Nikola Tsolov missed out on an immediate promotion to Formula 1, but Red Bull has made it clear that the Bulgarian teenager remains firmly on its radar, handing him a dual reserve driver role with both Red Bull Racing and Racing Bulls for the 2027 season.
Formula 1's remarkable commercial ascent may be approaching another defining moment, with former Liberty Media chief executive Greg Maffei suggesting the championship could be taken off the stock market within the next two years.
George Russell is putting something back into the sport that helped shape his career, launching his own karting academy in partnership with Silverstone to give aspiring young racers a chance to shine, regardless of their financial circumstances.
Max Verstappen has little sympathy for Ferrari's latest intra-team tensions. The four-time world champion believes the Scuderia's decision to field two drivers with equal status invites the sort of confrontation witnessed in Mexico, and says he would never adopt that approach if he were running an F1 team.
Racing Bulls has finally settled one of F1’s remaining driver-market questions, confirming that Liam Lawson will remain with the team for the 2027 season, continuing his partnership with Arvid Lindblad.
McLaren has surrendered its F1 Constructors’ crown, but Andrea Stella has made it clear that the team has no intention of easing off.
Mercedes has shed light on the baffling handling problems that turned Kimi Antonelli’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix into a frustrating exercise in damage limitation, with team-mate George Russell also caught out by the Silver Arrows’ unpredictable behaviour.
Kimi Antonelli has found a rather colourful way to mark his arrival among Formula 1’s world champions – and, true to his word, he made sure nobody at Mercedes could miss the occasion.
Oscar Piastri has discovered an unexpected downside to a season spent away from Formula 1's championship battle: the feeling of missing the stress that comes with fighting for the biggest prize in motorsport.
Oliver Bearman is ready to put some distance between himself and Formula 1 after a bruising three-week stretch that has tested both his patience and his fortunes.
Lance Stroll’s 2026 campaign has become a frustrating sequence of mechanical setbacks. The Canadian’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix ended after 30 laps when another battery problem struck his Aston Martin, with Honda admitting it has yet to identify the underlying cause.
Maria Teresa de Filippis - motorsport's first female F1 Grand Prix driver - was born on this day in Naples, Italy in 1926.
Daniel Ricciardo has never been short of admiration for Max Verstappen, but the retired Australian driver believes his former Red Bull team-mate is already destined for a place among Formula 1's greatest ever drivers.
David Coulthard admires Lando Norris’s ability to thread a Formula 1 car through treacherous conditions at Interlagos, but the Scot was left completely baffled by the McLaren driver’s post-race podium antics.
Toto Wolff is still refusing to let Kimi Antonelli’s remarkable rise invite comparisons with Ayrton Senna, warning that attaching the Brazilian great’s name to a 20-year-old world champion risks imposing expectations he has no need to carry.
Laurent Mekies has made it clear that Red Bull will not dictate Racing Bulls’ driver choice for 2027, insisting the responsibility rests with Alan Permane and his Faenza-based team.
Fernando Alonso has not had too many reasons to smile about his Aston Martin this season, but the Spaniard left Interlagos with an unusually spring in his step after discovering a rather more competitive side to his AMR26.
Formula 1 has closed the door on Imola becoming an alternative destination for the final round of its 2026 championship, confirming that the season-ending double-header in Qatar and Abu Dhabi remains firmly on the agenda.
The FIA has published its final findings from Formula 1’s 2026 Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) assessment, confirming that the power unit performance hierarchy remains unchanged and that none of the five manufacturers will receive additional development concessions.
©The Cahier Archive Born on this day in 1934, Lucien Bianchi carved out a remarkable motorsport legacy across multiple racing disciplines, earning respect for his incredible versatility, technical flair, and fearless speed.
Talk about taking track limits to 35,000 feet! Etihad Airways just leveled up its partnership with McLaren by giving one of its Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners a breathtaking makeover in Abu Dhabi.
Rafael Camara was thrown into Formula 1’s deep end at his home Sao Paulo Grand Prix, and the Haas rookie discovered just how unforgiving the sport can be, with a bruising qualifying session followed by a race in which staying out of trouble proved an uphill battle.
Max Verstappen believes he could have matched Lewis Hamilton’s astonishing opening-lap charge at Interlagos had he not compromised his getaway with a sluggish reaction when the lights went out at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has made it clear that George Russell will have the full backing of the Brackley outfit in the closing three rounds of the 2026 season in a bid to help the Briton finish runner-up in the F1 Drivers’ Championship.
Ferrari’s disappointing Sao Paulo Grand Prix was not simply a case of being outperformed by its rivals on pure pace, according to team boss Fred Vasseur.
Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac (DNS) – N/A A stripped right-rear wheel nut on the grid condemned Bottas to the role of spectator before the formation lap even began. Cruel luck for the Finn... again.
Oscar Piastri and Mark Webber have brought their management partnership to an end, with the Australian driver and his long-time mentor mutually agreeing to part company after seven years together.
