Formula 1 News

Stefano Domenicali wants to rid the Formula 1 weekend of free practice or at least shorten it.
That’s too much for an old hand like me. I’m still reeling from the loss of the race morning warm-up, and had I not forged a career as a motorsport journalist I reckon my anger wouldn’t have subsided at all more than 20 years after those half-hour slots of track time disappeared. 
I’m not ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 world drivers’ title looks set up to be a battle that will go down to the wire, but the feeling around the Oscar Piastri vs Lando Norris face-off hasn’t had the edge to match it.
McLaren has tried to make the competition as fair as possible between its two drivers and both Piastri and Norris have obliged and replicated that philosophy – even when opportunities to take ...Keep reading

The 2025 Formula 1 world drivers’ title looks set up to be a battle that will go down to the wire, but the feeling around the Oscar Piastri vs Lando Norris face-off hasn’t had the edge to match it.
McLaren has tried to make the competition as fair as possible between its two drivers and both Piastri and Norris have obliged and replicated that philosophy – even when opportunities to take ...Keep reading

The 2026 Formula 1 season start times have been unveiled with the Canadian Grand Prix race start pushed back to avoid a direct clash with the Indianapolis 500.
In conjunction with F1 revealing its six sprint race venues for next season, the start times for every session in 2026 have been released.
The only change is a later start time for the Canadian GP, which in previous years has started ...Keep reading

The 2026 Formula 1 season start times have been unveiled with the Canadian Grand Prix race start pushed back to avoid a direct clash with the Indianapolis 500.
In conjunction with F1 revealing its six sprint race venues for next season, the start times for every session in 2026 have been released.
The only change is a later start time for the Canadian GP, which in previous years has started ...Keep reading

Silverstone and Zandvoort are among the new sprint weekends for the 2026 season as Formula 1 has revealed the six venues hosting a Saturday race.
The British Grand Prix hosted the first-ever sprint race when the original format was introduced in 2021, with the shorter Saturday race returning to Silverstone in 2026 alongside three fellow newcomers.
The Dutch Grand Prix will also play host to ...Keep reading

Silverstone and Zandvoort are among the new sprint weekends for the 2026 season as Formula 1 has revealed the six venues hosting a Saturday race.
The British Grand Prix hosted the first-ever sprint race when the original format was introduced in 2021, with the shorter Saturday race returning to Silverstone in 2026 alongside three fellow newcomers.
The Dutch Grand Prix will also play host to ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is now officially licenced to race GT3 cars at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, paving the way for the Dutchman to tick off one of his bucket list items.
Verstappen raced a Porsche Cayman 718 GT4 CS at last weekend's four-hour ADAC ACAS Cup, in a car that was detuned as the four-time world champion hadn't yet earned a Permit A that is required to race with high-powered GT3 or GT4 ...Keep reading

When Lotus became the first Formula 1 team to harness ground-effect aerodynamics in the late 1970s, it went to remarkable lengths to keep the secret even though the hardware was almost in plain sight. When removing the 79 car from its transporter and working on it, the mechanics would routinely conceal the differential under a blanket.
This rudimentary piece of misdirection worked, assisted by ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is now officially licenced to race GT3 cars at the Nurburgring Nordschleife, paving the way for the Dutchman to tick off one of his bucket list items.
Verstappen raced a Porsche Cayman 718 GT4 CS at last weekend's four-hour ADAC ACAS Cup, in a car that was detuned as the four-time world champion hadn't yet earned a Permit A that is required to race with high-powered GT3 or GT4 ...Keep reading