08 August 2026 13:11
After an extremely difficult 2025 season, Alpine is once again fighting for the 'best of the rest' title this year – in other words, to lead Formula 1's midfield behind the four top teams. But the Enstone-based team's ambitions go further than that, and that is certainly true of Flavio Briatore, the flamboyant executive advisor effectively running the outfit.
As is well known, the now ...
08 August 2026 12:38
Williams team principal James Vowles has revealed that Formula 1's financial cost cap is forcing the Grove outfit to divert resources away from current car development to urgently modernise its outdated facilities.
Following a bruising start to the 2026 campaign, compromised by an overweight and delayed car over the winter, Vowles admitted the team was "very exposed" by underlying ...
08 August 2026 12:23
Otmar Szafnauer has revealed the fascinating origin story behind Formula 1's famous pink livery, sharing that Best Water Technology (BWT) initially approached Mercedes for a sponsorship deal before being turned away by the Brackley outfit's board.
The former team boss, who oversaw the Silverstone-based Force India and, later, Racing Point squads during their vibrant pink era, shed light on the ...
08 August 2026 11:50
Former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley has revealed that long-serving Maranello personnel are drawing direct comparisons between seven-time champions Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher.
After a difficult maiden campaign with Ferrari in 2025, Hamilton has bounced back under this season's new Formula 1 technical regulations. Having claimed his long-awaited first victory in red at the ...
08 August 2026 11:20
Alpine Formula 1 driver Franco Colapinto joined Amelia Dimoldenberg for another episode of her YouTube series, Passenger Princess.
The series, hosted by the British presenter best known for her Chicken Shop Date interviews, features F1 drivers giving Dimoldenberg driving lessons around the championship's circuits as she works towards gaining her driving licence.
Amid the dry and sarcastic ...
08 August 2026 11:03
Williams' full transformation from an underfunded legacy team to a modern powerhouse was always going to be a long-term project. But the Formula 1 squad had made a big song and dance about using the 2026 regulations to make a great step forward, sacrificing much of its 2025 development in the process.
Last year Williams performed better than all odds, leaping from ninth to fifth despite its ...
08 August 2026 00:14
Red Bull is reportedly preparing to recruit Aston Martin's Tom McCullough as its new head of race engineering, replacing Gianpiero Lambiase, who is set to move to McLaren.
According to a report by German publication BILD, McCullough has been identified as the person to take over the management of Red Bull's trackside engineering operations.
The report states, "McCullough would be ...
07 August 2026 23:16
Sergio Perez may have returned to Formula 1 with Cadillac, but according to Auto Sport Web, his management is already assessing the opportunities across the grid. A report from the Japanese outlet states that Perez's representatives have already opened discussions with Williams about a potential seat in 2027 - contingent on Carlos Sainz not being there to fill it.
The Spaniard's contract at ...
07 August 2026 21:06
Audi Formula 1 boss Mattia Binotto has addressed recent paddock speculation linking Carlos Sainz and Oscar Piastri to the German manufacturer, insisting he is entirely satisfied with his current driver pairing of Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto.
Sainz held serious discussions with Audi throughout 2024 as he sought a new seat following Ferrari's signing of seven-time champion Lewis ...
07 August 2026 16:51
When the 2026 Formula 1 rules were introduced, the FIA frequently spoke about the so-called "nimble car concept".
The machinery was supposed to become smaller and lighter, although it has to be said that the changes are still relatively marginal. The wheelbase is 20cm shorter this year, while the new cars are also 10cm narrower.
The minimum weight has been set at 768kg, a reduction of 32kg ...
07 August 2026 16:50
McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri has launched a new line of personal merchandise, titled the 'World Circuit' collection.
The Australian driver's official website unveiled the first phase of the new apparel line this morning. Marketed as a tribute to the global nature of the F1 calendar, the line is described as encompassing "a season's worth of destinations, in one collection - ...
07 August 2026 16:22
Formula 2 title contender Rafael Camara insists he is blocking out rumours linking him to a 2027 Haas Formula 1 seat to focus entirely on his current championship campaign with Invicta Racing.
As the calendar pauses for the August summer break, teams and drivers are actively beginning to finalise their plans for next season.
Camara's strong form in F2 has positioned the Brazilian driver as a ...
