Formula 1 News

The effect of the US and Israeli military action against Iran has already been felt in the Formula 1 paddock: on Wednesday in Melbourne, there were no completed cars in the garages and many team personnel were yet to arrive, owing to flight delays and cancellations.
As such the mandatory ‘curfew' on working hours was suspended and the pitlane remained a hive of industry long into the ...Keep reading

McLaren’s Oscar Piastri topped second practice at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, leading both Mercedes drivers, as Aston Martin’s struggles continued.
Lewis Hamilton set the pace in the first part of the session, with the frontrunners on hard tyres. The Ferrari driver lapped in 1m20.637s, leading Piastri in 1m20.638s, Kimi Antonelli in 1m20.801s, George Russell in 1m20.984s and ...Keep reading

Adrian Newey has revealed that Aston Martin has no more spare batteries for its Honda powertrains at the Australian Grand Prix, and that he feels "powerless" amid the current situation the team is in for 2026.
Aston Martin has endured an arduous prelude to the 2026 season, with its key issues traced to Honda's powertrain - which produces excessive vibrations when in operation.
These ...Keep reading

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc headed team-mate Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen to lead the first practice session of Formula 1's new era that starts at the Australian Grand Prix.
Leclerc's last-minute effort of 1m20.267s demoted team-mate Hamilton after a relatively uneventful first practice session of F1's new regulations era.
Most teams wasted little time getting up to speed in ...Keep reading

Whether Max Verstappen will be driving in the legendary Nurburgring 24 Hours this year is a hot topic of debate. The course for that appearance had been set by the Nurburgring Endurance Series (NLS) bringing forward the second round of the championship to avoid a clash with the Formula 1 calendar.
So now it's clearly up to the four-time F1 world champion.But he has been reluctant to do so ...Keep reading

Energy management is at the centre of the Formula 1 2026 technical regulations. The decision to triple the power of the MGU-K compared to last year, but without the MGU-H and with a battery whose capacity has remained unchanged, has presented the teams with a very complex challenge. Even on a single qualifying lap, understanding where and how to deploy the energy requires detailed study.
Having ...Keep reading

Ahead of the 2026 Australian Grand Prix and the debut of another new set of rules, we’ve decided to pick out the most dramatic Formula 1 season openers since the world championship began in 1950.
These aren’t necessarily the greatest grands prix, but they all had their elements of drama, action and, in some cases, a surprise result.
10. 1990 United States GP

Ayrton Senna ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton is promising not to retire until Formula 1 ends its ongoing 33-year hiatus from Africa with the seven-time world champion continuously campaigning for a return. 
F1 has not raced on the continent since the 1993 South African Grand Prix, as the event subsequently dropped off the calendar due to the new Kyalami owners wanting to run the facility at a profit. 
It therefore ...Keep reading

Alpine Formula 1 driver Franco Colapinto has addressed the heated conversation shown between him and Flavio Briatore during the latest season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive.
After replacing Australian rookie Jack Doohan midway through the 2025 season, the pressure was on Colapinto to perform alongside his experienced team-mate Pierre Gasly. 
The second episode of the eighth season of Drive ...Keep reading

Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix will debut the five-second 'pre-start' delay to allow the drivers at the back of the grid extra time to prepare their new powertrains for the beginning of the race.
The revision to the starting procedure has been detailed in the race directors' notes, following a successful test in the final week of pre-season testing in Bahrain. This came following concerns ...Keep reading