22 May 2026 19:29
Mercedes has brought its first major upgrade package of the 2026 F1 season to the Canadian Grand Prix, while McLaren has launched the second stage of its two-part upgrade plan.
Mercedes has won every grand prix thus far, but has seen McLaren make inroads on its performance lead when the papaya squad introduced the first half of its two-phase upgrade package in Miami.
McLaren has now ...
22 May 2026 19:27
Alex Albon crashed out of the only practice session ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.
The Thai-British driver crashed into the wall at the exit of Turn 7 after being unable to avoid a groundhog on the track, Williams confirmed to Motorsport.com.
Albon was able to walk away from his wrecked Williams as the red flag was waved. It seems as though the majority of the damage sustained to the FW48 ...
22 May 2026 18:29
Lewis Hamilton took a cheeky jab at 1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. The dig came while the seven-time champion reflected on the enduring legacy of Jacques's legendary father, Gilles Villeneuve, after whom the track in Montreal is named.
When asked about Gilles Villeneuve during the press conference ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend, Hamilton ...
22 May 2026 17:55
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has once again turned heads on his arrival at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve paddock, arriving for media day ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix in an all-white Loewe look.
Long known for using the F1 paddock as his personal catwalk, the Ferrari driver did not disappoint the photographers who gathered by the entrance of the paddock.
Styled by ...
22 May 2026 17:42
Mercedes has the fastest car on the grid – but one of the defining features of the Formula 1 season so far has been its regular inability to make a clean getaway from the start. Either George Russell or Kimi Antonelli has claimed pole position for all four of the opening grands prix, and championship leader Antonelli was on pole for the China sprint.
Only in the Miami sprint has a car other ...
22 May 2026 15:58
For the past two years, Max Verstappen has been acting out his frustrations with Formula 1 by dabbling in other forms of motorsport beyond his long-established fondness for online sim racing.
In 2024 Verstappen won the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix from pole position, dovetailing this with stints in the virtual Nurburgring 24 Hours on the iRacing platform – which his team also won. He later ...
22 May 2026 15:13
George Russell says his 20-point deficit to Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the 2026 Formula 1 drivers’ championship “means nothing” at this stage of the season.
Mercedes has dominated the new campaign so far, having handled the switch to F1’s new technical regulations better than its rivals. But while Russell won the season opener in Australia, he has been outqualified and ...
22 May 2026 13:32
Audi’s Formula 1 power unit has been described as “where we can gain the most” by its driver Gabriel Bortoleto, with team-mate Nico Hulkenberg in agreement.
Audi has taken over the Sauber outfit amid F1’s 2026 regulatory overhaul, designing and producing its first-ever power unit, but has suffered from a lack of performance and reliability and failed to score any points in the last ...
22 May 2026 12:52
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu has supported Esteban Ocon's stance on rumours linking the Frenchman to an early exit from the Formula 1 team, and wanted to set the record straight by denouncing the story as "utter s****".
Rumours picked up traction on social media suggesting that Komatsu and Ocon had staged an argument after the Miami Grand Prix, with this being reported across a handful ...
22 May 2026 12:17
It’s a step in the right direction
Lando Norris: “I certainly think that's a great direction, we all welcome that as drivers, we all want that, I think that will eliminate a lot of the talks that we have about not going on throttle here and doing this and that.
“Maybe it's not perfect, and it's not the perfect world that we all want, but it certainly will be in the correct direction ...
22 May 2026 11:35
Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari has a "difficult" job on its hands to close the door to Mercedes, particularly when it comes to the power unit differences between the two Formula 1 manufacturer teams.
The opening rounds of the 2026 season have been characterised by battles in the early laps between Ferrari and Mercedes, but the Maranello squad often found itself taking a back seat once the ...
22 May 2026 10:32
Several Formula 1 drivers watched Max Verstappen's exploits on the Nordschleife with great interest. The four-time world champion used an F1-free weekend between Miami and Montreal to tick off one of the endurance races that had long been at the top of his list, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Victory ultimately slipped away due to a driveshaft issue, but Verstappen’s performance still earned ...
22 May 2026 10:16
Due to the many problems Aston Martin and Honda have faced at the start of this season, Fernando Alonso has been unable to fight for the positions he would like to in Formula 1’s new era.
But according to the two-time F1 world champion, there is absolutely no sign of decline yet. On an individual level, the Spaniard says he is still performing at a very high standard.