07 August 2026 15:29
A unique Formula 1 helmet, produced in collaboration with Disney and signed by 20 drivers from the 2026 grid, has shattered auction records after raising £151,000 for Make-A-Wish International.
The bespoke helmet, dubbed "Fuel the Magic", was sold via the F1 Authentics platform, operated by Memento Exclusives. The final winning bid of £151,000 (approximately $201,000) officially establishes a ...
07 August 2026 15:07
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has questioned Valtteri Bottas's motivation and future at Cadillac, suggesting the Finnish driver has "given up a little bit" amid a challenging 2026 campaign for the American outfit.
Speaking on The Red Flags Podcast during the summer break, Steiner graded the 2026 grid and offered a blunt assessment of Cadillac's current driver ...
07 August 2026 14:38
Two-time Formula 1 champion Mika Hakkinen has revealed he seriously questioned his future in motor racing following his life-threatening crash at the 1995 Australian Grand Prix.
Speaking on the Up To Speed podcast alongside his former McLaren team-mate David Coulthard, Hakkinen detailed the psychological and physical hurdles he faced following the accident in Adelaide that left him with a ...
07 August 2026 12:41
How my motorsport journey started
“I started in karting when I first got in the go-kart when I was four years old. My dad had bought me a go-kart and then eventually started taking me to a track when I was six years old.
“I was watching NASCAR mainly, I was more interested in NASCAR, being in America. Where I grew up it was the main thing, the main motorsport on TV and I really, really ...
07 August 2026 10:10
When Lawrence Stroll started assembling his superteam in his brand-new state-of-the-art headquarters, led by design guru Adrian Newey, Aston Martin was expected to use the 2026 rules reset to take Formula 1 by storm.
Quite how bad a start that era got off to was not something he or anyone in green had in mind. Between the team's delayed 2026 development and Honda's struggles, Aston has been on ...
06 August 2026 20:00
Two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi says he is thrilled by Lewis Hamilton's resurgence at Ferrari, sharing that he hopes the British driver can mount a serious championship challenge in the second half of the season.
Hamilton is currently in his second year with the Maranello outfit. While his initial season with the team prompted some to question whether he could continue competing ...
06 August 2026 18:00
Formula 1 is now in its summer recess with the series on hold between the last race in Hungary and the next grand prix in the Netherlands. But, why does the championship take a two-week break and what do teams do during the time off?
Despite the disrupted calendar due to the conflict in the Middle East, F1 has just polished off the first half of its season with a run of 11 grands prix. Now ...
06 August 2026 16:27
Motorsport: Let’s talk about your current role at Williams. Can you explain what impact you have on the car?
Victor Martins: “I can have an impact on the car, but is it direct? Not necessarily, I’d say, because there are many people in the team, many departments, many things to improve, to analyse – so ‘direct’, I’d say no.
“However, taking part in development, yes – be it ...
06 August 2026 14:55
Valtteri Bottas has used the start of the Formula 1 summer shutdown to secure qualification for the UCI Gravel World Championship, finishing fifth in his age group at the qualifying event in the Czech Republic.
The Finnish driver chose to tackle the 131km off-road cycling event alongside his partner, Olympic cyclist Tiffany Cromwell, while the F1 paddock observes its mandatory August break ...
06 August 2026 14:00
Brand-new Formula 1 teams don't come along very often, so it is always tough to know what to expect from a new entrant. Following a protracted entry process, the well-funded Cadillac outfit certainly came in under very different circumstances than team boss Graeme Lowdon's previous adventure with Manor. But it also had to produce or procure much more of its own parts than when F1's last new ...
06 August 2026 13:44
Two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson Fittipaldi believes the escalating intra-team rivalry at Mercedes between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli is exactly what the series needs.
Following Lewis Hamilton's high-profile switch to Ferrari, Russell was widely expected to assume the position of team leader at the Brackley outfit. While he took Antonelli under his wing in the Italian's rookie season ...
06 August 2026 13:13
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team and its official partner Glenfiddich have unveiled a new limited-edition single malt Scotch whisky.
Marking the second year of a multi-year partnership originally established in November 2024, the Glenfiddich and Aston Martin Formula One Team 16-Year-Old Limited-Edition Release No. 2 has been officially launched.
According to the press release, the new ...
06 August 2026 12:35
Williams team principal James Vowles has shared a defiant message as Formula 1 pauses for its summer shutdown, insisting "positive changes are masked" following a difficult start to the 2026 regulation cycle.
