After McLaren secured a double podium in Miami and appeared to have turned a corner following its first major upgrade of the year, the race weekends in Montreal and Monaco have not gone according to plan.In Canada, things partly unravelled due to the decision to start on intermediate tyres, while Lando Read more
Mercedes Formula 1 team principal Toto Wolff has taken responsibility for the pitstop blunder that led to a drive-through penalty for George Russell at the Monaco Grand Prix.Russell experienced a dismal weekend in the principality, where he took sixth on the grid after being soundly beaten by team-mate Kimi Antonelli Read more
Red Bull Ford Powertrains has been deemed to have the leading V6 combustion engine in Formula 1, Autosport has been able to confirm, following Lewis Hamilton’s revelation that Ferrari is getting upgrade help.Following the Canadian Grand Prix F1’s governing body the FIA measured the performance of all V6 combustion engines to determine both the Read more
Pierre Gasly said he had been “robbed” of a podium in Monaco after finishing third on the road, and his team agrees.The Alpine team posted a statement which read: “After the result of today’s Monaco Grand Prix, BWT Alpine Formula One Team can confirm it has requested a Right of Review Read more
Cadillac Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez has been given a 10-second penalty in the Monaco Grand Prix results, collapsing from a point-paying 10th position to last of the finishers.Perez finished 10th on the road in an eventful race in the principality, making the most of the incidents that occurred around Read more
At the beginning of the 2026 Formula 1 season George Russell was the clear favourite to win the drivers’ championship, but he has now slipped to third place in the standings after a torturous Monaco Grand Prix weekend.Russell only finished one timed session ahead of team-mate Kimi Antonelli, qualified five Read more
The Monaco Grand Prix produced a series of penalties for speeding in the pitlane. The FIA documents released after the race reveal that in every case the infringement was less than one kilometre per hour. For Oscar Piastri, George Russell, Franco Colapinto and Pierre Gasly, the excess was just 0.1 Read more
George Russell’s costly Canadian Grand Prix retirement, which knocked him 43 points back, showed he would have a Andrea Kimi Antonelli-sized problem to deal with this year. His fifth qualifying defeat to a high-flying Italian in Monaco further underlined that problem won’t go away any time soon.Russell had made a strong start Read more
Lando Norris’s2026 season is shaping up to be the most disappointing one for a defending champion since Sebastian Vettel’scatastrophic 2014.But while Vettel’s year was defined by struggles with an uncompetitive and unreliable Renault engine, McLaren’s2026 has been an accumulation of small but telling frustrations: a chassis that’s effective enough for Norris Read more
Charles Leclerc has given insight into the accident that ended his hopes for a Monaco Grand Prix pole position, after he crashed his Ferrari Formula 1 car in Q3.The Scuderia’s promising Friday pace, as it locked out the top two positions in both practice sessions, didn’t translate into the same Read more