When the question ...
22 May 2026 00:23
McLaren Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri says Red Bull's interest in him as a plan B if Max Verstappen leaves is "flattering", but the Australian denies any knowledge of it.
Earlier this month, Motorsport.com revealed Piastri is on Red Bull's radar as a long-term replacement for Verstappen, should the Dutchman decide to leave the team. The four-time world champion has been disillusioned with ...
21 May 2026 23:55
Aston Martin and its engine partner Honda insist it is drilling down into the problems that have beset the AMR26 since its introduction – but the car remains at least two seconds off the pace in qualifying.
Reliability was an early bugbear, delaying work in understanding the car and debugging various other problematic elements of the powertrain, including vibrations through the chassis, and ...
21 May 2026 23:48
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard believes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix is a "really important weekend, psychologically" for George Russell as he looks to reassert his authority at Mercedes.
As Kimi Antonelli extended his lead in the drivers' championship to 20 points over Russell after three consecutive wins in China, Japan and Miami, the pressure is on the Briton.
Speaking on the ...
21 May 2026 22:59
A few days after his endurance racing adventures on the Nordschleife, Max Verstappen has returned to the Formula 1 paddock in Montreal. The Dutchman has not hidden his criticism of the current technical regulations, but developments made since the Miami Grand Prix have, in his view, moved the series in the right direction.
The FIA has announced that there is an agreement in principle to make ...
21 May 2026 22:48
Lewis Hamilton has revealed he "shed a tear" watching his beloved Arsenal finally secure the Premier League title, sharing a childhood story about how he became a fan of the north London football club.
Arsenal won the Premier League for the first time in 22 years after Bournemouth drew with title rivals Manchester City.
Speaking during the drivers' press conference ahead of the Canadian ...
21 May 2026 22:12
Williams Formula 1 driver and GPDA president Carlos Sainz says he hopes F1 management and governing body the FIA remain "tough" to push through power unit changes for 2027.
The sport's stakeholders are currently discussing significant regulation tweaks for next season to further improve the new-for-2026 rules. On the table is a move to a roughly 60-40 split between combustion power and ...
21 May 2026 21:59
McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris has unveiled a poignant helmet design for the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix, teaming up with the Race Against Dementia charity.
The helmet leaves the Briton's traditional fluorescent yellow design behind, instead adopting a split design, developed with Race Against Dementia Fellow Dr Maura Malpetti. One half of the helmet represents the complex network of a ...
21 May 2026 21:19
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has discussed the intricacies of the famous Wall of Champions at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, home of the Canadian Grand Prix.
The wall at the exit of Circuit Gilles Villeneuve's final chicane earned its nickname during the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix when three F1 champions, Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve, all crashed into it during ...
21 May 2026 21:06
Lewis Hamilton is not entertaining thoughts of retirement from Formula 1, refuting suggestions by those "trying to retire me" that he should call time on his illustrious career.
Hamilton stated that he planned to stay in F1 for "quite some time", with the intent to remain at Ferrari for the next few years. Hamilton signed a multi-year deal on joining the Maranello squad, understood to be for ...
21 May 2026 20:44
George Russell has reluctantly agreed to honour his long-standing promise that he will jump into the lake at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve if he wins the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.
In a lighthearted video shared on the Mercedes social media platforms, the Briton found himself backed into a corner when his team pulled up footage of him making the promise at the 2025 Canadian Grand ...
21 May 2026 20:35
Following the tweaks introduced ahead of the Miami Grand Prix, the FIA and Formula 1 are set to take another step next season to address the biggest concerns in the paddock surrounding the current regulations. There is an agreement in principle to change the balance between the internal combustion engine and the electric power to a 60-40 split in favour of the ICE.
The technical details have ...
21 May 2026 19:21
Esteban Ocon labelled rumours linking him to an early exit from the Haas Formula 1 team as "complete bulls**t", and played down stories of a dispute with team principal Ayao Komatsu.
After the Miami Grand Prix, posts on social media and on outsider media outlets claimed that Ocon and Komatsu had a falling out, adding that the Frenchman was due to be replaced at the team.
Asked about the ...
21 May 2026 18:58
Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports pundit Martin Brundle believes the current grid is "a little bit scared" of the prospect of driving the new regulation cars in wet weather.
As a potentially wet Canadian Grand Prix approaches, the paddock is bracing itself for what could be the first competitive rain-soaked session of the season.
