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How are F1’s smallest team performing so well?

A new F1 season means a fresh set of challenges for the drivers, with Audi pair Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto the first to feature in 2026’s ‘Grid Games’ series.

Safety Car driver Bernd Maylander is Tom Clarkson’s guest on this week’s Beyond The Grid podcast.

The McLaren star has already shown potential for Grand Prix wins despite only starting one race this season.

Mick Schumacher has completed the first four races of his rookie season in the IndyCar Series with at least one race weekend on every track type – oval, road course, and street circuit. 
But the biggest challenge is still ahead and the official pre-test for the Indianapolis 500 will take place at the end of April. Free practice for the Indy 500 will begin in the second week of May.
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M-Sport-Ford’s new signing Jon Armstrong feels his head turning pace in Croatia last weekend has proved he belongs in the World Rally Championship’s top tier.
At the start of the year, the 2025 European Rally Championship runner-up outlined that one of his objectives was to prove he deserves a place in rallying’s elite after M-Sport showed faith in the Northern Irishman to make the leap ...Keep reading

Reigning F1 ACADEMY champion Doriane Pin tells F1.com about how she is finding her new role as a Mercedes Development Driver and what the year ahead holds as she continues to work towards her dream of reaching Formula 1.

Mercedes and McLaren were back in action on Tuesday as they helped tyre supplier Pirelli with another development test – this time staged at the famed Nurburgring track, which last hosted F1 back in 2020.

After the Japanese Grand Prix – and due to the cancellation of the Middle Eastern races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia – Formula 1 has entered an extended break, which provides an ideal opportunity to take a closer look at the data and analyse how the new regulations have impacted the field.
After looking into the team-mate battles in 2026 and the dominance Mercedes is exhibiting, we’ll now ...Keep reading

Mike O’Gara is joining IndyCar and taking on the role as its Vice President of Competition, Race Engineering.
A longtime veteran of the industry, O’Gara will serve as the “senior technical authority” for IndyCar, and lead everything that includes vehicle performance strategy, race engineering, and technical governance across the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT. Additionally, he will be ...Keep reading

Lando Norris says McLaren won’t give up on the 2026 Formula 1 campaign to focus on its 2027 project, despite a difficult start to the season.
As F1 switched to new technical regulations, reigning constructors’ champion McLaren has established itself as the third-fastest team so far. Its qualifying deficit to Mercedes shrunk from 0.862s in Australia to 0.354s in Japan, where Oscar Piastri ...Keep reading

Racing Bulls team principal Alan Permane thinks Formula 1 should be ready to continuously trial energy management tweaks because of the upcoming pair of sprint weekends.
F1 stakeholders, including governing body the FIA, the 11 teams and their respective power unit representatives, are holding a series of meetings to formulate and then vote on solutions to improve the 2026 regulations.
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Back in March, Kimi Antonelli crossed the line in Shanghai to take his maiden Grand Prix victory and become the 116th winner in Formula 1 World Championship history – but who will be the 117th?

In the latest instalment of My Untold Story, we hear the stories of two inspiring people working in Formula 1.

Following 19-year-old Kimi Antonelli's rise to the top of the drivers' championship, take the BBC Sport quiz to see how much you know about F1's teenagers.

Many MotoGP rider deals have been agreed for the 2027 season, with official confirmation pending the signing of the commercial framework for the next five years between the manufacturers’ association (MSMA) and MotoGP Sports Entertainment Group (MGPSEG, formerly known as Dorna).
Once that deal is finalized, a wave of announcements is expected.
One of those will involve Alex Marquez, who ...Keep reading

Test your knowledge of some of the most incredible – and unusual – records from across the sport's history.

Formula 1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali is confident the world championship will make the required adjustments to improve the 2026 regulations but insists F1 is on the right track amid growing worldwide interest.
F1 overhauled its technical regulations for 2026 with a much bigger reliance on electric energy, featuring a near 50-50 split between the internal combustion engine and a larger ...Keep reading

Honda MotoGP test rider Aleix Espargaro will undergo surgical intervention on Wednesday in Barcelona following a vertebral injury.
Espargaro fractured his T3 and T4 vertebrae last week on Tuesday, in a heavy crash on the first day of what was meant to be a three-day test in Malaysia to develop Honda’s RC213V.
“This time it has been brutal... But we will have to fight and be positive as ...Keep reading

After the first three race weekends under the new-for-2026 ruleset, the April break offers a few weeks of reflection for the FIA and Formula 1.
On 20 April, team principals will meet to further discuss possible adjustments that have been brought up in technical discussions, including a meeting of technical experts last Thursday.
The possible tweaks are mainly related to energy management to ...Keep reading