Understand Cadillac will use their second and final filming day of 2026 on Monday ahead of the Bahrain test, in search of more mileage after the Barcelona shakedown. It will use the official race livery, only a few hours after it will be unveiled in a commercial spot during Super Bowl LX on Sunday.

Sure, Williams are behind schedule having missed the Barcelona shakedown. But there is one element in particular on the FW48, which finally hit the track at Silverstone this week, which may give them confidence that they have spotted something similar to what Adrian Newey has done at Aston Martin 🏎

Valtteri Bottas interview 🇫🇮 Why his relationship with Sergio Perez at Cadillac will be far from the norm when it comes to F1 team-mates, and what he learned in his reserve year at Mercedes which makes him "a more complete driver" than ever 🗣

He’s not going to race in Super Formula this year, but Jack Doohan has still landed a reserve role in F1 with Haas 🚨

Spent some time with George Russell on a call this morning. Safe to say Mercedes are pleased with how Barcelona went – but also wary that the gap to their rivals may be nowhere near as large as some have predicted. George is hopeful he’ll finally have the car to challenge Max Verstappen on track 🏎️

F1A in NYC 🏎️❄️ Bit cold.

Face time with Flav 📸 Back in the saddle for some media roundtables with Alpine in Barcelona, ahead of the new F1 season 🗣️

Alpine F1 technical director David Sanchez showing us how it’s done on the sim 🏎️

No Williams at next week’s F1 test in Barcelona. Seems rumours that their car is still quite significantly overweight may have some truth to them.

First thoughts from the Alpine 2026 F1 livery launch event in Barcelona 🇪🇸🏎️

Bullish stuff from Flavio Briatore on stage, who made it clear there are now “no excuses” for Alpine if they do not perform in 2026 🗣️

Here’s the 2026 Alpine F1 challenger.

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Buenos dias from Barcelona 🇪🇸🔵

Report from Barcelona as Mercedes confirm a £60m-per-year sponsorship deal with the fourth biggest company in the world, release images of the W16, Ferrari gear up for their launch and Alpine prepare to show off their car – on board a giant world-class cruise ship! How's that for a round-up?

Mercedes are revealing their 2026 livery this morning. I’ll be on a plane when they do (one of those WiFi-less ones that Elon is being rage-baited into buying). Looking forward to seeing the reaction when I land 👀

The livery may be rubbish, but at least the Audi race suits look terrific.

Anyway, here's the Audi livery. Basically the same as the one shown in November but with sponsors.

Every year it’s the same publications that leak embargoed images of F1 liveries and every year they are still sent those images in advance. No consequences. And then teams wonder why their liveries keep being leaked.

Racing Bulls on track for a shakedown at Imola today. I knew I'd seen that airbox somewhere before...

Mercedes director of car design John Owen is leaving later this year, it's been confirmed 🚨 He's been working at Brackley since 2007 and has played a part in designing nine constructors' championship-winning F1 cars (1x Brawn GP, 8x Mercedes) 🏆 Giacomo Tortora to be promoted to replace him 🔜

Speaking as Haas unveiled their new livery, Oliver Bearman said it has been painful as a driver to have to wait to see where his team will be in the pecking order in the sport's new era. 🗣 "It's horrible not knowing. I'd like to skip forward six months to see where we are."

Haas are the third team to drop their 2026 F1 livery. It's a lot more white and red and a lot less black, which is good. It also features 'Toyota Gazoo Racing' branding which, considering that brand has been split up, is weird.

Happy first F1 livery day! Ahead of Red Bull’s overnight reveal, I was among a small number of journalists invited to a roundtable with RBPT technical director Ben Hodgkinson. Some very interesting quotes on the ‘loophole’ situation, and an accusation towards Mercedes 👀

This is the livery with which Cadillac will take part in the Barcelona test at the end of January. Cadillac says the design is "distinct from the official race livery", which will be unveiled during Halftime at Super Bowl LX on February 8.

Racing Bulls have released images of their team kit for the 2026 F1 season. Suggests the colour palette for their car livery isn’t likely to change much as the Visa and CashApp name sponsorships continue.

