Get the full Barcelona shakedown guide: private testing dates, session structure, rules changes, and how fans can catch the action ahead of the 2026 F1 season.

We're getting our first look at Audi’s R26 in motion as testing in Barcelona gets underway.

When to watch the 2025 US Grand Prix? Where to watch With just six races left in what has been an absorbing F1 campaign, the title fight between McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris heads to Texas for what looks likely to be a pivotal United States GP.

Witness the dawn of F1`s radical new era! 2026 cars with active aero & 50/50 power split begin testing at Barcelona.

Alpine will unveil its 2026 Formula 1 livery at a live launch event in Barcelona on Friday 23 January

Like its predecessor, the SF-26 will be driven by Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, following a mildly underwhelming 2025 campaign where they took fifth and sixth in the drivers' standings, with Ferrari down in fourth in the constructors' championship.

The F1 Shakedown week is a private event organised by the 11 teams on the grid and media isn’t invited. That means that while teams will have a better idea of how their cars perform under the new regulations, we won’t until next month.

Red Bull will become the first team to lift the covers on their F1 2026 season livery with a launch event tonight in Detroit, Michigan.

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