22 October 2026 01:18
Ferrari has unveiled a special one-off livery for this weekend's United States Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas.
The design, created with title partner HP, features sketches and blueprint-style illustrations against the white background of the engine cover and around the intake.
"The livery celebrates the journey from idea to reality," Ferrari's head of colour and trim Silvia ...
22 October 2026 01:13
Formula 1 had a busy few days. The championship finalised licensing partnership agreement with Leica Camera, resulting in a carbon-accented model priced at an eye-watering $9,950. It's a luxury toy for people who like F1 and photography enough to warrant an almost-five-figure purchase.
The model is a limited production variant of the Q3 43 line, pairing a 60-megapixel full-frame imaging sensor ...
22 October 2026 00:53
Carlos Sainz's "Smooth Operator" lounge is coming back to the Las Vegas Strip for next month's Las Vegas Grand Prix, as MGM Resorts revealed its race-week plans across four of its hotels.
The lounge returns to ARIA, where the Proper Eats restaurant will be turned into a Sainz-themed space selling custom clothing and cocktails based on the Williams driver's style. The Spaniard is also due to ...
22 October 2026 00:13
TAG Heuer has released a special edition of its Formula 1 Solargraph watch to celebrate 10 years as a partner of the Red Bull F1 team.
The Formula 1 Solargraph x Oracle Red Bull Racing costs £1900 (approximately $2250). Buyers based in America were given early online access on 20 October, ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
The watch takes its colours from the ...
22 October 2026 00:04
After winning the 2025 Formula 1 championship and forever solidifying his name in the history books, Lando Norris is putting together one of the worst title defences the championship has ever seen.
The Briton currently sits sixth in the drivers' standings on just 201 points with six races to go. If he finishes sixth or lower, he will be the first reigning champion to finish outside the top five ...
21 October 2026 23:28
McLaren driver Lando Norris has launched a new clothing line ahead of the United States Grand Prix. Inspired by 1970s racing garages, he's turned an old Austin fuel station into a pop-up to show off his new products.
Lando's Original Service Department is a 12-piece collection from his LN4 brand, which covers workwear-style clothing, T-shirts and caps for both sexes. If that tickles your fancy ...
21 October 2026 22:59
Kimi Antonelli could be crowned Formula 1 champion this weekend, but while explaining how he spends his time away from the track, he revealed that he still washes his own car by hand.
The Mercedes driver arrived in Austin with a 102-point lead over his team-mate George Russell and has the opportunity to claim the drivers' championship at this weekend's United States Grand Prix. That would make ...
21 October 2026 22:44
Fans without a ticket for this weekend’s United States Grand Prix still have plenty to do, with teams and sponsors setting up free fan zones across Austin during race week for you to enjoy even if you don't have access to the track.
Williams was first to open, with its fan zone at 800 Congress Avenue running from Monday 19 October to Saturday 24 October. Entry is free and includes a show car ...
21 October 2026 18:48
Mercedes is heading to this weekend's United States Grand Prix with a one-off blue livery as the team hopes that its driver Kimi Antonelli will clinch the Formula 1 world championship on Sunday.
Developed with MANUFAKTUR, the Mercedes brand's personalisation programme, the design swaps the W17’s usual silver for blue. The nose of the car really shows off the new colour.
MANUFAKTUR is the ...
21 October 2026 18:07
The United States Grand Prix is one of the few races where almost every team will do something to celebrate. The Formula 1 circus arrives in Texas this weekend, so let's do a roundup of the denim, cowboy hats and Western-styled merchandise the teams have brought with them.
Austin is proudly showing off collections from Red Bull, Cadillac, Williams, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris themselves ...
21 October 2026 18:01
The end of the 2026 Formula 1 season is in sight as the championship now heads to North America for the last of its flyaway races this year.
Austin hosts the United States Grand Prix this weekend at the popular Circuit of the Americas, kick-starting a triple-header that includes Mexico City and Sao Paulo.
As things stand, there are six rounds remaining in the 2026 campaign, meaning world ...
21 October 2026 15:59
Hockenheim is “in discussions” with Formula 1 regarding a potential return to the German track, but the project remains “largely theoretical” at this stage.
The Hockenheimring’s managing directors Joern Teske and Jochen Nerpel addressed the matter at length in an interview with Motorsport.com sister publication Formel1.de, as the Baden-Wuerttemberg-based circuit launched Motorworld ...
21 October 2026 13:28
Mercedes is confident it can win again in the 2026 Formula 1 season, but is aware it has been facing a bigger challenge than ever from the other top teams.
