17 March 2026 23:10
The Formula 1 paddock has come together to congratulate Kimi Antonelli on his maiden grand prix win at the Chinese Grand Prix.
The Italian driver claimed his first F1 victory at the Shanghai International Circuit after successfully converting pole position into a race win. At just 19 years old, he became the second-youngest F1 race winner.
"I'm speechless. I'm about to cry, to be honest, but ...
17 March 2026 19:20
After two grands prix and one sprint race in the 2026 Formula 1 season, Mercedes has won every single event so far. However, those victories were not quite as effortless as the results might suggest.
In all three races, the Silver Arrows had to defend seriously against Ferrari. In particular, Ferrari’s strong race starts allowed the Scuderia to take the lead initially on each occasion.
So ...
17 March 2026 16:30
Kimi Antonelli blamed going into “autopilot” mode as the reason for his hair-raising moment late in the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix - vowing it will never happen again.
The 19-year-old won from pole on Sunday to take his maiden grand prix victory, leading team-mate George Russell in a Mercedes 1-2 having controlled much of the contest.
Antonelli took the chequered flag by 5.515s, but it ...
17 March 2026 13:46
After a seventh-place finish in the Formula 1 season opener in Australia, Haas recorded another strong result early in the season in Shanghai. Oliver Bearman managed to reach Q3 on Saturday, although he ultimately had to settle for tenth place on the grid.
On Sunday, however, there was even more potential. While two of the four traditional top teams – McLaren and Red Bull – hit trouble ...
17 March 2026 12:01
Ferrari put on a show in Shanghai with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc fighting throughout the grand prix, but the SF-26 had to settle for third place with the seven-time world champion – who finally secured his first podium with the Scuderia. On the day of Kimi Antonelli’s first triumph, Ferrari finished 25 seconds behind – an eternity for what currently seems the only credible ...
17 March 2026 10:38
Charles Leclerc reckons the new 2026 Formula 1 cars don’t actually feel “artificial” despite several drivers strongly criticising the latest regulation overhaul.
Cars this year are completely different than before, with the chassis being nimbler and having less downforce, while the power unit is more reliant on electrical energy with a near-50:50 split against the internal combustion ...
17 March 2026 08:48
Melbourne, Australia. Kimi Antonelli has arranged to meet us at an Italian restaurant that has become a hotspot for F1's ample Italian-speaking community. At the next table is Franco Colapinto sharing a meal with some Argentinian friends. They catch up about motorsport, expectations for a world championship that is about to begin.
Kimi looks ravenous in more ways than one. Keen to tuck into the ...
16 March 2026 22:15
Cadillac Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez poked fun at the recent comments likening the current 2026 regulations to Mario Kart.
During the Chinese Grand Prix, in which he finished in 15th, the Mexican driver joked over the team radio, "I need a mushroom now. It disappeared. I don't know what happened."
Perez, who joined Cadillac as it joined the championship as the 11th team in 2026, had ...
16 March 2026 17:30
Kimi Antonelli revealed that he spoke with Isack Hadjar before the 2026 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, after the Frenchman refused his apology following their clash in Saturday's sprint.
During the sprint race in Shanghai, Antonelli made a poor start and found himself stuck in the middle of the pack. Attempting to quickly make up positions on the opening lap, the Italian understeered and made ...
16 March 2026 16:52
Jacques Villeneuve has argued that Mercedes' dominance in the 2026 Formula 1 regulations is not like 2014.
The Brackley outfit dominated the championship from 2014 to 2021, winning seven drivers' championships with Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg and eight constructors' titles.
While Mercedes has won every race of the season so far, including the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, the ...
16 March 2026 16:06
Italian tennis player Jannik Sinner gave a shoutout to his fellow countryman Kimi Antonelli during his Indian Wells title acceptance speech after the Mercedes Formula 1 driver claimed his first grand prix victory at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Antonelli became the second-youngest F1 grand prix winner in Shanghai after successfully converting pole position to victory and fending off his team-mate ...
16 March 2026 15:57
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has admitted that the new 2026 regulations are fun, but he "would have hated it".
The 2026 regulations have been met with a mixed response from fans and drivers after the first two rounds of the season. The changes include an almost 50:50 split between internal combustion and electric power, active aerodynamics and smaller, lighter cars.
"It's ...
16 March 2026 14:15
Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports Germany pundit Ralf Schumacher has joined the argument that the new 2026 regulations are "too artificial."
