Audi driver Gabriel Bortoleto has revealed that he accidentally overtook several cars in Formula 1's Australian Grand Prix due to substantial closing speeds.F1's new rules era began at Melbourne last week, with the majority of drivers critical about the impact of active aero and increased electric power on wheel-to-wheel racing.But the same technical regulations also played a key role in […]

Reports in the UK suggest Toto Wolff is interested in buying shares in Alpine […]

Toto Wolff is understood to have emerged as a bidder for Otro Capital's stake in Alpine, squaring off against Christian Horner […]

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella says the Australian Grand Prix has confirmed that the series should "do more" to alleviate safety concerns, particularly related to the start procedure.On Sunday, Alpine driver Franco Colapinto avoided a huge startline crash after narrowly swerving around a slow-starting Liam Lawson, after the complex start procedure with these F1 2026 had already […]

Red Bull’s Laurent Mekies has given his thoughts on Max Verstappen’s commitment amid his criticism of new F1 rules […]

Customer teams admitted surprise at Mercedes’ Melbourne pace — Toto Wolff says making “everybody happy” is impossible […]

On the evidence of what we've seen so far in F1 2026, here are the teams facing the longest road from where they are to where they want to be […]

The 24% stake that Otro Capital holds in Alpine’s Formula 1 team remains highly sought after in the paddock. It had already emerged that former Red Bull team boss Christian Horner was interested, something Alpine executive advisor Flavio Briatore certainly did not try to hide either. During the team's launch in January, he publicly confirmed Horner’s interest.Around the season opener in […]

Aston Martin boss Adrian Newey was spotted investigating Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari SF-26 at the Australian Grand Prix […]

Lewis Hamilton's new race engineer admitted their failure to pit during a Virtual Safety Car period produced the gap Mercedes won by […]

Untelevised Max Verstappen team radio has lifted the lid on the Red Bull driver's "super frustrating" F1 2026 Australian Grand Prix […]

Aston Martin F1 team owner Lawrence Stroll has given his first reaction to a troubled start for the Aston Martin and Honda alliance […]

Mercedes won the season-opening grand prix for the first time since 2021 in a flying start to F1s new rules era; Ferrari challenged strongly for race-day victory leaving Toto Wolff wary; Formula 1 now heads to China for a Sprint weekend, live on Sky Sports F1 from Friday […]

Tuesday's edition of the RaceFans round-up […]

Details of each driver's tyre strategy during the Qatar Airways Australian Grand Prix […]

Monday's F1 news includes a big Max Verstappen announcement after the Australian GP as Adrian Newey investigates the Audi R26 car […]

McLaren's Andrea Stella says Oscar Piastri's "unfortunate" crash in Australia is indicative of the aggression of the new F1 power units […]

Fred Vasseur reckons Ferrari failed to “put everything together” in qualifying for Formula 1’s Australian Grand Prix with the much-improved race being more representative of its pace. The Italian outfit finished third and fourth at the F1 2026 opener in Melbourne on Sunday, behind Mercedes pair George Russell and Kimi Antonelli who were also 1-2 in qualifying. At one stage Charles […]

Aston Martin is confident that it could have finished the Formula 1 2026 season opener in Melbourne had it not been for a lack of spare parts.The Silverstone outfit was the talk of the paddock heading into the Australian Grand Prix, due to how its much-anticipated Honda works’ project had suffered a disastrous start.It completed the least mileage of any team during Bahrain testing and […]

There is growing speculation that the FIA will make changes to the regulations concerning engine management in time for the Japanese Grand Prix […]

Aston Martin has been warned that it could have "ruined" its relationship with Honda before the end of the first grand prix of 2026.The 2026 Formula 1 season was expected to be a turning point for the Silverstone outfit. Team owner Lawrence Stroll has invested a staggering amount of money to upgrade the facilities and wind tunnel and to bring in former Red Bull technical director Adrian Newey […]

George Russell’s Australian GP win didn’t stop him raising a safety concern about F1’s new Straight Line Mode […]

This is where Red Bull sees itself stacking up against F1 rivals Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren […]

Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad wore a Formula 1 debut patch on his race suit during the Australian Grand Prix. The patch will become part of a one-of-a-kind Topps card, which will be signed by the Briton.Topps announced in December that the 'Debut Patches' would be coming to the championship. "BREAKING: For the first time ever, Debut Patches are coming to F1. These patches will be worn by […]

Overtaking statistics - like the ones F1 proudly touted after the F1 2026 season opener - are to be handled with the utmost caution […]

F1’s new active aero rules have been criticised for creating dangerous first laps of races […]

The positive atmosphere surrounding Haas after winter testing quickly faded by the end of the first grand prix of the Formula 1 season. Although the results were not catastrophic – 11th place for Esteban Ocon and even seventh for Oliver Bearman, albeit with five retirements including two cars from top teams – the mood within the American team remains tense.For Ocon, frustration above all […]

Franco Colapinto had a scary near-miss at the start in Melbourne […]

