Leclerc adopts Hamilton brake setup after Monaco fallout
Ferrari's Monaco brake controversy ends in Barcelona: Leclerc adopts Hamilton's Carbone Industrie discs after a crash-out and a public row with Brembo.
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FIA to review Gasly Monaco penalty in fresh hearing
Pierre Gasly's Monaco podium may not be lost: the FIA has agreed a fresh hearing after Alpine showed the pitlane speed system overestimated his...
Wurz warns Mercedes title fight will turn ugly
Alex Wurz has been here before. The GPDA chairman sees echoes of Rosberg vs Hamilton in the Antonelli-Russell dynamic, and he doubts Mercedes' peace...
Alonso hints this could be his final Barcelona F1 race
Fernando Alonso is treating every race as his last at each circuit. With his contract expiring and Barcelona off the 2027 calendar, this weekend...
Renault CEO rules out Horner talks and vows to retain Alpine
Alpine's ownership uncertainty hasn't loosened Renault's grip: the CEO is dismissing Horner speculation and restating that whoever replaces Otro, Renault stays in charge.
Vowles confident Sainz and Albon will stay loyal to Williams
James Vowles isn't losing sleep over Sainz or Albon. His logic: the teams ahead of Williams aren't changing drivers, so there's nowhere to go,...
Ferrari junior Camara threatening Ocon's Haas seat for 2027
Ferrari wants its Brazilian junior Rafael Camara in F1, and the obvious route runs through Haas, which is already squeezing Ocon on performance and...
Pirelli extends F1 tyre supply deal through 2028
An option clause in Pirelli's 2025–2027 contract has been activated, extending the Italian company's status as Formula 1's exclusive tyre supplier for a fourth...
FIA confirms 2027 rules shift toward combustion engine power
The FIA has confirmed significant changes to its 2026 power unit framework, tilting the ICE/electric balance from 53–47 to 60–40 by 2028. Honda says...
Verstappen holds Salzburg summit with Red Bull amid Mercedes whispers
Days after Monaco, Verstappen boarded a plane to Salzburg for talks with the Mateschitz heir and Red Bull's inner circle. The 2027 exit window...
Red Bull furious as FIA names them F1 engine benchmark
The FIA's ADUO engine benchmark has landed on Red Bull's desk, not Mercedes, who have won every race in 2026. The team are furious,...
Trulli tips Antonelli for 2026 title after Monaco triumph
Jarno Trulli was the last Italian to win Monaco before Antonelli did it on Sunday. He watched, and he's now backing the 19-year-old to...
De la Rosa stays quiet on Alonso farewell speculation
Fernando Alonso's contract runs out at year's end and the Spanish GP may not return to Barcelona for years. Pedro de la Rosa's answer:...
Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix: Six in a Row For Antonelli?
Formula 1 continues as Kimi Antonelli and Mercedes' show now goes to Barcelona for the inaugural 2026 Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, the seventh race of...
Ferrari's Antonelli regret deepens as title charge gathers pace
Helmut Marko calls it Formula 1 at its finest; Italy's papers are counting down to Verstappen's record. Ferrari is left explaining why it let...
Brown plays down McLaren fears over customer Mercedes engines
Andrea Stella keeps flagging the limits of customer status in F1's new engine era. Zak Brown's response is firm: Mercedes power until 2030, and...
Danner backs 'crystal clear-headed' Russell to bounce back
Sixty-eight points adrift, George Russell is getting backing from an unlikely corner - and a reminder from Toto Wolff that F1 runs on physics,...
Honda open to F1's 2027 engine tweaks and V8 talks
Reports cast Honda as the blocker of F1's 2027 engine revisions. HRC president Koji Watanabe says the opposite is true - and even a...
Newey breaks silence as Aston Martin promises summer overhaul
Weeks of silence, a struggling AMR26 and rumours about his absence: Adrian Newey resurfaced in Monaco with a promise - a proper upgrade package...
How F1 Fans Followed Races Without the Internet
Try to picture it. It is Sunday afternoon in 1988. Ayrton Senna has just driven the qualifying lap of his life around the streets...
Wolff cools Verstappen talk as Antonelli lights up Mercedes
Toto Wolff can't imagine a better pairing than Russell and Antonelli, and with his teenager running away with the title, a Verstappen deal looks...
Leclerc brake row runs deeper than Brembo blame
Charles Leclerc blamed Brembo for his Monaco crash, but Italian analysis points to a subtler culprit: cold rear discs and a 2026 energy-recovery system...
McLaren told to 'sort issues' as reliability bites
Two retirements in three races have Mark Webber sounding the alarm and Andrea Stella conceding the truth: McLaren's title defence is undermined by unreliability...
ADUO engine ruling ignites fresh F1 political row
Leaked ADUO assessments would hand Mercedes and Ferrari engine concessions while freezing out benchmark-setter Red Bull-Ford, and the paddock already smells politics.
Bottas digs in at Cadillac and rules out 2027 exit
With Sergio Perez ahead of him and Colton Herta waiting in the wings, Valtteri Bottas is unmoved: his contract is solid and he says...
Renault commits to F1 'for a long time', says Provost
Amid stalled stake talks and BYD whispers, Renault CEO Francois Provost is planting a flag: Alpine is here to stay, Gasly and Colapinto are...
F1 Nation's Review of 2026 Monaco GP
In an episode of the F1 Nation podcast recorded in the Monte Carlo paddock, Tom Clarkson is joined by Laura Winter and Lawrence Barretto...
Hamilton reveals Ferrari's ADUO engine concession
Lewis Hamilton says Ferrari has been told it qualifies for F1’s new ADUO engine assistance, but with Red Bull setting the pace, he warns...
Alonso insists Aston Martin's season is not lost
After scoring Aston Martin’s first point of 2026 in Monaco, Fernando Alonso says an Adrian Newey-led upgrade can rescue a season that has so...
Brembo hits back at Leclerc's public brake attack
Charles Leclerc’s furious ‘I have no brakes’ verdict after crashing out at home has drawn a rare public rebuke from Brembo, and pushed him...
