Key Highlights Max Verstappen finished second at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, losing to George Russell by just one-tenth of a second after starting eighth on the grid. The Red Bull driver recovered through the field on medium tyres before a safety car allowed a switch to softs, where he matched Russell’s pace but could not ...
Key Highlights Jacques Villeneuve defended Red Bull’s decision not to swap Max Verstappen and Isack Hadjar during the closing stages of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Verstappen used his tyre advantage late in the race to challenge winner George Russell and finished second, 0.196 seconds behind. Hadjar, returning after a six-week absence with a wrist injury, ...
Key Highlights Max Verstappen qualified eighth for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after engine and battery issues cost him over 1.5 seconds to pole position. Verstappen revealed his power unit was down half a second on straights compared to teammate Isack Hadjar from Q1, with an additional battery deployment failure in Q3. Hadjar delivered a career-best ...
Key Highlights George Russell topped both Thursday practice sessions at the Baku City Circuit, with Mercedes holding a 0.827-second advantage over Max Verstappen’s Red Bull. Red Bull technical director Pierre Waché admitted the deficit was larger than expected, particularly on straight-line speed, while Mercedes deputy principal Bradley Lord cautioned against reading too much into the ...
Key Highlights: Cadillac F1 Team appoints three senior technical leaders from Red Bull, Mercedes, Aston Martin, and Ferrari ahead of their debut season. Craig Skinner (Red Bull), Eric Blandin (Mercedes/Aston Martin), and Tim Lean (Ferrari/Red Bull/McLaren) will join in coming months to lead development and aerodynamics. Team Principal Marcin Budkowski says the hires mark a ...
Key Highlights Formula 1 has confirmed a 2027 calendar featuring 10 sprint weekends, including the season opener in Bahrain and the finale in Abu Dhabi. The designation of Monaco as a sprint venue caught drivers by surprise, with Sergio Perez learning of the decision via the drivers’ WhatsApp group. Max Verstappen reiterated his opposition to ...
Key Highlights Isack Hadjar returns to Red Bull Racing for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix after recovering from a wrist injury sustained during summer training. Liam Lawson completes his three-race substitute stint and returns to Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, while Yuki Tsunoda resumes reserve driver duties. The Baku weekend schedule is condensed: Free Practice on ...
Key Highlights The 2026 Formula 1 season enters a decisive phase with the first of three consecutive triple-headers beginning at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in Baku, where Kimi Antonelli leads the Drivers’ Championship for Mercedes. Isack Hadjar may return to the Red Bull seat after missing three rounds with a wrist injury, though the team ...
Key Highlights Red Bull Racing launched a full Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith livery and Stormtrooper pit crew at the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix, marking the first major Formula 1–Star Wars crossover. George Lucas personally conducted the podium interviews at the 2015 Italian Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton’s dominant victory for ...
Key Highlights Isack Hadjar has missed three consecutive Formula 1 races — Zandvoort, Monza, and Madrid — due to a wrist injury sustained during the summer break training period. Red Bull Racing team principal Laurent Mekies confirms Hadjar’s recovery is proceeding normally with no setbacks; a return decision will follow a simulator evaluation in approximately ...
Tsunoda’s Unexpected Return to Racing Bulls Yuki Tsunoda has enjoyed a surprise three-race cameo in 2026, slotting into Racing Bulls in place of Liam Lawson following Isack Hadjar’s injury. While it remains unknown whether Tsunoda will get a fourth outing this season, the Japanese racer has certainly made the most of his unexpected comeback. Reflections ...
Key Highlights Yuki Tsunoda finished 17th in the 2025 drivers’ standings with 30 points, while teammate Max Verstappen won eight grands prix and scored 385 points during their time together. Tsunoda admits attempting to replicate Verstappen’s car set-ups was his “biggest mistake,” as the RB21’s characteristics remained elusive despite his prior experience with Red Bull’s ...