Key Highlights Kimi Antonelli expects Max Verstappen to be his biggest title rival in 2027. Antonelli secured the 2026 Drivers’ Championship with nine wins and seven additional podiums. Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren are expected to contest a closely matched 2027 season. Kimi Antonelli Identifies Max Verstappen as 2027 Title Threat Kimi Antonelli has ...
Key Highlights Interlagos provided the first major wet-weather test for Formula 1’s 2026 cars and tyres. Pirelli’s extreme-wet tyre appeared more usable, but the intermediate compound struggled to reach and maintain operating temperature. Drivers reported serious grip and drivability problems in changing conditions, although the feared widespread wet-weather disaster did not occur. Brazilian Grand Prix ...
Key Highlights Daniel Ricciardo believes Max Verstappen will “go down as one of the best ever.” Ricciardo praised Red Bull and Ford Racing after their first-season victory with their own power-unit project. Verstappen has since won in Singapore and Mexico, while Red Bull has three victories to Ferrari’s two this season. Ricciardo backs Verstappen’s legacy ...
Key Highlights Oscar Piastri says he misses the pressure of competing for the Formula 1 world championship. The McLaren driver is seventh in the standings, 94 points behind team-mate Lando Norris with three races remaining. Piastri says McLaren has made progress after struggling to understand its car and power unit under Formula 1’s new regulations. ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen says he would leave Formula 1 if he no longer believed he was the best driver in the field. The four-time world champion started 21st after an engine penalty but finished second behind Lando Norris at Interlagos. Verstappen is second in the championship, 17 points ahead of Mercedes driver George Russell, ...
Key Highlights: Mercedes officially secured the Constructors’ Championship in Sao Paulo despite neither driver reaching the podium for the first time in 2026. McLaren’s Lando Norris mastered the rain-soaked Interlagos circuit to claim his third win of the season by a commanding 14-second margin from pole. Red Bull teammates Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar locked ...
Key Highlights Mercedes is considering prioritising George Russell’s bid to finish second in the 2026 Formula 1 drivers’ championship. Russell has scored only 26 points across the last five grands prix, while Max Verstappen has taken 116. Mercedes has already secured the constructors’ championship, with three rounds remaining if the Qatar and Abu Dhabi grands ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen surged from 21st on the grid to finish second at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, defying simulator predictions despite struggling with car balance. Red Bull Team Principal Laurent Mekies acknowledged that McLaren and race winner Lando Norris held a pace advantage over the RB22 at Interlagos. Isack Hadjar secured a career-best ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen charged from 21st on the grid to finish second at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix. Red Bull detected a loss of rear downforce, while Verstappen reported a major change in car balance. Red Bull matched McLaren’s 33-point haul in Brazil and maintained a 17-point advantage in the constructors’ championship. Max Verstappen ...
Key Highlights: Lando Norris mastered treacherous, changing weather conditions at Interlagos to claim his third victory of the season, finishing 14 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen. Mercedes officially clinched the 2026 Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship, overcoming separate spins from both newly crowned champion Kimi Antonelli and George Russell. Red Bull achieved a double podium as ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen climbed from 21st to second at Interlagos after starting at the back because of an engine penalty. Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies said no simulation could have predicted Verstappen gaining 14 places in five laps. Verstappen remains second in the drivers’ standings with 279 points as the battle for runner-up ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen gave his race helmet to Red Bull mechanic Ole Schack after Schack’s final race with the team at Interlagos. Schack has worked for Red Bull since its debut season in 2005 and is leaving Formula 1 to spend more time with his family. Red Bull also created a one-off can featuring ...