19 August 2026 18:58
Call it cosmic karma or poetic justice, but on the scene of Liam Lawson's Formula 1 debut, deputising for Daniel Ricciardo in 2023, the New Zealander is again replacing a driver in the Red Bull stable at Zandvoort because of a hand injury.
Lawson eventually used his five-race stint with AlphaTauri in 2023 as a launch pad for full-time graduation, as the organisation finally moved on from ...
19 August 2026 17:40
This weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix marks the return of Formula 1 from its 2026 summer shutdown with the end of the season now firmly in sight.
Zandvoort represents the halfway point of the campaign with championships being decided, legacies made and grid seats for the following season being won or lost post-shutdown.
So there’s plenty to look forward to this weekend and here are five things ...
19 August 2026 16:00
Trying to name Formula 1's single greatest driver is difficult enough. Narrowing more than 75 years of grand prix racing down to four drivers is arguably even harder.
Earlier this summer, Motorsport assembled a panel of 10 journalists from Motorsport, Autosport and Yahoo to rank the 25 greatest Formula 1 drivers of all time. The result produced a dead heat at the very top, with Lewis Hamilton ...
19 August 2026 15:30
Williams has confirmed its driver line-up for the 2027 Formula 1 season after announcing the commitment of Carlos Sainz on a multi-year deal.
The Spaniard’s news comes a day after team-mate Alex Albon agreed just a one-season extension for next year, which will be the Thai-Briton’s sixth campaign with the Grove outfit.
For Sainz, 2027 will be his third season at Williams and comes ...
19 August 2026 14:51
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes a joint race weekend featuring both F1 and MotoGP could become a reality within the next five years, identifying venues such as Silverstone as potential hosts for a historic one-off event.
Speculation surrounding potential collaboration between F1 and MotoGP has grown following Liberty Media's acquisition of MotoGP. Steiner, who ...
19 August 2026 14:25
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes the championship will never return to Zandvoort, citing severe physical and commercial constraints ahead of the venue's final Dutch Grand Prix.
The coastal circuit is preparing to host its final scheduled F1 event this weekend. After making a successful return to the calendar in 2021 following a 35-year absence from the series, the race's ...
19 August 2026 13:55
Next week, the FIA will hear the appeals from McLaren and Red Bull against the decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly’s podium at the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Alpine driver crossed the line in third on 7 June but two five-second penalties for pitlane speeding demoted a furious Gasly to seventh, handing Red Bull’s Isack Hadjar a podium.
But the French outfit immediately lodged a right of review ...
19 August 2026 13:05
Red Bull has officially confirmed that Liam Lawson will replace the injured Isack Hadjar at this weekend’s Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix.
News emerged on Wednesday morning that Hadjar had sustained a wrist injury from a gym session and was therefore set to skip Zandvoort, with a formal decision impending.
It means Hadjar is unable to compete at the track which has so far given him his only ...
19 August 2026 12:24
Formula 1's mandatory summer shutdown has given the paddock a much-needed chance to recharge ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix. With the drivers now returning to work in the lead-up to the race at Zandvoort, they have shared a glimpse of how they spent their time off.
Here is what the F1 drivers have been up to during the summer break.
Kimi Antonelli
Current championship leader Antonelli was ...
19 August 2026 11:34
After the practice starts during winter testing in Bahrain proved rather problematic for several Formula 1 outfits, the issue quickly sparked a political debate in the paddock.
Many teams wanted more time during the starting procedure to spool their turbochargers and build up the revs, but Ferrari was not keen on that idea as its smaller turbo gave the Scuderia a competitive advantage off the ...
19 August 2026 11:02
Former Formula 1 broadcaster Will Buxton has praised Graeme Lowdon following his abrupt exit from his role as Cadillac team principal, insisting the American outfit would not be on the grid today without him.
Cadillac announced during the summer break that after just 11 races of its debut campaign, team principal Lowdon would be replaced by former Renault executive director and FIA technical ...
19 August 2026 09:48
Max Verstappen could have a different team-mate alongside him for his final home race on the Formula 1 calendar. Isack Hadjar is dealing with a wrist injury sustained during a gym session ahead of the race weekend at Zandvoort, Motorsport.com has learned, and could be forced to miss the Dutch Grand Prix.
Laurent Mekies' team has yet to make a formal decision and, at this stage, was unable to ...
