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It is often said that the hard part is not getting there, but staying there – so perhaps the real challenge isn’t winning in Formula 1 (which it absolutely is, very much so), but repeating it.
Kimi Antonelli has done just that: after becoming the second-youngest driver to win in F1 history at the Chinese Grand Prix, he followed it up by winning again in the Japanese Grand Prix a few weeks ...Keep reading

Joan Mir says his recent string of crashes in MotoGP was caused by him overcompensating for Honda’s weaknesses - and insists he has “no regrets” about this.
The Spaniard has arguably been Honda’s fastest rider so far in 2026, but has just one points finish to his name from the opening three flyaways. 
At the season opener in Thailand, a tyre issue forced him out of fourth place ...Keep reading

Aston Martin chief trackside officer Mike Krack has stated “there are no issues” between the team and engine supplier Honda, despite their troubled start to the 2026 Formula 1 season.
Aston Martin switched from a customer Mercedes engine supply to a works partnership with Honda for 2026, as it attempted to finally become a top team amid colossal investment by billionaire team owner Lawrence ...Keep reading

The Wallace brothers are well-known stateside, and for good reason. Rusty is a NASCAR Hall of Famer and a former Cup Series champion, Mike is a winner in both the O'Reilly and Craftsmen Truck Series, and Kenny has 904 starts across all three national divisions.
Kenny Wallace's career at the national level of NASCAR spanned from 1988 all the way into 2015. He started ten Daytona 500s, and won ...Keep reading

Organisers have been forced to make minor route changes for the World Rally Championship’s visit to the Canary Islands later this month due to damage caused by a recent weather event.
Last month the Canary Islands were hit by Storm Therese, which resulted in high winds and heavy rain battering the Spanish archipelago. The storm caused widespread flooding, power cuts, road closures and ...Keep reading

Haas and Racing Bulls caught the eye at Suzuka last weekend with a couple of creative one-off liveries – the former introducing the iconic Godzilla monster to the F1 world and the latter taking inspiration from Japanese shodo calligraphy.

McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella has set out the factors that he believes helped the squad to “stay in the race” in Japan, with the Italian admitting that there is one particular area where the team “have to improve”.

Why are there no races in April? How is the break in the calendar different to the enforced summer and winter ‘shutdowns’? What will the teams be working on during this period? F1.com answers all of these questions and more in a special explainer…

Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle believes empliying Jonathan Wheatley would be a "smart move" for Aston Martin, though he cautioned that the Silverstone outfit must stabilise its management structure.
Audi confirmed on 20 March that Wheatley had left his role as team principal with immediate effect due to personal reasons. While the 58-year-old is yet to confirm his ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has expressed interest in racing in Super GT, but admits the lack of a true blue riband event makes a guest appearance difficult to justify.
The four-time Formula 1 champion turned his first laps in a Nissan Z GT500 car at Fuji Speedway last month, as part of a promotional shoot organised by his employer Red Bull.
It marked only his second in a contemporary Super GT prototype ...Keep reading

Alexander Albon has weighed in on the impact of Formula 1’s 2026 regulations, which he said were discussed in the drivers’ briefing.
Closing speed between cars deploying energy and others harvesting it has been a hot topic since pre-season testing and was thrust under the spotlight by Oliver Bearman’s hefty Suzuka crash, when the young Briton lost control of his Haas car at 308km/h when ...Keep reading

Charles Leclerc believes “huge gains” are within reach in all compartments of Ferrari’s 2026 Formula 1 car – including its power unit, chassis, aerodynamics and tyre management.
Ferrari has emerged as Mercedes’ main challenger so far this season, but failed to prevent the Silver Arrows from winning the opening three grands prix following front-row lockouts.
The Scuderia has made ...Keep reading

Haas Formula 1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has made an unexpected appearance at Coventry City Football Club.
Komatsu, who took the reins at the American F1 team ahead of the 2024 season, took advantage of a rare gap in the race calendar after the Japanese Grand Prix to return to his old stomping ground.
Speaking previously to Autosport about his passion for football, the Japanese team chief ...Keep reading

Andrew Benson analyses what we have learned during the first month of the new F1 rules, and the problems that need to be addressed.

Daniel Ricciardo has shed light on the origins of his iconic 'Shoey' podium celebrations.
During an interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley, who compared Ricciardo's 'Shoey' to Dan Gurney's inaugural champagne spray at Le Mans in 1966, the Australian explained that he adopted the move as a nod to his home country.
"I believe when I did it, a friend of mine kind of did some history on it and I ...Keep reading

F1 Academy has confirmed a three-race weekend structure for specific rounds of its 2026 season.
The all-female racing series will debut the expanded schedule in Montreal for the second round, before bringing it back for the fifth round in Austin, Texas. The change has been introduced so that the season can continue to consist of 14 races after the cancellation of the Saudi Arabian round in ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles has revealed that Alex Albon's unusual burst of late pitstops during the Japanese Grand Prix was a deliberate decision to transform the final laps of the race at Suzuka into a live testing session. 
The Grove outfit has had a troublesome start to the 2026 season after it missed private testing in Barcelona and arrived at the season-opening ...Keep reading

The national average for diesel fuel on April 1 was $5.490 and that is a strain to NASCAR teams like Kaulig Racing who say it has taken a toll on its intended budget before the season began in February.
The military conflict in Iran has led to a surge in prices, and while it dropped to just over $5 on April 2 following a national address by the President of the United States, stating that the ...Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies says everyone in the Formula 1 paddock agrees the world championship needs to return to "flat-out qualifying” as soon as possible.
F1’s new power units, with nearly 50% electrical power, mean energy management has become a key factor of performance. In qualifying, this translates into downshifting and/or lifting and coasting before corners, and ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has opened up about knowing when it was the right time to retire from the championship in a candid interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley.
The Australian driver made his F1 debut in 2011 when he was loaned out by Red Bull to Hispania Racing to replace Narain Karthikeyan for the remaining 11 races of the season. By the end of the year he was promoted to a ...Keep reading