The Grove outfit currently sits ninth in the constructors' championship with 11 points. Despite fielding a highly rated driver line-up in Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, Williams has failed ...
06 August 2026 12:13
Former Formula 1 race engineer Rob Smedley has praised Lando Norris's psychological strength, dubbing the McLaren driver "the real deal".
During an episode of the High Performance Racing podcast, Smedley discussed the public perception of the 2025 champion following the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps. Despite a 10-place grid penalty, Norris showed strong pace throughout the ...
06 August 2026 10:18
While Formula 1 insists - based on its own Formula 1 Fan Voice programme - that fans are enjoying the racing, drivers have been far more critical of the 2026 regulations so far.
One of the biggest talking points emerged at Spa-Francorchamps, where Oscar Piastri highlighted the issue of drivers being surprised by their own power units.
During qualifying, the Australian lost significant time ...
05 August 2026 17:03
Toto Wolff revealed that Mercedes is set to bring more upgrades in the second half of the 2026 Formula 1 season - but is "closely monitoring" when to introduce them.
The start of this new regulation cycle has gone as expected with the development race largely dictating the ever-changing pecking order as teams gain more understanding of the ruleset.
It saw Mercedes win the opening six grands ...
05 August 2026 13:30
Alex Albon conceded that Williams will endure a tough end to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with priority now shifting to building a fast car for 2027.
The Grove outfit has failed to kick on from its multi-podium season in 2025 and is ninth in the 2026 championship after 11 rounds with only 11 points and none since Monaco in June.
Hungary last time out was its worst result yet, finishing ...
05 August 2026 10:16
Heading into Formula 1's major technical overhaul, expectations at Aston Martin were high. With a state-of-the-art factory in Silverstone, legendary designer Adrian Newey and a works partnership with Honda, all the ingredients for success appeared to be in place.
That may still prove to be the case in the longer term, but the start of the new era has proved far more challenging than ...
04 August 2026 19:00
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard says George Russell's bruising 2026 campaign has become a "character-building" exercise, claiming the Mercedes driver's current run of bad luck is too unbelievable for a Rocky film.
Russell won the Australian Grand Prix and the Chinese sprint race, but his season has since taken a turn. As F1 enters its August shutdown, the Briton trails his teenage ...
04 August 2026 18:05
A short clip doing the rounds on social media shows a dark blue Lamborghini Sian FKP 37 rolling through the streets of Monaco with Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso behind the wheel.
The video doesn't give a clear view of the driver, but Alonso's ownership of this specific car has already been confirmed when photographers caught him getting in and out of the vehicle earlier this year. The ...
04 August 2026 17:00
Sergio Perez is frustrated by the lack of development Cadillac has made in the 2026 Formula 1 season, arguing the debutant outfit must ‘rethink its processes’.
The American marque made its championship debut this year, but Cadillac is bottom of the standings and without a point after 11 rounds - scrapping with Aston Martin at the back of the pack.
Although that was largely expected ...
04 August 2026 14:00
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has taken aim at the FIA for reacting too slowly to the problems caused by the 2026 technical regulations, comparing the situation to a slow-moving disaster that everyone saw coming.
The 13-time grand prix winner shared his frustration over the series' governing body failing to listen to early warnings. The introduction of the new rules, particularly the ...
04 August 2026 13:51
Former Formula 1 race engineer Rob Smedley has argued that George Russell is "overthinking" his 2026 title challenge, urging the Mercedes driver to rediscover his "flow state" amid a growing points deficit to his team-mate Kimi Antonelli.
During an episode of the High Performance Racing podcast alongside former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer and broadcaster Jake Humphrey, Smedley ...
04 August 2026 13:25
Audi’s racing director Allan McNish has been positively surprised by his team’s start to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign - citing qualifying as a strength for the debutant squad.
The German marque has five Q3 appearances across the opening 11 rounds of the season between Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, who respectively have an average qualifying position of 12th and 13th.
It ...
04 August 2026 13:00
Former Aston Martin team principal Otmar Szafnauer has suggested that the root cause of the team's current Formula 1 struggles can be traced back five years.
Speaking on the High Performance Racing podcast alongside broadcaster Jake Humphrey and former Ferrari race engineer Rob Smedley, Szafnauer discussed the Silverstone outfit's trajectory under the ownership of Lawrence Stroll.
