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Kimi Antonelli kept Mercedes at the top of the timesheets on the penultimate day of preseason testing in Bahrain after lowering the overall benchmark lap time to a 1:32.803.

Lando Norris has said his comments about Max Verstappen and the new Formula 1 rules were "to see the reaction of everyone" and that he in fact shares the four-time world champion's negative outlook on the 2026 cars.

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has snapped back at "utter bulls---" about a potential fuel problem a day after the FIA proposed a midseason rule change over the team's engine controversy.

George Russell ensured Mercedes remained at the top of the timesheets as the final week of preseason testing got underway in Bahrain on Wednesday.

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.

Formula 1 and motorsport governing body, the FIA, will vote on a mid-season ban for a controversial engine design believed to have been pioneered by Mercedes for the upcoming 2026 season.

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.

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.

Follow live updates and analysis of the second week of Formula 1's preseason test in Bahrain as the 2026 cars take to the track.

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.