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 ...
19 October 2026 00:55
According to former Spanish F1 commentator Antonio Lobato, the BBC is making a documentary about Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso's chaotic 2007 season together at McLaren.
Lobato, who is now the co-director of Spanish website SoyMotor.com, discussed the supposed project on the outlet's Twitch channel earlier this week. It should be noted that the BBC is yet to confirm the documentary.
"It ...
18 October 2026 14:05
talkSPORT is considering a bid for the UK radio rights to Formula 1, which could end the BBC's long run as the sport's home on radio in the country.
The station's head, Liam Fisher, told The Telegraph that F1 would suit talkSPORT's listeners, as reported by Crash.net. The BBC has broadcast F1 on radio since 1994, so this could be a massive change to how UK-based F1 fans keep up with their ...
18 October 2026 13:35
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has spoken out on the criticism he has received from former drivers, with the four-time champion believing this negativity stems from the pundits not understanding the 2026 regulations.
Talking with De Telegraaf during the Singapore Grand Prix weekend, after being shown recent comments from 1996 world champion Damon Hill, the Dutchman gave his opinion on why, in ...
18 October 2026 13:00
Christian Horner has explained how his celebrity wife Geri Halliwell helped him overcome the hate that came with his rise in fame thanks to Formula 1 drama Drive to Survive.
Since 2015 Horner has been married to former Spice Girl Halliwell, who joined the world-famous pop band in 1994 at the age of 22, meaning she had fame from early on in her life.
For Horner it came much later and largely ...
18 October 2026 10:07
The 2026 Formula 1 season has seen Mercedes return to its dominant past as it is on course to claim its first double championship victory since the COVID-struck 2020 campaign.
Kimi Antonelli and George Russell top the drivers’ standings with the former holding a 102-point advantage, while Mercedes leads second-placed Ferrari by 134 points in the constructors’ table.
It is thanks to 11 ...
18 October 2026 01:35
Lando Norris's new racing team, LN4 Fusion, will soon find out whether or not it's got a place on the Formula 2 grid next year. CEO of FIA Formula 2, Bruno Michel, has confirmed that the championship is close to choosing its selection of teams for the 2027, 2028 and 2029 seasons, so will Norris get his way?
"Well, we do a new selection every three years, so that’s where we are when we have a ...
18 October 2026 00:25
Aston Martin's mystery single-seater is back on track, and it still looks like nothing else on the grid or in a dealer.
New footage shared on Reddit shows the car lapping Paul Ricard in the south of France. It is the latest sighting of a machine that first appeared online in April and has since popped up at a private airfield and at Portimao in Portugal. So what is this fantastic-looking ...
17 October 2026 19:44
A piece of Alpine's 2024 Formula 1 car is about to go up for auction, and it has been turned into something you could actually put in your living room.
F1 Authentics, the official memorabilia platform of F1, is opening bidding on a very cool 2024 race-used gearbox carrier paired with a race-spec rear wing, mounted together on a custom-built display stand. The gearbox carrier still carries its ...
17 October 2026 18:34
Ferrari has revealed a Brazil-themed cap that Lewis Hamilton will wear at the Brazilian Grand Prix, and fans will be able to buy their own a few days before the race.
The Maranello outfit announced the cap in a joint Instagram post with Puma on 16 October. "Lewis will be wearing a small piece of Brazil with him at Interlagos. And it can also be yours soon. Available to buy on November 3rd," ...
17 October 2026 18:00
Formula 2 CEO Bruno Michel says Colton Herta “maybe underestimated the difference” between Formula 1’s feeder series and IndyCar, with the 26-year-old’s bold career move so far unsuccessful.
Herta was a frontrunner in America’s premier single-seater series for seven years but decided to move back to Europe in 2026 – having competed in junior formulae across the pond in 2015 and 2016 ...
17 October 2026 17:05
The Cadillac Formula 1 Team and its partner Tommy Hilfiger have released a Texas-themed clothing collection ahead of the United States Grand Prix in Austin, and it's making us all kinds of excited.
The Tommy Hilfiger x Cadillac Formula 1 Team Austin collection went on sale on Tuesday earlier this week. But this isn't the first time the two brands have released something in connection with a ...
17 October 2026 16:15
Mercedes has shared the moment Paraguay's president, Santiago Pena, phoned development driver Joshua Durksen to congratulate him on his first Formula 1 test.
