{"id":470308,"date":"2026-02-12T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470308\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:08:09","slug":"f1-2026-pre-season-testing-in-bahrain-featuring-lando-norris-george-russell-charles-leclerc-and-isack-hadjar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/470308\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 2026 pre-season testing in Bahrain featuring Lando Norris, George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Isack Hadjar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s the new technology?published at 12:56 GMT<\/p>\n<p>12:56 GMT<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Max Verstappen drives the new Red Bull in Bahrain\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a1651c83-a4e8-425b-8e20-83e70fc1f869.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There is a lot to take in as Formula 1 walks towards a brand new era of racing, so here&#8217;s a rundown of what to look out when the season gets under way next month in Australia. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">And if you&#8217;re watching at home, apparently there will be TV graphics to help us understand what on earth is going on. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Overtake mode: Replaces the current DRS overtaking aid. A burst of extra electrical energy available when drivers are within a second of the car in front to deploy power to assist with an overtake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boost mode: Driver-operated energy deployment from the energy recovery system that can be used in attack or defence. Gives the driver maximum power from the engine and battery at the push of a button.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Both these modes will have to be used with calculation as total energy is limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Active aero: The front and rear wings adjust angles &#8211; open on the straights for low drag and speed, and closed in the corners for maximum downforce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Recharge: Drivers can recharge their battery with energy recovered from braking, or on throttle lift at the end of the straights or in corners where only partial power is applied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s the new technology?published at 12:56 GMT 12:56 GMT Image source, Getty Images There is a lot to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470309,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-470308","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470308"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470308\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}