The Silver Arrows triumphed in the opening six grands prix of the campaign, as F1 switched to new technical regulations. Later on, rival upgrades meant Ferrari claimed two victories in Austria and Great Britain, then McLaren’s Lando Norris ...
21 October 2026 12:05
McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri has admitted that his team will likely not find a fix for its problems before the close of the 2026 season. With only six races remaining, the Australian believes the car has reached its limit.
“I think in the short term, it’s probably as good as it’s going to get,” he told the media. "Malaysia was another good step forward in terms of ...
21 October 2026 10:31
The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has approved new regulations to prevent teams’ non-F1 staff from working on Formula 1 projects.
The federation has likely intervened because some had managed to take advantage staff and facilities officially allocated to other activities to bypass the budget cap.
The decision will prevent an imbalance between teams with other activities and those with ...
21 October 2026 10:00
After a mixed season for the Ferrari Formula 1 team, Charles Leclerc says their problem is the "raw performance" of its car, not its set-up. This comes as the outfit is expected to bring its largest upgrade of the season to the United States Grand Prix.
Ferrari has often looked competitive in practice sessions, but as qualifying begins, it seemingly slips backwards in comparison to its rivals ...
21 October 2026 09:12
Lando Norris has conceded he needs to make "better decisions" as McLaren aims to draw a line under his clash with team-mate Oscar Piastri in Singapore.
Norris drew the ire of his team management for taking out both himself and Piastri with a lunge for fourth place in the Singapore sprint race, costing the team valuable points in the championship and going against its racing principles.
Team ...
21 October 2026 09:05
Christian Horner's memoir, Drive, begins with the contentious 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - a Formula 1 race that many still find divisive to this day. For the first time, the Briton revealed that he deliberately put pressure on Michael Masi to restart the race after Nicholas Latifi crashed his Williams, causing a safety car.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen and then-Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton ...
21 October 2026 05:05
In a chapter of his upcoming book, Drive, Christian Horner has claimed that Lewis Hamilton wanted to move to Red Bull before he moved to the Mercedes team. According to the former team chief, a "secret meeting" with the driver took place at the home of Adrian Newey.
In 2012, Hamilton "seemed to be losing heart at McLaren", Horner wrote. His relationship with team-mate Jenson Button was taking a ...
21 October 2026 02:35
Formula E chief executive Jeff Dodds has said that he'd still love to see Max Verstappen drive the new Gen4 car, the most powerful yet used in the championship. He hasn't yet discussed it with the four-time Formula 1 champion, but he sees plenty of value if the Dutchman were to experience what the electric race car had to offer.
“No, we haven’t talked to him more about the car,” Dodds ...
21 October 2026 01:25
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team may have only just confirmed its padel partnership, but that won't stop it from revealing a range of stationery and travel products alongside Bond Street brand Smythson. Prices range from £14 for a birthday card to a eye-watering £595 for a laptop case.
While the range has only recently gone live this month, the collaboration was originally announced ahead of ...
21 October 2026 00:24
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has backed Isack Hadjar to eventually succeed him at Red Bull.
Hadjar joined Red Bull alongside Verstappen at the start of 2026 after impressing in his rookie season with sister outfit Racing Bulls. While the Milton Keynes outfit has struggled for some time to find a team-mate for the Dutchman who could extract the same level of performance from the ...
21 October 2026 00:10
After joining Ferrari as a simulator and development driver this summer, Sacha Fenestraz has said that the Italian team has promised him a Formula 1 test in 2027. This comes after the driver moved from Mercedes' Brackley headquarters to Ferrari's in Maranello.
Speaking to Grande Premio during the Fuji race weekend for Super Formula, he confirmed his drive next year.
“The truth is, it’s a ...
21 October 2026 00:05
Aston Martin has become the first Formula 1 team to partner with a padel and pickleball company, teaming up with Padeltek for a range of rackets that will go on sale this week.
The Silverstone outfit announced the new collaboration ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas, where the team and Padeltek will host an exclusive I / AM fan event at a brand-new padel venue ...
20 October 2026 19:02
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem is confident that the Formula 1 races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi will go ahead, amid the current tensions in the Middle East.
Due to the conflict between the United States-Israel and Iran, the races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were cancelled earlier this year, although the Bahraini organisers effectively moved its postponed grand prix to Malaysia. Ship attacks in ...
20 October 2026 18:40
Isack Hadjar has changed his mind about sprint weekends in Formula 1, after his Singapore Grand Prix turned into an ordeal.
