F1 2026: User Manual

With the new Formula 1 cars due to make their first laps in Barcelona in less than three months, the 2026 regulations are as much a source of excitement as they are of dread, and continue to make the teams nervous. New terminology, performance analyses: we take stock.

Published 05/11/2025 à 12:54

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Circled in red on the calendar, January 28, 2026, is the focus of attention for every team. From the engineering department to the purchasing department to the workshop, every eye is turned towards this fateful deadline. Whether they see the Barcelona tests as a launching pad or fear they could be a slippery slope to the gallows, no team truly knows what awaits them. Maranello, Woking, Brackley, enstoneSilverstone, Hinwill, etc., it's with the same questioning that one scrutinizes the schedule duly pinned to the wall of the "workshop", with the anxiety of not having grasped the midpoint.

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