While the German agreed that more overtakes make for more exciting viewing, he claimed that the balance is currently not where it should be in terms of the drivers' input in overtakes.
"Well, I have to say when I saw the first few laps in ...
16 March 2026 13:48
Max Verstappen has endured an incredibly frustrating start to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with the four-time world champion lingering eighth in the standings. The Red Bull driver started with sixth in the Melbourne opener, which was actually respectable considering he started 20th following a crash in Q1.
So it wasn’t all doom and gloom at the Austrian outfit a week ago, because it looked ...
16 March 2026 13:01
F1: The Movie has continued its award season success after winning an Oscar for Best Sound.
The blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, was nominated alongside Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners and Sirât in the Best Sound category.
F1 had also been nominated in the Best Picture, Film Editing and Visual Effects categories, but failed to win ...
16 March 2026 12:34
After the first two race weekends under the new technical regulations, opinions in the Formula 1 paddock remain divided. Lewis Hamilton said in Shanghai that he had not enjoyed the racing this much in a long time.
“I think it’s the best racing that I’ve ever experienced in Formula 1,” he said after securing his first Ferrari podium. “It felt like go-karting, back and forth, back and ...
16 March 2026 10:32
The fight for the final points-scoring place in the Chinese Grand Prix became physical as Esteban Ocon launched a highly optimistic move up the inside of Franco Colapinto’s Alpine at Turn 2 on lap 32 of the race. As Colapinto took the racing line into the corner, he clipped the front wing of Ocon’s Haas and they both spun.
Colapinto recovered and later passed Arvid Lindblad’s Racing Bulls ...
16 March 2026 08:00
It must have been a great race for any Italian to watch. Two Ferrari drivers, in what appears to be one of the best cars produced in Maranello for many years, battled for the lead with the sport's most promising young rising star, Italy's best hope for a world title since… Mamma mia! Alberto Ascari in 1953. The first victory for the new national hero was delivered in almost dominant fashion, but ...
16 March 2026 08:00
Someone made the mistake of suggesting to Max Verstappen in the post-race media ‘pen' in China that some of the racing seemed less ‘artificial' this weekend, at least enough to get the people in the grandstands energised and cheering.
"It's terrible," he fired back. "If someone likes this, then you really don't know what racing is about.
"It's not fun at all. It's playing Mario Kart ...
16 March 2026 00:12
Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff shared a heartfelt message to Kimi Antonelli over the team radio after the Italian driver secured his first Formula 1 victory.
The Italian driver managed to fend off his Mercedes team-mate George Russell and Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc to convert pole position into a maiden grand prix victory.
Antonelli joined Mercedes to ...
15 March 2026 23:36
Formula 1 fans have lost it after Kimi Antonelli was announced as Kimi Raikkonen during the Chinese Grand Prix podium ceremony.
The Italian driver was caught off guard as he walked out to celebrate his maiden F1 win at the Shanghai International Circuit, but for those watching from home, it was not clear what Antonelli had found so amusing. Later, Mercedes shared footage of the viral ...
15 March 2026 17:30
Sergio Perez has taken responsibility for the Cadillac cars’ collision at the start of Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix.
Perez and Valtteri Bottas were battling over 14th place – after pre-race attrition took four cars out of the contest – in Turn 3, the tight left-hander that follows the drawn-out opening curve, when the incident occurred.
Perez stayed on the inside of Bottas’ car ...
15 March 2026 17:20
Andretti Global is close to a verdict on if it will run a fourth car for the 110th Running of the Indianapolis 500 in May.
The organization has added a one-off entry to the Indianapolis 500 each of the last five years with Marco Andretti, who announced his retirement over the offseason. Even with that development, though, the current three-car lineup could be expanded by one for the crown jewel ...
15 March 2026 16:00
Fernando Alonso “began to lose all feeling in his hands and feet” prior to his retirement from Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix, as Aston Martin’s Honda engine problems persist.
The Japanese manufacturer teamed up with Aston Martin as its new works team for 2026, but it has struggled to adapt to F1’s new power unit rules, suffering from profound reliability issues.
The ...
15 March 2026 14:34
Onboard footage of two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso suffering from the vibrations through his steering wheel has gained traction on social media.
The Spanish driver was forced to retire from the Chinese Grand Prix, along with his Aston Martin team-mate Lance Stroll, due to excessive vibrations in the AMR26.
