F1 2026 is just around the corner, and here are all your latest F1 news headlines on the third-last day of the year 2025.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s only a few weeks until the launches and testing season for 2026 gets underway, with little insight into what the pecking order could be.<\/p>\n
Red Bull and Ford\u2019s new power unit for F1 2026 \u2013 will it be competitive?<\/p>\n
The very first Red Bull-Ford power unit will hit the track soon, and Ford Racing global director Mark Rushbrook has offered an update on how the project is going.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are to plan, so where we need to be, but it all comes together when it\u2019s actually in the car and on track,\u201d Rushbrook told Motorsport.com.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo that first day of testing is an important date, and an important week,\u201d Rushbrook continued. \u201cIt\u2019s when we get to see how all this hard work in the past three years is going to pay off.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s always some level of nervousness or anticipation anytime there\u2019s a new car or engine on track. Our computer tools are great for designing; our labs are great for evaluating and developing the hardware, and the calibration that goes with it, so we can simulate a lot in those environments.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut until you get it all together on an actual racetrack, you haven\u2019t seen everything. And it\u2019s a question of what are you going to see on track that you didn\u2019t see in the lab.\u201d<\/p>\n
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