Key Highlights: Max Verstappen secured his and Red Bull Racing’s first victory of the 2026 season in a rain-affected, dramatic race. The triumph marks the historic first-ever Formula 1 win for Red Bull Ford Powertrains in its inaugural year as a power unit supplier. Verstappen overcame an early power delay and lost positions to Mercedes ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen overcame a temporary loss of engine power off the line to win the weather-affected Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. The victory marks the first grand prix triumph for Red Bull Racing using its own in-house power unit developed by Red Bull Powertrains. Despite being passed early by Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli ...
Key Highlights: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen claimed his first victory of the season after prevailing over Mercedes in a rain-affected, disrupted race. Technical problems severely impacted the event: pre-race software glitches forced an extended delay, while George Russell suffered a late retirement due to mechanical failure. Lewis Hamilton charged through the order to finish third ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing secured their first victory of 2026 at Sepang, officially preventing what would have been the team’s first winless season since 2015. George Russell’s Formula 1 championship aspirations suffered a critical blow following a late engine failure, leaving Mercedes teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli with an 84-point lead. Pre-race ...
Key Highlights: Four-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen will race in the GT World Challenge Europe Cup season finale at Portimao. The entry places Verstappen on the same grid as nine-time motorcycle racing grand prix champion Valentino Rossi. The Portimao outing comes in the middle of an intense racing schedule that will see Verstappen ...
Key Highlights: The debate regarding Formula 1 driver cooling vests has resurfaced during the race weekend in Malaysia. George Russell advocated for an FIA budget cap allowance to develop cooling equipment, citing extreme cockpit heat. Max Verstappen rejected the proposal, maintaining that heat resilience is down to driver fitness and physical conditioning. The contentious debate ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen captured pole position at Sepang powered by a Red Bull Powertrains/Ford unit, snapping a 16-race streak of Mercedes-powered poles in 2026. Lewis Hamilton secured a front-row start alongside Verstappen, with Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc lining up directly behind them. Extreme ambient temperatures and abrasive track conditions resembling Sakhir are projected ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen secured pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, capturing his first pole since the 2025 season finale in Abu Dhabi. The qualifying triumph marks the maiden pole position for the technical partnership between Red Bull and Ford’s power unit. Verstappen outpaced Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton by nearly three-tenths of ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen clinched his first pole position of 2026 at the Sepang International Circuit, signaling major progress for Red Bull Racing after earlier car degradation woes. Verstappen attributes the turnaround to setup refinements, effective Baku upgrades led by Pierre Waché, and the punishing Malaysian heat negatively impacting Mercedes. Despite the top qualifying spot, ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen secured his first pole position of the 2026 campaign, topping qualifying at the Sepang International Circuit by 0.298 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton. Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar, Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc finalized the top five, though Hadjar must serve a five-place grid penalty for the race. The ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen claimed his first pole position of the 2026 season, clocking a 1m35.130s at Sepang to head Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton on the front row. Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar finished third in qualifying but faces a five-place grid drop for an internal combustion engine (ICE) change, promoting championship leader Kimi Antonelli to third. ...
Key Highlights: Max Verstappen clinched his first pole position of 2026 for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, setting an unbeatable benchmark of 1m 35.130s. Lewis Hamilton secured second on the grid for Ferrari, finishing 0.298s behind Verstappen, while Isack Hadjar took third before an impending five-place grid penalty. Mercedes rookie Kimi Antonelli qualified fourth ...