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Verstappen, 28, has admitted he would like to appear at the 24 Hours of Nurburgring event in May, which falls between F1 races in Miami and Montreal. However, the Dutchman acknowledged he needed to take part in one NLS (Nurburgring Langstrecken-Serie) endurance race in order to be ready to compete in the 24-hour event.

Liam Lawson says Racing Bulls is making “big gains” and having a “pretty strong test in terms of reliability”

Team sources described this year as feeling “more uncontrollable than ever” because of the extended pre-season schedule and compressed offseason. Between 2023 and 2025, there was just a single three-day test — held in Bahrain each time.

Oliver Bearman had his running cut short on Wednesday as Haas' Formula 1 test outing

Barcelona Shakedown with Ted Kravitz and guests every evening this week on Sky Sports F1 at 9pm, also available on YouTube

Ten new cars, five days, no fans. And plenty of security. Formula 1 started a new era with the public and the media excluded from the teams' reliability-focused private testing session in Spain on Monday.

Mercedes has started its Formula 1 campaign in promising form across two days on track.

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

Lando Norris admits ‘surreal’ McLaren moment at start of 2026 F1 testing - The British driver took to the track for the first time since claiming the world championship in December