18 August 2026 17:16
When brand-new entrant Cadillac started its search for a race team manager, still a full year removed from joining the 2026 Formula 1 grid, it didn't have to look very long, or far, to identify the right target.
Over at Haas, F1's previous start-up team in 2016, long serving team manager Peter Crolla had been looking for a new challenge, and the prospect of another chance to build a team from ...
18 August 2026 15:16
Alex Albon will stay at Williams for a sixth consecutive Formula 1 season in 2027 after agreeing a short-term contract extension.
Albon joined Williams ahead of the 2022 season and was one of several drivers out of contract at the end of this year, amid speculation over his and team-mate Carlos Sainz's future with the underperforming outfit.
But the 30-year-old has now committed his ...
18 August 2026 15:00
Our Top 25 Formula 1 drivers ranking produced the one result nobody could ignore: a dead heat at number one.
After 10 journalists from Motorsport, Autosport and Yahoo Sports submitted their individual top-25 rankings, a clear result emerged: Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher finished level at the top of the combined standings on 235 points each.
Both drivers are seven-time world ...
18 August 2026 14:00
Formula 1 has grown significantly in recent years, not least on social media. While that is essentially a positive development, one downside has been the considerable increase in online abuse aimed at drivers and others working in the pinnacle of motorsport.
The FIA and F1 are trying to tackle the issue in several ways, for example through the United Against Online Abuse initiative, by ...
18 August 2026 12:00
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has shed new light on his relationship with team owner Gene Haas following his exit from the team, confirming that he currently has "no relationship" with his former boss.
Steiner parted ways with the American outfit at the end of the 2023 season after his contract was not renewed. He was replaced by Ayao Komatsu, who has remained in the ...
18 August 2026 10:32
One of the most eye-catching innovations of the first half of the 2026 Formula 1 season has been the rotating rear wing, quickly dubbed the Macarena wing by Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur.
Ferrari was the first to unveil the concept during winter testing and managed to surprise several rivals – including McLaren – with the innovative solution.
At that point, Red Bull was ...
18 August 2026 00:06
Audi Formula 1 driver Gabriel Bortoleto has featured on Amelia Dimoldenberg's Passenger Princess YouTube series.
Filmed during the Austrian Grand Prix weekend, the Brazilian driver taught the presenter speed control and how to hit the apex.
As they took on the fun challenges in the Audi RS 5 Avant, the pair discussed Bortoleto's discomfort at being a passenger, Brazil, pre-race nerves ...
17 August 2026 23:41
Former Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner has announced a UK book tour this autumn to coincide with the release of his new memoir, Drive.
The 52-year-old revealed the tour will provide fans with the rare opportunity to speak with him directly through live Q&A sessions where he can discuss his two-decade tenure at the Milton Keynes outfit.
"This autumn, I’ll be ...
17 August 2026 23:15
Formula 1 has launched a new global marketing campaign, Five Lights, ahead of its return from the summer break with the Dutch Grand Prix. The campaign will be narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor Colin Farrell.
The 90-second film, which debuted on 16 August, includes appearances from all 22 of the current drivers. Set to the track Reign by UNKLE featuring Ian Brown, the video covers the ...
17 August 2026 20:00
Former Formula 1 team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed the bizarre method he used to warn his colleagues that he was wearing a microphone for Netflix's Drive to Survive cameras.
The popular docuseries gave fans unprecedented access to the F1 paddock, but this meant those within the championship had to get creative to protect their privacy.
Szafnauer opened up about his time filming ...
17 August 2026 19:24
Formula 1 veteran Yuki Tsunoda could be preparing for a major career pivot and cross the Atlantic for a 2027 IndyCar Series campaign.
Motorsport.com understands Tsunoda is vying for the #66 Meyer Shank Racing (MSR) Honda entry, marking a potential second act in North American open-wheel racing. Marcus Armstrong currently occupies the seat, but is moving to the #60 sister car when defending ...
17 August 2026 18:00
Ranking Formula 1 drivers across generations is an exercise almost designed to start an argument. Cars, calendars, safety standards and levels of competition have changed enormously since the world championship began, making direct comparisons between eras inherently imperfect.
To see where a consensus might emerge, 10 motorsport journalists from Motorsport, Autosport and Yahoo Sports each ...
17 August 2026 17:07
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has admitted that he stayed at the American outfit "two years too long".
Steiner, who built the team from scratch ahead of its 2016 F1 debut with the backing of team owner Gene Haas, left the role at the end of the 2023 season when his contract was not renewed.