"A difficult day in Shanghai with Lance retiring due to a suspected ...
15 March 2026 14:30
Oliver Bearman and Isack Hadjar have recounted their frightful near-miss on the first lap of Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix, with the Haas driver counting himself lucky.
The pair was battling for sixth position when Hadjar lost control at high-speed in the Turn 13 curve leading to the lengthy back straight; Bearman narrowly avoided the spinning Red Bull but had to take evasive action deep ...
15 March 2026 14:29
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has argued that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc's on-track battle during the Chinese Grand Prix "destroyed Ferrari's race."
The race at the Shanghai International Circuit featured an exciting back-and-forth between the two drivers. Hamilton finished the race in third, scoring his first podium with the Maranello outfit, while Leclerc was ...
15 March 2026 13:12
Winner - Kimi Antonelli (and his boss)
Split screening the broadcast to cut to significant others is somewhat of a pet peeve, but we'll make a happy exception for Kimi Antonelli's dad Marco, who has devoted a significant part of his life to his son's career.
Marco Antonelli must have died a thousand deaths during the closing laps, and thankfully made it through his son's late off at the ...
15 March 2026 12:27
After the Chinese Grand Prix, Max Verstappen once again voiced his strong dissatisfaction with the new Formula 1 regulations. The Dutchman said that fans who enjoy this type of on-track action “don't understand racing” and that the new ruleset is fundamentally flawed.
“It’s not fun at all. It’s playing Mario Kart. This is not racing,” he claimed after the race.
Read ...
15 March 2026 12:13
Kimi Antonelli's father, Marco Antonelli, thanked Mercedes team chief and CEO Toto Wolff after he watched his son claim his maiden Formula 1 victory at the Chinese Grand Prix.
The 19-year-old started the second race of the season from pole position and battled against his team-mate George Russell and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc to defend his lead.
While he fought back ...
15 March 2026 11:54
Max Verstappen claimed that anybody who enjoys the new Formula 1 regulations doesn’t understand motor racing in yet another criticism of the 2026 ruleset.
The four-time world champion is the biggest critic of F1’s latest regulation overhaul, which has changed both the chassis and power unit, the latter being more reliant on electrical energy.
It means battery harvesting is playing a ...
15 March 2026 11:32
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has admitted to having been “a bit scared” as his drivers, Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, battled throughout Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix.
Hamilton briefly led the race on lap one before being overtaken by polesitter Kimi Antonelli; the Ferraris fought George Russell for second place in the first few laps and then over 15 laps following the ...
15 March 2026 11:23
Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes race engineer Peter 'Bono' Bonnington said the Chinese Grand Prix podium celebrations were something he will "cherish".
Describing it as "getting the band back together", Bonnington joined the podium celebrations as he accepted the constructors' trophy after Antonelli's maiden Formula 1 win. Completing the podium were Antonelli's Mercedes team-mate George Russell and ...
15 March 2026 10:54
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton said the Chinese Grand Prix was 'one of the most enjoyable F1 races ever' as he snared his first grand prix podium for the Scuderia.
Hamilton won China's sprint race from pole last year, but that was a rare highlight in a tough debut campaign as he struggled to gel with his scarlet machinery.
But following a short winter to recharge his batteries, the seven-time ...
15 March 2026 10:48
Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff admitted he was "overwhelmed" after Kimi Antonelli's maiden Formula 1 victory in China and the podium celebrations.
The Italian driver successfully converted pole position into his first grand prix win after an initial battle with his Mercedes team-mate George Russell and Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
Having come out ahead, he ...
15 March 2026 10:40
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli was left "speechless" as he broke down in tears after claiming his maiden Formula 1 win at the Chinese Grand Prix, and recounted a hair-raising off-track excursion towards the end of the race.
Fresh from being F1's youngest-ever grand prix polesitter, Antonelli emerged victorious from a long battle between Mercedes and Ferrari at the Shanghai International ...
15 March 2026 10:30
F1 TV commentator Alex Jacques believes that McLaren does not fully understand its Mercedes power unit yet.
Mercedes has started the 2026 Formula 1 season off to a strong start with a dominant 1-2 finish in Australia and now the same in China. The expectations were high for the Brackley outfit heading into the season with the championship's new regulations, and with that, hope was also high for ...
