Drivers adapting to the significantly different 2026 F1 regulations has been a major talking point during pre-season

Last week, we asked you to name the “F1: The Movie” sequel. (We reported on the possibility of a sequel here last week.) And 238 of you responded (one of you just wrote “Hi.”). Anyway, I spent way too much time this weekend crunching numbers on this. Here were the results.

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.

Sandbagging is a term often heard in the opening weeks of a Formula 1 season, specifically during testing sessions. The word is used by teams, drivers, media and fans to describe someone's performance - but what does it actually mean? Sandbagging is when a driver or team intentionally underperforms in their car by slowing it down.

The rules dictate that the ratio within the new engines cannot exceed 16:1, and is measured at an ambient temperature. However, Mercedes are said to have found a way which complies with the measurement in such circumstances but which potentially exceeds the ratio, and adds performance, when heated up through use of the engine.

Ford engineers looked to the world of Formula One when designing and optimizing its upcoming new midsize truck.

The SF-26 has a flap called FTM that exploits the exhaust gas flow, now also active at low gears for energy recovery