29 May 2026 19:56
Sky Sports Formula 1 lead commentator David Croft has described Lewis Hamilton's recent decision not to use Ferrari's simulator programme as "quite damning" for the Maranello outfit, raising concerns over the team's factory-to-track correlation issues.
Following a tricky start to his time with Ferrari, Hamilton finally appears to have turned a corner. The seven-time champion, who joined the ...
29 May 2026 18:14
Lewis Hamilton appeared to rediscover his spark during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, showing a renewed sense of "freedom" and delivering a turn of pace that seemingly rattled his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc, according to broadcaster Jake Humphrey and former engineer Rob Smedley.
Speaking on the High Performance Racing podcast, Humphrey and Smedley reflected on the improved showing from ...
29 May 2026 16:09
Reigning Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli has been given yet another Formula 1 test by his McLaren team.
Long unaffiliated with any F1 outfit, Fornaroli eventually joined McLaren as a reserve driver after his F2 title success, having failed to find a seat in the world championship. He shares that role with IndyCar frontrunner Pato O’Ward.
McLaren has been giving the Italian ...
29 May 2026 15:35
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has opened up about his first year of parenthood after he and his partner, Kelly Piquet, welcomed their daughter, Lily, in 2025.
While he had already gained experience in a father-figure role with Piquet's daughter Penelope, describing himself as a "bonus dad", Verstappen has spoken about what he has learned in Lily's first year.
"For me, the ...
29 May 2026 15:30
“Speak to Alex, speak to Carlos; they want to be part of this journey, and that's the best I can tell you.”
This is how Williams Formula 1 boss James Vowles reacted to the suggestion that his team needs to show drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz it is heading in the right direction.
The aforementioned suggestion is nothing far-fetched, given the outfit has tumbled from fifth in the 2025 ...
29 May 2026 14:48
The Mercedes Formula 1 team has provided more insight into its conversations with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli after the pair's intense Canadian Grand Prix battles prompted internal reviews.
In Montreal, Russell and Antonelli battled each other wheel-to-wheel for the first time as Mercedes consolidated its dominance at the front of the 2026 field, with its drivers likely to decide the ...
29 May 2026 14:00
Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar recently swapped their Formula 1 machinery for a sim racing seat in a NASCAR challenge alongside Red Bull athlete Connor Zilisch.
The challenge was simple: tackle the Miami International Autodrome circuit in the virtual NASCAR machine and see who could set the fastest lap time.
Zilisch, who currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series in the No. 88 ...
29 May 2026 13:05
Former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Kimi Antonelli is maturing rapidly and becoming very comfortable racing at the front of the pack, which he warns should be a concern for the rest of the grid.
Antonelli continued his sensational 2026 campaign at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, claiming his fourth consecutive grand prix win. His victory, combined with his Mercedes team-mate ...
29 May 2026 11:18
The news is official: active aerodynamics will not be used at the Monaco Grand Prix. The FIA made the decision with safety in mind. There was a risk of seeing cars become too fast at the exit of the Tunnel, given the limited run-off areas, and it was considered prudent to forgo one of the key features of the 2026 Formula 1 cars.
The race in the principality will therefore be run with fixed ...
29 May 2026 11:00
Former W Series driver and Sky Sports F1 analyst Naomi Schiff believes Kimi Antonelli is demonstrating that he is no longer the "little brother" at Mercedes.
The Brackley outfit has enjoyed an incredible start to the 2026 season, winning every grand prix so far, with Antonelli claiming four of those five wins. The 19-year-old became the youngest driver to lead the championship after ...
29 May 2026 10:41
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies is confident the FIA will implement the power unit changes required for Max Verstappen to stay heading into the 2027 Formula 1 campaign.
The four-time world champion has been a huge critic of F1’s contentious regulation overhaul for 2026, featuring a near-50:50 split between engine and electrical power.
But the FIA is trying to implement a 60-40 split for 2027 ...
28 May 2026 22:05
Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle has argued that there is currently "nothing to choose" between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli.
Following a frantic Canadian Grand Prix sprint race, in which Antonelli accused his Mercedes team-mate of pushing him off the track, the pair later resolved the issue before continuing their tense on-track battle during the grand prix at ...
28 May 2026 21:05
The 2026 Canadian Grand Prix weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve saw the intra-team battle between championship leader Kimi Antonelli and his Mercedes team-mate George Russell intensify.
