Red Bull and Aston Martin were among the teams that lost significant track time in a first session of the second Bahrain F1 2026 test where Charles Leclerc was fastest for Ferrari
Even years of experience watching F1 cars trackside pales drastically in comparison to the expertise a driver can offer. So we enlisted the help of Jack Doohan
Never mind Max Verstappen's unflattering comparisons with Formula E. Having now seen the 2026 cars in action, Ben Anderson reckons this is F1 as Frankenstein's monster