Max Verstappen lamented Red Bull’s “undriveable” Formula 1 car as he suggested “every lap is like survival” after qualifying eighth for the Chinese Grand Prix.Verstappen finished ninth in Saturday morning’s sprint after a disastrous start dropped him down the order like a brick, and will be eighth on the grid Read more
Qualifying in China went anything but smoothly for George Russell after he suffered a front-wing breakage in Q2 and then briefly halted on track at Turn 5 during Q3. Russell had won the earlier sprint race from pole position but looked far less assured during what proved to be a Read more
F1 and governing body the FIA have officially announced the series will not travel to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in April due to the US-Israeli war on Iran.The two Middle Eastern races will not be replaced, meaning there is a five-week gap in the calendar between the end-of-March Japan round Read more
Heavy debate about Formula 1’s starting procedures during Bahrain’s pre-season tests led to the implementation of the pre-start routine for the 2026 season. While this has alleviated some of the more major concerns in getting off the line, many of the current teams are angling for further changes.The deletion of Read more
Kimi Antonelli became Formula 1’s youngest polesitter after setting the fastest time in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, as George Russell qualified second despite encountering a powertrain issue early in Q3.While attempting to clinch back-to-back poles, Russell came to a stop on track and, while he was able to Read more
Following talks at last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix, F1 had set itself a 10-day deadline to make a final call on the fate of April’s Bahrain and Saudi Grands Prix, a timeline largely dictated by freight logistics to the Gulf as the US and Israeli war on Iran continues to Read more
Mercedes’ George Russell held an advantage of well over half a second to the next quickest Formula 1 team – the McLaren of Lando Norris – in sprint qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix.This continued the Silver Arrows’ bright start to the 2026 season, following on from its 1-2 finish Read more
Ferrari’s ground-breaking Formula 1 rear wing, which rotates 180 degrees, returned at the Chinese Grand Prix – but the experiment was short-lived.The wing, which was first seen in action during pre-season testing, was trialled by both Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton in the only free practice session of the Shanghai Read more
In the aftermath of George Russell securing pole position for the sprint race in China by 0.289s from Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli, and a substantial 0.621s from third-placed Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has moved to quell talk of a schism with its customer teams.After qualifying for Read more
For any other Formula 1 team, having both cars qualify over four seconds off pole position for the season opener would be shaming. But for Cadillac, simply being there at all was an achievement – as a team set up from scratch, and which only had its entry guaranteed 12 Read more