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Formula 1 heads into back-to-back weekends at the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone – two circuits that favour attacking drivers and reward cars with strong race pace. With overtaking on the menu at both venues, who should you be targeting across this Austrian and British double header?

Flavio Briatore reflected on Franco Colapinto’s improvement as a driver in this week’s Beyond The Grid.

Chiara Battig has been confirmed as the Wild Card entry for Round 3 of the 2026 F1 ACADEMY season, with the all-female series set to make its debut at Silverstone.

Lawrence Barretto’s F1 TV series Off The Grid – where he spends time with the great and the good of the F1 paddock away from the racetrack – is back for a second season. To kick things off, he travels to Monaco to meet with Haas' Ollie Bearman.

Here is all the information you need to follow the Austrian Grand Prix weekend live on F1 TV.

Plenty of F1 champions have seen their sons go into racing too, with varying degrees of success.

We look at the betting markets to see who bookmakers are backing to win in Austria.

Pirelli have confirmed the tyre compounds that will be in use for the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix.

The weather forecast is in ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend at the Red Bull Ring.

Ducati has officially signed Pedro Acosta for the 2027 and 2028 MotoGP seasons, forming a dream lineup with Marc Marquez in its works team.
The news was finally made public on Wednesday, two hours after Francesco Bagnaia’s departure was announced, while Marquez’ new deal was made official on Tuesday.
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Ferrari has already plotted its second ADUO-influenced power unit update for 2026, with a new turbocharger expected to arrive after the summer break to help close the gap to Mercedes.
Following the first ADUO (Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities) checkpoint post-Montreal, Ferrari has been granted the opportunity to make two engine developments this season. 
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Francesco Bagnaia will officially leave the factory Ducati squad at the end of the 2026 MotoGP season and join rival Aprilia next year.
The two-time series champion is expected to be replaced by KTM star Pedro Acosta, who is set to be announced as Marc Marquez’s team-mate at Ducati for 2027.
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A figure of McLaren’s Lando Norris will feature at wax museum Madame Tussauds London from this summer.

Cal Crutchlow believes MotoGP should consider introducing a weather protocol after completing what he described as ‘one of the hottest races of his career’ during the Czech Grand Prix.
MotoGP riders were subjected to unusually high temperatures during the Brno weekend, with the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute issuing heatwave warnings throughout the country.
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The debate surrounding common ownership in Formula 1, often linked to the two Red Bull teams, was recently reignited by Mercedes and Toto Wolff's apparent interest in acquiring shares in the Alpine outfit.
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Reigning Formula 1 champion Lando Norris has finally come face to face with his first-ever Madame Tussauds London wax figure.
The waxwork will go on display in London ahead of his home race, the British Grand Prix.
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Formula 1 fans have praised the McLaren team dynamic after the Woking outfit shared a fun video of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri scrapbooking. 
The short, laid-back video, which was released on the team's official YouTube channel, showed the drivers joking together as they looked back at their careers so far. 
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Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner believes Mercedes boss Toto Wolff will not shy away from imposing team orders if Ferrari and seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton emerge as a genuine threat for the constructors' and drivers' championships.
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As expected, NASCAR has suspended two crew members from the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota of Bubba Wallace.
Rear tire changer Adam Hartman and jackman Nathan Ricketts have been suspended for the next two NASCAR Cup Series races, and will be forced to sit out events at Sonoma Raceway and Chicagoland Speedway. They can return for the weekend of July 12 at EchoPark Speedway (Atlanta).
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