Night has fallen on 2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing for the third and final time at the Bahrain International Circuit.

There’s been power cuts, rain and even a bus on the track during three character building days of testing at an uncharacteristically cold Bahrain circuit.

READ MORE – F1 2025 Pre-Season Testing Results – Friday PM

Now the 20 drivers and 10 teams have just two weeks left until the Australian Grand Prix kicks off the 24-race calendar in 2025.

The last four hours of running saw Red Bull’s Max Verstappen go for a spin, Mercedes’ George Russell go fastest and Williams’ Alex Albon feature in the top three.

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The sun finally made a proper appearance on the third and final day of 2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing at the Bahrain International Circuit.

Power cuts and cloudy skies plagued Day 1 of F1’s three-day test in Sakhir, before rain interrupted proceedings on Day 2.

But the sun made a strong comeback on the final morning of testing, much to the delight of the Europeans on location exporting sunnier climates than the wintery chill of home.

READ MORE – F1 2025 pre-season testing round-up: McLaren lays down ominously good long-run pace

The sun was also a boon for the teams and drivers, as more representative weather provides the opportunity for stronger technical insight.

In action on Friday morning was McLaren’s Lando Norris, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso, Alpine’s Jack Doohan, Haas’ Oliver Bearman, Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar, Williams’ Alex Albon and Sauber’s Gabriel Bortoleto.

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Rain has put a dampener on proceedings at the Bahrain International Circuit on Day 2 of 2025 Formula 1 pre-season testing.

The Bahrain location has routinely been used for pre-season testing due to its Middle-Eastern climate offering warmer temperatures than the European homes of F1 teams during late February.

But uncharacteristic rainfall resigned several teams to the garages with only Haas and Aston Martin bringing non-dry Pirelli rubber to the test.

READ MORE – F1 2025 pre-season testing round-up: Lewis Hamilton’s ‘incredible Ferrari feeling’ & more

Sprinkles of rain were apparent when running commenced at 10:00 local time, but the weather intensified approximately an hour-and-a-half into the four-hour morning session.

Haas brought one set of Intermediates and one more of full Wets, with Aston Martin bringing three sets of Intermediates.

That left the remaining eight teams to watch on as Esteban Ocon took a few laps around the Bahrain circuit on interest.

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The 2025 Formula 1 season has officially begun with Day 1 of the pre-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit.

All 10 F1 teams have started sharing an F1 circuit for the first time this season, with fans able to tune in worldwide to see their favourite drivers out on track.

Flo-vis paint and aero rakes are out in force as 10 drivers get valuable first kilometres under overcast Bahrain skies.

READ MORE – F1 2025 pre-season testing times, driver schedule & tyre allocation

Oscar Piastri is at the wheel of the McLaren MCL39 with Lewis Hamilton getting his first substantial running in the Ferrari SF-25.

Red Bull’s new boy Liam Lawson is taking part in Wednesday morning’s session, as is Mercedes’ teenage sensation Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

Alpine’s rookie Jack Doohan is getting the first running for the Anglo-French outfit and he is joined by fellow rookie Oliver Bearman Haas.

Rounding out the morning runners are Williams’ Alex Albon and Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg.

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Williams launched its 2025 Formula 1 challenger, the FW47 on Friday at Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix.

Team Principal James Vowles and drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz were on hand at Silverstone to kickstart the Grove-based outfit’s 2025 campaign at the iconic Silverstone venue.

Fans were able to tune in live via the Williams website and YouTube as Steve Jones, Jenson Button and Naomi Schiff presented coverage.

READ MORE – Williams kickstarts 2025 F1 campaign with FW47 launch

Q+As with Vowles and the drivers were followed by footage of Sainz taking the FW47 out of the garage for the first time to carry out a short installation run around the Silverstone circuit.

Review images from Friday’s launch below.

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Motorsport Week has collated a gallery featuring the key angles of the new blue and green liveries for the Aston Martin Valkyrie Hypercar.

Aston Martin recently unveiled the ‘Heart of Racing’ blue and ‘British Racing’ green liveries for their new Valkyrie Le Mans Hypercar, in addition to confirming their full driver line-up.

The naturally aspirated V12 machine will debut in the FIA World Endurance Championship’s Hypercar category and in the IMSA SportsCar Championship’s GTP category, specifically in their Endurance Cup schedule.

Most importantly, Aston Martin will compete for an overall victory in the WEC’s 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time since their sole overall victory in 1959.

SEE MORE: Gallery: First sights of the new Aston Martin Valkyrie at Daytona

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The 63rd running of the IMSA 24 Hours of Daytona hosted plenty of action and drama as we picked through some of our favourite images.

Our IndyCar editor, Kevin Dejewski, captured the twice-around-the-clock event once again trackside through his faithful camera.

The race narrative incorporated thrilling battles at the iconic Daytona International Speedway across the GTP, LMP2 and GT3 platforms racing simultaneously.

Motorsport Week explored the highlights from the eye of the lens and narrowed down from hundreds of finalised photographs with great difficulty.

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Lewis Hamilton has gotten behind the wheel of a Ferrari Formula 1 car for the first time, driving the team’s 2023 SF-23 challenger at the Fiorano test track.

READ MORE – Lewis Hamilton conducts debut Ferrari F1 outing at Fiorano

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Motorsport Week picked out some of the newest liveries from the Roar Before the 24 (Hours of Daytona) ahead of the 2025 IMSA season-opener.

The 63rd running of the 24 Hours of Daytona is set to commence the 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship season on 25-26 January.

From subtle changes to new colours, IMSA teams across the 61-car field ran new, eye-catching liveries on their entrants as this gallery showcases 10 of them on-track at the Roar, Daytona International Speedway Road Course.

Do you think these tweaks have improved the liveries?

Courtesy of Kevin Dejewski and LAT Images (Jake Galstad, Brandon Badraoui)

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The FIA, Formula 1’s governing body has released updated renders of the 2026 F1 concept car with changes to its visual make-up.

The updated renders follow an initial release of images in June, with the revisions predominantly coming at the front and rear wings.

F1’s upcoming technical revolution sees vast changes to the chassis and power unit specification on what will be 22 cars tackling the globe’s most famous circuits.

On the power unit front, there will be an increased focus on electrification and a 50/50 power split with the internal combustion engine and battery-powered elements of the PU.

Moreover, the MGU-H will be scrapped and 100% sustainable fuels will be introduced for Ferrari, Mercedes, Honda, Audi and Red Bull Powertrains to tackle.

Joining in on the fun in 2028 will be General Motors as the American marque is preparing its own PU to debut on the third year of the Cadillac F1 project – which is slated to join the grid in two year’s time.

On the chassis and aerodynamic side, the changes in F1 could be considered revolutionary.

The FIA and F1 are determined to make the next generation of cars shorter in wheelbase, narrower and lighter.

In addition, the 2026 machines will employ active aerodynamics at the front and rear.

The front and rear wings will have two modes, low drag and high drag with drivers able to activate the appropriate modes for cornering and straight-line segments of each circuit.

The desired effect is to conserve electrical energy using the low drag mode on straights before engaging high drag in corners for aerodynamic stability.

READ MORE – F1 2026 regulations ‘more focused on driver skill’ – FIA

Review further images of the new F1 car concept below.

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