Aston Martin faces Melbourne unknown as Brundle issues ‘dire trouble’ warning – round-up
The Australian Grand Prix is moving closer into view, and Aston Martin finds itself featuring prominently among the latest F1 news headlines […]
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David Coulthard questions Sergio Perez return as Cadillac begin F1 2026 era
David Coulthard backs Cadillac’s ‘smart choice’ — but wonders if Sergio Perez can truly ‘switch it back on’ […]
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Aston Martin faces Australia unknown as Honda reliability fix looms
Honda believes it has solved the abnormal vibrations, but Melbourne will deliver the real verdict on Aston Martin’s troubled AMR26 […]
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Hadjar warned ‘there’s no good time’ to be Max Verstappen’s teammate
Jolyon Palmer has performed a U-turn on Isack Hadjar’s Red Bull promotion after watching the RB22 in testing […]
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What's really going on with Aston Martin-Honda's Australia crisis
Aston Martin and Honda will trial various countermeasures at the Australian GP in a bid to manage its reliability crisis at F1's season opener […]
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FIA to prioritise "safety and wellbeing"
FIA president, Mohammed ben Sulayem issues statement as the situation in the Middle East escalates […]
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Martin Brundle warns Aston Martin in ‘dire trouble’ before F1 2026 opener
Brundle questions Aston Martin wind tunnel correlation, Honda reliability and a mounting data deficit ahead of Melbourne […]
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Anthony Davidson's top six F1 pairings
Most Formula 1 teams have kept the same driver line-up, so who has the best pairing? Sky Sports F1s Anthony Davidson reveals who is in his top six line-ups; watch every session of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from this Friday, live on Sky Sports F1 […]
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Zak Brown addresses McLaren team orders ahead of first F1 2026 race
Zak Brown has insisted McLaren’s drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are “free to race” as F1 prepares to return […]
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Fred Vasseur surprised by F1 2026 starting procedure complaints: "It was known for a long time"
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur felt some degree of bewilderment when Formula 1's starting procedure was put under scrutiny during testing ahead of the 2026 season, stating the need to manage turbo lag "was known from day one".As part of the wide-ranging technical regulation changes for 2026, the cars no longer carry the MGU-H - the motor generator unit attached to the turbocharger. Since […]
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Aston Martin plans early DNF in Australian GP amid Honda F1 crisis
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has fallen into a dark hole, in no small part because of Honda.The AMR26’s Honda engine has been so unreliable that the Silverstone-based outfit failed to carry out its pre-season testing programme, spending more time in the garage than out on track.Honda is completely unprepared for the Australian Grand Prix, with multiple engine failures in Bahrain […]
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Alexandra sparks wedding rumours by changing Instagram name to Leclerc
Could Charles Leclerc and Alexandra have quietly married before the 2026 F1 season? Social media hints say yes […]
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Australian Grand Prix: Preview - Pirelli
For the Albert Park circuit, Pirelli has selected the three softest compounds in its range (C3, C4 and C5), as it did on the previous two seasons […]
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Will F1 have to cancel the Bahrain Grand Prix after Iranian missile attacks?