While Antonelli claimed another victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, it was the Saturday sprint race that painted a picture of the 19-year-old's growing pains as well as the important role of his experienced ...
28 May 2026 20:07
Three biologists have named a newly-discovered wasp species after McLaren F1 driver Oscar Piastrii.
Corentin Jouault, Di-Ying Huang and Celso O. Azevedo conducted research on a 98-year-old fossil from the Cretaceous Period, discovered in Myanmar, which gave them insight into the species' evolution and morphological similarities to other wasp species.
The ancient wasp is encased in a ...
28 May 2026 20:05
Following an exciting battle at the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix, Sky Sports Formula 1 analyst Naomi Schiff has suggested that the "competitive scar tissue" between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will never fully disappear, even though the pair now share a cordial relationship.
The intense rivalry between the two champions reached its boiling point during the unforgettable 2021 F1 season, which ...
28 May 2026 18:58
Former F1 TV presenter Will Buxton has likened current Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli to a young Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
In his second year in F1, Antonelli has surprised the paddock with an incredible start to the year. After just five rounds, the 19-year-old leads the drivers' championship by 43 points over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell.
His latest win in ...
28 May 2026 17:37
Record team valuations and the sheer complexity involved mean any potential path for Chinese giant BYD to join Formula 1 as a 12th team will be an uphill battle.
The Chinese electric automotive giant has set its sights on Formula 1; Stella Li, BYD’s Executive Vice President and CEO for the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, has never hidden that she views the world championship as the ...
28 May 2026 16:14
The Motorsport Museum has opened its doors in Le Mans following a colossal construction project completed within an astonishingly short time frame.
For just under a year, the former Le Mans 24 Hours Museum was closed. During this time, walls were moved, 45,000m³ of earth was displaced, exhibits were reimagined and a rare collection was brought together.
On 28 May, the M24 – Motorsport ...
28 May 2026 14:58
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc got behind the wheel of the new fully electric Ferrari Luce ahead of its unveiling.
Prior to the ceremonial removal of the silk red cover, the two Ferrari Formula 1 drivers took it in turns to take the Luce for a spin around the track.
"Whoa! No-no-no-no-no, please don't do that! LH! LH-LH-LH... ...LH. Careful! Careful! Careful! Careful! Careful, yeah? ...
28 May 2026 13:00
At Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren introduced the second stage of a major update package to its MCL40 car, with a new front wing alongside a revised engine cover, rear suspension fairings and floor edges.
But introducing performance upgrades at sprint weekends is fraught with peril because there is only one practice session. Ultimately both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri opted to ...
28 May 2026 12:12
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has proposed that the motorsport governing body should repeal the current article which sets a limit on presidential terms.
Ben Sulayem, who is currently in his second term having run unopposed in last year's election, is currently subject to Article 20.10 in the FIA's statutes, which states that "the President of the FIA may not serve more than three terms ...
28 May 2026 11:04
Sébastien Ogier says he would gladly welcome Max Verstappen to test a World Rally Championship car, should the four-time Formula 1 world champion wish to add rallying to his extracurricular motorsport activities.
Nine-time world rally champion Ogier attended the Nurburgring 24 Hours, where he witnessed Verstappen challenge for the victory alongside his Winward-Mercedes team-mates Dani ...
28 May 2026 10:31
Formula 1 delivered another intriguing spectacle at last weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, but that doesn't mean the series should be done improving its complex, work-in-progress power unit rules, Sunday's leading drivers say.
Montreal's race on the stop-start Circuit Gilles Villeneuve appeared to bring out the best in the 2026 cars as they are currently being run. The race featured plenty of ...
27 May 2026 18:30
The Canadian Grand Prix delivered the first on-track battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli. While they avoided a crash, it was still too close for comfort for the Mercedes pit wall, and there will probably be more internal discussions about the rules of engagement between the two drivers of Formula 1’s current strongest team. But what should the outcome of those talks be?
Our ...
27 May 2026 18:00
Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli says he isn’t thinking about a potential world title just yet, as he pulls away in the standings with at least 17 rounds remaining.
Antonelli has won the last four grands prix consecutively, with his last victory coming in a Montreal race where he had a breathtaking duel with team-mate George Russell before a power unit failure took the Briton out ...
