Haas reveal

How @HaasF1Team will look in 2026! 🤩

Haas have revealed their bold VF-26 design and updated livery 🎨#F1 pic.twitter.com/S9DPpkuMUp

— Formula 1 (@F1) January 19, 2026

Audi reveal

🚨 AUDI REVOLUT F1 CAR: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the #AudiR26 BEAUTY!#F1 pic.twitter.com/eVMfAZdWEm

— Formula Audi (@AudiSport27) January 20, 2026

The award for overly dramatic car reveal goes to Audi

F1Youtube Video for Audi Reveal

Audi said "Look at me, vee are zee silver arrows now" .

Mercedes unis

Racing into a new era, together 💜 pic.twitter.com/0p5zRSx6ct

— Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team (@MercedesAMGF1) January 21, 2026

USGP amex presale up, went for turn 15 at the lower price, row 11, row 12 jump $200+ and top rows go up to $2k

Pin moved up to development driver

https://www.mercedesamgf1.com/news/doriane-graduates-to-development-driver-role

Really excited to see her move up. I think she has some potential but really needs the development

the fake watch on the gloves always makes me crack up

Mercedes reveal

Mercedes introduce the W17 😍

Initial thoughts?#F1 @MercedesAMGF1 pic.twitter.com/Qg6Mht22PI

— Formula 1 (@F1) January 22, 2026

Won't be long before COTA prices out both the f1 fan base and the concert going fan base. It always amazes me the sheer number of people trying to get into the track at the end of the race day for the concert.

The F1 movie has landed an Oscar nomination for Best Picture, as well as for editing, sound design and visual effects - recognition of its technical achievements by @TheAcademy: pic.twitter.com/0k9MjF6I6u

— Adam Cooper (@adamcooperF1) January 22, 2026

Gladiator 96 said:

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Mercedes reveal

Mercedes introduce the W17 😍

Initial thoughts?#F1 @MercedesAMGF1 pic.twitter.com/Qg6Mht22PI

— Formula 1 (@F1) January 22, 2026

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The rumor I'm hearing is that Mercedes is the early favorite going into this season

They have done everything right this time around with the tech regulation changes.... Unlike 2022 which was a disaster for them with the porpoising and other issues.

Gladiator 96 said:

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They have done everything right this time around with the tech regulation changes.... Unlike 2022 which was a disaster for them with the porpoising and other issues.

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I don't follow as closely as many here do, so this is a serious question. How do we know which teams may have done it right with respect to the new designs? Does testing data get leaked, etc or is just based on X rumors, etc?

It's a combination of a lot of different things, but here are few that tend to get a lot of attention.

• Ability to meet timelines and milestones for things like initial engine fireup, track testing, etc. For example, McLaren is looking to not be ready for Bahrain testing until Day 3.
• Ability to meet tech standards such as minimum weight, compression ratios, etc. Williams is rumored to be struggling meeting some of the tech standards.
• Other wild-card factors. Mercedes and Red Bull are reported to have a significant engine advantage starting out that may make them favorites to break out early. There was a major ruling in their favor today regarding a specific engine "trick" that was determined to be within tech specs, unless they are changed.
• Other things such as personnel shifts can drastically affect progress as well. Hamilton just split ways with his race engineer, so he may not be established with a new one by the time the season starts.

Everyone can weigh in. I'm just throwing out things that have caught my attention.

Thanks....makes sense.

That's a pretty good rundown of things.

I am glad I only have to account for myself cause these prices are too much. For me and my parents in 2012 it was less than $975 in 2012 via Turn 4. Now it's around $900 for just one person in there lol.

Thing is at COTA I don't think you can play the waiting game and get crazy Stubhub deals the week of like I did in Vegas last year. Same with Miami (learned that one the hard way).

And it's still the cheapest GP in the US and on par with Mexico lol, although Mexico tickets go way faster and their resale is stronger.

Sneak peek of the new front wing aero function.

Believe this is the first time we’ve seen the active aero with these regs as Lewis Hamilton’s rear wing opens on the SF-26 as he comes down the straight. pic.twitter.com/9qJzN9Fkz8

— Daniel Valente 🏎️ (@F1GuyDan) January 23, 2026

Gladiator 96 said:

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It's a combination of a lot of different things, but here are few that tend to get a lot of attention.

