Formula 1 News

Analysis: 5 technical reasons Mercedes will lose the world drivers championship The start of the 2026 season has looked almost too good to be true for Mercedes. By cashing in straight away on the new regulations, the Brackley outfit has flattened the opposition. The points lead in the constructors’ standings is already more than healthy.…

Crashgate, spying, illegal engineering: the Top 5 biggest scandals in Formula 1 history Top-level motorsport pushes teams to the limit. Formula 1 is the perfect example. Huge money is on the line, and every last thousandth of a second matters, so team bosses and engineers are sometimes tempted to bend the rules. The paddock has…

Formula 1: Who Are the Greatest Drivers of All Time? Comparing eras in motorsport is usually a fool’s errand. How do you measure Juan Manuel Fangio flinging himself at every braking point in the 1950s, when a mistake could cost him his life, against the inch-perfect precision of today’s hybrid era? And yet, beyond the…

Miami Grand Prix: The early setup and the handling of incidents The start time for the Miami Grand Prix was moved for administrative reasons. Organisers brought the race forward by three hours after a weather warning. Track checks showed a dry surface as the lights went out. The temperature read 35C on the track and…

Leclerc’s strategy falls apart Miami Grand Prix analysis has laid bare a costly execution error from Charles Leclerc on the final lap. Leclerc’s third place was already slipping away thanks to Oscar Piastri’s pace advantage. With the tyres badly fading, the team opted for a deliberate position swap. The idea was simple enough: use the…

An opening lap tangle no one saw coming The Miami race got off to a brutal start for Pierre Gasly. His car ended up upside down. The crash was triggered by contact with Liam Lawson. Thankfully, neither driver was hurt, although Gasly said it was the first time he had ever been involved in an…

The penalty and the crash Charles Leclerc was handed a 20-second penalty after the Miami Grand Prix. That punishment replaces a mandatory trip through the pits. Race stewards took action after several track cuts. The incidents happened on the final lap of the race. Leclerc lost control of his car at Turn 3. The Ferrari…

Recent results and Toto Wolff’s stance Mercedes are taking stock after Kimi Antonelli’s latest result. The driver won the Miami Grand Prix from pole, making it his third straight victory after China and Japan. Toto Wolff is urging his team to stay level-headed after this strong start to the season. Antonelli now leads George Russell…

The top class is under threat: what if Formula 1 is no longer the fastest discipline on the planet? Historically, Formula 1 has sat at the summit of motorsport. The assumption looked unshakable: no other four-wheeled machine could lap a circuit quicker. And yet that absolute truth is starting to wobble. Changes in regulations, an…