Speaking on the High Performance podcast, Steiner reflected on his tenure and ...
17 August 2026 16:02
Mercedes reckons it is “far too early” to prioritise Kimi Antonelli or George Russell in the 2026 Formula 1 world title fight amid the threat of Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari.
The Silver Arrows have been the dominant outfit at the start of this regulation cycle, winning eight of the opening 11 grands prix to establish a 72-point lead over Ferrari with 12 rounds left.
Six of those victories ...
17 August 2026 14:46
Red Bull has revealed special-edition helmets and race suits for four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen and his team-mate Isack Hadjar for the upcoming Dutch Grand Prix, with Hadjar's helmet design incorporating his broken trophy from last season.
With Zandvoort hosting its final F1 race this weekend before dropping off the calendar, the Milton Keynes outfit opted to mark the occasion with ...
17 August 2026 13:23
Audi racing director Allan McNish has delved into the mindset that makes Gabriel Bortoleto a competent Formula 1 driver.
Back-to-back Formula 3 and Formula 2 champion Bortoleto made his world championship debut with the Hinwil-based outfit (then Sauber) last year.
After being outscored by veteran team-mate Nico Hulkenberg 51-19 in 2025, Bortoleto is now up 10-2 at the 2026 summer break. He ...
17 August 2026 12:05
Former Ferrari and Williams race engineer Rob Smedley has revealed that he has recently been approached for Formula 1 team principal roles, but he turned them down.
Speaking on the High Performance Racing podcast alongside former Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer and broadcaster Jake Humphrey, Smedley explained why he was reluctant to take a team principal job in F1.
While discussing Szafnauer's ...
17 August 2026 11:54
When Adrian Newey appeared at the FIA team principals' press conference during the Formula 1 season opener in Melbourne, the legendary designer attracted attention for several reasons.
Newey spoke openly about Honda's battery problems, acknowledged that his role as team principal had distracted him from his design duties to some extent, and said – with some exaggeration – that Honda had ...
17 August 2026 11:39
Former Force India, Aston Martin and Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer has revealed he remains open to a Formula 1 comeback, though he says any potential return to the paddock might not be in a team principal role.
Szafnauer, who spent over a decade leading the Silverstone outfit through its Force India and Racing Point eras before leaving Aston Martin to become team principal at Alpine, discussed ...
17 August 2026 10:58
Racing Bulls Formula 1 rookie Arvid Lindblad has shed light on his partnership with team-mate Liam Lawson.
The 19-year-old Briton has impressed during the first half of his debut campaign. After picking up four points at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix with an eighth-place finish, he missed out on points at the Japanese, Miami and Canadian Grands Prix. But he has since had a string of ...
17 August 2026 10:11
The motorsport world is waiting with bated breath for Fernando Alonso and Max Verstappen to decide their Formula 1 futures, as the two world champions are pipped as the first dominoes that need to fall to kick off a raft of driver transfers ahead of 2027.
While there is no guarantee that either party will leave their current teams, any move would be a shock to the F1 system in a relatively ...
16 August 2026 15:00
The first months of Honda's partnership with Aston Martin have been downright painful, but the Japanese manufacturer is now looking ahead again.
Honda’s F1 project looks completely different from its glory years with Red Bull in terms of personnel, which led Honda to realise in January that the start of this new era would be problematic – even more problematic than expected, as general ...
16 August 2026 13:30
After four years in the doldrums with a tough to tame ground-effect car, Toto Wolff's Mercedes empire was desperate to strike back. The combined efforts of its chassis team in Brackley and its power unit division in Brixworth came up with a rocket ship, but enduring reliability problems are taking its grade down to A-.
The good
Mercedes came out of winter test as the odds-on favourite for ...
16 August 2026 10:29
Formula 1’s competitive order was shaken up in 2026 with the roll out of sweeping new regulations across the chassis, aerodynamics and power units. Mercedes came out on top, with it now leading the constructors’ standings and Kimi Antonelli is on top in the drivers’ championship.
But the team hasn’t been bulletproof this year, and strong performances from drivers up and down the grid ...
15 August 2026 15:09
Was Fred Vasseur playing with fire when he decided Ferrari should switch focus to 2026 as early as April last year? Perhaps so, but with the Scuderia unable to catch McLaren, the Frenchman made the rational and correct call, even if it didn't necessarily go down well with the expectant Italian faithful at the time.
Vasseur at least weathered that storm, but only on the basis that he and his ...
