Max Verstappen’s motivation remains intact at Red Bull amid criticism of the 2026 Formula...
Despite his public criticisms of the new Formula 1 rules for 2026, Max Verstappen continues to show a strong commitment to his team, Red Bull Racing. The team principal, Laurent Mekies, assures that the...
Audi Revolut F1 Team: 2026 Chinese Grand Prix Preview
Audi Revolut F1 Team heads to Shanghai for the second round of the FIA Formula One Championship. Just days on from its positive debut at the season-opener in Melbourne, where Gabriel Bortoleto’s ninth-place finish...
Stella sees no reason to change tactics in handling its F1 drivers
Andrea Stella sees no reason for McLaren to change how it handles its drivers after success in the past, as F1 2026 is going to be on same principals.
Apart from the meteoric rise of...
Newey explains reasons for delays, tight design of AMR26
Adrian Newey explains the reasons for delay of Aston Martin taking the track in Barcelona shakedown, as he expands on F1 2026 season.
The AMR26 only made it to the track on Day 4 of...
Williams shows tweaked livery in launch for 2026 F1 season
Williams presented its 2026 F1 livery and car after switching the big launch to an online reveal, due to delays in production.
Despite spending a large time in 2024 and 2025 on the F1 2026...
Haas signs Doohan as F1 2026 reserve alongside Hirakawa
Jack Doohan is confirmed to join Haas as its reserve driver for the 2026 F1 season alongside Ryo Hirakawa, with the Australian set for TPC running.
After Doohan parted ways with Alpine at the end...
Indian GP revival being looked at by Government
The Government of India has shown initial interest in revival of F1 Indian GP as Ministry of Youth & Sports Affairs pay a visit to Buddh International Circuit.
Ever since its departure from the F1...
Button joins Aston Martin as F1 team brand ambassador
Jenson Button has left Williams to join Aston Martin as team brand ambassador ahead of F1 2026 season, where he will support in commercial programmes.
Having taken up the ambassador role at Williams for the...
Mercedes launches F1 ’26 season; Vesti, Duerksen get new roles
Mercedes launched its 2026 F1 season via digital modem showing livery and car, as Frederik Vesti and Joshua Duerksen get new roles.
As F1 readies itself to enter its next generation, the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1...
Horner wants to return in F1 but not as hired hand anymore
Christian Horner wants to return to F1 but not just as team principal or so, more as a partner, as he affirms talks with teams.
Horner made his first comments in an official forum since...
Hadjar admits crash not ideal, already working on remedies
Isack Hadjar admits it was not ideal for the team when he crashed after losing control, but he has already started to understand things and is working on it.
It started off well on the...
F1 2026, Barcelona: Lap count of drivers/teams, times & more
With the first running of F1 2026 done and dusted in Barcelona shakedown, the unofficial lap times is sorted in here along with lap times – some official and some unofficial.
The F1 2026 season...
F1 2026: Drivers, teams recap Barcelona Shakedown after final day
F1 drivers and teams reflected on the five-day running after the final day of running in Barcelona Shakedown to start its F1 2026 preparations.
While Mercedes and Visa Cash App RB finished off their programme...
F1 2026: Ferrari ends five-day shakedown in Barcelona on top
Ferrari kept it late but ended up on top to end the five-day Barcelona Shakedown, as teams start the F1 2026 campaign getting good mileage.
After 10 teams made it on track to run the...
Mercedes back to single provider of F1 safety and medical cars
Mercedes has confirmed that it will provide safety and medical cars for full F1 2026 season, as Aston Martin pulls out from shared deal.
Mercedes-AMG is assuming full responsibility for the FIA F1 Official Cars...
Aston Martin, Honda open to collab beyond F1; no talks held yet
Aston Martin and Honda have held no talks about projects outside F1, but are open to discussions to production, hypercar or supercar, if results come by.
Even though the partnership has begun, they are still...
F1 2026: Aston Martin shows new car on Day 4 in Barcelona
Aston Martin joined the Barcelona Shakedown for handful of laps on Day 4 of first F1 2026 running, as Mercedes continues to headline.
The final team (minus Williams) made its presence in Barcelona Shakedown after...
Komatsu says everyone will run different F1 spec car by Australia
Ayao Komatsu says nobody will have the same spec car for the Barcelona pre-season F1 test and the one they eventually start the season with in Australia.
With teams running only a base car even...
F1 hands out Promoters Award for 2025 season to five winners
F1 handed out the Promoters Award for 2025 season as Abu Dhabi GP took the big prize among four other winners in different categories.
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been crowned the 2025 Promoter...
F1 2026: Mercedes tops Day 3 in Barcelona; McLaren starts testing
McLaren joined the Barcelona Shakedown on Day 3 to start its F1 2026 preparations, as Mercedes led the way as per unofficial lap times.
After Ferrari made its debut on Day 2, it was the...
Vowles expands on reasons for Williams miss, preparations & more
James Vowles has affirmed that Williams will be on-track in Bahrain for the F1 2026 pre-season test, as he addressed the rumours around crash test.
Having missed the Barcelona shakedown and rumours swirling about its...
Albon sees F1 2026 as chance of reset unlike Sainz
Alexander Albon sees F1 2026 as an opportunity for a reset unlike Carlos Sainz, but he highlights the brutal timeline between two seasons.
After Sainz noted that it will be an unknown for a team...
F1 2026: Ferrari joins Day 2 in Barcelona hampered by rain
The second day of Barcelona Shakedown saw only two teams venture out in a rain-hampered day, with Ferrari getting its first taste of F1 2026.
After seven teams that ran on Day 1, only two...
F1 inks deal with Standard Charted; Vandoorne stays with Aston
F1 named Standard Charted as its corporate partner in multi-year deal, as Aston Martin announced the retention of Stoffel Vandoorne.
Formula 1 has today announced that Standard Chartered will join as Official Wealth Management and...
F1 2026: Hadjar on top in Barcelona as shakedown gets underway
The first day is in the books of Barcelona shakedown to start F1 2026, with seven teams and nine drivers in action amid tight security.
Considering it is a closed shakedown, F1 were proactive to...
Audi names Slater as first signing of F1 junior academy for 2026
Audi has named Freddie Slater as its first signing of its F1 junior programme, with the title-winning youngster getting his first chance to part of a Formula 1 team.
Slater converted his karting title glories...
McLaren shows renders of MCL40; Red Bull shares RB22 images
McLaren showed its first renders of MCL40 at the onset of the F1 2026 Barcelona shakedown, with Red Bull showing its own RB22 post the livery launch.
While McLaren is not on track for Day...
Alpine clarifies Horner link in Otro’s stake after Briatore’s comments
Alpine has clarified some details about Otro Capital stake sale after comments from Flavio Briatore during the F1 2026 launch.
During the launch of F1 2026 car and livery aboard MSC Europa couple of days...
Pirelli shares tyre selection of F1 teams for Barcelona shakedown
Pirelli shares the sets of tyres that each of the 11 F1 teams have requested for the Barcelona shakedown, which is to take place next week.
The shakedown at Barcelona will take place between January...
Colapinto happy to get full winter programme to start F1 season
Franco Colapinto is happy to get full winter and pre-season programme with Alpine ahead of F1 2026 start, which was missing from his end.
For the last two seasons, Colapinto hasn’t got the chance to...
