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Pirelli has finalised its five tyre compounds for the 2026 F1 season, deciding against brining its sixth extra soft compound that was introduced this year.
The Italian manufacturer has been working on a range of tyres for the 2026 regulations, which prescribe front tyres that are 25mm narrower than the current specification, while the rears will be made 30mm narrower, in an effort to help save ...Keep reading

Andrea Kimi Antonelli has explained he “didn’t really feel” the forward movement that constituted his jump start at Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix.
After qualifying down in 17th on a poor Friday, Antonelli got a penalty for that jump start. Five seconds were added to his race time as his only pitstop occurred on lap two, before the stewards were able to adjudicate.
Asked what ...Keep reading

Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto visited the Aston Martin hospitality unit following the Las Vegas Grand Prix to apologise to Lance Stroll.
Both drivers were forced to retire from the race around the streets of Sin City after a first-lap collision. The Brazilian driver took accountability for the crash and apologised to Stroll following the race.
 
Bortoleto received praise for the "classy" ...Keep reading

Former Formula 1 driver Mick Schumacher will contest the full 2026 IndyCar season, including the Indianapolis 500, after agreeing a deal with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
Schumacher will drive the Honda-powered #47 Dallara DW12 in all 17 rounds next season, marking a return to single-seaters after two years racing the Alpine A424 LMDh prototype in the World Endurance Championship.
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Red Bull Team Principal Laurent Mekies has hailed Max Verstappen’s race-winning drive at the Las Vegas Grand Prix as a “masterclass” after the Dutchman stormed to victory by over 20 seconds.

Williams' Carlos Sainz believes that fifth in the Las Vegas Grand Prix "was the maximum we could do" having finished best of the midfield runners.

Drama swept through the F1 paddock following Saturday night’s Las Vegas Grand Prix when news came in that Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had been disqualified for technical breaches. But which rule did their cars break? What were the key details? And how did their McLaren team react to the news?

Formula 1 fans have delivered their verdict on recent reports linking former Red Bull chief Christian Horner to Aston Martin. 
Amid the drama of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, reports emerged claiming that Horner is in line to replace Aston Martin team principal and CEO Andy Cowell.
The Briton was replaced as Red Bull team principal and CEO on 9 July 2025 after 20 years at the helm of the Milton ...Keep reading

Johann Zarco has doubled down on his criticism of MotoGP’s prototype radio system, saying the static noise renders it practically “pointless”.
Inspired by Formula 1’s successful ‘team radio’, MotoGP has been developing its own two-way communication system to enable riders and the pitwall to interact with each other in real time.
Several riders have tested the device in the last ...Keep reading

Ferrari’s Formula 1 team boss Fred Vasseur has responded to Lewis Hamilton’s extreme pessimism following the Las Vegas Grand Prix, saying everybody must “calm down”. 
The seven-time world champion crossed the line in 10th on Saturday night after starting on the back row following a disastrous qualifying, in which he failed to set a lap at the end of a wet Q1. 
Although Hamilton ...Keep reading

Formula 1 fans couldn't resist poking fun at McLaren after a social media post during the Las Vegas Grand Prix didn't age well.
After Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri crossed the line to finish second and fourth, the Woking outfit's cars were found to be in breach of Article 3.5.9 of the Technical Regulations due to excessive plank wear, leading to a double disqualification for the ...Keep reading

Newly crowned Super Formula champion Ayumu Iwasa has the potential to perform in Formula 1 at a higher level than Yuki Tsunoda, believes his race engineer.
Tomohiko Koike made the claim in the wake of last weekend's Suzuka finale, where two pole positions and victory in the final race were enough to propel Team Mugen’s Iwasa ahead of defending champion Sho Tsuboi in the drivers’ ...Keep reading

McLaren’s disastrous double disqualifications in Las Vegas for Lando Norris’ second place and Oscar Piastri’s fourth due to excessive plank wear have potentially serious championship implications.

Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko had a laugh when McLaren told Lando Norris to attack the dominant Max Verstappen during the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The four-time world champion won from second on the grid after overtaking poleman Norris at Turn 1, as the McLaren driver went wide having defended the inside too aggressively. 
George Russell also overtook Norris at race start ...Keep reading

First of all, I would like to apologize. I really didn’t want to make McLaren the protagonist of this column, because that has happened often enough in recent weeks.
But after the events of yesterday’s race in Las Vegas – both McLarens were disqualified due to skid blocks that were too worn out – Zak Brown is practically the only possible choice as the face and head of the team.
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Helmut Marko couldn’t help but break into a smile and throw in a few ironic remarks while surrounded by several Dutch Formula 1 journalists, including our own Ronald Vording, as they quizzed him about yet another stunning Max Verstappen victory at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.
The Austrian clearly enjoyed that Lando Norris’ engineer Will Joseph’s message to his driver was met with a brutal ...Keep reading

Harry Benjamin and the team reflect on the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Harry Benjamin and the team reflect on the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

Harry Benjamin and the team reflect on the Las Vegas Grand Prix.

The 2025 season marks a decade in which the NASCAR Cup Series has functionally operated under the ‘charter agreement,’ but it’s also the first year of the second document and first extension to an agreement first crafted in advance of the 2016 season.
It’s also the first season that began with a lawsuit with two teams alleging federal antitrust violations against the sanctioning body ...Keep reading