After five days of shakedown testing at Barcelona, ESPN's F1 analysts reveal what they learned about the state of the field ahead of 2026 rule changes.

The F1 teams are testing their 2026 cars at the Barcelona track this week. But why is the action not open to the public?

Every F1 driver's fastest lap time has been revealed following the first 2026 shakedown test in Barcelona this week.

Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton set the pace on the final day in Barcelona.

Ferrari unveiled its new SF-26 on Friday in Fiorano, where it held a 15km shakedown meeting the Demonstration Event regulations, then opted to skip the first day of the Barcelona test.

Lance Stroll - 1m46.404s 15. Sergio Perez - 1m21.024s 10. Pierre Gasly - 1m19.297s 5. Lando Norris - 1m18.307s

Ten new cars, five days, no fans. And plenty of security. Formula 1 started a new era with the public and the media excluded from the teams' reliability-focused private testing session in Spain on Monday.

Mercedes driver George Russell believes Formula 1's 2026 regulations will provide more exciting races this year and said the complex new cars are more intuitive to drive than he was expecting.

Aston Martin has confirmed that Stoffel Vandoorne and Jak Crawford will remain part of its Formula 1 driver line-up this

As part of it, we polled readers for their thoughts. The result was a resounding defeat for me, as my position of being “against” F1 testing being held in private scored only 43.7 percent compared to Luke’s “for” argument getting 56.3 percent of the vote.

Cadillac hit issues on the first day of Formula 1 testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.