{"id":488791,"date":"2026-02-21T00:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:36:07","slug":"the-top-innovations-from-2026-pre-season-testing-in-bahrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/488791\/","title":{"rendered":"The top innovations from 2026 pre-season testing in Bahrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Formula 1 teams ramped up their preparations for the 2026 campaign across pre-season testing, with some innovative developments appearing on the cars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">From <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiYXVkaeKAmXNfbmV3LWxvb2tfc2lkZXBvZHNfbGlua19jbGlja2VkIiwiY2xpY2tUZXh0Ijp0cnVlLCJwYXRoIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZm9ybXVsYTEuY29tL2VuL2xhdGVzdC9hcnRpY2xlL3RlY2gtYW5hbHlzaXMtd2h5LWF1ZGlzLW5ldy1sb29rLWJvZHl3b3JrLWluLWJhaHJhaW4tZ290LXBlb3BsZS10YWxraW5nLjZ6V2J3QURibGtEeHdPcEgwbkhQWXoiLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/tech-analysis-why-audis-new-look-bodywork-in-bahrain-got-people-talking.6zWbwADblkDxwOpH0nHPYz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Audi\u2019s new-look sidepods<\/a> to <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" data-f1rd-a7s-click=\"rich_text_atom_click\" data-f1rd-a7s-context=\"eyJhY3Rpb25UeXBlIjoiZmVycmFyaeKAmXNfcm90YXRpbmdfcmVhcl93aW5nX2xpbmtfY2xpY2tlZCIsImNsaWNrVGV4dCI6dHJ1ZSwicGF0aCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmZvcm11bGExLmNvbS9lbi9sYXRlc3QvYXJ0aWNsZS90ZWNoLWFuYWx5c2lzLWEtcm90YXRpbmctd2luZy1hbmQtdW51c3VhbC12YW5lLXdoeS1mZXJyYXJpcy1yYWRpY2FsLXJlYXItaGFzLjNJUFQ2Uk5lbHczVHQ3NHFQTzVKcWgiLCJwYXRoVHlwZSI6ImludGVybmFsIn0=\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/tech-analysis-a-rotating-wing-and-unusual-vane-why-ferraris-radical-rear-has.3IPT6RNelw3Tt74qPO5Jqh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ferrari\u2019s rotating rear wing<\/a>, there was plenty for F1 TV\u2019s technical team \u2013 led by resident expert Sam Collins \u2013 to get stuck into and analyse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Hit go on the video player above for a closer look at the above design features and much, much more&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Formula 1 teams ramped up their preparations for the 2026 campaign across pre-season testing, with some innovative developments&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-488791","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\/488791","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=488791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}