The Red Bull racer’s weekend at the Marina Bay Street Circuit started poorly as he complained that his Red Bull bottomed too much – especially in braking zones – in Free Practice 1, where he was seven tenths slower than team-mate Max Verstappen.
Sprint qualifying ...
20 October 2026 16:51
Mercedes has revealed some of its pitcrew members at the Singapore Grand Prix were doing their first live Formula 1 pitstops in 15 years.
F1 recently completed its first of (provisionally) three triple-headers to conclude the 23-round 2026 season, with a strenuous Azerbaijan-Malaysia-Singapore sequence.
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli came away from the triple-header winless, yet with an ...
20 October 2026 13:35
Formula 1’s former fuel flow meter supplier, Sentronics Holdings Ltd, has taken its replacement to court in Texas. The company claims that the sensors now used by every car in the championship infringe its patent.
The British company filed the case against German manufacturer Allengra GmbH in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas on 16 October. This comes just days before ...
20 October 2026 13:16
Christian Horner reckons the soon-to-be Formula 1 world champion Kimi Antonelli has ‘earned’ his right to become the outright number-one driver at Mercedes after a dominant 2026.
The 20-year-old holds a 102-point lead over team-mate George Russell in second with six rounds remaining this season, so he can clinch the title in Austin next time out.
Antonelli has achieved this in only his ...
20 October 2026 12:56
Formula 1 drivers Pierre Gasly, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri went head to head at a super-sized game of UNO in a video that has quickly racked up more than 320,000 views in less than a day.
Formula 1 posted the clip on YouTube, describing it as “the McLaren duo” being “joined by Pierre Gasly for a game of super-sized UNO in the paddock”.
The cards were roughly the size of a sign ...
19 October 2026 23:13
Former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted that building the team’s in-house power unit from scratch was “scary as hell”, after the engine claimed its first race wins this 2026 season. This comes despite him being axed from the team a year earlier.
Horner was removed from his position in Milton Keynes after the 2025 British Grand Prix. A bout of poor results and ...
19 October 2026 23:03
Mercedes has had a dominant start to the new regulations in 2026, but while its driver Kimi Antonelli could technically seal his Formula 1 championship win this coming Sunday at the United States Grand Prix, Mercedes as a team will have to wait a little longer to confirm its constructors' championship.
The Mexican Grand Prix is the earliest the Brackley squad could confirm its constructors' ...
19 October 2026 19:15
Valtteri Bottas has revealed the winner of the race-worn rhino helmet he used at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after a fundraising drive for a South African rhino charity.
The Cadillac driver revealed the result on Instagram. "We officially have a winner of my race-worn rhino helmet! Thank you all for your support for Care for Wild," he wrote. "We will contact the winner directly, and the funds to ...
19 October 2026 18:42
If one looks at Sergio Perez's numbers in the 2026 Formula 1 season, the campaign could be classified as disastrous.
So far, Cadillac has not scored a point, although the Mexican came close to achieving it at the Monaco Grand Prix where he took the MAC-10 up to tenth position before suffering a penalty. But while the numbers tell part of the story, one must look at the full picture, which is ...
19 October 2026 18:40
Lewis Hamilton's own grandstand is returning for the 2026 Las Vegas Grand Prix, with the package offering exclusive merchandise and wider access to the event's fan zones.
Lewis Hamilton Grandstand tickets include an assigned seat in the West Harmon Zone, all-inclusive beer, access to live entertainment and driver interviews at the Heineken Stage, viewing of all on-track sessions including ...
19 October 2026 18:11
One Formula 1 fan will spend a December morning in the passenger seat alongside two-time champion Fernando Alonso at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as the Spaniard auctions off a hot lap for his foundation.
The experience is part of JOOPITER's The Modern Grid: An Auction of F1 Memorabilia sale, which runs from 7-20 October. It carries an estimate of $12,000 to $18,000. At the time of ...
19 October 2026 18:11
McLaren has revealed that its last run of upgrades for its 2026 Formula 1 car will also act as tests for “fundamental concepts that will carry into next year’s car”.
After the Singapore Grand Prix, team principal Andrea Stella explained its late-season upgrade plan, indicating its final updates will be delivered across the following three rounds – Austin, Mexico City and Sao Paulo – ...
19 October 2026 16:51
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen want changes to the Marina Bay Street Circuit, saying a longer straight or a proper hairpin is needed to make Singapore a great racing track.
