Valtteri Bottas will drive a 1985 Ferrari 156/85 at the Adelaide Motorsport Festival ahead of his return to the F1 grid with Cadillac in 2026

Williams will reveal its 2026 F1 car livery for the FW48 on 3 February, the Tuesday after the behind closed doors test in Barcelona, with drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon present.

Zhou Guanyu has joined Cadillac as its official reserve driver for the team’s 2026 F1 debut after parting ways with Ferrari. China’s first F1 racer spent 2025 in Ferrari’s simulator and TPC programmes after losing his racing seat with Sauber after 2024.

Ferrari is planning to run two different versions of its F1 2026 car, Project 678, with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in testing.

The Formula 1 grid has the potential to be flipped upside down in 2026 thanks to a massive set of regulation changes. It's anyone's best guess how the season will play out, as there should be frequent twists and surprises in the pecking order over the course of the year.

Formula 1 is on the brink of its most significant technical 'reset' in decades, bringing on a new era of cars, engines, and an 11th team. With that in mind, the

Ferrari's 'revolutionary' engine has been approved ahead of the launch of Project 678 for Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc in F1 2026.

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur reckons “pure performance” is quite irrelevant at the first pre-season test for the 2026 Formula 1 season due to the regulation change coming in. The 2026 campaign will introduce changes to both the power unit and chassis, as cars will become lighter and smaller and there’ll be more emphasis on electrical power.