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The F1 teams are testing their 2026 cars at the Barcelona track this week. But why is the action not open to the public?

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton ensured Ferrari left testing with a morale-boosting final day at Barcelona's private event on Friday.

Look back at all the updates and best video as Formula 1s all-new 2026 cars hit the track together for the first time at a five-day event in Barcelona

As part of it, we polled readers for their thoughts. The result was a resounding defeat for me, as my position of being “against” F1 testing being held in private scored only 43.7 percent compared to Luke’s “for” argument getting 56.3 percent of the vote.

BBC F1 correspondent Andrew Benson looks ahead to the first F1 test of 2026, which is happening in private in Barcelona.

Red Bull decided to stuff a turbo into a briefcase and have an engineer hand-deliver it to Ford in Michigan. Custom agents had other plans.

Mercedes has impressed during Barcelona's 2026 F1 testing, showcasing strong straight-line speed and race pace. George Russell reported positive feedback on driveability and energy deployment, with the team appearing to have efficiently integrated its new power unit.

Here is how testing in Barcelona this coming week could play out

Even before the first collective on-track Formula 1 action of 2026, there has been talk about the new engine regulations in Formula 1. More specifically, the focus is on the compression ratio of the internal combustion engine (ICE) – the ratio between ...

Formula 1 has completed day one of its highly secretive first day of preseason testing -- a day so secret that even each team's quickest lap times have been hard to come by.