First of a series of opinion pieces about individual Formula 1 teams for the Sunday Express, released every week ahead of the 2026 season. Ferrari the focus of my first piece, and the parallels between the Scuderia and another global sporting institution which has turned into a circus 🔴

Amid the absence of Formula 1, I’ve scratched the race report itch with this from the Formula E Mexico City E-Prix. Very impressive win from Nick Cassidy. One of open-wheel motorsport’s most underrated racers, I reckon.

It's not truly F1 pre-season until an obviously fake image of a behind-closed-doors test has been taken seriously and published by at least one news outlet.

More than 2,100 subscribers now to my free F1 newsletter 😳 It's been a slow few weeks for news, but things are ramping up again with livery reveals kicking off next week and the first batch of pre-season testing not much further around the corner 📅 Easiest way to not miss a thing is to subscribe 👇

Haas have brought forward the launch date for their 2026 livery to Monday, Jan 19, to "avoid over-congestion of team launches". They had previously planned to pull to covers off the VR-26 on Friday, Jan 23, when Ferrari and Alpine are also set to unveil their challengers.

I hope Santa treated you as well as he (the crazy grandparents) treated Evelyn 🏎️

Portimao back on the F1 calendar for 2027 and 2028. Dutch GP leaves the calendar after this year so it’s a direct replacement for Zandvoort. Places Barcelona’s long term future as an annual F1 venue in further doubt, though.

Had a late breakfast this morning and came close to losing it just now when I saw a video of MBS getting a standing ovation from the room when his re-election was confirmed – after an election in which no-one was allowed to stand against him.

The FIA has announced the outcome of its presidential 'election' in Tashkent today. Not to go all clickbaity, but you won't BELIEVE who won! 😴

Red Bull GmbH has confirmed Helmut Marko's departure at the end of the year. It's being sold as Marko choosing to step down, with Oliver Mintzlaff saying: "Helmut approached me with the wish to end his role as motorsport advisor at the end of the year. I deeply regret his decision." Lol.

Lando Norris is third on the Forbes F1 Rich List after gross on-track earnings of more than £43m in his title-winning season 🏆 Max Verstappen remains F1's top earner despite his reign coming to an end on track, while Lewis Hamilton's base salary puts him second despite negligible Ferrari bonuses 💰

Lando Norris rocking a golden helmet in Abu Dhabi post-season testing today to mark his F1 title success 🥇

Just in: Lando Norris has confirmed he will drop the number four which he has made part of his personal brand in 2026 and race with the number one on his McLaren following his drivers' title success. 🗣 "It's tradition. It's there for a reason. We will wear it with pride."

My F1 newsletter hit 2,000 subscribers today. Also, Lando Norris became world champion. I’ll let you decide which is the bigger achievement.

A list of F1 drivers who have won the title representing McLaren. Lando Norris (2025) Lewis Hamilton (2008) Mika Hakkinen (1998, 1999) Ayrton Senna (1988, 1990, 1991) Alain Prost (1985, 1986, 1989) Niki Lauda (1984) James Hunt (1976) Emerson Fittipaldi (1974)

Lights out in five minutes. I'm on the live blog if you'd care to join me 👋

Lewis Hamilton in the media pen 🗣 "I don't have the words to describe the feeling I have inside. There's an unbearable amount of anger and rage and there's not really much I can say about it."

Verstappen first, Norris second and Piastri third. Can't help but feel that's the perfect qualifying result for Lando. He doesn't need to beat Max on track to become champion and now there's no risk of the Dutchman punting him off while trying to overtake. A cruise to the podium will do it!

Sky blue, water wet, Lewis Hamilton Q1 exit. Fourth qualifying session in a row. Lets hope this off-season helps him to rediscover the spark that is missing right now.

"After twenty-three Grands Prix and six more Sprint races in a nine-month slog across five continents and 21 countries, it all comes down to this. The decider in the desert." A little scene-setter ahead of Sunday's showdown ✍🏁

Where Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri stand after the first day of running at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – and what each of the F1 title contenders said 🗣 Ad-lite article 📰

Had a chat with Sky Sports F1 lead commentator David Croft ahead of the Decider in the Desert. His verdict on the three contenders and why he isn't "flip-flopping" on who he thinks will be crowned champion like his Sky colleague Karun Chandhok 🗣

On live blog duty as media day ramps up ahead of the F1 season finale 🏁

Guess which band’s music makes the toddler happy being in the car?