• Ability to meet timelines and milestones for things like initial engine fireup, track testing, etc. For example, McLaren is looking to not be ready for Bahrain testing until Day 3.
• Ability to meet tech standards such as minimum weight, compression ratios, etc. Williams is rumored to be struggling meeting some of the tech standards.
• Other wild-card factors. Mercedes and Red Bull are reported to have a significant engine advantage starting out that may make them favorites to break out early. There was a major ruling in their favor today regarding a specific engine "trick" that was determined to be within tech specs, unless they are changed.
• Other things such as personnel shifts can drastically affect progress as well. Hamilton just split ways with his race engineer, so he may not be established with a new one by the time the season starts.

Everyone can weigh in. I'm just throwing out things that have caught my attention.

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Yikes!

🚨 | BREAKING: Williams announce they will miss the ENTIRE first week of Barcelona Testing!

— formularacers (@formularacers_) January 23, 2026

🚨 Williams will not take part in next week’s test in Barcelona due to delays in the FW48 programme.

Wow. https://t.co/HuakgiyCtl

— Daniel Valente 🏎️ (@F1GuyDan) January 23, 2026

I love it! Just hope it's fast.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT24H-EjUp0/

Filming SF-26 promo videos

While the other teams are sensible testing a car on track, Williams will be testing like this:

No Williams At @Circuitcat_eng
The VTT referred to here, is the Virtual Test Track. A full car dyno, where the entire car: aero, suspension, brakes and power unit are tested at once. Replicating a physical track test#F1 #F1tech https://t.co/OTpNShNLNj pic.twitter.com/flI0s5Y7rV

— Craig Scarborough (@ScarbsTech) January 23, 2026

One rumor I saw was their chassis hasn't passed the crash test so they can't run.

pic.twitter.com/bRbYHhK3wA

— F1 TROLL (@f1trollofficial) January 24, 2026

Williams are 20-30 kg overweight and have failed the crash tests a total of 3 times

Info via @SoyMotor pic.twitter.com/8k3CYtPXz1

— Holiness (@F1BigData) January 26, 2026

Hadjar making waves so far at testing ....

Another fastest lap for Isack Hadjar: 1:18.8 😳

He's by far the fastest, almost 2s gap to Mercedes (Kimi).

I'm so happy the Red Bull is doing great so far 🙏 https://t.co/xtPiNnI5Pn pic.twitter.com/yJLoXj5Pil

— MV33Racing🏎 (@MV33Racing) January 26, 2026

F1 has cut the live timing feed so I guess we will finally be in the dark. AM running late as well. Had seen X rumors but most were clickbait sites so didn't post.

An update on Barcelona Shakedown. pic.twitter.com/dm9IWh2d32

— Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team (@AstonMartinF1) January 26, 2026

From the-race, here are the laps completed by times that ran....
Day one times
1 Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) 1m18.159s, 107 laps
2 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.537s, 93 laps
3 Franco Colapinto (Alpine) +2.030s, 60 laps
4 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +2.541s, 56 laps
5 Esteban Ocon (Haas) +3.142s, 154 laps
6 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) +3.354s, 88 laps
7 Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac) +6.492s, 33 laps
8 Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi) +7.137s, 27 laps
9 Sergio Perez (Cadillac) +7.815s, 11 laps

Good runs for the Mercedes and RBPT engines. Ocon put in a good number of laps so some good news for the Ferrari PU.

Audi & Cadillac got off to a rough start.

https://instagr.am/p/DT-D1RpjFpi

after rumors since last summer, it's finally happened. perhaps the most guaranteed F1 seat since kimi antonelli. we could see him up by 2029 (2028 if he wins F2 and F3 in the first year). as soon as Hulkenberg is gone he is 100% on

So apparently Williams is now within spec, but still way overweight…..

🚨 | NEW: The Williams FW48 has reportedly passed the FIA's crash tests.

However, Williams are expected to carry additional weight to start the year - a necessary step to meet the mandatory requirements.

[@Auto_Racer_it]

— formularacers (@formularacers_) January 27, 2026