At the Chinese Grand Prix, Kimi Antonelli took his first F1 win for Mercedes. He led the race from the front and finished ahead of team-mate George Russell. At 19 years and 202 days, he became the second-youngest winner in the sport’s history. The result meant a lot more than points and records. In the […]
Inside the Aston Martin garage, the mood has shifted fast. Just two race weekends into the 2026 Formula 1 season, the team is already searching for a new leader. According to reports from PlanetF1 and The Race, Adrian Newey, the current team principal, is leading the effort to find his own replacement as results collapse […]
Veteran Formula 1 analyst Peter Windsor says the 2026 F1 rules are taking away the edge that defines the sport’s best drivers. Speaking to Cameron on his YouTube podcast, Windsor argued that the new regulations have flattened the gap between elite talent and the rest of the grid. He pointed to Charles Leclerc and Max […]
After the conclusion of the Chinese Grand Prix, Toto Wolff stood firm on a question that has already begun to follow his team. Two races into the 2026 Formula 1 season, with Mercedes winning everything in sight, he rejected the idea that George Russell and Kimi Antonelli could repeat the bitter rivalry once seen between […]
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas made a direct pitch to bring Formula 1 back to Adelaide after two races in the Middle East were cancelled in 2026. He called Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali as soon as the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix were officially dropped due to the ongoing war in the region. […]
Audi team principal Jonathan Wheatley has pushed back on Max Verstappen’s sharp criticism of Formula 1’s 2026 rules, arguing that the Dutch driver’s frustration reflects Red Bull’s poor start to the season more than any failure of the racing itself. Speaking after the Chinese Grand Prix on March 15 in Shanghai, Wheatley told media, including […]
On March 15, officials confirmed that two early races in the Formula 1 calendar would not go ahead. The Bahrain Grand Prix and the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix were both called off due to rising conflict in the Middle East involving the United States, Israel, and Iran. The cancellations cut the 2026 season from 24 […]
Ferrari is reportedly planning to run a private test at Monza in April to speed up upgrades for its SF-26 car after Formula 1 cancelled the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix. The team will use a 200-kilometre filming day at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza to gather data and assess new parts. The move comes […]
Red Bull Racing boss Laurent Mekies says the team can recover at the next race in Japan after a painful outing at the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai. The team scored just four points, all from Isack Hadjar’s eighth-place finish. Mekies spoke through Max Verstappen’s official news website. He admitted the team faced serious problems […]
Ferrari has set its sights on a mid-season power unit upgrade under Formula 1’s new ADUO rules, as team principal Fred Vasseur points to a clear engine deficit against Mercedes in the opening races of the 2026 season. After two grands prix, the Italian team sits as Mercedes’ closest rival, but lacks straight-line speed, a […]
At the Chinese Grand Prix, Isack Hadjar stepped out of the Red Bull garage with his first points of the season and a view that did not match his teammate’s. While Max Verstappen has called the 2026 Formula 1 rules “terrible,” Hadjar said the racing itself “is not too bad.” The split came after the […]
George Russell says Mercedes must collect every possible point early in the 2026 Formula 1 season while the team still holds a performance edge. The warning comes before a new rule on engine compression ratios takes effect June 1, a change that could alter the competitive order. Russell spoke after the Chinese Grand Prix at […]