Formula 1 could be facing another Middle East dilemma following the US-Israeli military operation […]
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The 2026 Formula 1 spotter's guide
The new Formula 1 season kicks off with the Australian Grand Prix this week, launching a new era for the championship. With it, the new season brings changes up and down the grid in terms of the teams, cars and drivers that will contest the 24-round calendar. New regulations bring active aerodynamics to the front and rear wings, and F1 power units now rely on a near-50:50 split between […]
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FIA: 'Safety' will guide decisions on F1 races in Middle East
The president of Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, has said it will prioritise "safety and wellbeing" as it decides what to do about upcoming races in the Middle East […]
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Oliver Bearman says loneliness hit hard after tough F1 races in 2025 with Haas
Haas Formula 1 driver Oliver Bearman has opened up about struggling with loneliness in his rookie season of the championship.The British driver finished his rookie season with the American outfit 13th in the drivers' standings, outperforming his experienced team-mate Esteban Ocon, who finished 15th overall. And while he enjoyed some great highs in 2025, such as his fourth-place finish at the […]
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FIA issues statement on F1 race planning in wake of Iran conflict
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has issued a statement on the uncertainty posed by the Iran conflict […]
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"Drive to Survive" producers: 2025 F1 title winner "didn’t matter" to Netflix’s story
The producers of Netflix's Drive to Survive have insisted that it did not matter to them how the championship ended in 2025, explaining that the narrative would have worked for the eighth season of the docuseries if Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri or Max Verstappen had won.Executive producer James Gay-Rees and co-executive producer Tom Rogers spoke to F1.com about the making of the eighth series […]
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'Safety and wellbeing' will dictate if F1 races in Middle East go ahead
"Safety and wellbeing” will determine whether major motorsport events due to take place in Qatar, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will go ahead, as military conflict in the region continues […]
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Mohammed Ben Sulayem outlines FIA stance as Middle East tensions escalate
FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem has issued a statement addressing the current events in the Middle East […]
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How to watch the 2026 Australian Grand Prix live
It's race week! The new Formula 1 season begins this weekend in Melbourne, along with the supporting Formula 2 and Formula 3 championships […]
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Australian F1 organisers insist “the drivers will be here” amid travel chaos
The Australian Grand Prix is set to be unaffected by travel problems in the Middle East […]
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Australian Grand Prix: Preview - Haas
What we were doing for half a day in Bahrain, we've essentially got to do in two runs in FP1, that's the big challenge this year […]
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Australian Grand Prix to go ahead as CEO addresses Middle East travel fears
Travel plans reshuffled and airspace closed, but Melbourne’s season opener remains on track […]
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Politics over sport: Formula 1's timeless complaint
Colin Chapman wrote a letter in 1981 to complain about the state of Formula 1. The letter could have been written this year […]
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Martin Brundle reveals Christian Horner’s early Red Bull engine tour
Martin Brundle explains why a behind-the-scenes tour left him unsurprised by Red Bull’s impressive 2026 engine start […]
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F1 Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne: Start times and how to watch
All the information on how to watch the F1 2026 season-opening Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne, including timings and schedule […]
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Should F1 be panicking about its 2026 cars? Our verdict
We're just days away from the first race of Formula 1's new era - but should it be panicking amid fears over the racing? […]
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‘All bets are off!’ – why F1's new era set for 'wild' season start
What to expect as F1’s much-anticipated new season begins this week? With the help of Martin Brundle, we look at some of the key questions; watch the Australian Grand Prix live on Sky Sports F1, with track action under way from Friday morning and Sundays race at 4am […]
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Round-up: Norris ‘made myself believe I can match anyone’ in F1, and more
Monday's edition of the RaceFans round-up […]
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F1 2026 PU homologation deadline explained as Coulthard questions FIA – round-up
As the final non-race weekend of the winter comes to a close, let us recap the latest major F1 news headlines […]
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Martin Brundle warns ‘all bets are off’ for Melbourne opener
Martin Brundle has put Mercedes on top after testing – but says Melbourne could change everything […]
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F1 CEO hits back at Apple TV+ ‘disaster’ claims
