The four-time world champion, who retired at the end of 2022, publicly backed drivers critical of the sport’s new 2026 technical regulations. He spoke to Swedish broadcaster SVT while in Stockholm to receive The Perfect World Foundation Award for his environmental and biodiversity work. His message was direct: Formula 1 must not lose its original […]
Max Verstappen drove a visibly updated RB22 at Silverstone on Wednesday. Red Bull Racing used a filming day to trial a series of aerodynamic changes ahead of the Miami Grand Prix. The session was Red Bull’s second filming day of 2026. Verstappen was the only driver to take the wheel. Under Formula 1 regulations, filming […]
Christopher Haase won the NLS5 qualifying race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife on Sunday, April 19, but a single traffic incident from the opening stint has overshadowed the result. Haase, recounting the moment on the Mennem TV Podcast, described how a backmarker at Flugplatz handed Max Verstappen the race lead. He imitated Verstappen’s arrival with a […]
Lando Norris walked into the Japanese Grand Prix weekend carrying something most drivers never get to carry: a world championship. And when a reporter asked whether he wished McLaren had started the 2026 season stronger, even at the cost of last year’s title, Norris barely paused. “The real question you probably ask is, would I […]
Jenson Button is not worried about George Russell. The 2009 world champion saw the Mercedes driver recently and came away reassured. He says Russell looks calm, despite a difficult start to the 2026 season. Button was speaking to Sky Sports F1 at the Goodwood Members’ Meeting last weekend. He had just driven his championship-winning Brawn […]
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has put the FIA on notice. He wants the governing body to ensure its new Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities system helps struggling teams catch up. It must not hand rivals a way to leapfrog the competition. Mercedes have won all three opening races of the 2026 season. They lead […]
Racing Bulls are bringing two separate upgrade packages to consecutive races next month. The first arrives at the Miami Grand Prix. The second follows almost immediately at the Canadian Grand Prix. Team principal Alan Permane confirmed the unusual development sequence during the sport’s enforced five-week break. The timing looks strange on paper. Racing Bulls had […]
Arvid Lindblad was meant to be racing in Saudi Arabia this weekend. Instead, the 18-year-old is on a skateboard somewhere, trying to land a kickflip. Both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix had been cancelled due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. This has given the Racing Bulls rookie an unplanned five-week […]
Doriane Pin sat in a Mercedes Formula 1 car for the first time at Silverstone on April 17 and did what she had spent years preparing to do. She drove, she built, and she delivered. The 22-year-old Frenchwoman completed 76 laps of the Silverstone National Circuit in the Mercedes W12, covering 200km under the team’s […]
Max Verstappen was among the first to speak when the news came through. A man had died at the Nürburgring. His name was Juha Miettinen. He was 66 years old, a Finn, an amateur racer, and someone who had spent the better part of two decades chasing laps around the most demanding circuit in the […]
Oliver Bearman had everything a Formula 1 rookie could want. A seat, a team, and a calendar full of races. What he did not have was time to think. The British Haas driver turned 20 during the 2025 season, his first full year in Formula 1. By the midpoint of the year, a difficult stretch […]
Joshua Duerksen is a 22-year-old Formula 2 driver and already has a seat at one of Formula 1’s most powerful teams. The Paraguayan-German driver, who made his Formula 2 debut just two years ago with a mid-grid outfit, is now a Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 development driver heading into his third season in the series with […]