LawVS - The Ladder Man

I know it's testing, but we got SOME clues as to which F1 team handled it better than others.

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With the first showcase of 2026 F1 cars behind us, we may not know times or the proper pecking order of teams...but Ferrari managed to throw some surprises in our way with their SAFE car. They might have a faster one if the FIA approves it. Could that be the thing that keeps them as the Mercedes challenger and Lewis Hamilton a chance for some proper Ferrari success in 2026 AND to keep Charles Leclerc for another year?

Then there's also the matter of Red Bull. Do they have a car and engine which pleases Max Verstappen? Well, for now, yes. However it's early days but plenty to smile about...unlike with Audi who suffered the most issues of any team...and McLaren? It was a decent start but not a hot one; same for Aston Martin.

Which other teams won out, lost out or were not doing enough to draw a conclusion?

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The 2026 F1 Shakedown Winners and Losers
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Aston Martin's car broke cover...and then broke down. Oops.

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The first Adrian Newey designed car from Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll's team introduced itself around Spain at the very end of the fourth day of Barcelona's F1 shakedown to great interest...but that all got muted by a precautionary end to proceedings just four or five laps later. Not the best start.

However, with Alonso increasing the lap count of Day 5, could the achievement of even making it to the test at all be a sign of the Formula 1's team ambition? Are the innovations made by Newey, Cardile et al be the key to provide the team their first Formula One victory? Time will tell, but it was certainly not a boring start!

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Aston’s Radical New Car Stumbled On Day One
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Williams responds to the controversial rumours around its 2026 car.

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James Vowles took to his F1 team's social media feeds to discuss what's going on with their 2026 machine, since it has missed the first ever Formula 1 test session of the season. In it, he denies rumours regarding FIA chassis crash test failures and a supposed heavy car. Does this go some way to dispel worries about the Formula One team? Yes, but it is still a calculated move.

But one must admit, given the nature of the test we've seen, it might have been for the best to keep the FW48 a secret for as long as possible. Let's talk about it!

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Vowles Breaks Silence on Williams 2026 Controversy
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F1's handling of the shakedown test just got a lot messier thanks to Isack Hadjar's "small off".

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The events of the second day of pre-season running of Formula 1 cars has only gone and brought into sharp relief the awkward nature of this first chapter of the 2026 season. The teams want privacy, Formula One wants content and us fans? We just want stuff to chew over after weeks of nothing but speculation.

Instead, we got a scenario where nobody is happy. Teams are being analysed by the media anyway (despite their security measures), F1 is facing tons of backlash and fans are left frustrated...with Red Bull Racing's Hadjar the centre of this firestorm...and that's BEFORE the second seat curse chestnut.

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F1 Just Made Isack Hadjar’s Situation Messier
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Williams derail themselves before 2026 even starts...or have they?

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The only team that isn't in Barcelona for the F1 shakedown event of 2026...is the team that most Formula 1 fans hoped for success. With Williams choosing to skip this first test event of the year and instead go digital before arriving in Bahrain, is this game over for this time before the Formula 1 2026 season is even at pace? Not necessarily.

Could James Vowles be leading Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz into a plan similar to Mercedes? Where data and computers are important in improving the understanding of energy? Could correlation be this team's best means to jump into the front running back alongside Red Bull and McLaren? This isn't the end of the world...yet.

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Williams Just Took the Biggest Risk of F1 2026 So Far
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