Despite ...
04 August 2026 12:00
Williams team principal James Vowles has opened up on the blue flag incident involving Carlos Sainz and Oscar Piastri during the Hungarian Grand Prix.
While accepting responsibility on behalf of the team, Vowles also pointed to the issues with the FIA's automated marshalling system.
Speaking on the latest edition of the Vowles Verdict, the Williams boss broke down the chaotic sequence that ...
04 August 2026 11:14
Haas driver Oliver Bearman says that watching his former junior category rivals Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar thrive at the front of the Formula 1 grid gives him a "huge amount of confidence" for his own future.
While Haas began the year capable of fighting for top-five finishes, the American outfit has since lost ground in the mid-season development race. The Briton currently sits 13th in ...
04 August 2026 10:22
McLaren will race its version of the so-called 'Macarena' rear-wing concept – but not until an unspecified point in the future, according to team principal Andrea Stella.
It's understood that the reason for not rushing to race the new rear wing is not linked to Red Bull's well-documented issues with its similar design. Instead, McLaren is being cautiously pragmatic, since the rotating rear ...
03 August 2026 17:30
After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
Three duels under the ...
03 August 2026 17:12
Sky Sports F1 pundit and former Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle believes the 2026 championship remains "far from over" following McLaren's Hungarian Grand Prix victory.
Writing in his post-race Sky Sports F1 column ahead of the August summer break, the former driver analysed the shift in the competitive order. McLaren's latest development package yielded the Woking outfit's 14th win at the ...
03 August 2026 16:38
Max Verstappen's future at Red Bull remains a popular topic as the Dutchman heads into the summer break sixth in the drivers' standings, 110 points behind championship leader Kimi Antonelli.
With Red Bull dealing with the added challenge of its new engine programme this season, and some high-profile exits over recent years, a panel of Formula 1 legends has weighed in on whether they believe the ...
03 August 2026 14:10
Pierre Gasly reckons Alpine’s upgrades at the forthcoming Dutch Grand Prix are “critical” for it to maintain pace in the Formula 1 midfield as it has been outdeveloped by rivals.
The French marque started the 2026 campaign as the leading midfield team, sitting fifth in the standings after round six in Monaco where Gasly claimed a contentious podium.
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03 August 2026 13:41
1996 Formula 1 champion Damon Hill has likened the current Mercedes intra-team battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli to his own experience of facing a fiercely competitive newcomer in Jacques Villeneuve.
With the 2026 F1 season well underway, the driver dynamic at the Brackley outfit continues to be a major talking point. Following his rookie campaign last year, having stepped into ...
03 August 2026 12:30
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has praised Red Bull's recent appointment of Gwen Lagrue to head up its junior driver programme, suggesting the move is a big step in maintaining the pipeline established by Helmut Marko.
Following the departure of long-time motorsport adviser Marko at the end of the 2025 season, the future direction of the Red Bull junior driver programme ...
03 August 2026 12:02
Some conversations stay with you. They remind you that, even in today's Formula 1, it is still possible to be yourself - to speak openly, without filters, carefully rehearsed answers or media-trained soundbites.
The fact that this interview was conducted with the youngest driver currently on the F1 grid makes it even more remarkable. Arvid Lindblad will celebrate his 19th birthday next ...
03 August 2026 11:00
Sky Sports Formula 1 commentator David Croft has praised the new Cadillac F1 team for its resilience and refusal to hide behind its rookie status, following another challenging weekend for the American outfit at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Cadillac joined the F1 grid as the 11th team in 2026. The General Motors-backed squad, running Ferrari power units with an experienced driver line-up of ...
03 August 2026 10:11
With the first Formula 1 season under the new technical regulations approaching its halfway point, the summer break provides a good opportunity to take stock. The 2026 rules, with their much greater emphasis on electric power, sparked considerable debate both in and outside the paddock.
F1 insists that fan ratings – for example in its own Formula 1 Fan Voice programme – have been largely ...
02 August 2026 22:00
Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman has reaffirmed his commitment to the Ferrari driver programme, dismissing the prospect of a switch to Aston Martin in the near future.
Speaking on the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, the 21-year-old driver addressed the increasingly fluid driver market and his own long-term future.
Despite an impressive start to his full-time F1 career with Haas ...
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