13 November 2026 22:56
Mercedes technical director James Allison has explained how Kimi Antonelli's bold use of the tools on his steering wheel helped him become Formula 1's youngest world champion.
The Italian driver secured the 2026 title at the Mexican Grand Prix at the age of 20, in only his second season in F1, and has won nine grands prix so far this year.
Speaking on the NU Silver Arrows Radio Show, Allison ...
13 November 2026 18:20
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes Mark Webber may have become too involved in Oscar Piastri’s career in the second half of 2025, before the McLaren driver decided he wanted to “do this on my own”.
Piastri and Webber announced after the São Paulo Grand Prix that they had mutually agreed to end their management agreement, which began in 2019 and saw the ...
13 November 2026 18:06
As Daniel Ricciardo joined the Beyond The Grid podcast last month, he sounded more grounded, almost wiser. Two years away from Formula 1’s limelight have provided the Australian with the time he required for introspection, allowing him to view his final years in the championship from a new angle.
Those final years were a struggle. After losing his McLaren seat, Ricciardo returned to his old ...
13 November 2026 17:25
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur recently insisted that Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc "left my room joking together" following a private meeting in Brazil to clear the air. But 1996 Formula 1 champion Damon Hill is not buying the sudden harmony at Maranello.
According to Hill, the Scuderia is actively masking a rift. Analysing the fallout from the recent triple-header, Hill pointed to a ...
13 November 2026 17:09
The Las Vegas Grand Prix has unveiled a new trophy design for next weekend’s Formula 1 round, inspired by the city and its neon lights.
The 3.6kg, 56cm-tall winners’ trophy took six months to develop and build and emulates the neon signs synonymous with the Las Vegas strip that the circuit is based around.
The trophy contains 122 lights puts a new meaning to ‘seeing your name in ...
13 November 2026 16:30
Mercedes would not have been able to take the risk of promoting Kimi Antonelli without already having George Russell, according to a message Toto Wolff sent to the entire team.
Antonelli joined Mercedes in 2025 after seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton moved to Ferrari. In only his second season in the series, the Italian driver became the youngest world champion in the history of F1 ...
13 November 2026 13:37
In motorsport, extended periods of failure usually result in swift executive turnover. But when Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff attempted to hold himself accountable for the team's struggles in recent years, his boss flatly refused to let him walk away.
Speaking at the 2026 Golden Steering Wheel awards in Berlin, Wolff provided a glimpse into the internal corporate dynamics at ...
13 November 2026 13:25
Red Bull pitted a Formula 1 car, MotoGP bike, rally car, Pro 4 truck and a snowmobile against each other in the first Ultimate Winter race.
Former MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa won, riding a KTM MotoGP bike on the custom frozen lake course.
The event, held in Eagle River, Wisconsin, brought five motorsport disciplines together on the same grid. Each machine ran on custom studded tyres, and Red ...
13 November 2026 13:15
Williams F1 team boss James Vowles says it was "horribly painful" for the squad to forego 2026 aero upgrades and save the resources for 2027 instead.
Williams has been forced into playing the long game for some time now, but was hoping its progress behind the scenes in 2025 would carry over into the new regulations. Instead, Williams faced a huge wake-up call as the huge workload required to ...
13 November 2026 11:05
Mercedes mechanics have learned to watch their backs. Not because of the dangers of a pitstop, but because of Kimi Antonelli. Formula 1's newly crowned world champion has a rather unusual habit. He approaches members of his crew, greets them and, when they least expect it, gives their nipples a pinch - so nobody appears to be safe!
It is just one of the many practical jokes through which the ...
13 November 2026 10:32
The details in a Formula 1 driver contract is highly-guarded information, but often the length of the deal is released to the wider world.
Here is how long each F1 driver contract is believed to be and therefore what moves could be possible and when in the future.
McLaren
Lando Norris – 2030
The reigning F1 world champion recently announced a new four-year contract with McLaren which ...
12 November 2026 22:00
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has questioned whether Lewis Hamilton is the driver to turn Ferrari's fortunes around, suggesting Max Verstappen might be better suited to the role.
Hamilton joined Ferrari in 2025 after a successful 12-year stint with Mercedes, during which time he won six of his seven world titles.
After a tricky first season with Ferrari, the ...
12 November 2026 18:44
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has warned that Oscar Piastri could find his McLaren future under threat if he has another season like 2026.
