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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. Read Also: Formula…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Lando Norris has openly questioned the penalty that cost Charles Leclerc seventh place at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, adding that the Ferrari driver's move on Liam Lawson was "just racing". During the Brazilian race, the Ferrari driver tapped the left rear of Lawson's Racing Bulls car at Turn 12 on the penultimate lap…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
George Russell has teased an imminent announcement linked to karting on 12 November. The Mercedes driver posted a video to Instagram on Monday with the caption "Stay tuned". He talks about his first steps in motorsport over footage of himself racing karts as a boy, including a kart carrying the number 63 that he still…
Formula 1 fans in the United States will be able to watch the Las Vegas Grand Prix for free after Apple TV confirmed the whole race weekend will be available to stream with no subscription needed. The free coverage will include every on-track session from first practice on Thursday evening through to qualifying and…
On the Monday after the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber announced in a joint statement that the latter and Ann Neal would no longer manage the 25-year-old McLaren driver. The timing may come as a surprise – now rather than at the end of the season – but the news itself had been on the…
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has argued that the Brackley outfit cannot expect to repeat its run of eight consecutive constructors' titles after its 2026 success. Mercedes clinched its ninth constructors' championship at Interlagos on Sunday, ending a wait that began after the last of those…
Mercedes is considering giving George Russell “all the force” to secure a 1-2 in the drivers’ championship after a nightmare run of form. Three rounds remain in the 2026 season - assuming the Qatar and Abu Dhabi grands prix proceed as planned - with no fewer than five drivers in contention for the runner-up spot: Max…
Lewis Hamilton has told fans he is "devastated" by the outcome of his Brazilian Grand Prix, which began with an impressive charge from the back of the grid and finished with a spin in the closing laps. The Ferrari driver shared his thoughts on Instagram on Monday after finishing ninth at Interlagos on Sunday. Hamilton…
A Honda NSX used by three-time Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna has set an auction record for the model. The car, which had been estimated to sell for between £500,000 and £800,000 prior to the auction, sold for £871,250 at RM Sotheby's in London on 31 October. The auction also included a 2002 Ferrari 550 Maranello, a…
When job security is in short supply, there's one solution for an F1 driver. Be so good they can't ignore you. That's easier said than done, but it certainly seems to be what Liam Lawson has taken to heart as he battled for his future over the recent American triple-header. Having been an integral part of Racing…
For the third year in a row, Verstappen produced an impressive comeback drive in the Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. While the Dutchman won from 17th on the grid in 2024 and climbed from the pitlane to third place last year, this time he charged from 21st to second. According to Verstappen, his start on the uphill…
Toto Wolff didn't need to brag when, on Sunday evening in Sao Paulo, he was asked about his records, which now put him alongside two of F1's greats. The question of how it feels to match Frank Williams' tally of constructors' championships and Ron Dennis' overall number of titles was enough in itself to illustrate the…
When Fernando Alonso became Formula 1 world champion in 2005, he was just 24 years old, replacing Emerson Fittipaldi as the youngest champion in the sport's history. At last, Michael Schumacher had a challenger. And although the reigning king of F1 once mistakenly called the young Spanish bull "Ferdinando" because he…
Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber have mutually agreed to terminate their management agreement, the pair have announced. Webber and his wife Ann – who ran Mark’s career herself back in the day – became Piastri’s managers in 2019, the year the youngster narrowly beat Victor Martins to the Formula Renault Eurocup title and…
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said no simulation could have predicted Max Verstappen's charge from 21st to second in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. The Dutchman started near the back of the grid after an engine penalty and warned after qualifying that it would be harder to overtake at the São Paulo…
Are you not entertained? While Lando Norris took a well-deserved third win of the campaign, Mercedes collectively slipped up and Max Verstappen produced yet another Brazilian Grand Prix masterclass. Winner: Lando Norris McLaren team boss Andrea Stella loves describing Lando Norris as the low-grip master. When…
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has given his race helmet to long-serving Red Bull mechanic Ole Schack, who took part in his final race for the Milton Keynes outfit at Interlagos. Schack has been with Red Bull since its first season in 2005 and works on Verstappen's car as a front-end mechanic. The team…
Charles Leclerc was handed a five-second penalty after the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix for his clash with Liam Lawson, dropping the Ferrari driver down to eighth place in the final results. The Monegasque was battling the Racing Bulls driver for seventh place on lap 69 of the Sao Paulo race when the pair made…
For the third year in a row, Max Verstappen has produced an impressive comeback drive in Brazil. While he won from 17th on the grid in 2024 and drove from the pitlane to the podium last year, Verstappen finished this year's Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix in second place after starting 21st. His start did not go…
Kimi Antonelli vowed to put aside his Brazilian Grand Prix anger to celebrate Mercedes winning the Formula 1 constructors' title, as he rued the balance issues and the spin that took him out of victory contention. The new world champion had picked up the lead from polesitter Lando Norris at the start, and was building…
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has congratulated Mercedes on winning the 2026 constructors' championship while singling out team principal Toto Wolff for joining Sir Frank Williams in the record books. The Brackley outfit clinched the title with three races to spare at the Brazilian Grand Prix when George Russell…
