Formula 1 News

Red Bull's talks with Honda over an engine deal to retain its V6 turbo-hybrid powertrains for testing of previous cars running could present a lifeline for Yuki Tsunoda to retain Formula 1 involvement, as he looks set to lose a race drive for 2026.
The team will announce its 2026 driver line-up on Tuesday, but Autosport understands that Isack Hadjar will become Max Verstappen's new team-mate at ...Keep reading

Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko apologised for suggesting Andrea Kimi Antonelli deliberately let McLaren's Lando Norris through in the Qatar Grand Prix, with the Mercedes Formula 1 driver subjected to a torrent of online abuse.
Antonelli slid off the track on the penultimate lap of the Losail race, allowing Norris to snatch fourth place away from the Italian, and with it take two important ...Keep reading

McLaren boss Andrea Stella admitted the team ‘misjudged’ its strategy in the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix and said an internal review will be carried out to dissect its decision not to pit either driver under the safety car.
McLaren was the team to beat around Losail, with Oscar Piastri take sprint pole and victory, and starting Sunday’s grand prix on pole ahead of team-mate and title ...Keep reading

Winning the 2025 Formula 1 title “doesn’t really matter” to Max Verstappen, ahead of a three-way title decider in Abu Dhabi.
The Red Bull driver took his seventh grand prix victory of the season in Qatar thanks to an impeccable drive and a decisive strategy call. That success meant he reduced his deficit to the championship lead from 104 points three months ago to 12 points ahead of the ...Keep reading

Hindsight unfailingly affords total clarity – and its optics look bad for McLaren after a Qatar Grand Prix about which the best thing which could be said of the outcome is that it was less catastrophic than the Las Vegas round which preceded it.
Team boss Andrea Stella has promised a thorough review of the decision-making process which led to McLaren not pitting either of its drivers when the ...Keep reading

Picture the scene: It’s the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is leading, George Russell is second, his Mercedes having proved to be very fast again in qualifying, Oscar Piastri is third with Lando Norris in fourth.
It is the end of a gruelling season dominated by McLaren, who clinched the constructors’ title six races ago and by endless talk of its ‘papaya ...Keep reading

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has provided answers to the main questions following its double disqualification last weekend, after the Woking team completed its internal investigation.
Both McLaren drivers were removed from the final classification of the Las Vegas Grand Prix following post-race technical checks, resulting in Lando Norris losing his second-place finish and ...Keep reading

The events notes for the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix confirm that there are a number of changes coming to the Losail International Circuit for this weekend's Formula 1. 
While the 5.4km, 16-corner track layout remains unchanged, the FIA and circuit operators have reworked a number of aspects of the circuit with a focus on track limits, building on the changes made last year. In 2024, organisers ...Keep reading

Carlos Sainz suggested that the addition of two or three recent ex-Formula 1 drivers to the stewarding panel would dispel the need for the controversial driving guidelines, based on his approval of broadcasters' analysis of recent incidents.
The drivers and the FIA will table a discussion on Thursday evening over the state of F1's driving guidelines, with Sainz suggesting that the application ...Keep reading

Double Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso reckons Adrian Newey becoming the Aston Martin team principal in 2026 is a ‘logical step’ for the Silverstone squad.
Aston Martin confirmed a restructuring on Wednesday, as Newey will move from managing technical partner to team boss with incumbent Andy Cowell becoming chief strategy officer. 
It comes after a disappointing season for the ...Keep reading