Piastri, who fought for the world title in 2025, has endured a much tougher campaign this time around and is out of the fight for second in the championship with three rounds to go.
Speaking on The Red Flags Podcast, Steiner was ...
12 November 2026 18:25
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says the squad wasn’t “complete losers” in its four years without a Formula 1 world title.
The Silver Arrows claimed their ninth constructors’ championship on Sunday at the Brazilian Grand Prix, one week after Kimi Antonelli became F1’s youngest world drivers’ champion.
Mercedes came out on top as F1 switched to new chassis and power unit ...
12 November 2026 17:41
The 2026 São Paulo Grand Prix was a monumental weekend for Red Bull Racing. While Max Verstappen stole the headlines with a logic-defying charge from 21st to finish second, his team-mate Isack Hadjar quietly delivered what team principal Laurent Mekies believes is his most impressive drive yet.
Securing a double podium for the Milton Keynes squad, Hadjar finished third at Interlagos after ...
12 November 2026 17:35
Alisha Palmowski says the biggest lesson of her F1 Academy title year came from simply watching four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen at work.
The Briton, who races for Campos Racing as part of Red Bull's junior programme, clinched the 2026 F1 Academy title in Austin, with one round still to run in the all-female racing series.
Palmowski made her F1 Academy debut as the wildcard entry ...
12 November 2026 16:19
Nikola Tsolov has been named as reserve driver for both Red Bull and Racing Bulls for the 2027 Formula 1 season having missed out on a full-time drive.
The 19-year-old Bulgarian had been linked to a step up from F2 to replace Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls in 2027, but after weeks of speculation the Faenza-based squad put rumours to rest by confirming the New Zealander would continue alongside ...
12 November 2026 14:15
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has shut down speculation of ongoing friction between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, confirming the two drivers resolved their issues during a private sit-down discussion ahead of the São Paulo Grand Prix.
The internal dynamic at Ferrari has been under scrutiny following the team's opening-lap clash in Mexico, but the chaotic, rain-soaked race at ...
12 November 2026 13:42
Racing Bulls has finally announced Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad will stay put for the 2027 season, ending a long-running saga as the team and the wider Red Bull company weighed up keeping Lawson on board for another year or promoting the next prospect in the pipeline, F2 frontrunner Nikola Tsolov.
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12 November 2026 13:38
Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes Max Verstappen would find life at Mercedes "very difficult" and has argued that Lewis Hamilton has never learned to run a team.
On Sky Sports Germany's Backstage Boxengasse podcast, Schumacher said that Verstappen's deep involvement in the technical side of Red Bull would likely not carry over easily to another team such as Mercedes.
"I think ...
12 November 2026 13:18
Formula 1 star George Russell has launched a karting academy in partnership with Silverstone to make motorsport more accessible and discover the next young superstar.
The eight-time grand prix winner launched his GR63 Karting Academy on Thursday with it open to boys and girls aged eight to nine, based at the kart track in Silverstone.
It features a “four stage path to the top” and ...
12 November 2026 12:43
A Williams FW16 driven by three-time Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna in his final season in the series is going under the hammer in New York.
RM Sotheby's is offering chassis FW16B-01 in Sotheby's 'The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction', with an estimate of $4million to $6million (£2.95million to £4.45million). It is the first time the car has been put up for public sale.
When the ...
12 November 2026 12:05
Racing Bulls has confirmed Liam Lawson will stay with the team for the 2027 Formula 1 season, partnering Arvid Lindblad for a second year.
Lawson and Lindblad formed a formidable duo this year as they propelled Racing Bulls to fifth in the constructors' championship, which is set to be the Anglo-Italian team's best-ever result.
But despite accounting for 89 points, twice the number ...
12 November 2026 11:35
Motorsport has an alarming financial barrier to entry, with seasons of junior karting frequently running deep into the six figures. Mercedes Formula 1 star George Russell is taking direct action to change that.
Russell officially announced the launch of the GR63 Academy, a grassroots karting initiative created in partnership with Silverstone and the British Racing Drivers' Club. The programme ...
12 November 2026 10:05
Although Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Frederic Vasseur spoke to Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc on Thursday evening in Sao Paulo to clear the air, an extraordinary amount had already been said and written about the Ferrari clash in Mexico.
When Max Verstappen was asked for his opinion in Brazil, the Red Bull driver indicated that he primarily sees the incident as a consequence of ...