"A very special call. Santiago Pena, president of Paraguay, made sure to congratulate Josh on his first F1 run. A proud moment for the country," Mercedes posted alongside footage of the video call.
The clip comes from a ...
17 October 2026 16:02
The Mercedes Formula 1 team looked at building its own Macarena rear wing long before it was seen running on a circuit by a rival outfit. But according to deputy technical director Simone Resta, it decided against it.
The rotating wing, whose main flap turns over when a car switches into straight-line mode, has become a very visible innovation so far in this current era of regulation. Ferrari ...
17 October 2026 15:05
A video is doing the rounds on social media, appearing to show Lando Norris mocking Lance Stroll on a night out after the Singapore Grand Prix. It's now been viewed more than three million times on X.
The clip was posted by the fan account MV3daily on the night of the race. In it, the McLaren driver is seen out with Haas Formula 1 driver Ollie Bearman while someone in the crowd raises a sign ...
17 October 2026 15:05
Gabriel Bortoleto has watched Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar celebrate their first Formula 1 podiums. Both are from his generation of drivers, having competed against him throughout the junior categories.
So he knows them well, having raced against and beaten them - but their respective F1 careers have taken different paths so far. While Antonelli and Hadjar have already enjoyed podium ...
17 October 2026 15:01
Aston Martin veteran Nicki Thiim has used Max Verstappen’s guest appearance at the GT World Challenge Europe season finale in Portimao to take a cheeky jab at Formula 1.
F1's struggles with its 2026 power unit regulations, featuring a 50:50 power split between the internal combustion engine and electric power, have been well documented, with rule changes already planned for 2027 and ...
17 October 2026 14:16
Former Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo is taking on an intense road trip across America, starting in the Arizona desert for Ford's Raptor Rally this weekend and ending in Austin, Texas, for the United States Grand Prix.
Ford Racing and Ricciardo's lifestyle brand Enchanté announced his participation in the event in a joint Instagram post. "Raptor Rally, you ready? We’re rolling out with ...
17 October 2026 13:39
Red Bull is using an artificial intelligence system that recommends actions to the team during a grand prix.
During an interview with CNBC, Red Bull head of technical and performance partnerships Jack Harington explained that the team built the tool with its title partner, Oracle.
What began as a search tool to help engineers interpret F1's regulations and past rulings has since become an ...
17 October 2026 13:06
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has revealed a special helmet for the United States Grand Prix, giving his usual design an Austin, Texas, makeover ahead of the race at the Circuit of the Americas.
The Dutchman unveiled the new design on social media. "Texas bound. I’ll be coming to Austin with this special helmet!" he posted alongside detailed photos of the new helmet.
The main ...
17 October 2026 12:54
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the team is still talking to Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri after their collision towards the end of the Singapore Grand Prix sprint. Zak Brown wasn't as easy on them.
The papaya-coloured team-mates were fighting for fourth on the last lap of the sprint when Norris dived up the inside of Piastri at Turn 5. It was a bullish move from the reigning ...
17 October 2026 12:34
Christian Horner has called on Formula 1 to increase the $215million budget cap, claiming “teams are spending $500 or $600million” year on year.
From 2021 the championship has operated under a budget cap system which limits how much a team can spend per season, with it starting at $145m before eventually increasing to $215m.
But that $215m doesn’t cover every single cost made by an F1 ...
17 October 2026 12:27
The Mercedes Formula 1 team made a confirmed £633.4million in revenue in 2025 and paid a total of £125m in dividends to its shareholders, according to its annual accounts filed at Companies House.
The group accounts for Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited cover the year to 31 December 2025, in which the team finished second in the constructors' championship after what had been a difficult ground ...
17 October 2026 12:27
Ferrari will likely introduce a new floor at the United States Grand Prix as part of its final major upgrade of the 2026 season, Motorsport.com understands.
While the Maranello outfit has already shifted its focus to 2027, the team is expected to bring a new floor to the race at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, next week.
The aim of the new floor is to produce the same or more ...
17 October 2026 10:15
While Max Verstappen was still seriously considering the possibility of ending this Formula 1 season without winning a single race at Monza, things now look considerably different.
Verstappen came remarkably close to victory in Baku before actually coming out on top in the subsequent races of the triple-header in Malaysia and Singapore.
It marks a huge contrast with the beginning of this ...
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