27 May 2026 16:00
An interesting pattern has emerged amid the constant ebb-and-flow of the Formula 1 driver market, where the busyness of it changes every other year. So for 2023, for example, six teams altered their line-ups - most notably caused by the Oscar Piastri fiasco - before an unchanged grid the following season, which marked a first in F1 history.
Vast change was on the cards again for 2025, the final ...
27 May 2026 14:34
The Alpine F1 team will be known as Gucci Racing Alpine in 2027 after signing a landmark deal with the luxury brand.
On Wednesday, Alpine announced Gucci would become its title partner in 2027, following the conclusion of the Enstone team's deal with current title sponsor BWT.
As part of the deal, the brand says it is creating Gucci Racing, "a new business and experiential platform built ...
27 May 2026 14:00
The helmet worn by Gilles Villeneuve during his last Formula 1 race was sold for a record-breaking $1.25 million – just over €1 million. This was reported by Darren Jack, CEO of the Canadian company Hall of Fame Collection, which handled the sale.
The amount is a world record for a racing helmet. The previous record belonged to a helmet worn by Ayrton Senna during the 1992 Belgian Grand ...
27 May 2026 13:01
It is fair to say that the 2026 Formula 1 season has so far generated more controversy off the track than on it, with the usual endless debates surrounding the regulations – and before that, Mercedes’ engine compression ratio.
On track, however, matters have remained relatively calm. There have been a handful of incidents and collisions here and there, but nothing sufficiently contentious ...
27 May 2026 10:42
Michael Schumacher’s Formula 1 career was made legendary by his fantastic racecraft and record-breaking success, but also some questionable moves – one of which occurred on 27 May 2006.
Going into the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, Schumacher was already facing a 15-point deficit to championship leader Fernando Alonso, with a race win worth 10 points at the time.
This was the consequence of the ...
26 May 2026 17:52
After he took his best-ever grand prix result with Ferrari, it felt like a weight had fallen off Lewis Hamilton's shoulders. Hamilton took second at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after an entertaining, race-long battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen, hounding the Dutchman for laps before making the pass into Turn 1 on lap 62.
But beyond the headline result, what was even more ...
26 May 2026 16:59
Charles Leclerc will use Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s data from the Canadian Grand Prix to find answers for “the most difficult weekend” of his Formula 1 career.
Although the 28-year-old took a solid points haul with fourth on Sunday, Leclerc was consistently off the pace as he finished over 30 seconds behind runner-up Hamilton.
It was only through George Russell’s retirement ...
26 May 2026 15:12
Max Verstappen poked fun at McLaren’s decision to start the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix on the intermediate compound as that strategic call immediately backfired.
The reigning championship-winning squad was the only frontrunner to start Sunday’s race on a non-slick tyre with the Montreal surface being slippery under cloudy conditions leading into it.
But much to McLaren’s dismay the ...
26 May 2026 14:06
Eighth place in Canada continues a welcome trend for Pierre Gasly and the Alpine Formula 1 team, which took a huge step forward in 2026.
But, in a race marked by high attrition, the Frenchman's latest points finish did mask that the underlying issues that have hampered him over the past two weekends are still present.
Gasly has been one of the standout performers of the opening rounds of ...
26 May 2026 10:00
While Lando Norris had a front-row seat to the Mercedes battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli in the Canadian Grand Prix sprint and eventually finished second, the main race of the Formula 1 weekend painted a very different picture.
Starting from the second row of the grid, McLaren appeared to be in a strong position to challenge Mercedes again, but everything went wrong for the ...
25 May 2026 17:43
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has warned Kimi Antonelli against buying into his own hype and to keep his cool in his first championship battle.
The Italian driver, who is in his second season of F1, currently tops the championship with a 43-point lead over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell in second.
Speaking on the F1 post-race show following the tense Canadian Grand ...
25 May 2026 16:32
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli delivered their first proper wheel-to-wheel battles over the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix weekend, starting with a fraught sprint race battle which left Antonelli frustrated by Russell's stout defending and prompted talks to clarify the team's rules of engagement.
Their battle resumed on Sunday in the grand prix until Russell disappeared on lap 30 with ...