15 August 2026 14:00
Gabriel Bortoleto expects to remain at Audi for the long-term, stating that he has a deal with the Swiss-German Formula 1 outfit to cover the next few seasons.
The Brazilian joined the team in 2025 for its final season as Sauber and scored 19 points in his rookie year, and across 2026 has scored 10 of Audi's 12 points. As it stands, he sits 14th in the championship - eight points behind Haas' ...
15 August 2026 13:30
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes Mercedes' need to sign Max Verstappen has faded, suggesting the Brackley outfit has already found "the next Max Verstappen" in Kimi Antonelli.
Verstappen's F1 future has been the subject of paddock rumours for some time, particularly with Red Bull struggling to keep up with Mercedes at the front of the grid in 2026. The Dutchman has ...
15 August 2026 10:24
During Formula 1's summer break, Max Verstappen finds himself no fewer than 110 points behind championship leader Kimi Antonelli.
Last season, the four-time world champion launched a spectacular comeback from Zandvoort onwards and finished on the podium in every grand prix during the second half of the season, but this time he is absolutely not expecting that scenario.
Red Bull's problems ...
15 August 2026 10:20
Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell has revealed he still carries scars on his hips from squeezing into seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton's race seat during his appearance for the Brackley outfit at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix.
Russell, who was driving for Williams at the time, was called up to Mercedes for the penultimate race of 2020 after Hamilton tested positive for ...
14 August 2026 22:46
King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands will present the winner's trophy at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort. It will be his first 'official' visit to a sporting event in the Netherlands to present a prize.
While King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima have attended the Dutch Grand Prix regularly since its return to the Formula 1 calendar in 2021, those prior appearances were made in a ...
14 August 2026 17:51
McLaren faced the challenge over following up its back-to-back world titles across an entirely different set of regulations. On paper, it felt like the Woking-based squad was well equipped to do so, but a combination of its 2025 title race hangover and its challenges exploiting Mercedes' power unit have put it on the back foot this year. But a typical, mid-season McLaren surge has salvaged a B- ...
14 August 2026 15:02
Mercedes technical director James Allison says the team's decision to keep developing its 2026 Formula 1 car late has put it "out of phase" with the other teams around it, causing a leapfrog effect as in-season updates produce large performance gains.
The W17 has been the class of the field so far, starting out the year with a 1-2 finish in Australia and going on to claim eight wins in the ...
14 August 2026 14:14
Formula E boss Jeff Dodds beamed with pride when several Formula 1 drivers attended the Monaco E-Prix, labelling their comments about Gen4 as his highlight of the 2025-26 season.
Reigning F1 world champion Lando Norris and several others attended Formula E’s Monaco weekend in May, which was rounds nine and 10 of the current campaign, respectively won by Nyck de Vries and Oliver ...
14 August 2026 13:37
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has unveiled a special-edition helmet design ahead of what will be his final home race at the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix.
The Dutchman's home race helmet design abandons his standard 2026 design for a white and blue colourway inspired by the traditional Dutch Delftware ceramics.
The design incorporates intricate floral patterns and ornate blue detailing ...
14 August 2026 12:48
According to Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto, Alpine was overtaken by Racing Bulls in the final weeks before Formula 1's summer break.
Both drivers say it is simply a matter of car development – Red Bull's sister team has introduced more upgrades, and more effective ones, than the Enstone squad – which means Alpine is pinning a lot of hope on its upgrade package for Zandvoort.
On a ...
14 August 2026 11:52
The FIA has revised its emergency measures to lift restrictions on Russian and Belarusian drivers and no longer binds them to a commitment of 'neutrality', walking back on the measures placed on them following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine.
After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the FIA introduced a series of sanctions against Russian and Belarusian organisations and drivers. No ...
14 August 2026 11:35
For long-time Audi stalwart and Le Mans winner Allan McNish, becoming Audi's first racing director in Formula 1 feels like the natural progression of his storied career on both sides of the pitwall.
After climbing the UK single-seater ladder in the late '80s and early '90s, McNish's road to the top took a number of strange turns, with a McLaren F1 test role that ultimately didn't lead to an F1 ...
13 August 2026 16:59
Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad says his maiden Formula 1 campaign is proving to be a "dream" as he evaluates an impressive first half of the 2026 season.
The 19-year-old started the year off strongly by reaching Q3 at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix and ultimately secured an eighth-place finish. He has since added seven further Q3 appearances and a streak of six consecutive ...
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