Lewis Hamilton is close to getting the stability he has been searching for since joining Ferrari. Cédric Michel-Grosjean, a French engineer who spent nearly a decade at McLaren, is expected to become Hamilton’s permanent race engineer from the Miami Grand Prix. It marks a significant turning point after one of the most difficult years of […]
Martin Brundle has had enough of the noise from Max Verstappen. The veteran Sky Sports F1 commentator delivered his plainest verdict yet on the Dutchman’s public discontent this week, telling the four-time world champion to either walk away from Formula 1 or stop talking about leaving. The blunt message landed hard in a paddock already […]
A clever engineering trick has caught the attention of the Formula 1 paddock. Teams running Mercedes and Red Bull power units have found a way to squeeze extra electric power at the end of qualifying laps, and the backlash has already reached the FIA. The trick exploits a loophole in how the MGU-K, F1’s electric […]
Riccardo Patrese has issued a stark warning to Formula 1. The sport, he says, cannot afford to lose Max Verstappen. The former Italian Grand Prix winner, who made 177 starts across nearly two decades in the sport, spoke out as Verstappen’s public frustration with the 2026 regulations reached a new pitch. Patrese’s message was direct: […]
Mattia Binotto is not pretending things are easy at Audi F1. Three races into its debut Formula 1 season, the team is already managing two problems at once. A power unit that is already behind the field and a leadership structure that just lost a key piece. Jonathan Wheatley, the team principal Audi/Sauber poached from […]
Six rounds into the 2025/26 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, and Season 12 has already rewritten record books, handed a new team a fairytale start and produced a title fight too close to call. Pascal Wehrlein leads on 83 points. But three drivers sit within 20 points of him. Eleven races remain. The series […]
Ferrari has received FIA approval for a new power unit upgrade. The green light comes under the 2026 regulations’ Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) framework. The updated engine is cleared to run from the Canadian Grand Prix onwards. The approval follows confirmation of an estimated 25-horsepower deficit to the benchmark Mercedes unit. That gap […]
Carlos Sainz is demanding swift action from the FIA after Oliver Bearman’s 50G crash at the Japanese GP on Sunday reignited the safety debate that has shadowed Formula 1’s new power unit regulations. The Haas driver walked away limping from a terrifying accident at Suzuka’s Spoon Curve on Lap 21. Sainz, speaking as director of […]
Lewis Hamilton left Suzuka with eight points and no answers. The seven-time world champion spent the middle part of the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix running in third place, only to slide back to sixth at the chequered flag. A sudden and unexplained loss of power left him unable to defend or attack in the closing […]
For four straight years, Max Verstappen had made Suzuka his own in qualifying. The 2026 race weekend changed that. The four-time world champion was knocked out in Q2 at the Japanese GP, lining up 11th on the grid. Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad, a Red Bull junior driver, bumped him below the cut line at […]
Kimi Antonelli made Formula 1 history at Suzuka on Sunday. The 19-year-old Mercedes driver won the Japanese Grand Prix to become the youngest multiple grand prix winner in the sport’s history, surpassing a record previously held by Max Verstappen. It was his second consecutive victory of the 2026 season, and it arrived despite a start […]
George Russell will start Sunday’s Japanese GP from second on the grid at Suzuka. But he will do so in a car that does not feel right. A setup change Mercedes made on his W17 before qualifying backfired badly. It left the championship leader fighting his own car through one of the most demanding circuits […]