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KTM factory rider Pedro Acosta reckons the only way is up after his shock failure to make it directly into Qualifying 2 for the Qatar Grand Prix.
The Spaniard struggled for speed on the soft rear tyre and simply wasn't able to access his usual pace as he finished Friday evening's Practice session in 14th place. 
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In 2027, qualifying rainouts will be handled different by the Sanctioning Body.
The metric, which decides the qualifying order, also decided the starting lineup in the event of a qualifying cancellation. However, many thought it unfairly punished those who had a bad race the previous weekend, as it put them low in the metric.
The metric is  a weighted average of a car's place in the owner ...Keep reading

Verstappen finished the opening practice session of the Formula 1 weekend in Sao Paulo in third place, just over two tenths behind fastest man Lando Norris in the upgraded McLaren, which features a new front wing that serves as the baseline for 2027.
Although the start looked promising in terms of outright pace, Verstappen was not entirely satisfied with the feeling in his RB22 on Friday ...Keep reading

Fabio Di Giannantonio hit form on one of his favourite tracks at Losail on Friday, breaking the lap record to top evening Practice.
The VR46 Ducati rider was fast from the moment he bolted on a soft rear tyre midway through the session, and ultimately edged world championship leader Marc Marquez by 0.142s.
Second-fastest was plenty good enough for Marquez to progress to Qualifying 2 ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli has revealed how he plans to reward himself for winning the 2026 Formula 1 world championship.
Despite his parents keeping a close eye on how he spends his money, the Italian driver told La Gazzetta dello Sport that he is going to treat himself to a new car.
The 20-year-old clinched the title at the Mexican Grand Prix last weekend, becoming the youngest champion in F1 ...Keep reading

When Charles Leclerc decided to keep his foot planted across the grass at Turn 4 in Mexico rather than yield to Lewis Hamilton, he didn't just earn a five-second penalty - he sparked drama across the Ferrari team.
Now, as the paddock sets up camp for the Brazilian Grand Prix, veteran Sky Sports broadcaster Martin Brundle has offered his own assessment of the Lap 1 chaos. And spoiler alert: he ...Keep reading

Cadillac F1 test driver Colton Herta has finally obtained the last remaining superlicence point required to drive in the series, but incumbent Valtteri Bottas remains bullish on his future with the squad.
Herta conducted his sixth Friday practice session of the 2026 season at Interlagos, reaching the required threshold of 100km to earn his 40th superlicence point needed to race in F1.
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Lando Norris was fastest in Free Practice 1 at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix, leading Kimi Antonelli, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton.
Norris outpaced Antonelli by 0.082s on the soft rubber with a time of 1m11.717s, while Verstappen and Hamilton were two and three tenths adrift respectively, with the top-four teams again all close together.
Not all of them were happy, however ...Keep reading

Longtime Porsche customer team Kellymoss will return to full-time IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship competition in 2027.
Michael Clark will make his IMSA debut in the Grand Touring Daytona (GTD) class in the #17 Porsche 911 GT3 R (992), partnering with Colin Braun for the full season. Kyle Marcelli joins for the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup rounds, with a fourth driver for the Rolex 24 At ...Keep reading

Live coverage of the first Formula 1 practice session for the 2026 Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil.

Mercedes' George Russell has spoken about why the decision has been made to serve an engine penalty at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Ollie Bearman has looked ahead to Rafael Camara’s debut with Haas, with the Briton preparing to step into a leading role at the team.

McLaren's Oscar Piastri has paid tribute to Alan Jones following the death of Australia's 1980 Formula 1 world champion.
Jones died at the age of 80 on 5 November 2026, following a short illness. He won 12 grands prix, celebrated 24 podium finishes and gave Williams its first drivers' title. He also remains the last Australian to have won the Australian Grand Prix at Calder Park in ...Keep reading

The rise of Matteo Cairoli, who as a DTM rookie took three DTM wins this year and finished fifth overall, is inseparably linked with the family of Formula 1 world champion Andrea Kimi Antonelli: because at the age of 17, the Italian claimed his very first title in 2014 with Marco Antonelli's team in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italia - and got to know his seven-year-old son.
"I saw him grow up. I ...Keep reading

Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell has opened up about skipping his media duties after the Mexican Grand Prix last weekend.
The Briton left the Mexico City circuit shortly after the race on Sunday, having congratulated his team-mate Kimi Antonelli on clinching his maiden world championship. Mercedes was fined €5000 by the FIA for his absence, but team principal Toto Wolff had given ...Keep reading

Mercedes driver George Russell will lose five places on Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix grid as he takes his sixth internal combustion engine of the season.
Following a brace of power unit related issues earlier this year, the latest arriving after a failure at the Bahrain GP in Malaysia, Russell was always going to require a sixth ICE before the end of the year.
With Lewis Hamilton's ...Keep reading

Ferrari believes abolishing the contentious Balance of Performance should be the “final goal” for the World Endurance Championship’s rulemakers as they work towards finalising the framework for the 2030 Hypercar regulations.
Antonello Coletta, Ferrari’s global head of endurance, argued that the move to a unified platform to replace the current LMDh and LMH divisions has removed the need ...Keep reading

Set to part ways with Cadillac following this weekend's World Endurance Championship finale in Monza, Sebastien Bourdais expressed clear frustration regarding the current FIA driver categorisation rules, which he feels leave experienced veterans like him with few viable options.
The 47-year-old Frenchman will not be a part of Cadillac's Hypercar roster in 2027, with the factory Jota team ...Keep reading

Six full-time drivers will make way for junior, test and reserve drivers during FP1 at the Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, whilst another rookie makes his debut

Oscar Piastri joined other members of the paddock in remembering Williams’ first World Champion, Alan Jones.