F1 testing: Charles Leclerc fastest, Mercedes cause stoppage, Aston Martin struggle – final day as it happened
The final day of Formula 1 preseason has been and gone and ESPN brought you all the action live.
F1 testing: When and how to watch final three days live, full Bahrain preseason schedule and times
After a behind-closed-doors shakedown in Barcelona, Formula 1’s 2026 season build-up moves into full view as teams head to Bahrain,
Who has won Daytona 500? All-time NASCAR winners list
Richard Petty won more Daytona 500 races than any other driver, with seven titles. Take a peek at the all-time NASCAR winners list now.
Have F1’s new-for-2026 regulations made the sport too complicated?
F1’s star drivers have spent much of preseason criticizing the sport’s new-for-2026 cars. They might have a point, but there are no simple solutions.
Hamilton expects strong year, ‘DNA’ in this Ferrari
Lewis Hamilton said he heads into 2026 “personally in the best place” he’s been in a long time with a Ferrari car which he feels has more of his “DNA” in its design.
Jamaica sledder: F1’s Hamilton would shine on ice
Jamaican sprinter-turned-bobsledder Tyquendo Tracey has said Lewis Hamilton would do “very well” if he swapped Formula 1 tracks for the ice of the Winter Olympics.
25 years after his death, Earnhardt’s presence lives on in Daytona
It’s been 25 years since Dale Earnhardt tragically died in Daytona, but a quarter century after his passing, his legacy lives large throughout NASCAR.
Who’s really fastest in 2026? F1’s new rules are confusing the pecking order — and the drivers
Formula 1’s new era was always going to bring questions, but its first week of serious running has raised more than most. With one more preseason test in Bahrain still to come, ESPN makes sense of a fascinating three days in Sakhir.
F1 drivers wary of new ‘strategic’ overtaking
Charles Leclerc is among a growing number of Formula 1 drivers who have raised concerns about a lack of overtaking under the sport’s new regulations.
House fire that killed Hamlin’s dad ruled accidental
Investigators have ruled as accidental the North Carolina house fire in December that killed NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin’s father and injured his mother, but the exact cause remains unclear.
