19 March 2026 19:43
Formula 1’s team principals have met to review findings from the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix weekends as the championship’s new regulations remain under scrutiny.
According to reports, all present agreed that the races were of a high standard in terms of on-track action and were happy with the response from the public and fans and thus not currently a cause for concern.
Any ...
19 March 2026 18:11
Aston Martin is set to welcome Jonathan Wheatley as team principal, with the news that Adrian Newey is to step down from the role.
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Motorsport reported earlier on Thursday that the British technical guru, who had stepped in to replace Andy Cowell only at the start of the season, would be ...
19 March 2026 17:55
Formula 1 fans have been left in shock after news broke that Adrian Newey is set to step down as Aston Martin team principal to focus on technical matters.
Some have described the news as a "complete fever dream," as the former Red Bull technical director is understood to be replaced by current Audi team principal Jonathan Wheatley.
"This morning's news is a complete fever dream. How much ...
19 March 2026 16:52
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes that if Esteban Ocon continues in his current form, it will be his last year in the championship.
The Frenchman was handed a 10-second penalty during the Chinese Grand Prix for causing a collision with Alpine's Franco Colapinto. The Haas driver apologised to Colapinto after the race, claiming, "It's my fault, I did a mistake, I ...
19 March 2026 16:22
Adrian Newey is set to step down from his team principal position at the Aston Martin Formula 1 team, where he’ll be replaced by current Audi team boss Jonathan Wheatley.
Motorsport understands Newey will step down in order to focus exclusively on technical matters, as Aston Martin has experienced a more than underwhelming start to the 2026 F1 season. Power unit trouble with new partner Honda ...
19 March 2026 16:09
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has opened up on his rivalry with seven-time champion Michael Schumacher in the 1990s.
The Canadian driver recounted highlights from his career during an episode of the F1 Beyond The Grid podcast, including his intense battles with Schumacher and what that meant for their off-track relationship.
"It's an odd one because we never actually really ...
19 March 2026 14:54
The FIA has appointed a new deputy race director in Formula 1, promoting Paul Burns to the role to work with current lead Rui Marques.
This follows Claire Dubbelman's departure from the FIA at the start of 2026 to join the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, leaving the deputy post open for the opening two rounds of the season.
The FIA has since promoted Burns, who has experience in ...
19 March 2026 14:40
2025 Formula 1 champion Lando Norris will be celebrated in London's Madame Tussauds with a waxwork figure.
The Briton described the "honour" as "surreal" after working closely with the artists and studio team. "It's pretty surreal to think I'll have a figure in Madame Tussauds, it's such a big honour. Working with the artists has been awesome, and seeing all the detail they've put into the ...
19 March 2026 13:30
Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer called out Sergio Perez after the Mexican driver pulled off an "audacious" move on his Cadillac team-mate Valtteri Bottas during the Chinese Grand Prix.
Cadillac joined F1 as the 11th team in 2026 with the experienced driver line-up of the former Red Bull and Mercedes drivers.
After Bottas and Perez started the Chinese Grand Prix from 19th and 21st on ...
19 March 2026 13:00
The first two races of the Formula 1 season have revealed an under-the-radar trend, one that offers a clearer picture of what had been hinted at in the Bahrain tests and of certain characteristics of the Red Bull power unit.
As seen in Melbourne and confirmed in China, the Racing Bulls VCARB 03 is one of the most difficult cars to overtake on the entire grid.
This was something that Oliver ...
19 March 2026 12:44
2016 Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg sent a heartfelt message to Kimi Antonelli after the Mercedes driver claimed his maiden F1 win at the Chinese Grand Prix.
Antonelli successfully converted pole position into his first race victory at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday 15 March after fending off competition from his Mercedes team-mate George Russell and the Ferraris of Lewis ...
19 March 2026 11:20
Audi F1 team boss Jonathan Wheatley says the Chinese Grand Prix "exposed our weaknesses" as the team tries to get a grip on power unit driveability and reliability.
Audi's long-awaited debut as an F1 works outfit has been a tale of two halves. The German manufacturer surprised friend and foe with the performance of its first-ever F1 power unit, which has allowed it to slot into F1's midfield ...
19 March 2026 10:16
From 1 June, new FIA tests for Formula 1 engines mean Mercedes’ compression ratio loophole will be closed – but it may not be sufficient for Ferrari to catch up.
As the world championship switched to new power units for 2026, the internal combustion engine’s compression ratio was reduced from 18:1 to 16:1. However, the ratio is checked at ambient temperature, and Mercedes found a way to ...
18 March 2026 18:28
Rumours of BYD’s increasing interest in the world of Formula 1 have been intensifying in recent weeks and months. The Chinese automotive group’s vice president, Stella Li, attended the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last December and was also seen last weekend in the Shanghai paddock. Li is considered the key player in the Chinese manufacturer’s global expansion and, in 2025, she was named World Car ...
18 March 2026 17:25
Every few years, Formula 1 goes through the same ritual. New regulations are introduced; some adapt, others protest. Drivers complain about how difficult the cars are to handle, teams worry about the technical headaches they cause, and fans look back nostalgically at the good old days – whenever they were.
For some reason, new regulations in Formula 1 always seem to raise the question of ...
18 March 2026 16:27
Audi Formula 1 team principal Jonathan Wheatley reckons Max Verstappen's criticism of the 2026 regulations is partly down to the difficulties Red Bull faced over the first two weekends of the new season.
Having warned about the prospect of severe energy saving issues for years, Verstappen has been frustrated with the reality of driving and racing F1's 2026 cars, going so far as to label the ...
18 March 2026 14:35
With Mercedes winning two of the opening races this year – and an additional Formula 1 sprint in Shanghai – it looks as if the Silver Arrows are set to clinch both titles.
That was the most predictable outcome of the first few races: long before the 2026 season got underway, Mercedes was seen as a clear favourite – and little suggests that it won't result in both titles going to Brackley ...
18 March 2026 12:03
Ferrari, under the technical management of Loic Serra, appears to be a team unafraid to explore the grey areas of the Formula 1 technical regulations. The French technical director seems to have revived a concept that had been promoted by Sergio Marchionne during the early phase of his presidency at Ferrari.
According to the Abruzzo-born manager, all the “grey areas” of the Formula 1 ...
18 March 2026 10:26
Lewis Hamilton says he is ‘back to his best’, though he insists there’s still “room to improve”, following his first podium with Ferrari at Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix.
At a Shanghai International Circuit where his sprint win was a rare highlight last year, Hamilton outqualified team-mate Charles Leclerc in both sessions and came out on top in their lengthy Sunday battle.
This ...
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
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 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 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.
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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 ...
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