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: Kimi Antonelli has achieved a meteoric rise, claiming the Formula 1 World Championship in only his second season in the pinnacle of motorsport. The Italian driver climbed the FIA single-seater pyramid in just three-and-a-half years, spending his entire junior developmental run with PREMA. Former PREMA team boss Rene Rosin, whose family ran the ...
Key Highlights Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned against comparing Kimi Antonelli with Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna. Antonelli’s five-race winning streak and Monaco Grand Prix grand chelem prompted renewed comparisons with Senna. Wolff said the Senna family has embraced Antonelli, describing him as a possible “Senninha” who must develop without the pressure ...
Key Highlights Formula 1 plans to finish the 2026 season with races in Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Imola will not be required to prepare as an emergency alternative venue in December. F1 and the FIA will continue monitoring the Iran war and prioritise safety if the regional situation worsens. Qatar and Abu Dhabi Set to ...
Key Highlights The FIA’s final 2026 ADUO review grants no additional upgrades to any Formula 1 power unit manufacturer. Red Bull Ford Powertrains remains the benchmark, while Mercedes, Ferrari, Audi and Honda retain their existing upgrade allowances. The next ADUO assessment will cover the opening six races of the 2027 season, from the Bahrain Grand ...
Key Highlights Mercedes secured its ninth constructors’ championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton will travel back to the UK with his former Mercedes team after Ferrari’s driver finished ninth. Hamilton remains fourth in the drivers’ standings, one point behind George Russell and 18 points behind Max Verstappen. Lewis Hamilton to Travel With Mercedes ...
Key Highlights James Hinchcliffe said George Russell looked “a bit defeated” after another difficult Brazilian Grand Prix. Russell finished fourth for Mercedes after spinning at pit exit during his switch from intermediate to slick tyres. Mercedes secured the constructors’ championship, while Kimi Antonelli won his maiden drivers’ title after nine Grand Prix victories. James Hinchcliffe ...
Key Highlights George Russell has teased an announcement connected to karting for 12 November. The Mercedes driver’s Instagram video features his early racing career and a new account named “gr63academy”. Russell finished fourth at the Brazilian Grand Prix and is third in the drivers’ standings with 262 points. George Russell teases karting announcement for 12 ...
Key Highlights Mercedes secured the Formula 1 Teams’ Championship for the first time since the 2021 season, triggering major celebrations in Brazil. Lando Norris took victory at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix after managing treacherous, shifting weather conditions. F1 correspondent Lawrence Barretto reviewed the weekend’s standout performances to name the official winners and losers from ...
Key Highlights Mercedes won its ninth constructors’ championship at Interlagos, ending a title wait that began after its 2021 success. Andrew Shovlin said repeating Mercedes’ earlier run of eight consecutive constructors’ titles is “really impossible” under Formula 1’s current cost cap and competitive structure. Mercedes will receive the least aerodynamic testing time as champion, but ...
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 Charles Leclerc received a five-second penalty after his clash with Liam Lawson at the Brazilian Grand Prix, dropping from seventh to eighth. Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli and Haas driver Oliver Bearman were also penalised for unsafe pit-stop releases. Antonelli remained fifth and Bearman remained 17th because their penalties did not change the final ...