15 March 2026 10:00
Kimi Antonelli converted pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix into his first Formula 1 victory to beat team-mate George Russell, as Lewis Hamilton secured his first Ferrari podium.
Antonelli had to contend with a typically fast start from the two Ferraris but, helpfully, did not get bogged down himself; this ensured that, although the Italian lost the lead into Turn 1 to Hamilton, he was ...
15 March 2026 09:38
The second race of Formula 1's 2026 era in Shanghai offered more clues, more entertainment and more heartbreak, featuring a first-time winner and a black eye for the reigning world champions.
1. Toto Wolff's Antonelli bet pays off big - Filip Cleeren
Toto Wolff has not wasted an opportunity to hit back at early critics of his confident move to promote 18-year-old Kimi Antonelli to a race ...
15 March 2026 09:34
Technical issues took both McLaren cars out of Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix before it even started, to Lando Norris’ and Oscar Piastri’s dismay.
Struck by an electronics issue, reigning world champion Norris failed to make it out of the garage for the Shanghai race, while team-mate Piastri had to be wheeled back into the pitlane from the grid, because of what the Australian described as ...
15 March 2026 09:25
George Russell has revealed how he ended up with a black eye ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix.
In a video shared by Mercedes, the Briton answered questions as he was driven to the Shanghai International Circuit alongside his partner Carmen Montero Mundt.
When asked if the cameraman could see his eye, Russell explained: "I haven't looked at it this morning, is it still red or not?"
The ...
15 March 2026 07:49
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri failed to make the start of F1's Chinese GP after their McLarens were struck by pre-race technical issues.
McLaren was scrambling to get both Norris and Piastri at the start, as world champion Norris couldn't make it out of the pitlane in time for the pre-race procedure due to electronics problems.
Less than 10 minutes before the start of the formation lap ...
15 March 2026 01:35
The official Formula 1 social media accounts shared a curious moment in China. At the finish of the Chinese GP sprint race, Kimi Antonelli’s attempt to apologize to Isack Hadjar was coldly rejected by the French driver.
The Mercedes driver, who would later secure pole position for Sunday’s race, approached the Red Bull after causing a collision on the first lap. The Italian was quickly ...
14 March 2026 23:59
What had been expected for some time was officially confirmed during the race weekend in Shanghai: due to the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been cancelled.
Logically, this has financial consequences and logistical implications for the teams, particularly as part of the teams’ freight and paddock gear is still in Bahrain after winter testing. But ...
14 March 2026 23:00
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 and the Miami Grand Prix in the first week of May.
Since the US killing of Iran's supreme leader ...
14 March 2026 22:39
The United States Grand Prix has announced its two headline acts for the 2026 Formula 1 race weekend.
GRAMMY Award-winning band Maroon 5, famous for chart-topping songs including Sugar, This Love and Moves Like Jagger, will kick off the race weekend with the headline slot on Friday 23 October at the Germania Insurance Super Stage.
Taking to the same stage on Saturday 24 October will be Post ...
14 March 2026 21:42
Ralf Schumacher has championed McLaren for making a step forward. While the former driver is confident this will lead to more exciting racing, he added that Mercedes likely has performance left in the tank.
Mercedes has had a strong start to the season. This has led to concerns from fans that the Brackley outfit could dominate the year, leading to a repeat of previous predictable seasons such ...
14 March 2026 21:14
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli approached Red Bull's Isack Hadjar after the Chinese sprint race to apologise for causing a collision between the two, but footage shared by Formula 1 showed that it fell on deaf ears.
Antonelli received a 10-second penalty for crashing into Hadjar on the opening lap of Saturday's sprint, resulting in damage to the Frenchman's car. The Red Bull driver ultimately ...
14 March 2026 18:36
It's no overstatement that Williams's start to 2026 has been a disaster. From a sample size of three qualifying sessions in Melbourne and Shanghai, its highest qualifying position is Alex Albon's 15th place on the grid in Australia, when team-mate Carlos Sainz didn't make qualifying after hitting trouble in third free practice.
In China, Sainz and Albon were dumped out in Q1 in 17th and 18th ...
14 March 2026 15:07
George Russell has defended the new Formula 1 regulations, claiming “diehard” fans are enjoying the 2026 rules more than they thought they would.
F1 is debuting its latest regulation overhaul with changes to both the chassis and power unit, the latter of which is now more reliant on electrical energy so battery management is key.
It entails downshifting on a straight or lifting and ...
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