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Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has shot down comparisons between Ayrton Senna and Kimi Antonelli, claiming that the young Italian driver is more like MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi.
Antonelli has firmly placed himself in the drivers' title fight after the first three rounds of the season. He took the lead in the championship, becoming the youngest driver to do so, after back-to-back ...Keep reading

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown says he would be “shocked” if former Red Bull team principal Christian Horner didn’t return to Formula 1 in the future.
Horner spent 20 years at the helm of the Milton Keynes-based outfit, which he led to eight drivers’ and six constructors’ titles. His position became precarious after Red Bull co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz’ death; it was also weakened ...Keep reading

F1.com has rounded up eight of the best zero-to-hero examples of teams timing their upgrades to perfection partway through a season.

Timo Glock labelled his 2025 DTM campaign “a disaster” and is targeting a reset for the new season after significant changes were made to his Dorr McLaren to address key concerns.
“Last year no longer exists for me,” said the former Formula 1 driver, who failed to finish higher than 10th in 2025. “In terms of results, it was a disaster. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong ...Keep reading

F1 title contender George Russell sits down for an in-depth chat with Andrew Benson.

Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes that McLaren's signing of Max Verstappen's race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase proves the Woking outfit is building for the long term.
It was recently announced that Lambiase will join McLaren as chief racing officer in 2028 at the latest, reporting directly to team principal Andrea Stella. His exit comes after a successful ...Keep reading

Oscar Piastri says Max Verstappen leaving Formula 1 wouldn’t be a great look for the world championship, as the Red Bull driver reconsiders his future.
Verstappen has been among the most vocal critics of F1’s new-for-2026 regulations due to the preponderance of energy management, which is preventing drivers from pushing flat out in qualifying, and creating a ‘yo-yo’ style of racing the ...Keep reading

2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has reflected on his "emotional" reunion with his title-winning Brawn GP car at the 83rd Goodwood Members' Meeting.
Over the Members' Meeting weekend, the Briton drove a Jaguar E-type and his Chevrolet Camaro Z28, as well as the Brawn GP F1 car. Having previously driven the BGP 001 at Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix, in 2019, Button was driving ...Keep reading

For Sebastian Vettel, it is essential that Formula 1 does not lose “its DNA,” amid criticism surrounding the 2026 technical regulations.
Although some voices had raised concerns in the years and months leading up to the implementation of the new technical regulations, pointing out certain risks, seeing the scale of the changes on track provoked a strong reaction from fans and ...Keep reading

Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles has shared an up-front message to fans following a difficult start to the 2026 season for the Grove outfit.
In recent years, Williams has placed a large amount of its resources in development for the 2026 regulation changes as part of its long-term plan to return to its former championship-winning form. But after missing the private testing in ...Keep reading

George Russell tells BBC Sport how he would enjoy more competition for the F1 title and why his approach to racing is the same as when he was 10 years old.

Ducati boss Gigi Dall’Igna says there were encouraging early signs from the brand’s 2027 MotoGP prototype, as it presses ahead with the development of the GP27.
After KTM, Honda and Yamaha had already put their 2027 machines on track, Ducati became the latest MotoGP manufacturer to test its 850cc bike for the new technical era, which begins next year.
The Italian marque carried out a ...Keep reading

The young French star is putting up a stronger challenger to Max Verstappen compared to his previous team mates.

The NASCAR Cup Series race at Kansas Speedway on Sunday drew 2.926 million viewers on over-the-air FOX according to Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel metric.
Beyond just the factual number, there is not a straightforward comparison, since this race aired on FS1 last year. NASCAR boasted a 26 percent increase from Kansas last year but that race aired on FS1. An April Cup Series race would be over 3 ...Keep reading

It wasn't the loudest point of contention, but some in the NASCAR community did try to suggest after the Advent Health 400 on Sunday that race control should not have thrown the caution for a Cody Ware spin that set-up overtime and figuratively turning the race upside down.
Denny Hamlin was the leader at the time, having led the most laps and just retaken the lead from eventual winner Tyler ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen leaving Formula 1 would be "not a great look" for the sport, says McLaren driver Oscar Piastri.

We're here to strip Formula 1 back to zero. No contracts, no politics, no legacy seats: just 11 teams and a clean board of drivers aged 22 and under. This is, ultimately, a long-term play. Not who wins next Sunday, but who shapes the next decade.
Raw pace matters, but so does trajectory, adaptability, and the kind of ceiling that can anchor a team through multiple regulation ...Keep reading

We asked former Renault F1 driver and F1 TV analyst Jolyon Palmer to come up with his perfect team boss built from the composite parts of the best people to have done the job.

The four-time World Champion’s odds have taken a hit, but betting fans can still find value in backing the Dutchman.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. believes something was lost in translation in the back-and-forth between Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.
The two-time Cup Series champion took exception to comments Hamlin made about him last week on the Actions Detrimental podcast. Specifically, Hamlin pondered if this is the end for Busch as a contender at the highest levels and suggested that Busch needs to consistently ...Keep reading