Our reaction to the first SECRET F1 test in 2026

We're here with our reaction to one of the most confusing days of pre-season testing you'll see, as F1 tried (and failed) to keep secret an event they've been hyping up for weeks.

So, did people hack into the timing tower?! How high up the trees were the photographers? And what does the information we did get tell us about the current state of the F1 grid, 38 days out from the start of the season?

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