for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n
Such a shift means the pecking order is more intriguing than ever, with nobody truly knowing who ranks where heading into the opening race in Australia on March 8.<\/p>\n
Below, ESPN has rounded up all the fastest times of testing so far, and who has completed the most laps.<\/p>\n
You can also see the full schedule for the tests, and how to follow them.<\/p>\n
TeamNumber of lapsHaas154Mercedes151Red Bull107Racing Bulls88Alpine60Cadillac44Audi27Formula 1 testing schedule<\/p>\n
Preseason test 1: Jan. 26-30, Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (behind closed doors)<\/p>\n
Preseason test 2: Feb. 11-13, Bahrain International Circuit<\/p>\n
Preseason test 3: Feb. 18-20: Bahrain International Circuit<\/p>\n
How to follow F1 testing<\/p>\n
The first F1 test is taking place in private — meaning only F1 and the teams will be releasing information, pictures and the crucial times.<\/p>\n
The second test in Bahrain also won’t be televised, but ESPN will be on the ground to gather all you need to know.<\/p>\n
That is also true for the final test, which Sky Sports F1 will be broadcasting live in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 2026 is underway — under a cloud of secrecy with the initial preseason test in Barcelona…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-439598","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}