"The drivers are all a little bit scared of just what ...
21 May 2026 18:35
Formula 1 has announced a brand new partnership with global toy and game manufacturer Hasbro to create a special edition of Monopoly.
The latest iteration of the family-favourite game, officially titled Monopoly Formula 1 Edition, has been designed to merge the world of grand prix racing with the property-trading board game.
This means that some changes to the gameplay have been introduced ...
21 May 2026 17:31
Williams has announced it has hired key personnel from several rival Formula 1 teams, most importantly Piers Thynne from McLaren.
Thynne has been a stalwart of the Woking-based outfit, which he joined in 2007 as a gearbox programme manager – thanks to the experience previously acquired at transmission specialist Xtrac – before gradually ascending the team’s hierarchy.
Thynne eventually ...
21 May 2026 17:21
Former Red Bull Racing CEO and team principal Christian Horner has opened up about his surprise appearance at the Monaco E-Prix.
Speaking to talkSPORT while on the starting grid in Monte Carlo, Horner explained he was taking full advantage of his time away from the championship.
Having left Red Bull in July 2025 after two decades at the helm of the Milton Keynes outfit, Horner has been at ...
21 May 2026 12:27
Lewis Hamilton has tweaked his preparation for the Canadian Grand Prix, having struggled of late in Formula 1.
Aside from a successful weekend at Shanghai, Hamilton has underperformed relative to Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc so far in 2026, including last time out in Miami.
The Briton was 0.379s slower in sprint qualifying, then 0.176s down in the main session; he was 24 seconds away ...
21 May 2026 10:52
The opening stages of the 2026 season have proven challenging for the team led by Laurent Mekies. Red Bull’s all-new power unit has been surprisingly competitive – certainly in the eyes of some rivals in the paddock – but on the chassis side the package was underwhelming during the first three race weekends.
Red Bull brought its first significant upgrade of the year to the Japanese Grand ...
20 May 2026 18:00
The new Formula 1 rules have sparked debate and differing opinions on a wide range of matters, not least what makes for good racing.
F1 boasted about the huge number of overtakes in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, which was lauded by some but ridiculed by most. It exposed an issue at the very heart of racing: what makes for good racing and is more overtaking always better.
Our ...
20 May 2026 13:00
Max Verstappen falls back to reality this weekend with the Canadian Grand Prix just a week after the Formula 1 world champion’s heroics at the Nurburgring 24 Hours.
The 28-year-old shared a Mercedes with Daniel Juncadella, Jules Gounon and Lucas Auer for the famous Nordschleife event as part of his growing GT3 commitments.
It didn’t end in triumph though, as the #3 AMG agonisingly ...
20 May 2026 11:02
Three weeks on from the events in Miami, the Canadian Grand Prix marks Formula 1's second North American visit at one of its most unique and quietly beloved venues. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve may not offer a high-octane combination of fast corners, but with its unpredictable weather, long straights and the punishing proximity of its many walls, the race on the picturesque Ile Notre-Dame has ...
19 May 2026 18:34
As far as motorsport challenges go, it doesn't get much bigger than setting up a new Formula 1 team from scratch. Building one across continents to debut under the extremely complex 2026 regulations? If not mission impossible, then at least mission improbable.
The fact that Cadillac has pulled it off, meeting every deadline along the way and achieving respectability from the start, is a huge ...
19 May 2026 16:28
The Cadillac Formula 1 team has revealed its newest upgrade package for the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix.
The squad’s maiden F1 car, the MAC-26, was fitted with an updated front wing, floor, diffuser and rear suspension – among other parts – at the Miami Grand Prix.
Qualifying performance was mixed in Florida – a 0.3s deficit to the Q2 cutoff time in sprint qualifying ballooned up to ...
19 May 2026 12:19
Aston Martin engine partner Honda has revealed its “important target” for the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix, following initial improvement with the brand’s Formula 1 power unit.
The nascent works partnership got off to a dismal start with a clear lack of reliability and performance for an Aston Martin team which hoped to contend for the world championship, as the Honda engine’s ...
19 May 2026 09:14
Olivier Panis may be one of the best examples of shock winners in Formula 1, as demonstrated by his memorable Monaco victory on 19 May 1996.
Not that there’s anything wrong with the Frenchman – a five-time podium finisher in midfield machinery – and his talent, but the struggling Ligier outfit wasn’t exactly a victory contender at the time.
