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2026 Testing
Well it's here, and all teams except Williams have had the cars on track for the first official session. Though a closed session photos are leaking out, and we have some initial times as well as unofficial lap counts.
As it stands now....
Mercedes
|
George Russell
|
Day Four
|
1:16.445**
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Red Bull
|
Isack Hadjar
|
Day One
|
1:18.159
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Ferrari
|
Charles Leclerc
|
Day Four
|
1:18.223**
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McLaren
|
Lando Norris
|
Day Three
|
1:18.307
|
Racing Bulls
|
Arvid Lindblad
|
Day Four
|
1:18.451**
|
Alpine
|
Franco Colapinto
|
Day Three
|
1:19.150
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Haas
|
Oliver Bearman
|
Day Three
|
1:19.314
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Audi
|
Nico Hulkenberg
|
Day Three
|
1:21:010
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Cadillac
|
Sergio Perez
|
Day Four
|
1:21.024**
|
Aston Martin
|
Lance Stroll
|
Day Four
|
1:46.404**
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These times really don't tell us a lot yet, as they will continue to tumble at some stage, and of course we can't figure out who is sandbagging and who is running light "glory laps" for the time being. AMR just hit the track today and stopped, so I don't think that is even a representative initial lap.
For now, it looks like Merc is really pounding in a lot of laps.
| Team |
Number of laps |
|---|
| Mercedes |
501 |
| Racing Bulls |
318 |
| Ferrari |
295 |
| Haas |
196 |
| Red Bull |
187 |
| Alpine |
185 |
| McLaren |
124 |
| Cadillac |
110 |
| Audi |
95 |
| Aston Martin |
4 |
As for the new regs, plenty of evidence of quite a bit of harvesting, but for now the cars are looking quicker out of the gate than many of us expected.
Also as far as regs.....
Beam wings are no longer allowed. Apparently Newey had to tell someone to hold his beer........
https://media.discordapp.net/attachm...ality=lossless
