George Russell, Mercedes, Bahrain International Circuit, 2026 pre-season test

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.

The Australian Grand Prix on RaceFans

There will be a few changes to RaceFans’ coverage from the first weekend of the season. For reasons of time and cost we will no longer publish some of the features which formed part of last year’s coverage, notably the live session coverage and post-event driver ratings. I appreciate this may come as a disappointment to some of our readers and I offer my apologies.

Happy birthday!

Happy birthday to IDR, Jarred Walmsley, TommyB, Jake and James!

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Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans in 2005 – when it was originally called F1 Fanatic. Having previously worked as a motoring journalist, Keith began running the site full-time in 2010, achieving a long-held ambition to dedicate his full attention to his passion for motor racing. View all posts by Keith Collantine