Leilani Dowding wants Sydney Sweeney as a grid girl at the Las Vegas GP, saying the actress would make critics rage with steam out of their heads.
Former Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner has questioned whether Lewis Hamilton is the driver to turn Ferrari's fortunes around, suggesting Max Verstappen might be better suited to the role. Hamilton joined Ferrari in 2025 after a successful 12-year stint with Mercedes, during which time he won six of his seven world titles. After a tricky first season with Ferrari, the ... Keep reading
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says the squad wasn’t “complete losers” in its four years without a Formula 1 world title. The Silver Arrows claimed their ninth constructors’ championship on Sunday at the Brazilian Grand Prix, one week after Kimi Antonelli became F1’s youngest world drivers’ champion. Mercedes came out on top as F1 switched to new chassis and power unit ... Keep reading
The 2026 São Paulo Grand Prix was a monumental weekend for Red Bull Racing. While Max Verstappen stole the headlines with a logic-defying charge from 21st to finish second, his team-mate Isack Hadjar quietly delivered what team principal Laurent Mekies believes is his most impressive drive yet. Securing a double podium for the Milton Keynes squad, Hadjar finished third at Interlagos after ... Keep reading
Alisha Palmowski says the biggest lesson of her F1 Academy title year came from simply watching four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen at work. The Briton, who races for Campos Racing as part of Red Bull's junior programme, clinched the 2026 F1 Academy title in Austin, with one round still to run in the all-female racing series. Palmowski made her F1 Academy debut as the wildcard entry ... Keep reading
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur has shut down speculation of ongoing friction between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc, confirming the two drivers resolved their issues during a private sit-down discussion ahead of the São Paulo Grand Prix. The internal dynamic at Ferrari has been under scrutiny following the team's opening-lap clash in Mexico, but the chaotic, rain-soaked race at ... Keep reading
Racing Bulls has finally announced Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad will stay put for the 2027 season, ending a long-running saga as the team and the wider Red Bull company weighed up keeping Lawson on board for another year or promoting the next prospect in the pipeline, F2 frontrunner Nikola Tsolov. Read Also: Formula 1Liam Lawson retained by Racing Bulls for 2027 alongside Arvid ... Keep reading
Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes Max Verstappen would find life at Mercedes "very difficult" and has argued that Lewis Hamilton has never learned to run a team. On Sky Sports Germany's Backstage Boxengasse podcast, Schumacher said that Verstappen's deep involvement in the technical side of Red Bull would likely not carry over easily to another team such as Mercedes. "I think ... Keep reading
Formula 1 star George Russell has launched a karting academy in partnership with Silverstone to make motorsport more accessible and discover the next young superstar. The eight-time grand prix winner launched his GR63 Karting Academy on Thursday with it open to boys and girls aged eight to nine, based at the kart track in Silverstone. It features a “four stage path to the top” and ... Keep reading
A Williams FW16 driven by three-time Formula 1 champion Ayrton Senna in his final season in the series is going under the hammer in New York. RM Sotheby's is offering chassis FW16B-01 in Sotheby's 'The Now & Contemporary Evening Auction', with an estimate of $4million to $6million (£2.95million to £4.45million). It is the first time the car has been put up for public sale. When the ... Keep reading
Former Formula 1 driver Bruno Senna says he wants to give Kimi Antonelli the chance to drive one of Ayrton Senna's cars next year, after the 2026 world champion visited the family's estate in Brazil. Antonelli arrived at the estate days after clinching his maiden F1 championship at the Mexican Grand Prix, becoming the youngest driver in the history of the series to win the title. Speaking on ... Keep reading
Following his impressive win at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, Max Verstappen said he would never put two number one drivers together if he were a team principal of Ferrari. He believes the battle between Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc gifted him the win in Mexico. The Ferrari pair fought hard on the opening lap at the Mexico City Grand Prix, and Verstappen took advantage of the clash ... Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton has lost his place at the top of sport's marketability rankings, and has slipped behind his own Ferrari team-mate too. The seven-time world champion topped SportsPro's annual list of the 50 Most Marketable Athletes last year, but has dropped to 22nd in the 2026 edition, which was created with data from NorthStar Solutions Group. Aryna Sabalenka, the Belarusian tennis star ... Keep reading
Kimi Antonelli has kept his word. Mercedes' new world champion arrived at the team's Brackley factory this week with his hair dyed green, white and red, the colours of the Italian flag, as the team celebrated its successful season at its headquarters. Mercedes posted a video of the moment on social media on Wednesday, showing Antonelli meeting members of the team to laughter, with Toto Wolff ... Keep reading
Mercedes deputy team principal Bradley Lord has provided an explanation for several spins that occurred for the Silver Arrows in Formula 1's Brazilian Grand Prix. In his first event since his maiden title was confirmed in Mexico, Kimi Antonelli looked set to capitalise on a poor start by polesitter Lando Norris to snatch the lead from second on the grid, building up a comfortable buffer over ... Keep reading
