These are other rare opportunities for Liam Lawson to prove himself at Red Bull, but it can’t be a more symbolic time. The New Zealand group member will be returning from the injury of Isack Hadjar to the Dutch Grand Prix on Zandvoort where his one and a half year stint in Formula 1 ended in failure. Red Bull announced the absence of Hadjar on August 19, citing...
The Formula 1 title battle hinges firmly on Mercedes upgrades and team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that the Silver Arrows are close to deciding upon their plans for their remaining performance packages for the second half of the 2026 season. Rivals Ferrari and McLaren have been proactively working on their vehicles all year, but the Mercedes approach of a slow burn may prove more fruitful than haste...
F1 season finale is expected to be back in Europe in the event of an ongoing war in the Middle East disrupting the championship’s season-ending races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.But if the war in the Middle East continues to disrupt, then F1 race season is likely to continue in Europe with the final races planned in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Both remain on the agenda for now,...
In an event full of strong performances, F1 Hungarian Grand Prix Winners and Losers dominated the show, bringing about a fresh chapter in the campaign until the summer break. With a breakthrough win, Lando Norris secured a victory whilst both Max Verstappen and Ferrari pulled out another brilliant effort from Budapest, only for a promising weekend to be lost. There was a cruel stain on Oscar Piastri’s victory,...
George Russell suffered through the second consecutive weekend as his title bid in Formula 1 lost his hopes when finishing on the wrong side of the podium at the Belgian GP. Spa-Francorchamps was once a rising star but became another frustrating season in the short span of time. On lap one the Mercedes driver pulled off at the end of the race after hitting Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton in...
Belgian Grand Prix 2026 produced another shock in the new formula for success with this time it being demonstrated that it is not just about the pace. For the first time, Spa-Francorchamps singled out teams that learned how to deploy batteries along with teams yet to find consistency and reliability. Kimi Antonelli consolidated his title status with an elegant winner, Ferrari stealthily enhanced its title hopes and Red...
Ollie Bearman has received one of the biggest highs of his career at such a young age, driving Ayrton Senna’s iconic Lotus 97T at Silverstone. In the historic black and gold car that started Senna’s first F1 win during the Portuguese Grand Prix in 1985, he was visibly moved as he finished with some demonstration laps. The gesture started as a tremendous honor to one of the greatest...
At the Dutch GP, Honda F1 Power Unit is getting a welcome shot in the arm as Honda and Aston Martin are seeking to turn 2026 into a much better year in Formula 1. A new power unit will return to race at Zandvoort after the summer as the Japanese Engineer has confirmed.The Japanese supplier has officially said an updated power unit will be making its race debut...
Team principal Toto Wolff says Mercedes Reliability is the only major hurdle now standing in the way of Mercedes perfect Formula 1 campaign. But the Silver Arrows who have seen many successes also have gone through many failures, including defeats after building arguably the fastest car on the grid. While admitting the time is now for Mercedes to move beyond the engineering problems that have cost the drivers...
Now over the new generation of cars, Fernando Alonso of course has complained about the new F1 regulations (2026) again, due to the new rules of the game are more about “energy management”, than anything else about driver ability. Two time Formula 1 World Champion, after the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, gave another pithy comment on the most recent Formula 1 technical era, stating that ‘overtaking’ is...