Nissan have announced an exciting driver line-up for the upcoming Rookie Test in Madrid, as Alpine endurance racer Victor Martins teams up with Rookie and Simulator Driver Abbi Pulling for the one-day test.

Season 12 debutants Citroën Racing have opted for a dynamic young line-up for the upcoming Madrid Rookie Test, signing Formula 2 race winner Joshua Dürksen alongside Rookie Test driver Théo Pourchaire for the one-day test.

Alisha Palmowski set the tone in the opening qualifying of the 2026 F1 Academy season in Shanghai, bagging pole position and two championship points to begin her campaign. The Red Bull-backed Briton would start from pole for the Sunday race, ahead of Ferrari-backed Alba Larsen and Audi-backed Emma Felbermayr.

Trident spent the majority of 2025 forming the tail of Formula 2’s ever-competitive field. In stark contrast to their F3 counterparts, the last time a Trident driver stood on a podium was in 2024. However, F2’s Melbourne weekend reaped massive rewards for a team looking ahead to an optimistic 2026. 

Campos Racing’s Nikola Tsolov has grown a junior racing career from strength to strength. Now, one step away from the ultimate dream, the Bulgarian has put his nation on the top step of a Formula 2 podium and atop the F2 standings after an action-packed Feature Race in Melbourne. 

Invicta Racing’s Joshua Dürksen took his fifth Formula 2 win in the opening sprint race of 2026 in Melbourne. Key to the Paraguayan’s victory charge were two crucial overtakes around the outside of Turns 9 and 10, leaving him untroubled ever since. 

After a fluctuating year of both impressive and unstable results for then-rookie Alex Dunne, the Irish-born driver is lining up to contest his second season in the Formula 2 championship this year. In a pre-season fuelled by improvement and strong team relationships, Dunne will continue on his journey in introducing a new wave of Irish drivers to the Formula One grid.

DAMS racer Dino Beganovic picked up from where he left off in Formula 2 in 2025, taking the first F2 pole position of the year in Australia, in a session of interruptions with a series of last-gasp surprises, ahead of Rodin Motorsport's duo of Martinius Stenshorne and Alex Dunne.

Hitech’s Colton Herta fondly remembers watching the Australian Grand Prix on television back home. Several years on, the California native heads into his first ever Formula 2 outing in the country, with plenty of eyes on the former IndyCar racer ahead of his debut F2 weekend. 

Formula 2 embarks on a landmark 10th season in 2026, and plenty of storylines dot the upcoming year of racing in F1’s premier feeder series. Vyas picks out the biggest ones to look out for, in the upcoming F2 campaign. 

Just 91 days on from the chequered flag falling in Abu Dhabi, the lights go out for the start of the 77th Formula One World Championship.

Rodin Motorsport's Alex Dunne becomes the newest member of the Alpine Driver Academy, the junior wing of the Alpine F1 Team. Having turned up to pre-season testing with a pink Alpine livery, this was finally announced by the team ahead of the upcoming F2 weekend in Albert Park.

Formula 2 seldom sees drivers coming in from professional-grade series to race in the championship. It’s also a rare occurrence to see a driver make the switch from sports car racing to an open-wheeled single-seater series. Van Amersfoort Racing’s Nicolás Varrone is prepared to take this leap in his maiden F2 campaign to fulfil a lifelong dream. 

Trident, with their competitive driver lineup featuring Noah Strømsted, Matteo De Palo and Freddie Slater will be expected to hit the ground running at the season opener in Melbourne, having delivered the Drivers’ Championship for the past three years, and placing second overall in last year’s Teams’ Championship. 

For a country of 1.4 billion individuals, only two have made it to the highest echelon on the road to Formula One. A further three have raced in Formula 2, standing at the doorstep of F1. One of them is Kush Maini, who aims to become the country’s next F1 talent as he undertakes a fourth F2 campaign in 2026. 

Typically, after competing in a regional series championship, drivers progress to Formula 3, further developing their race craft and physicality before stepping up to Formula 2. However, an 18-year-old hopeful is taking a different route, following an unusual pathway. Emerson Fittipaldi Jr. has made the courageous leap from Eurocup-3 to Formula 2 for the 2026 season.

The second article in a mini-series exploring the role of engineering in the world of F1. Looking into the role of hardware in driving improvement in performance on the track and off of it, as well as sustainability.

Albert Park’s Turn 6 becomes the first F1 corner named for women, honouring Laura Mueller and Hannah Schmitz’s impact on the sport.

Formula E’s pair of races at the Jeddah E-Prix brought about plenty of interesting talking points. A much-fancied contender finally ended a painful streak, while familiar faces returned to the top step of the podium. Five winners in five races, but who are the five big winners and big misses after Jeddah? Vyas takes us through the list for this weekend…

The three-day Sepang test has come to an end as the countdown to the season opener hits the one-month mark. Here is a recap of the highlights from the three days of testing.