25 May 2026 14:48
The Guardian: “Mercedes duel a textbook example of racing”
Just as in Saturday’s sprint race, Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli drew attention with an intense intra-team battle. The two came close to colliding several times and were urged to calm down, although that warning became unnecessary midway through the race when Russell retired with car trouble.
The Guardian ...
25 May 2026 13:58
Lando Norris wasted no time putting a disastrous 2026 Canadian Grand Prix behind him, jetting off to meet up with former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo and IndyCar Series driver Conor Daly following the Indianapolis 500.
While the McLaren driver endured a miserable afternoon at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ricciardo was soaking up the atmosphere of the Indy 500 alongside Daly.
For Norris, the ...
25 May 2026 13:55
Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles believes the Grove outfit is demonstrating clear progress relative to its midfield rivals, despite a bittersweet 2026 Canadian Grand Prix.
Following an encouraging performance boost at the Miami Grand Prix earlier this month, Williams arrived at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve hoping to capitalise on its recent upgrades. While the underlying pace of ...
25 May 2026 13:18
Red Bull secured its first podium finish of the year in Montreal, although Saturday did not suggest that outcome was on the cards. Max Verstappen qualified only sixth and was critical afterwards, particularly when speaking to the Dutch media in the paddock.
A day later, the picture turned out to be more positive than expected, although Verstappen stressed that the result in Canada was not a ...
25 May 2026 12:21
George Russell might have endured a heartbreakingly premature end to his fight for the Canadian Grand Prix win with Mercedes team-mate and championship rival Kimi Antonelli, but he remained very much on-message in praising the impact of Formula 1’s controversial new technical regulations.
Russell got off to a sluggish start from pole position but passed Antonelli for the lead at the final ...
25 May 2026 12:11
George Russell has issued an apology to the FIA and marshals after throwing the headrest of his Mercedes W17 out of the car when he retired from the Canadian Grand Prix.
Following a tense and exciting battle with his team-mate Kimi Antonelli for first position, Russell retired from the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve when he encountered power unit issues.
After losing what could have ...
25 May 2026 12:08
Finishing fifth in the Canadian Grand Prix, Isack Hadjar achieved his best result with Red Bull so far, but things could have ended much worse.
Engaged in a fierce battle with Charles Leclerc after the pitstops, the Frenchman put up a very borderline defence at the end of the back straight, with the Monegasque driver narrowly avoiding a crash.
While the Ferrari driver subsequently got ...
25 May 2026 11:01
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has explained the team felt it was the right call to put both of its driver on intermediates at the start of the Canadian Grand Prix.
Light rain had hit Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve all morning, but conditions improved ahead of the 4pm local start, with the vast majority of the grid starting on slicks.
Sharing the second ...
25 May 2026 10:11
Lewis Hamilton returned to the scene of his maiden Formula 1 victory and made another breakthrough of sorts – his best grand prix result for Ferrari after a turbulent 17 months at the Scuderia.
Hamilton had the better of team-mate Charles Leclerc for most of the weekend in Montreal, though he fell behind him in the sprint race. Starting fifth on the grid for the grand prix, he passed ...
25 May 2026 09:16
We’ve all done it, haven’t we? Promised we’d be a better version of ourselves, stop moaning, start running - or decide we need to spend more time with our parents, after all. We do that mostly around New Year’s time. We “start fresh”, “turn the page” and do whatever else you might call it.
But as always, it’s about how we stick to our own promises, not about declaring ...
25 May 2026 07:46
It has been quite a while since I last wrote a column. Back in September 2025, Oscar Piastri’s title hopes began to unravel just as my spine decided to turn sitting at a desk into pure misery. Now I’m back - and it feels a little as though I’ve woken up inside a time machine.
You could almost believe it’s 2014, 2015 or 2016 all over again. The "new Formula 1" is once more defined by ...
25 May 2026 03:49
F1's annual visit to Quebec is rarely free of drama or controversy, but by bringing the Montreal race forward in the year May put the race's fate in the laps of Canada's weather gods more than ever. But despite the cold conditions and the threat of rain which never really materialised, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve served up an absorbing spectacle with duels across the top six, and a costly ...
25 May 2026 02:39
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have been praised by fans for their "wholesome" cooldown room exchange following the Canadian Grand Prix.
After a tense 68 laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Hamilton and Verstappen crossed the line in second and third, respectively, securing another shared podium for the two drivers.
But as the adrenaline faded and the pair made their way to ...
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