Next week, a new season of Formula 1 action will truly get underway as teams arrive in Melbourne to do battle for the first time in 2026. Pre-season testing is already over after a spell in Bahrain and the debates have already started.
Which team's engines are best? Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull are battling it out after an overhaul of the regulations, but few want to completely show their hand. Ferrari and Mercedes are emerging as the consensus top two and McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has called them the "teams to beat".
Alongside all the new season build up, there have been plenty of other big headlines with a private conversation between Toto Wolff and Christian Horner aired by the former. He has also been in a big disagreement with Max Verstappen over the horsepower of Mercedes' engine.
Express Sport will keep you up to date with all the latest F1 news before the first Grand Prix weekend of the 2026 season...
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