True friendship among drivers is a rarity in Formula 1, or perhaps even an oddity. But when the on-track rivalries cease to exist, affinities sometimes follow their natural course.
Liam Lawson is making a habit of punching above his weight, and Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix provided another impressive demonstration of the Kiwi’s ability to extract something special from Racing Bulls’ machinery.
Ferrari left Interlagos with little to celebrate on Sunday, its two drivers scraping together a meagre six points from a bruising Sao Paulo Grand Prix that exposed the SF-26’s shortcomings in changing conditions and left both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc searching for answers.
George Russell salvaged a fourth place finish in Sunday’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix, but one moment of the race provided an unwelcome reminder of just how quickly things can go wrong in Formula 1.
Cadillac Sergio Perez, 18t “I think it was a very difficult race, with mixed conditions between wet and dry. It was very close, so I think we managed to put together a good finish, fighting with the other cars.
Mclaren's Lando Norris mastered Interlagos’ treacherous mixed conditions to claim victory ahead of the Red Bulls of a charging Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar. But Mercedes also celebrated the day, with the Brackley squad securing its first Constructors’ Championship since 2021.
Charles Leclerc's difficult Sao Paulo Grand Prix ended on an even sourer note after the Ferrari driver was handed a post-race five-second penalty for his late-race collision with Liam Lawson, costing him seventh place in the final classification.
Kimi Antonelli had every reason to join Mercedes' celebrations at Interlagos on Sunday, but the newly crowned world champion was hardly in a party mood after watching a potentially memorable Sao Paulo Grand Prix victory slip through his fingers.
The key to Max Verstappen's remarkable Sao Paulo Grand Prix recovery was not simply his blistering launch off the gird and opening lap, but a robust first stint that put him in contention for a podium long before the race reached its decisive stages.
Lando Norris had more than a third victory of the season to celebrate in Sao Paulo on Sunday. After a demanding few months in which McLaren had struggled to match its main rivals, the Briton was especially delighted to deliver something tangible to the people behind his success.
Mercedes has reclaimed the Formula 1 Constructors' Championship, ending a four-year wait to return to the summit, while team boss Toto Wolff reached a milestone he once considered beyond his wildest expectations.
Lando Norris kept his nerve through a treacherous, rain-hit Sao Paulo Grand Prix to claim his third victory of the 2026 season, finishing well ahead of a resurgent Max Verstappen as Mercedes wrapped up the Constructors' Championship.
Full race results from the São Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil, round 20 of the 2026 Formula 1 world championship.
A chaotic, marathon qualifying session stretching over two and a half hours under relentless rain has delivered a wildly unexpected grid for Sunday’s São Paulo Grand Prix at Interlagos.
Lewis Hamilton will celebrate a remarkable Formula 1 milestone at Interlagos on Sunday, but the occasion is unlikely to come with the sort of celebratory backdrop he might have imagined.
Nico Hulkenberg has been handed a golden opportunity to make some headlines at Interlagos on Sunday, and the Audi veteran has no intention of letting it pass him by.
Saturday’s qualifying session at Interlagos was an exercise in survival as a relentless downpour transformed the circuit into a treacherous lake.
Lando Norris delivered a masterclass in wet-weather qualifying at Interlagos on Saturday, but the McLaren driver knows that his impressive pole position could count for considerably less if the skies clear for Sunday's Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
Fernando Alonso had every reason to leave Interlagos smiling on Saturday. Instead, the veteran Spaniard walked away with the familiar feeling that an opportunity to achieve something considerably bigger had slipped through his fingers.
Liam Lawson emerged from Sao Paulo’s rain-soaked qualifying with a career-best P3 grid position, but also with a familiar mixture of satisfaction and frustration.
George Russell has explained the frustration behind his explosive team radio messages at the end of Saturday's rain-lashed qualifying at Interlagos, admitting Mercedes made the wrong call when it mattered most and potentially cost him a shot at pole position.
Max Verstappen had little appetite for Saturday's qualifying exercise at Interlagos, admitting that the entire affair amounted to 12 hours of his life he would never get back, given that Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix will begin with the Red Bull driver starting from the back of the grid.
Saturday's qualifying at Interlagos descended into a rain-soaked nightmare, with torrential downpours, aquaplaning, a lengthy delay and a session turning Interlagos into a slippery obstacle course. But Lando Norris emerged through it all as the day’s poleman.
Lando Norris emerged from a rain-soaked qualifying thriller at Interlagos with pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, mastering treacherous conditions to deny George Russell and put himself in prime position for another potentially decisive championship weekend.
Full results from qualifying for the São Paulo Grand Prix at São Paulo, Brazil, round 20 of the 2026 F1 World Championship.
Lewis Hamilton faces an uphill battle at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace after Ferrari confirmed the seven-time world champion will start Sunday’s São Paulo Grand Prix from the back of the grid.
The Sao Paulo Grand Prix, a true cathedral of international motorsport, has anchored its place on the calendar for another decade.
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