Following the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, which was convincingly won by outgoing world champion Lando Norris, several drivers still have to pay a visit to the stewards post-race. Kimi Antonelli and a Mercedes representative were required to appear before the stewards at 4.30pm local time over an alleged unsafe…
Lando Norris has gone viral on social media after his Brazilian Grand Prix podium mishap. The McLaren driver controlled almost everything that came his way at Interlagos, right up until he got to the podium. The 2025 champion went for his usual party trick after collecting his trophy, crouching down and slamming the…
Another impressive comeback drive from Verstappen, but Norris in a league of his own After qualifying, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were in agreement: fighting their way through the field at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace would be considerably more difficult with the 2026 cars than in previous years. There were…
Lando Norris has snared his third win of 2026 in a mixed weather Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, defeating a resurgent Max Verstappen while Mercedes claimed the world constructors' championship. After reclaiming the lead from his world champion successor Kimi Antonelli early on when he spun off, polesitter Norris…
Mercedes has won the 2026 Formula 1 constructors' championship, sealing the title at the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Kimi Antonelli and George Russell started second and seventh on the grid, after the Briton took a five-place grid penalty. While Antonelli took the lead from polesitter Lando Norris at the start…
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc arrived at Interlagos ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix wearing a six-figure watch on his wrist. According to watch-spotting account Watches of Celebrities, the Monegasque driver wore a Richard Mille RM 33-02 in Carbon TPT and rose gold when he arrived at the paddock. The…
The Formula 1 cost cap did exactly what it was supposed to do: it brought the grid closer together and stopped the massive factory teams from simply outspending their problems. But while the on-track product is undeniably tighter, the financial squeeze behind the scenes is starting to take a human toll. During the…
Gabriel Bortoleto's partner Isabella Bernardini arrived at Interlagos ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix in a one-off dress made from Audi's special adidas range for the race. The dress was made by designer and upcycler Fiona Roerig, who worked with the team and Bernardini to incorporate their ideas into the design…
With Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen 20th and 21st on the grid of the Brazilian Grand Prix, Sunday’s Formula 1 race promises to be fascinating – regardless of weather conditions. Hamilton and Verstappen happen to be two drivers who performed memorable recoveries at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, a track where…
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the 2027-spec front wing concept introduced on the MCL40 at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix has improved the car’s driveability and predictability. The Woking-based outfit launched an upgrade package at Interlagos - featuring not just this front wing but also a rear wing, a…
One hour, 23 minutes. You could've squeezed most of a football match into the rain delay during Formula 1 qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, and it looked for all the world like the session wouldn't actually get going again. A repeat of 2024, where qualifying was squeezed onto Sunday morning, looked likely. Yet…
Interlagos is the closest Franco Colapinto gets to a home grand prix, and Pierre Gasly knows the atmosphere that creates around the Alpine garage in Sao Paulo this weekend. Argentina's flag has become a familiar sight in Formula 1 grandstands since Colapinto ended the country's 23-year wait for a driver on the grid in…
After every Formula 1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles. This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics. When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an…
Liam Lawson reckons he had enough pace to earn a front-row grid spot in Sao Paulo – but rues his own "mistake" in qualifying, which meant he'll have to start from P3. The New Zealander starred in wet qualifying, once again progressing into Q3 – and then fighting for the front positions with drivers from the top teams…
In keeping with the theme of the Brazilian Grand Prix's weather-hit qualifying, George Russell had a thunderous look on his face when he faced the Formula 1 media in the post-session press conference. The title has gone and a five-place grid penalty for an engine swap meant Russell was never going to start on the…
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen both expect overtaking to be much harder at Interlagos than in previous seasons, as they prepare to start Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix from the back of the grid. Both drivers have taken new power unit parts in Brazil, exceeding their allocation for the season. As a result, Hamilton…
Formula 1 heads into Sunday at Interlagos with Lando Norris on pole after a rain-soaked qualifying session dramatically reshaped the grid. The McLaren driver beat George Russell by 0.204s in treacherous conditions, but Russell’s five-place engine penalty promotes newly crowned world champion Kimi Antonelli to the…
Lewis Hamilton has revealed he and Charles Leclerc have cleared the air in Sao Paulo following their clash at the Formula 1 Mexico Grand Prix and the tensions have been “squashed”. Moreover, the seven-time world champion insists it didn't require Fred Vasseur's involvement – as the drivers resolved their differences…
Lewis Hamilton has opened up on the clear-the-air chat he had with his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix. The Ferrari team-mates clashed on the opening lap of the Mexican Grand Prix last weekend. Leclerc attempted to overtake the seven-time champion, who had started from pole…
Max Verstappen called it a day after Q1 during Formula 1 qualifying in Sao Paulo, as he already knew he would be starting from the back of the grid for the Brazilian Grand Prix due to an engine-related grid penalty. In the FIA's 'indicative grid', Verstappen is listed in 21st place, behind Lewis Hamilton and just…
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has addressed George Russell's furious team radio messages during qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix. The British driver finished second in the rain-soaked session at Interlagos behind McLaren's Lando Norris. The Brackley outfit told him to back off midway through his last push…
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