Andrea Stella says McLaren is aiming to finally make "peace" with what has historically been a difficult race for the team in Las Vegas. The Sao Paulo Grand Prix was a successful weekend for McLaren, with Lando Norris showing a dominant level of performance with his third win of the season, and team-mate Oscar Piastri showing a strong uptick in pace. Las Vegas is usually a very different ... Keep reading
Audi's eighth place in the constructors' championship doesn't quite tally with the competitiveness of its car, but circumstances have contrived to keep the team falling short of the points in 2026. Between them, Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto have notched up ten 11th-place finishes. Often the issue has been poor starting performance which costs the drivers track position away from the ... Keep reading
The question of what might happen in a wet race has vexed Formula 1's stakeholders since before the beginning of the season. It's also prompted some unnecessarily hysterical commentary throughout the year, peaking in the run-up to last weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos, where rain for qualifying and the race was a virtual certainty for the first time this season. Although the ... Keep reading
Daniel Ricciardo says Max Verstappen will "go down as one of the best ever", and admits he cannot comprehend what Red Bull has achieved in its first season building its own power units. Ricciardo was Verstappen's team-mate at Red Bull from 2016 until the end of 2018, and is now an ambassador for Ford, whose partnership with Red Bull Powertrains made its race debut this season. The ... Keep reading
Oscar Piastri says he misses the pressure of fighting for the Formula 1 world championship. The McLaren driver led the standings for much of last year and was in a season-long battle against his team-mate Lando Norris for the title. A late-season challenge from Red Bull's Max Verstappen saw Piastri finish third in the standings, while Norris secured the title and Verstappen finished ... Keep reading
To this day, Ayrton Senna remains the last Brazilian Formula 1 driver to have won the world championship. But as a new generation of Auriverde racers finally emerges, they’re not the ones drawing comparisons to the country’s legend. Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular drives this season – and, more superficially, his curly brown hair – have earned him such plaudits, especially after he won ... Keep reading
The FIA has announced its final Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) results for the 2026 Formula 1 season, with no changes granted for any of the power unit manufacturers. From this season, the FIA installed a mechanism in the F1 regulations which allowed power unit manufacturers the ability to make updates, if they fell behind the leading engine, in the form of tokens ... Keep reading
George Russell has teased an imminent announcement linked to karting on 12 November. The Mercedes driver posted a video to Instagram on Monday with the caption "Stay tuned". He talks about his first steps in motorsport over footage of himself racing karts as a boy, including a kart carrying the number 63 that he still uses in Formula 1. The clip ends with the date 12.11.26, suggesting more ... Keep reading
Formula 1 fans in the United States will be able to watch the Las Vegas Grand Prix for free after Apple TV confirmed the whole race weekend will be available to stream with no subscription needed. The free coverage will include every on-track session from first practice on Thursday evening through to qualifying and Saturday night's grand prix. F1 announced a five-year partnership with Apple ... Keep reading
Mercedes is considering giving George Russell “all the force” to secure a 1-2 in the drivers’ championship after a nightmare run of form. Three rounds remain in the 2026 season - assuming the Qatar and Abu Dhabi grands prix proceed as planned - with no fewer than five drivers in contention for the runner-up spot: Max Verstappen (279 points), Russell (262), Lewis Hamilton (261), Charles ... Keep reading
When job security is in short supply, there's one solution for an F1 driver. Be so good they can't ignore you. That's easier said than done, but it certainly seems to be what Liam Lawson has taken to heart as he battled for his future over the recent American triple-header. Having been an integral part of Racing Bulls' rise to fifth in the constructors' championship, which will be the ... Keep reading
For the third year in a row, Verstappen produced an impressive comeback drive in the Formula 1 Sao Paulo Grand Prix. While the Dutchman won from 17th on the grid in 2024 and climbed from the pitlane to third place last year, this time he charged from 21st to second. According to Verstappen, his start on the uphill grid did not go to plan, although he took the blame himself after holding the ... Keep reading
Toto Wolff didn't need to brag when, on Sunday evening in Sao Paulo, he was asked about his records, which now put him alongside two of F1's greats. The question of how it feels to match Frank Williams' tally of constructors' championships and Ron Dennis' overall number of titles was enough in itself to illustrate the magnitude of Wolff's achievements.He now has nine constructors' titles, level ... Keep reading
Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said no simulation could have predicted Max Verstappen's charge from 21st to second in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. The Dutchman started near the back of the grid after an engine penalty and warned after qualifying that it would be harder to overtake at the São Paulo circuit than in previous years. But he proved himself wrong with an ... Keep reading
Are you not entertained? While Lando Norris took a well-deserved third win of the campaign, Mercedes collectively slipped up and Max Verstappen produced yet another Brazilian Grand Prix masterclass. Winner: Lando Norris McLaren team boss Andrea Stella loves describing Lando Norris as the low-grip master. When conditions are difficult, Norris is one the very best at adapting and getting the ... Keep reading
Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has given his race helmet to long-serving Red Bull mechanic Ole Schack, who took part in his final race for the Milton Keynes outfit at Interlagos. Schack has been with Red Bull since its first season in 2005 and works on Verstappen's car as a front-end mechanic. The team has also created a one-off can of Red Bull, which features a list of his career ... Keep reading
Charles Leclerc was handed a five-second penalty after the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix for his clash with Liam Lawson, dropping the Ferrari driver down to eighth place in the final results. The Monegasque was battling the Racing Bulls driver for seventh place on lap 69 of the Sao Paulo race when the pair made contact into Juncao, Turn 12, but both were able to continue and finish the ... Keep reading
For the third year in a row, Max Verstappen has produced an impressive comeback drive in Brazil. While he won from 17th on the grid in 2024 and drove from the pitlane to the podium last year, Verstappen finished this year's Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix in second place after starting 21st. His start did not go entirely to plan, however, as Verstappen acknowledged in the post-race press ... Keep reading
Kimi Antonelli vowed to put aside his Brazilian Grand Prix anger to celebrate Mercedes winning the Formula 1 constructors' title, as he rued the balance issues and the spin that took him out of victory contention. The new world champion had picked up the lead from polesitter Lando Norris at the start, and was building a pretty healthy lead over the Briton in the opening laps of the race. He ... Keep reading
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has congratulated Mercedes on winning the 2026 constructors' championship while singling out team principal Toto Wolff for joining Sir Frank Williams in the record books. The Brackley outfit clinched the title with three races to spare at the Brazilian Grand Prix when George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished fourth and fifth, leaving Ferrari, which currently ... Keep reading
Following the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix, which was convincingly won by outgoing world champion Lando Norris, several drivers still have to pay a visit to the stewards post-race. Kimi Antonelli and a Mercedes representative were required to appear before the stewards at 4.30pm local time over an alleged unsafe release. Mercedes released Antonelli just as Alpine driver Franco Colapinto was ... Keep reading
Lando Norris has gone viral on social media after his Brazilian Grand Prix podium mishap. The McLaren driver controlled almost everything that came his way at Interlagos, right up until he got to the podium. The 2025 champion went for his usual party trick after collecting his trophy, crouching down and slamming the base of the champagne bottle onto the ground to send the contents fizzing ... Keep reading
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc arrived at Interlagos ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix wearing a six-figure watch on his wrist. According to watch-spotting account Watches of Celebrities, the Monegasque driver wore a Richard Mille RM 33-02 in Carbon TPT and rose gold when he arrived at the paddock. The account puts its market price at $125,000. The RM 33-02 was limited to 140 ... Keep reading
The Formula 1 cost cap did exactly what it was supposed to do: it brought the grid closer together and stopped the massive factory teams from simply outspending their problems. But while the on-track product is undeniably tighter, the financial squeeze behind the scenes is starting to take a human toll. During the Free Practice 3 broadcast at the 2026 Brazilian Grand Prix, Sky Sports F1 pundit ... Keep reading
Gabriel Bortoleto's partner Isabella Bernardini arrived at Interlagos ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix in a one-off dress made from Audi's special adidas range for the race. The dress was made by designer and upcycler Fiona Roerig, who worked with the team and Bernardini to incorporate their ideas into the design. The dress has been upcycled from the adidas Sampa Soul collection, which the ... Keep reading
With Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen 20th and 21st on the grid of the Brazilian Grand Prix, Sunday’s Formula 1 race promises to be fascinating – regardless of weather conditions. Hamilton and Verstappen happen to be two drivers who performed memorable recoveries at Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, a track where overtaking has always been easier than most. Back in 2021, the seven-time world ... Keep reading
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says the 2027-spec front wing concept introduced on the MCL40 at Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix has improved the car’s driveability and predictability. The Woking-based outfit launched an upgrade package at Interlagos - featuring not just this front wing but also a rear wing, a beam wing and new floor furniture - after McLaren lost ground to Mercedes ... Keep reading
One hour, 23 minutes. You could've squeezed most of a football match into the rain delay during Formula 1 qualifying for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, and it looked for all the world like the session wouldn't actually get going again. A repeat of 2024, where qualifying was squeezed onto Sunday morning, looked likely. Yet, a saviour arrived when a break in the clouds emerged, and the circuit had ... Keep reading
Interlagos is the closest Franco Colapinto gets to a home grand prix, and Pierre Gasly knows the atmosphere that creates around the Alpine garage in Sao Paulo this weekend. Argentina's flag has become a familiar sight in Formula 1 grandstands since Colapinto ended the country's 23-year wait for a driver on the grid in 2024. The speed and scale of the response exceeded expectations, even in ... Keep reading
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