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Max Verstappen has endured an incredibly frustrating start to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with the four-time world champion lingering eighth in the standings. The Red Bull driver started with sixth in the Melbourne opener, which was actually respectable considering he started 20th following a crash in Q1.
So it wasn’t all doom and gloom at the Austrian outfit a week ago, because it looked ...Keep reading

Esteban Ocon admits he "deserved the penalty" for his clash with Franco Colapinto during the Chinese Grand Prix and apologised to the Alpine driver post-race.

Carlos Sainz believes a points finish in the Chinese Grand Prix last weekend was like a "mini victory for us" as Williams continue struggle for performance at the start of the 2026 season.

McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella was left to watch the Chinese Grand Prix from the sidelines with both his drivers, with neither McLaren car able to start the race. He called it a “disappointing day,” and it is easy to see why, with Oscar Piastri now having not started either of the first two Grands Prix of 2026.

F1 The Movie has won an Academy Award for 'Best Sound' having been nominated in four different categories.

Mercedes scored another 1-2 result in the Chinese Grand Prix as Kimi Antonelli took his maiden win, but could Ferrari have fought with the Silver Arrows until the end?

F1: The Movie has continued its award season success after winning an Oscar for Best Sound.
The blockbuster, directed by Joseph Kosinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, was nominated alongside Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners and Sirât in the Best Sound category.
F1 had also been nominated in the Best Picture, Film Editing and Visual Effects categories, but failed to win ...Keep reading

After the first two race weekends under the new technical regulations, opinions in the Formula 1 paddock remain divided. Lewis Hamilton said in Shanghai that he had not enjoyed the racing this much in a long time.
“I think it’s the best racing that I’ve ever experienced in Formula 1,” he said after securing his first Ferrari podium. “It felt like go-karting, back and forth, back and ...Keep reading

The countdown is almost over and Lamborghini Squadra Corse is preparing to debut the Temerario GT3, the brand-new car entirely designed, developed and built in Sant’Agata Bolognese.
As announced during the car’s presentation, the 12 Hours of Sebring — scheduled for March 19–21 — has been chosen as the debut race for the successor to the Huracan. The second round of the IMSA SportsCar ...Keep reading

The fight for the final points-scoring place in the Chinese Grand Prix became physical as Esteban Ocon launched a highly optimistic move up the inside of Franco Colapinto’s Alpine at Turn 2 on lap 32 of the race. As Colapinto took the racing line into the corner, he clipped the front wing of Ocon’s Haas and they both spun.
Colapinto recovered and later passed Arvid Lindblad’s Racing Bulls ...Keep reading

During the final grand prix of last season in Valencia, the organisers of the MotoGP championship gathered around a table several riders who have been inducted into its prestigious ‘Hall of Fame’, a select club made up of some of the most illustrious names in the sport’s history.
At the dinner — also attended by Giacomo Agostini, Jorge Lorenzo, Casey Stoner, Freddie Spencer and Kevin ...Keep reading

It must have been a great race for any Italian to watch. Two Ferrari drivers, in what appears to be one of the best cars produced in Maranello for many years, battled for the lead with the sport's most promising young rising star, Italy's best hope for a world title since… Mamma mia! Alberto Ascari in 1953. The first victory for the new national hero was delivered in almost dominant fashion, but ...Keep reading

Someone made the mistake of suggesting to Max Verstappen in the post-race media ‘pen' in China that some of the racing seemed less ‘artificial' this weekend, at least enough to get the people in the grandstands energised and cheering.
"It's terrible," he fired back. "If someone likes this, then you really don't know what racing is about.
"It's not fun at all. It's playing Mario Kart ...Keep reading

Crossing the finish line on Sunday, Denny Hamlin said ‘old dogs can still hunt,’ and that might have enough legs to become the slogan for his 2026 season.
There were a lot of reasons to expect that maybe this old dog might start to get a little bit sluggish. For one, he went through absolute hell over the winter, with the death of his father in a house fire, that also hospitalized mother ...Keep reading

No one is really making a dent in Tyler Reddick's impressive points lead, which remains +61 points after the fifth race of the year at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
He has led the standings since winning the season-opening Daytona 500 last month. His 23XI Racing teammate, Bubba Wallace,is back in the runner-up spot, jumping ahead of Blaney after the Penske driver got caught out by an ill-timed ...Keep reading

A first-ever Grand Prix win for the Mercedes teenager has had a big impact on the betting markets.

Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez spent the last four years as teammates at Trackhouse Racing, but they aren't teammates any longer. Suarez now drives for Spire Motorsports after being let go from Trackhouse, and he has had a solid start to the 2026 season.
But on Sunday, Suarez and Chastain were running at the backend of the top 20. Battling for 17th, Chastain passed Suarez to the outside with ...Keep reading

Last fall, Denny Hamlin earned a milestone 60th career at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, dedicating the win to his father. Since then, Hamlin suffered a bitter defeat in the title race, and lost his ailing father in an off-season house fire.
But on Sunday, he returned to Victory Lane at Vegas for his 61st career win, and his first of the 2026 season.
"This is a family sport, and my family ...Keep reading

Denny Hamlin captured the checkered flag at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, earning his 61st career win -- all as the driver of the #11 Joe Gibbs Racing machine. Toyotas have now won four of the first five races to open the new season.
He was followed by two Hendrick Motorsports drivers with Chase Elliott second and William Byron third. The margin of victory was just over half-a-second.
Hamlin's ...Keep reading

Mercedes team principal and CEO Toto Wolff shared a heartfelt message to Kimi Antonelli over the team radio after the Italian driver secured his first Formula 1 victory.
The Italian driver managed to fend off his Mercedes team-mate George Russell and Ferrari drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc to convert pole position into a maiden grand prix victory. 
Antonelli joined Mercedes to ...Keep reading