12 November 2026 01:31
The final Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Stirling Moss to leave the factory is back on the market, with RM Sotheby's valuing the roofless speedster at more than $6million (£4.5million).
The car, chassis number 75, is in the auction house's online Sealed December sale, with bidding open from 25 November until 2 December.
Mercedes and McLaren built 75 Stirling Moss models from June 2009 until the ...
12 November 2026 01:01
George Russell says Toto Wolff's refusal to change Mercedes during the difficult years of the ground effect era is a big reason the team is back on top of Formula 1.
The Brackley outfit sealed its ninth constructors' title at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix on Sunday, its first since the end of its run of eight in a row in 2021. From 2022 to 2025, it went four seasons with little success as it ...
12 November 2026 00:55
Former Formula 1 driver Bruno Senna says he wants to give Kimi Antonelli the chance to drive one of Ayrton Senna's cars next year, after the 2026 world champion visited the family's estate in Brazil.
Antonelli arrived at the estate days after clinching his maiden F1 championship at the Mexican Grand Prix, becoming the youngest driver in the history of the series to win the title.
Speaking on ...
12 November 2026 00:48
Following his impressive win at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Max Verstappen said he would never put two number one drivers together if he were a team principal of Ferrari. He believes the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc gifted him the win in Mexico.
The Ferrari pair fought hard on the opening lap at the Mexico City Grand Prix, and Verstappen took advantage of the clash ...
11 November 2026 22:14
Lewis Hamilton has lost his place at the top of sport's marketability rankings, and has slipped behind his own Ferrari team-mate too.
The seven-time world champion topped SportsPro's annual list of the 50 Most Marketable Athletes last year, but has dropped to 22nd in the 2026 edition, which was created with data from NorthStar Solutions Group.
Aryna Sabalenka, the Belarusian tennis star ...
11 November 2026 21:55
Kimi Antonelli has kept his word. Mercedes' new world champion arrived at the team's Brackley factory this week with his hair dyed green, white and red, the colours of the Italian flag, as the team celebrated its successful season at its headquarters.
Mercedes posted a video of the moment on social media on Wednesday, showing Antonelli meeting members of the team to laughter, with Toto Wolff ...
11 November 2026 17:00
Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord has provided an explanation for several spins that occurred for the Silver Arrows in Formula 1's Brazilian Grand Prix.
In his first event since his maiden title was confirmed in Mexico, Kimi Antonelli looked set to capitalise on a poor start by polesitter Lando Norris to snatch the lead from second on the grid, building up a comfortable buffer over ...
11 November 2026 13:23
Max Verstappen has delved into what gives him such racecraft when it rains in Sao Paulo, after another remarkable drive in Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix.
Among tracks that have been on the calendar since the beginning of his career, Verstappen has his highest podium-finishing rate at Interlagos – and Austin – with eight top-three results in 11 races.
Three of these were starring ...
11 November 2026 12:18
Andrea Stella says McLaren is aiming to finally make "peace" with what has historically been a difficult race for the team in Las Vegas.
The Sao Paulo Grand Prix was a successful weekend for McLaren, with Lando Norris showing a dominant level of performance with his third win of the season, and team-mate Oscar Piastri showing a strong uptick in pace.
Las Vegas is usually a very different ...
11 November 2026 11:54
McLaren's Oscar Piastri is missing the pressure of fighting for the Formula 1 world championship amid what has been a difficult 2026 season.
The Australian led the drivers' standings for a lot of last year before he eventually finished third behind team-mate Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen. Although he missed out on the championship last year, it was a successful end to the ground ...
11 November 2026 11:13
Audi's eighth place in the constructors' championship doesn't quite tally with the competitiveness of its car, but circumstances have contrived to keep the team falling short of the points in 2026. Between them, Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto have notched up ten 11th-place finishes.
Often the issue has been poor starting performance which costs the drivers track position away from the ...
11 November 2026 10:26
The question of what might happen in a wet race has vexed Formula 1's stakeholders since before the beginning of the season. It's also prompted some unnecessarily hysterical commentary throughout the year, peaking in the run-up to last weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, where rain for qualifying and the race was a virtual certainty for the first time this season.
Although the ...
11 November 2026 03:05
Daniel Ricciardo says Max Verstappen will "go down as one of the best ever", and admits he cannot comprehend what Red Bull has achieved in its first season building its own power units.
