Key Highlights Max Verstappen qualified eighth for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after engine and battery issues cost him over 1.5 seconds to pole position. Verstappen revealed his power unit was down half a second on straights compared to teammate Isack Hadjar from Q1, with an additional battery deployment failure in Q3. Hadjar delivered a career-best ...
Key Highlights George Russell topped both Thursday practice sessions at the Baku City Circuit, with Mercedes holding a 0.827-second advantage over Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. Red Bull technical director Pierre WachĆ© admitted the deficit was larger than expected, particularly on straight-line speed, while Mercedes deputy principal Bradley Lord cautioned against reading too much into the ...
Key Highlights Mercedes dominates Azerbaijan GP Friday practice with George Russell topping FP2 by over half a second ahead of championship leader and teammate Kimi Antonelli. Opening day disrupted by multiple incidents: Arvid Lindblad crashed at the castle section, Oliver Bearman suffered a power unit failure, and Fernando Alonso completed just nine laps due to ...
Key Highlights George Russell topped the opening practice session for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a 1m45.387s lap for Mercedes, leading Max Verstappen (Red Bull) and Charles Leclerc (Ferrari). Championship leader Kimi Antonelli suffered a hydraulic failure on his Mercedes W17 at Turn 7, bringing out a virtual safety car and ending his running prematurely. ...
Key Highlights Formula 1 has confirmed a 2027 calendar featuring 10 sprint weekends, including the season opener in Bahrain and the finale in Abu Dhabi. The designation of Monaco as a sprint venue caught drivers by surprise, with Sergio Perez learning of the decision via the drivers’ WhatsApp group. Max Verstappen reiterated his opposition to ...
Key Highlights Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli holds an 81-point championship lead over teammate George Russell after securing eight Grand Prix victories and four podiums this season. The 20-year-old Italian insists he is not losing focus despite Russell’s admission that he is “not in the fight for the drivers’ title” following Antonelli’s win in Madrid. Ahead ...
Key Highlights JosĆ© Mourinho attended the inaugural Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring circuit, located less than four kilometres from Real Madrid’s training ground, following a 4-1 La Liga victory over Rayo Vallecano. The veteran coach argued football must learn from Formula 1’s approach to high-pressure environments, specifically citing drivers’ ability to engage with media ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen overtook all 100 amateur competitors in just 14 laps (37 minutes) at Red Bull’s “Max vs 100” karting challenge at Silverstone, well under the 30-lap limit. The four-time Formula 1 world champion eliminated 64 rivals on the opening lap and 84 by lap five, demonstrating the reaction speed and racecraft gap ...
Tsunoda’s Unexpected Return to Racing Bulls Yuki Tsunoda has enjoyed a surprise three-race cameo in 2026, slotting into Racing Bulls in place of Liam Lawson following Isack Hadjarās injury. While it remains unknown whether Tsunoda will get a fourth outing this season, the Japanese racer has certainly made the most of his unexpected comeback. Reflections ...
Key Highlights Yuki Tsunoda finished 17th in the 2025 drivers’ standings with 30 points, while teammate Max Verstappen won eight grands prix and scored 385 points during their time together. Tsunoda admits attempting to replicate Verstappen’s car set-ups was his “biggest mistake,” as the RB21’s characteristics remained elusive despite his prior experience with Red Bull’s ...
While McLaren, Ferrari, and Mercedes have all unlocked significant performance gains through their recent upgrade packages, Red Bull Racing continues to grapple with a fundamental issue affecting the RB22. Verstappen Highlights Aerodynamic Degradation The core of the problem relates to feedback from Max Verstappen, who has pointed out that the car suffers from an aerodynamic ...
Max Verstappen Dominates Red Bull’s ‘Max vs 100’ Karting Spectacular at Silverstone Just days after securing a podium finish at the Spanish Grand Prix, four-time Formula 1 World Champion Max Verstappen swapped his RB20 for a go-kart to tackle Red Bull’s ambitious Max vs 100 challenge at Silverstone. The Challenge: Overtake 100 Rivals from the ...