Mercedes F1 driver Kimi Antonelli believes the FIA’s recent ban on an engine mode used by Mercedes and Red Bull to “trick” the system in qualifying for the first few races of 2026 has been a positive change in terms of safety. The two teams exploited an ’emergency shutdown’ mode for the MGU-K, which would…
Perhaps the biggest moment of the 2026 F1 Japanese GP, a high-speed near miss between Franco Colapinto and Ollie Bearman heading through turn 12 – as the Alpine ran out of electrical energy from its battery, generating a sudden and unexpected 50+ km/h speed differential between the two cars – resulted in the Haas driver…
Haas F1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has explained why he’s heavily against what he called “knee-jerk” reactions and further changes to F1’s race start procedures in 2026. With the removal of the MGU-H, teams lost a key component that helped the cars to get away pretty seamlessly most of the time by the end of…
Max Verstappen’s Red Bull failed to finish the 2026 F1 Chinese GP after a suspected ERS cooling failure meant he had to retire from the race at the end of lap 46. But that proved to be the least of Verstappen’s problems, as a sheer lack of pace from his Red Bull car and another…
Ferrari enjoyed a decent start to their campaign at the 2026 F1 Australian GP, with Charles Leclerc finishing third, behind the two Mercedes of George Russell and Kimi Antonelli, and just ahead of his team-mate Lewis Hamilton in fourth. The team’s expected start line advantage that was seen in testing translated into the opening F1…
Arvid Lindblad immediately made an impression on his F1 qualifying debut at the 2026 Australian GP, putting his Racing Bulls ninth on the grid, achieving Q3 in his first try, and lining up just behind his team-mate Liam Lawson. The British driver, who graduated to F1 after a single season in F2 last year –…
Gabriel Bortoleto qualified an impressive 10th in Audi’s first ever F1 qualifying session at the 2026 Australian GP, but the Brazilian felt he could’ve achieved more if his car hadn’t failed late on in Q2, which prevented him from taking part in Q3. Bortoleto’s R26 came to a halt in the pit entry, as he…
Haas F1 driver Esteban Ocon expects that the 2026 season-opening Australian GP could be a much tougher challenge for the new cars compared to testing in Bahrain and Barcelona, as the Albert Park circuit has fewer opportunities to charge the batteries, with long straights interconnected by high-speed corners. Energy management is a big discussion point…
F1 could be heading for a “recipe for disaster” if it doesn’t make any changes around the race start procedures in 2026 – that’s the view from McLaren driver Oscar Piastri after the first Bahrain testing session, as he believes the all-new power units for the season are too complicated to get up and running…
Aston Martin F1 have revealed the livery for the all-new AMR26, which will be raced by Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll, and overseen by Adrian Newey, in the 2026 season. It marks a significant milestone for the Silverstone-based squad. The new paint scheme includes the iconic British Racing Green used for the past few seasons,…
