Colton Herta recovered to score his first points at the F2 Australian GP, climbing from the midfield to finish seventh in the Melbourne Feature Race. The Hitech driver endured a difficult start to the weekend after crashing in Friday’s Free Practice and qualifying only 14th later that day. A disappointing Sprint Race left him 17th…
Bruno del Pino made a strong start to the 2026 F3 season at the Australian GP, where he secured Sprint Race victory and a Feature Race P4. The Van Amersfoort Racing driver qualified P12 to claim reverse-grid pole position, with his teammate Enzo Deligny alongside him on the front row. At lights out, del Pino…
Mercedes driver George Russell shed light on the unusual circumstances that affected race starts during the opening round of the 2026 F1 season. The Mercedes driver pointed to a little-known energy recovery regulation that influenced how much electrical deployment drivers had available before the race even began. The rule, which limits energy harvesting each lap,…
Heading into F1’s 2026 Chinese GP, Isack Hadjar of Red Bull has been doing a deep dive into the Australian GP. Hadjar retired in Melbourne despite a sensational P3 in qualifying. Unfortunately for him, his engine blew up in the race when running in P5. Evaluating Hadjar’s F1 2026 Australian GP performance baseline Isack Hadjar…
Under the leadership of James Vowles, Williams’ struggles in 2026 continue as Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz finished P12 and P15 respectively at the F1 Australian GP. After a difficult start to the year, when both cars missed the Barcelona shakedown and then struggled during Bahrain testing, the team’s performance did not improve for the…
Valtteri Bottas’ return to F1 at the 2026 Australian GP delivered a tactical masterclass before technical gremlins took over. While the veteran driver showed immediate sharpness off the F1 grid on Sunday afternoon, his race ended in a methodical breakdown of mechanical failures near the pit entry. Aggressive start and tyre management Valtteri Bottas launched…
Kimi Antonelli put his Mercedes colleagues in a bit of a pickle by crashing out of FP3 at the 2026 F1 Australian GP, but team boss Toto Wolff lauded both his young driver and his mechanics for the result at the end of the weekend. The Italian in his sophomore campaign binned his W17 coming…
Pierre Gasly delivered an impressive drive at the 2026 F1 Australian GP, hauling his Alpine from 14th on the grid to tenth at the flag. The team bagged their first championship point under the new regulations. Gasly’s weekend had already been complicated before the lights went out. Alpine admitted that qualifying did not go to…
Esteban Ocon had flashbacks of problems he faced in 2025, after finishing out of points in the 2026 F1 Australian GP despite a promising start. While his Haas teammate Ollie Bearman could extract points in the F1 Australian GP, Ocon had a disappointing end out of points after a promising start. He feels he was…
Led by Laurent Mekies, it was a mixed start to life for Red Bull as they began their own engine journey at the 2026 F1 Australian GP. Max Verstappen went from P20 to P6, with Isack Hadjar having a DNF. No surprise to Laurent Mekies where Red Bull stand in the pecking order at the…
