Formula 1 has abandoned plans to repeat its one-off Monaco Grand Prix pitstop rule in the wake of last year’s controversy.With overtaking pretty much impossible in the streets of Monte Carlo, the FIA implemented the mandatory use of three tyre sets last year to force teams onto a two-stop strategy Read more
Formula 1’s governing body the FIA says the series’ power unit manufacturers have unanimously approved changes to how engine compression ratios are measured, with revisions coming as early as 1 June.The compression ratio of the V6 combustion engines, which measures how much the air-fuel mixture inside a cylinder can be Read more
Cadillac has branded its 2026 Formula 1 car the MAC-26, named after world champion and Indy 500 winner Mario Andretti.Andretti was one of the original driving forces behind the project to bring the team to F1, formerly helmed by his son Michael. The 85-year-old has since taken on more of Read more
McLaren has reached a final settlement with Chip Ganassi Racing after the London High Court ruled against Alex Palou and CGR during the long-running dispute.In January, the four-time IndyCar champion was ordered to give McLaren more than $12million in compensation, following a five-week trial that occurred last year.It came after McLaren Read more
Honda is working to solve crippling vibration issues in time for Formula 1’s 2026 season opener in Australia after a disastrous series of tests with Aston Martin.Aston Martin and Honda suffered a rough start to their partnership in pre-season testing, with minimal mileage at the Barcelona shakedown after the AMR26 Read more
When Andrea Stella addressed the media on Friday evening in Bahrain, he shared something in addition to his first impression of the new pecking order: McLaren had tested so-called super clipping up to the full 350 kilowatts that day.Super clipping is, put simply, the state in which the 2026 cars Read more
Championship winners and cars with multiple victories on their CVs usually grab the limelight when it comes to the greatest cars in Formula 1 history. But there have been some fantastic machines that have narrowly missed out on ultimate glory.We reckon they deserve recognition, too. So, in the latest of Read more
Safety concerns have led to changes in Formula 1’s starting procedures for the 2026 season, and to a lower cap on the amount of energy which can be harvested on straights.But there are also worries emerging about how the new cars will perform in the wet, since very few teams have Read more
Against a background of much rancour over Formula 1 power units, and which manufacturer has identified what particular loophole in the phrasing of the rules, one thing all the teams agree on is that the cars on the grid in Abu Dhabi will look very different from those which are Read more
If there was one team that really surprised the Formula 1 paddock with its imaginative designs during pre-season testing, it was Ferrari.In Bahrain, the Scuderia not only brought a new feature to the area behind the exhaust, designed to make the most of the volume allowed by the new-for-2026 regulations, but Read more