Many teams felt the weight of expectation heading into Formula 1’s 2026 season, particularly through their own publicly declared intent of entering the championship’s latest era with a sizeable impact. Those who had enjoyed success wanted to sustain it, and those starved of results wanted to use the reset to Read more
Liberty Media’s stock fell approximately seven percent when Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were removed from the 2026 Formula 1 calendar, pricing the cancellations as lost growth rather than contained exposure.So F1 did not lose two races, it lost two hosting fees. The distinction is not semantic, it is structural, and Read more
Red Bull has confirmed that Max Verstappen’s long-time race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will leave at the end of the 2027 Formula 1 campaign.Lambiase has long been the subject of intense interest across the paddock, as the 45-year-old weighed up his options last winter. Amid links with Aston Martin and Williams, Read more
Gianpiero Lambiase will join McLaren as its chief racing officer, the British Formula 1 team announced on Thursday.Autosport revealed Lambiase’s career move earlier today, with Red Bull subsequently confirming the Briton’s eventual exit from the Milton Keynes-based outfit.Lambiase joined Red Bull from Force India in 2015 and has been Max Read more
Lance Stroll says Aston Martin’s ongoing woes in Formula 1 played a role in his decision to enter this weekend’s GT World Challenge Europe event at Paul Ricard.The Canadian will take advantage of an unexpected gap on the F1 calendar to contest the opening GTWCE Endurance Cup event of 2026, driving Read more
If normal service were to resume, most Formula 1 staff would be on a flight to Bahrain today in preparation for a desert double-header. Instead, the war in Iran and the subsequent cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian rounds has offered F1’s circus a ‘spring break’ to reflect on the Read more
There has been no bigger critic of the 2026 Formula 1 regulations than Max Verstappen. The four-time world champion first caused a stir during pre-season testing when he labelled the new ruleset as “anti-racing” and like “Formula E on steroids” due to the increased reliance on electrical energy. His fears were Read more
On 13 October 1996, Damon Hill clinched the Formula 1 world championship at Suzuka by nine points over team-mate Jacques Villeneuve after a dominant campaign for Williams.The Briton therefore avenged his near-miss in 1994 to take what would be his only F1 title and 30 years on, Hill has returned to Read more
Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Fred Vasseur reckons the Scuderia is heading into the April break with a big morale boost after beating one of the dominant Mercedes cars in Japan.Kimi Antonelli and George Russell had swept the first two races in Australia and China as Mercedes looks to return to its Read more
Unless you have been living under a rock, you will be well aware by now that there will be no racing in Formula 1 through the month of April. As a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which doesn’t appear to get any closer to a genuine Read more