Ricciardo was Verstappen's team-mate at Red Bull from 2016 until the end of 2018, and is now an ambassador for Ford, whose partnership with Red Bull Powertrains made its race debut this season.
The ...
11 November 2026 01:21
Oscar Piastri says he misses the pressure of fighting for the Formula 1 world championship.
The McLaren driver led the standings for much of last year and was in a season-long battle against his team-mate Lando Norris for the title. A late-season challenge from Red Bull's Max Verstappen saw Piastri finish third in the standings, while Norris secured the title and Verstappen finished ...
11 November 2026 00:58
McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris has questioned Charles Leclerc's penalty after the Brazilian Grand Prix, which cost the Ferrari driver seventh place.
Leclerc tapped the left rear of Liam Lawson's Racing Bulls car at Turn 12 on the penultimate lap of the race at Interlagos. The Monegasque driver was handed a five-second penalty after the race, which dropped him behind Lawson to ...
11 November 2026 00:58
Max Verstappen says he would walk away from Formula 1 if he ever stopped believing he was the best driver in the field.
The four-time world champion has not won the title since 2024, with Lando Norris taking the championship win last year and Kimi Antonelli wrapping up the 2026 championship in Mexico earlier this month.
But speaking to the media before the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, Verstappen ...
11 November 2026 00:42
Lewis Hamilton has been to see the aid operation at Egypt's border with Gaza, two days after racing at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
The seven-time world champion arrived in El Arish, in Egypt's North Sinai region, on Tuesday, and was met at the airport by the region's governor, Khaled Megawer.
The local governorate said he was shown around the Rafah crossing and the Egyptian Red Crescent's ...
10 November 2026 17:25
To this day, Ayrton Senna remains the last Brazilian Formula 1 driver to have won the world championship. But as a new generation of Auriverde racers finally emerges, they’re not the ones drawing comparisons to the country’s legend.
Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular drives this season – and, more superficially, his curly brown hair – have earned him such plaudits, especially after he won ...
10 November 2026 15:50
The Qatar and Abu Dhabi grands prix which will conclude Formula 1’s 2026 season are set to proceed as planned, provided there is no dramatic escalation of the Iran war.
The Middle Eastern conflict, which started in late February as the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, has destabilised the region. The calendars of many motorsport championships have been impacted – not least ...
10 November 2026 12:42
The FIA has announced its final Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) results for the 2026 Formula 1 season, with no changes granted for any of the power unit manufacturers.
From this season, the FIA installed a mechanism in the F1 regulations which allowed power unit manufacturers the ability to make updates, if they fell behind the leading engine, in the form of tokens ...
10 November 2026 11:25
Honda says it needs to find the root cause of Lance Stroll’s multiple battery issues after yet another retirement for the Aston Martin Formula 1 driver in the Brazilian Grand Prix.
Stroll’s race in Sao Paulo ended after 30 laps, as he lay 18th, 28 seconds adrift of 12-placed team-mate Fernando Alonso. This marked his 13th retirement in the 2026 campaign – discounting the Melbourne race ...
10 November 2026 09:28
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies says it’s up to Racing Bulls whether to retain Liam Lawson or promote Nikola Tsolov to a race seat in the 2027 Formula 1 season.
Rookie Arvid Lindblad is set to get a second campaign in the world championship next year, but the identity of his team-mate has been uncertain. Formula 2 title contender Tsolov was the favourite to get the seat, but his form ...
10 November 2026 00:57
American DJ Steve Aoki will return to the Las Vegas Grand Prix grid this year for a performance before the race on 21 November. He will be joined by fellow DJ MORTEN and singer Jordin Sparks as part of the pre-race line-up.
MORTEN will perform ahead of the driver introductions, which have become a fan-favourite part of the Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend after the viral moment between Sergio ...
10 November 2026 00:30
Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton's trip back from Interlagos could have been an awkward one after Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff revealed that the Ferrari driver would be travelling with the newly crowned constructors' champions.
Mercedes secured its ninth constructors' title at the Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finishing fourth and ...
09 November 2026 23:59
Former IndyCar Series driver and F1 TV pundit James Hinchcliffe believes George Russell had good reason to look "a bit defeated" after another difficult afternoon at the Brazilian Grand Prix.
While Mercedes ended the weekend on a high, securing the constructors' championship, Russell endured another frustrating race. The Briton missed out on pole position to McLaren's Lando Norris and ...
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