Toto Wolff suggested F1 can be "very nostalgic" after a number of drivers complained about the new regulations […]

Last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix signified the end of Formula 1’s pre-season ‘phoney war’ as the teams which had been masking their performance dropped all pretences and the real competitive pecking order emerged.Williams was not one of those outfits so its humble result was disappointing rather than genuinely surprising. The team has been behind the curve ever since it had to […]

McLaren is facing a limitation as an F1 customer team that it hadn't known before. But is this limitation fundamental? […]

Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard joked that Charles Leclerc has 'stolen his script' with his Monaco wedding to Alexandra Saint Mleux, as Coulthard is due to marry his partner, Sigrid Silversand, in the same venue.The Ferrari driver and his now-wife Alexandra shared a look at their intimate civil wedding, which took place on 28 February 2026 at the Mairie de Monaco on The Rock, on […]

Aston Martin's Chief Trackside Officer Mike Krack described the team's communications as a "mess" in their lengthy pit stop […]

Drivers criticised the new energy dynamics in Australia, and the FIA says a review with teams will follow the Chinese Grand Prix […]

Toto Wolff has responded to the overly negative response to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations, stating that the opinion of fans is more important to the championship than its drivers.This year, F1 is debuting its latest regulation overhaul with changes to both the chassis and power unit, the latter of which is now more reliant on electrical power.However, the move has proved to be […]

Esteban Ocon said his pace was "very bad" after dropping out of the points positions in the Australian Grand Prix […]

Melbourne's season-opener delivered spectacular racing - but raised uncomfortable questions about what Formula 1 has become […]

Franco Colapinto's Australian Grand Prix may not have resulted in points, but the Alpine driver ended his Melbourne campaign in the spotlight. The Argentine generated two of the most viral moments of the weekend: a funny broadcast glitch and a heart-stopping near-miss at the race start. Start procedure was a focus over the weekend due to the changes in power units this season. With the cars' […]

Everything that the Australian GP told us about what to expect from F1 2026 - and how it might change in the coming weeks and months […]

Crash.net's writers have their say after a polarising start to F1's new era […]

There was great anticipation surrounding the start of the first Formula 1 race of the season: not only to understand the true competitive order, but also to observe how the 2026 cars would behave.The topic of starts had, in fact, been one of the most discussed issues during pre-season testing, with differing opinions between manufacturers emerging depending on the characteristics of each […]

Aston Martin boss Adrian Newey was spotted investigating the Audi R26 of Nico Hulkenberg at the F1 2026 Australian Grand Prix […]

Max Verstappen was frustrated by power unit problems during his climb to sixth in Melbourne. Read his radio messages in full […]

Max Verstappen will compete in the Nurburgring 24 Hours in a Mercedes GT3 car in May; Verstappen will not miss an F1 weekend as he continues his exploits outside of Formula 1; watch every session of the Chinese GP Sprint weekend live on Sky Sports F1 from this Friday […]

Max Verstappen will fulfil his goal of competing at the Nurburgring 24 Hours this year after his GT3 team, Verstappen Racing, confirmed its participation in the endurance event […]

Audi was one of two new teams debuting on the grid at the Australian Grand Prix, alongside Cadillac. While the latter struggled, Audi impressed with top 10 pace in qualifying and points on its debut […]

Williams Formula 1 driver Alex Albon has shared details of his proposal to professional golfer Lily Muni He, and why it was delayed.The couple shared the news of their engagement over the winter break in a social media post. "I guess we’re stuck with each other now," they wrote in the joint post. Heading into the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Albon shared details on the […]

McLaren concedes it is a long way behind its F1 rivals at the start of the 2026 season […]

Bernie Ecclestone, FOM and the FIA have reportedly been ordered to cover £250,000 worth of legal fees in the Felipe Massa case […]

Find the latest team-mate head-to-heads for the 2026 Formula 1 season including Charles Leclerc vs Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari and Lando Norris vs Oscar Piastri at McLaren; watch every F1 round live on Sky Sports F1, with the Chinese GP next in the calendar this weekend […]

Ferrari's incredible starts meant they led almost half the Australian Grand Prix. But did they cost themselves the chance to win? […]

Laurent Mekies tipped his hat to Red Bull debutant Isack Hadjar after a very impressive start to the 2026 Formula 1 campaign at the Australian Grand Prix.The 21-year-old may have retired early in the Melbourne contest due to a power unit failure, but he impressed until then with third in qualifying and almost taking the lead at race start.It marked a stark contrast to Hadjar’s […]

The 2026 Formula 1 season roared into life with a whirlwind of overtaking at the front. But, in the excitement of the lead battle between George Russell and Charles Leclerc, one key element looks to have been lost […]

After a wild, often polarising Australian Grand Prix weekend, ESPN looks at some of the sweeping generalisations being made about Formula 1 and judges whether they're overblown or not […]

Honda say they have reduced the vibrations from their power unit but did not indicate when they expect to complete a race distance […]

Lewis Hamilton is wary that Mercedes’ stunning one-lap pace could be linked to the compression ratio loophole […]