Key Highlights: Max Verstappen secured his first victory of the 2026 season with a commanding performance at Sepang. The Dutch driver dominated Saturday’s qualifying sessions, topping every stage and setting two laps capable of taking pole position. Verstappen’s overwhelming race-weekend pace left key front-running rivals anticipating a runaway win and raised questions regarding Red Bull’s ...
Key Highlights Esteban Ocon will leave Haas at the end of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Ocon says he remains committed to Haas for the rest of the current campaign and insists his F1 career is not over. Ferrari junior and FIA Formula 2 championship leader Rafael Camara is the leading candidate to replace him. ...
Key Highlights Laurent Mekies is shaping a calmer, more supportive leadership culture at Red Bull Racing after the departures of Christian Horner and, eventually, Helmut Marko. Red Bull’s latest upgrade produced its first double podium of the 2026 season in Baku, with Max Verstappen finishing just 0.196 seconds from victory. Announcing Isack Hadjar’s 2027 contract ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen finished second at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, losing to George Russell by just one-tenth of a second after starting eighth on the grid. The Red Bull driver recovered through the field on medium tyres before a safety car allowed a switch to softs, where he matched Russell’s pace but could not ...
Pierre Gasly believes his maiden Formula 1 pole position at Monza “brings belief and motivation” to Alpine as the team targets another strong result at the Spanish Grand Prix this weekend. The French driver’s surprise pole at the Italian Grand Prix marked a dramatic turnaround for the Enstone-based squad, which spent much of the 2025 ...
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that even he has been caught off guard by the meteoric rise of Kimi Antonelli during the 2026 Formula 1 season, comparing the young Italian’s development curve to an “AI agent” that continuously self‑improves. From Rookie Struggles to Title Contention The 20‑year‑old is contesting only his second full ...
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli described his Italian Grand Prix victory as a “dream come true” in a message to fans after becoming the first home driver to win at Monza since 1966. Antonelli Overcomes Grid Penalty to Claim Historic Monza Win The 20-year-old Italian recovered from an engine penalty that dropped him to 19th on ...
When Toto Wolff met with the Dutch press at Zandvoort a year ago, Kimi Antonelli was enduring the difficult stretch that defined much of his…
Mercedes is still deciding when George Russell will take an engine-change penalty during the remainder of the 2026 Formula 1 season, with the team preparing…
Williams team principal James Vowles says the Grove-based Formula 1 team is managing a “huge number of projects” to correct development mistakes made during the…
McLaren’s Monza Form Could Give Mercedes “a problem on their hands”, Warns Alex Brundle Alex Brundle has warned that Mercedes could face a major threat…
McLaren Faces Crucial Monza Test After Consecutive F1 Victories After a difficult start to the 2026 Formula 1 season, McLaren appears to have returned to…