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Organisers of Formula 1's 2026 Spanish Grand Prix have revealed brand-new renders detailing key areas of the 5-4 hybrid Madring circuit.
Madrid has won the right to take over the Spanish GP from Barcelona, building a brand-new venue near the Spanish capital's Barajas airport that will combine public streets with a purpose-built road course section.
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The 2026 F1 Academy season will begin with the first round in Shanghai, China, from 13-15 March.
The all-female racing series will feature as a support race to the Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix and will comprise a 40-minute practice session followed by a 30-minute qualifying on Friday. Saturday and Sunday will host a race each day, both of which will be 13 laps.
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The Ferrari Formula 1 team has leaned in to Charles Leclerc's viral comment during the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, when he likened the new overtake mode and Boost Button to Mario Kart.
The Maranello outfit left fans in stitches with a video of Leclerc pressing a specific combination of buttons on the steering wheel to bring up a static shot of the video game. As the camera zooms in ...Keep reading

After the first race under the new regulations, Formula 1 highlighted the number of overtakes on its social media channels. The season opener produced a total of 120 overtaking moves, roughly three times the number from the year before. The drivers, however, were not particularly impressed, with Max Verstappen stressing in Shanghai that such figures say very little.
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Fernando Alonso revealed that the challenge of the most difficult corners in Formula 1 has changed in 2026 with drivers going from ‘fighting for their lives’ to ‘harvesting battery’. 
It is due to this year’s regulation overhaul, which features changes to both the chassis and power unit - the latter becoming more reliant on electrical power, meaning that battery management is ...Keep reading

Liam Lawson branded Franco Colapinto's quick move to avoid crashing into him at the start of the Australian Grand Prix "very impressive."
Lawson's car became bogged down at the start of the season-opening grand prix, and Alpine's Colapinto, who started behind him, was quickly faced with the gearbox of the slow-moving Racing Bull. While the New Zealander admitted he had already braced himself ...Keep reading

The Albert Park Circuit saw the nostalgic reunion of 1996 Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill and the Williams team as the season opened with the Australian Grand Prix last weekend. 
Taking to social media on Tuesday, the British racing legend shared images of himself stood outside beside the Williams paddock building, decked out in the Grove team's apparel and smiling from ear to ...Keep reading

"I believe it is the same lottery as you have in Europe, you buy a ticket and you hope for the best. It is going to be a bit like that. It is going to be very wild this year.”
That is how Hyundai’s Esapekka Lappi described what awaits the World Rally Championship crews this week in what is expected to be the most extreme Safari Rally Kenya since the event rejoined the calendar in ...Keep reading

Ferrari will give its highly-talked about rotating rear wing its race weekend debut at Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton has revealed.
The Scuderia launched the design in testing for the 2026 campaign and it quickly became a vastly debated topic, due to the unique feature of its upper flap rotating 180 degrees.
It made its debut on the penultimate day of Bahrain running and ...Keep reading

Toprak Razgatlioglu's influential agent Kenan Sofuoglu says the Turk plans to continue racing at Pramac in MotoGP for a second season, virtually ruling out a possible move up to the factory Yamaha team in 2027
Yamaha announced the signing of three-time World Superbike champion Razgatlioglu on 10 June last year. While the statement ran to more than 2,000 words, it stopped short of confirming ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman has praised Ferrari’s openness and help regarding the optimal operation of its new power unit.
F1 has switched to new engine regulations with much greater emphasis on electrical power, meaning energy management has become a key way to achieve lap time.
Teams need to figure out the ideal timing to deploy energy on the one hand and to lift and coast on ...Keep reading

In a legal filing posted late on Wednesday night, Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson detailed his long personal relationship with Chris Gabehart and expressed deep disappointment in the lawsuit filed against them by Joe Gibbs Racing.
Prior to team ownership, Dickerson served as an ex-grassroots racer, sports agent and spotter, whom eventually co-founded the Spire Sports+Entertainment ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is enduring conflicting thoughts on whether to retire from Formula 1, confirming he ‘doesn’t want to’ leave but is having more fun with his endurance racing projects.
The four-time world champion has long been a big critic of F1’s 2026 regulation overhaul, which is more reliant on electrical energy meaning battery harvesting has a greater role at grands prix.
It caused ...Keep reading

“Why should there be no good news?”
As Aston Martin’s chief trackside officer Mike Krack welcomed the media in the Shanghai Formula 1 paddock, his tongue-in-cheek opening comment set the tone of the ensuing conversation.
There remained a lot of explaining to do for Krack alongside Honda’s trackside general manager Shintaro Orihara, after Fernando Alonso retired from the ...Keep reading

In a late Wednesday night series of court filings, Chris Gabehart and his retained attorneys responded to or otherwise addressed the continued legal claims made against him and Spire Motorsports by Joe Gibbs Racing.
The first document filed to the docket was a second first-person declaration in which the former engineer, crew chief and competition director made the case that his role as Chief ...Keep reading

Sergio Perez reckons a “massive shunt” will soon happen due to Formula 1’s new starting procedure after the Liam Lawson-Franco Colapinto near-miss at the Australian Grand Prix.
At last weekend’s F1 2026 opener, Lawson was slow off the line with no battery power, whereas Colapinto nailed his start and showed lightning reflexes to avoid hitting the back of the Racing Bulls, which suddenly ...Keep reading

F1 Academy managing director Susie Wolff has revealed how society has changed since she was racing as the all-female racing series heads into its fourth season.
Wolff began karting at the age of eight before moving to Formula Renault, Formula 3 and DTM. From 2012 to 2015, Wolff served initially as a development driver and later as a test driver for the Williams Formula 1 team, taking part in ...Keep reading

F1 Academy has announced a new partnership with SEPHORA ahead of the 2026 season-opening round in Shanghai.
SEPHORA has become an official partner and the official beauty retail partner of the all-female racing series. As part of the new partnership, SEPHORA will also support Spanish driver Natalia Granada in her rookie season.
"I am very eager to start the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season with ...Keep reading

Every beginning your journey in Hypercar is difficult, both figuratively and literally, as the BoP graph for the Aston Martin Valkyrie illustrates.  
As a new entry, a certain 'rookie bonus' is to be expected, but ultimately, it must be said: in their first year, there have been others that left a far more clumsy impression than Aston Martin did in the 2025 WEC.
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It was really easy on Sunday to see flat tires or tires come apart during the Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway and say ‘tire failure’ but everyone with a reputable resume know that teams with problems were largely responsible for their fate.  
As best described by Joe Gibbs Racing No. 20 crew chief Adam Stevens, there is a risk-versus-reward balance
“It’s so tough,” Stevens said ...Keep reading