As a matter of fact, the JS43 never ...
18 May 2026 23:38
Reigning Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris fancies himself a drive at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in the future. With McLaren's expanding endurance racing programme, there's an increasingly available route for such an ambition to be realised.
Speaking in a video published to McLaren's YouTube channel, the 2025 drivers' champion discussed his aspirations beyond the tight cockpit of a ...
18 May 2026 22:54
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has urged the Brackley outfit to maintain a balanced perspective as it prepares to bring its first major upgrade package of the Formula 1 season at this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix.
After rival teams such as McLaren showed impressive gains at the Miami Grand Prix, Mercedes will be hoping its upgrade package will help it return to the dominant form seen at ...
18 May 2026 18:31
World champions don't usually point back to a single afternoon in a simulator as the moment everything changed. Lando Norris does. And in a new video on McLaren's YouTube channel, he's explained exactly how that happened.
It started with the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award - a prize set up in 1989 to reward and recognise promising young racing drivers from the United Kingdom. Here, he followed in ...
18 May 2026 17:47
Former Ferrari and Williams engineer Rob Smedley has criticised some modern race engineers for the time taken to relay vital information back to drivers.
Speaking alongside former Alpine team principal Otmar Szafnauer and broadcaster Jake Humphrey on the High Performance Racing podcast, the veteran engineer offered a glimpse into the intense dynamic between the pitwall and the cockpit.
"What ...
18 May 2026 17:16
Oscar Piastri posted a glimpse of what he's got up to in the three-week break coming off the Miami Grand Prix. He posted photos to Instagram of a karting session attended by him and fellow Formula 1 drivers Alex Albon and Gabriel Bortoleto, with the caption, "Natural habitat".
This two-word summary prompted over 350,000 likes, 560 comments, and 5700 shares at the time of writing.
Albon ...
18 May 2026 15:00
Three weeks on from Miami's upgrade bonanza, the 2026 Formula 1 season is set for another twist as Mercedes and McLaren both bring a big package to the Canadian Grand Prix.
There has been little doubt over who the dominant force is at the dawn of the 2026 rules era, with Mercedes sweeping the first four races from pole. Sophomore driver Kimi Antonelli heads to Canada as the championship ...
18 May 2026 12:30
Although 2026 is only the first year of the current cycle, discussions about Formula 1’s future engine regulations are already taking place behind the scenes. Several tweaks have been agreed for the current ruleset, next year the balance will shift to 60-40 in favour of the combustion engine, and in the longer term the paddock increasingly appears open to more significant changes.
That ...
18 May 2026 11:24
Will Kimi Antonelli become the next Formula 1 driver after Max Verstappen to compete on the Nordschleife? Rumours recently emerged that a trial on the “Green Hell” could be possible, but the young Italian’s employers have now but an end to the discussion.
Antonelli commented on his desire to race on the Nurburgring in a recent video about the so-called “Nordschleife permit”, which he ...
18 May 2026 09:45
Red Bull has launched a footwear collection with Crocs, with the headline Crocband Clog carrying a retail price of $95. The full range will go to market on 21 May, a day before the Canadian Grand Prix weekend begins at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.
The Crocband Clog and the Classic Runner models will kick off this partnership, with both being available through the official Crocs ...
18 May 2026 09:37
Juan Pablo Montoya's victory at the 2000 Indianapolis 500 remains one of the most legendary debuts in the history of the Brickyard. However, the Colombian recently revealed that he never actually wanted to enter the race.
Speaking on the BBC Chequered Flag Podcast alongside 1996 Formula 1 champion Damon Hill, the two-time Indy 500 winner reflected on the circumstances that led him to become a ...
18 May 2026 01:25
A group of exotic dancers has announced a strike coinciding with the Canadian Grand Prix at the end of this month. This is being done with the aim of putting pressure on club owners for improved labour rights as millions of eyes fall on Montreal for the Formula 1 race weekend.
The Sex Work Autonomous Committee has called for the strike on 23 May, the eve of the grand prix and the day of the ...
18 May 2026 01:20
Formula 1 fans have shared their verdict after Carlos Sainz completed his first laps of the Madring circuit ahead of its maiden grand prix in September.
The Williams driver has given fans their first real glimpse of the all-new circuit, driving a 450bhp Ford Mustang GT. While the Spaniard claimed that the 5.4km, 22-turn circuit is faster than it looks, the reaction from fans has been ...
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