F1 2026 pre-season testing live: Day one lap times revealed in Barcelona

We’re set to see two giants of the sport on Tuesday in world champions McLaren and F1 titans Ferrari.

Join us again tomorrow morning at 8am (GMT) for more testing updates!

“The aim is really to learn, to get mileage under the car, you know, see the weak points, what we have to improve really.

“First feel of things, so we are sure that we take the right development path and we are sure that we put the resources where it matters the most. Where it's the most bothering us, so you know, we'll try and put all that together for that end of the test.

“It's a long week, which is very good and then we have the chance to go back to Bahrain with hopefully, further step made, so that's the aim.”

Only nine drivers took part in running on Monday - here are their best times:

1. Isack Hadjar - 1:18:159
2. George Russell - 1:18:696
3. Franco Colapinto - 1:20:189
4. Kimi Antonelli - 1:20:70
5. Esteban Ocon - 1:21:301
6. Liam Lawson - 1:21:513
7. Valtteri Bottas - 1:24:651
8. Gabriel Bortoleto - 1:25:296
9. Sergio Pérez - 1:25:974

Isack Hadjar leads the way then after day one of testing in Barcelona!

The Red Bull driver set the fastest time with a 1:18:159 - half-a-second quicker than George Russell in second.

Franco Colapinto completes the top-three.

We’re hearing that Isack Hadjar has just taken back top spot on the timing screens with a 1:18:452 - two-tenths faster than Russell’s 1:18:696.

Closing minutes now...

While Williams won’t be present in Barcelona this week, there were question marks surrounding Aston Martin’s involvement.

However, reports are coming in that Aston’s car - the first designed by Adrian Newey - will be shipped to Barcelona later this week, with the team targeting action on track on Thursday and Friday.

Who’s looking like the main winner from day one? Mercedes.

George Russell has just clocked the quickest time of the day - a 1:18:696 - two-tenths quicker than Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar in second.

We’re heading into the final hour now...

“In terms of mileage that we managed to do this morning [67 laps], it was really good,” the Haas boss said.

"But behind the scenes it’s a huge amount of work. I’m sure it’s the same for everyone, but to even make the shakedown and then do mileage was a huge task.

“That was Saturday and then coming from Fiorano to get us ready to run on Monday morning here and then to do 67 laps on day one morning was really good.

"So now we can start looking a bit more in the details. With this brand-new regulation, it’s very important to run. Every time we go out we learn something new.

"Obviously we've just got started, but I'm very, very happy with how we started.