Antonelli rules nothing out but still feels he owes Mercedes
Asked in the Mercedes hospitality in Madrid whether he saw himself in red one day, the championship leader gave an answer closer to a...
Elliott returns to Enstone after 14 years and eight titles
Alpine has named Mike Elliott as chief technical officer, a serious hire from Mercedes. The three-paragraph announcement mentions the seasons ahead nowhere at all.
Hamilton: I never asked Ferrari to replace anyone
Italian reports had Hamilton demanding a clear-out at Ferrari. He went to Instagram to say the opposite, and named no one.
Imola closes in on hosting the 2026 F1 finale?
The paddock has stopped treating Imola as a backup. Hotels have been alerted, a date is circulating, and December 6 now looks real.
Leclerc heading for a Baku grid penalty after Monza?
The engine pulled from Leclerc's wrecked Monza car passed its checks. Ferrari still looks unwilling to race it again.
Hulkenberg says the stopwatch decides when he stops
Nico Hulkenberg turns 40 during his next Audi season, and he has no intention of treating that number as a deadline.
Three Great F1 Comeback Wins From Deep on the Grid
Nineteenth on the grid is not supposed to be a launchpad for victory. It is supposed to mean damage limitation, a weekend to salvage...
Colapinto reveals the rule that bans sex before race weekends
Colapinto has put a rule on his race weekends that most drivers would never discuss in public, and the reasoning behind it comes from...
Tsunoda admits the 2025 pressure stopped him enjoying life
Tsunoda's account of his year beside Verstappen is unusually raw: a driver who stopped enjoying the sport, and who quietly felt relief when the...
Jos pushes Max towards gravel, but Verstappen says no
Jos Verstappen wants his son on gravel this winter. Max says the risk is not worth it, and fatherhood has sharpened how he judges...
Vesti expects just one seat to open across 2027
Mercedes reserve Frederik Vesti sees only one seat likely to move for 2027, and thinks a Ferrari junior is the obvious name to take...
Mekies backs a second rule change to close Honda's gap
Red Bull's team boss has joined Mercedes in accepting that Formula 1 could act on Honda's deficit, and he points to a vote the...
Stella wants the VSC looked at again, not rewritten
McLaren lost Madrid to the timing of a Virtual Safety Car, yet Andrea Stella is not convinced the fix is worth the unpredictability it...
Wolff's young son wins his first karting title
Toto Wolff had two results to enjoy on Madrid Sunday, and the second came from a nine-year-old at a kart circuit two countries away...
2027 F1 Calendar: Portugal & Türkiye Return as Sprints Expand
Portugal and Türkiye are back, Monaco gets a sprint and Formula 1 will race into mid-December. The 2027 F1 calendar keeps 24 Grands Prix...
Honda cools the FIA's offer as Alonso delays his decision
Ben Sulayem offered to help Aston Martin close the gap. Honda's technical chief sees no shortcut, and Alonso is still weighing up whether to...
Wolff reveals Russell's extension was already quietly done
Contract news is piling up around the Red Bull driver pool, and Mercedes says the quietest deal of the lot, George Russell's extension, was...
Sainz says the Madring layout was approved before he arrived
Criticism of a dull Madrid debut landed on the event's most famous ambassador. Sainz says the layout was signed off by the FIA long...
Stuck wants slipstream racing back, not moving wings
A blunt former grand prix driver reckons the 2026 cars have shrunk the man in the cockpit. He makes one loud exception, and it...
Baku's grand prix could go onto a planned artificial island
Baku's grand prix has never left the city centre. A Caspian resort project says a Formula 1 track is part of its plans for...
Real-Time Thrills: Why Fans Chase the Rush of Risk
The worlds of motorsport and gambling have more in common than might appear at first glance. Both can involve split-second decisions, adrenaline and the...
Audi sends Slater up the same ladder Bortoleto climbed
Audi's first junior signing lost the Formula 3 title by 14 points, and his reward is the Invicta seat that turned Gabriel Bortoleto into...
Grosjean apologises a day after misreading Brown's Piastri praise
A chainsaw metaphor on French television, a McLaren boss who had actually praised both drivers, and a public retraction from Grosjean less than a...
Could a fourth race slip away as Hadjar's return stalls?
Three races gone, fresh talk of tendon damage and a team boss who will still only promise a simulator run. Hadjar's wrist is now...
Could Portugal and Turkey both land on the 2027 calendar?
Formula 2 quietly adding a third Baku race has reopened the Imola question, just as a leaked draft of the 2027 schedule puts Portugal...
Honda replaces its F1 engine chief before Alonso decides
A planned handover at the top of Honda's power unit programme lands in the same week Alonso says the meetings that decide his Formula...
Madrid organisers already promise changes to the Madring
One processional race was enough. Organisers, team bosses and the FIA are already discussing how to redesign corners the drivers simply could not use.
Vesti finds waiting as Mercedes reserve increasingly brutal
Simulator work, a fortnightly request for track time and a grid he watches from the garage. Mercedes' reserve is unusually candid about how hard...
Ben Sulayem says Alonso has promised to stay past 2026
The FIA president says Alonso told him he is staying. Aston Martin talks remain complicated, and the driver himself will only promise that meetings...
Wolff points to reliability as the biggest threat left
An 81-point lead and a win he did not feel he had earned. Wolff will not celebrate anything until the maths is done, because...
