The Visa Cash App Racing Bulls (VCARB) team has had very productive three days here at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with their new 2026 F1 car and power unit which both ran reliably from the first run.
“It was a positive and interesting three days of testing here in Barcelona,” commented VCARB driver Liam Lawson. “There’s a lot to learn for all of us as the 2026 car is very different to drive, so I just tried to adapt as much as I could. The car has less downforce compared to the past, so it moves around quite a bit; there’s a lot of power when the battery is fully deployed but the way in which you have to manage it is something completely new.
“We’ve been trying several things on the car and it’s been great to keep building mileage on the new power unit. We had a pretty strong test in terms of reliability, but in terms of expectations, it’s very hard to say at this point, as we don’t know where everyone else is.
“I think that will stay quite unknown for a while, but we’re focused on our own job and want to keep improving in order to be in the best shape possible for the first race in Melbourne. Overall, we ended the test in a much better place to where we started on Monday. The next test in Bahrain is in less than two weeks so we’ll keep collecting data, but it’s a completely different track to here, so I’ll be curious to see how the car performs in those conditions.”
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