While the seven-time champion explained that he loves racing at the street circuit, he added that he and Verstappen had been discussing potential changes to the layout.
"I don’t know. I mean, I love the race here. I ...
19 October 2026 16:05
Honda Racing Corporation president Koji Watanabe admits the manufacturer’s Formula 1 power unit upgrade brought its driveability close to its troubled first specification’s level.
Honda has struggled on his full-fledged return to the world championship, as new technical regulations were adopted with power units featuring near-50% electrical energy.
While the Adrian Newey-designed AMR26 ...
19 October 2026 14:34
Alex Albon has branded Williams’ cooling vest as “the best on the grid”, following a comfortable Singapore Grand Prix for the British-Thai driver.
A Heat Hazard was declared for the Marina Bay race, meaning drivers had a choice between wearing a cooling vest or having the corresponding ballast added to their car. This regulation stems from a strenuous 2023 Qatar Grand Prix, where a number ...
19 October 2026 13:03
Following an impressive performance at Portimao, Max Verstappen is hoping to continue his GT racing at Spa-Francorchamps, which he describes as his "favourite track". He revealed this after finishing ninth in the GT World Challenge Europe this gone weekend where he shared the Team Verstappen Mercedes with Chris Lulham and Ben Barnicoat.
“It’s my favourite track, of course, so I’m trying ...
19 October 2026 13:01
McLaren has reaffirmed its faith in Leonardo Fornaroli – and is taking its commitment to the Italian driver a step further. Fornaroli has been confirmed as the Formula 1 team's reserve and third driver for the 2027 season, but his programme will also include a second, prestigious challenge: making his World Endurance Championship debut behind the wheel of McLaren's new Hypercar.
It marks the ...
19 October 2026 12:44
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has warned that the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) is "incredibly bumpy" ahead of this weekend's United States Grand Prix, joking he may need to "order a new spine" afterwards.
The Red Bull driver heads to Austin with the momentum of two consecutive victories at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia and the Singapore Grand Prix. However, Verstappen has ...
19 October 2026 12:12
George Russell has revealed he was dealing with "a lot" behind the scenes during the weekend of his 2025 Singapore Grand Prix victory, saying "not many people know" what was happening away from the track.
The Mercedes driver was speaking to Austrian broadcaster ORF Sport, which showed him photographs of himself celebrating last year's win at the Marina Bay Street Circuit with his partner ...
19 October 2026 11:45
Audi driver Gabriel Bortoleto and Red Bull's Max Verstappen are close friends outside of Formula 1, with the pair often seen racing together during online gaming sessions. Motorsport.com can confirm that the Brazilian asked the four-time champion how Red Bull grew into a championship-winning team as he looks to apply these learnings to Audi.
This is Bortoleto's second season in the championship ...
19 October 2026 11:43
George Russell would have been crowned sprint champion in 2026, if F1 had awarded such a title, after Lando Norris's last-lap clash with his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri in Singapore.
While Russell is currently watching his championship title hopes slip away as his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli continues to extend his lead in the standings, the Briton has come out on top in the sprint ...
19 October 2026 11:15
This weekend at the United States Grand Prix, Red Bull could indeed overtake McLaren in the constructors' standings. With the Woking outfit defending its place in third, drivers Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar will have to push hard if they want their team in the top three.
McLaren sits on 339 points after 17 races, just seven ahead of Red Bull on 332. The gap has shrunk quickly after ...
19 October 2026 10:27
Six Saudi Arabian high school students, four boys and two girls, are excitedly pacing around the Singapore F1 paddock.
They are known as Team Lynx Racing, the recently crowned winner of the annual STEM Racing World Finals, which was held in Singapore during the week leading up to the grand prix. Coming out on top of an international, four-day engineering competition, Lynx Racing received the ...
19 October 2026 10:00
Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton's father, Anthony Hamilton, shared a surprise paddock meeting during the GT World Challenge Europe weekend in Portimao, which has drawn widespread praise from Formula 1 fans.
The Dutchman used a gap in the F1 calendar to compete in the GT World Challenge Europe finale alongside Chris Lulham and Ben Barnicoat. The trio finished ninth in the race.
Hamilton ...
19 October 2026 02:05
Stray Kids' Felix has shared behind-the-scenes photos from his time with Ferrari at the Singapore Grand Prix, and the team has posted its own footage of the K-pop star in the garage.
Felix, a member of the South Korean group Stray Kids, was a guest of the Ferrari Formula 1 team at Marina Bay circuit last weekend. Following his time with the Scuderia, he posted to Instagram a number of ...
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