F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has defended the sport's deal with Apple that will see the American company become the exclusive broadcaster […]
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Top five American F1 circuits
Hard though it might be to believe today, when we have three rounds in the United States, for many years Formula 1 struggled to make an impact in North America. Some of the circuits used for the US GP have not been good, but others have been well-received.Excluding the anomalous Indianapolis 500s that counted for the world championship across 1950-60, there have been 78 points-paying grands […]
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Charles Leclerc's wedding confirmed as Alexandra Saint Mleux changes name
Charles Leclerc married his long-term partner, Alexandra Saint Mleux, on Saturday 28 February in a private ceremony in Monaco.After the couple were spotted driving around Monaco in a vintage 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, with the Monegasque driver in a pale suit and Saint Mleux in a wedding gown, the latter has now confirmed their marriage by changing her name on Instagram to Alexandra […]
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Max Verstappen’s Spa 2015 gesture left Will Buxton’s father beaming
Will Buxton has shared the small Max Verstappen moment that meant everything to his late father […]
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F1's Drive to Survive "won't please everybody", but it isn't going anywhere
Producers of the Netflix hit Drive to Survive "aren't planning for an end" to the series while it keeps delivering for Formula 1.A week before the start of the new F1 campaign, the eighth season of the long-running breakout hit was released on Netflix, a shortened eight-episode series following the 2025 campaign – as ever produced by Box to Box Films.Read Also:Formula […]
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F1 issues statement on Bahrain Grand Prix after key test event cancelled
The Bahrain Grand Prix is due to take place in April just as a major conflict in the Middle East has broken out […]
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What repeat of Honda's last F1 nightmare means for Aston Martin
Aston Martin wanted its new works partnership to pick up where Honda left off with Red Bull as an F1 powerhouse. Right now, this project is much closer to the dismal McLaren-Honda years […]
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F1 2026 power unit homologation deadline explained as March 1 arrives
Sunday marks the cut-off day for power unit homologation for F1 2026, but what does this actually mean for the manufacturers? […]
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Max Verstappen's road to F1 2026: In pictures
Max Verstappen entered Formula 1 as the youngest driver in history and wasted no time into becoming one of the world championship’s defining drivers. After debuting at 17 with Toro Rosso, he stunned the paddock by winning on his first appearance for Red Bull in 2016.As F1 approaches a major regulation reset in 2026, Verstappen’s blend of experience, precision and competitive instinct […]
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We rate the F1 2026 title contenders - Max Verstappen
For the first time in four long years, Max Verstappen heads to the Formula 1 season opener as the hunter again, rather than the title defender. There may be several question marks lingering over Red Bull's first foray as a bona fide works team, but 2025 has shown there are none over the prowess of its star asset, who is at the height of his immense powers.Ronald Vording - Still the most […]
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Fernando Alonso details how Aston Martin is a month behind rivals
Fernando Alonso suggested Aston Martin is a month behind its rivals after the others were able to test the car far earlier […]
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McLaren trailing ‘clear group’ at the front ahead of Australian Grand Prix
From Mercedes’ reliability to Ferrari’s innovation, here’s how the 2026 field stacked up in testing […]
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F1 is considering doubling its sprint races. Do you want more or fewer?
Formula 1 is considering a plan which would make half of all rounds sprint events. How many sprint races should the calendar have? […]
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David Coulthard says FIA wording error sparked F1 compression ratio saga
David Coulthard believes clearer FIA regulations could have prevented Formula 1’s latest engine controversy […]
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The most controversial moments that dominated F1 season-openers
Crash.net takes a look back at some of the biggest controversies that surrounded new F1 seasons […]
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Formula 1 will be harder to follow for fans in 2026 – Max Verstappen
For the average Formula 1 fan, understanding what happens in races won’t become any easier, according to Max Verstappen.F1’s popularity has surged in recent years, boosted by the eponymous movie starring Brad Pitt and Netflix series Drive to Survive. But the revamped technical regulations for 2026, with much greater emphasis on energy management, could make the sport more difficult to […]
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Helmut Marko told Nikola Tsolov ‘everything staying the same’ at Red Bull
Nikola Tsolov explains the private phone call that shaped the Red Bull Junior Team's post-Helmut Marko era […]
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Martin Brundle backs happier Lewis Hamilton for stronger Ferrari season in 2026
Martin Brundle explains why he expects Lewis Hamilton to rebound with Ferrari in F1 2026 […]
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The hidden side of Schumacher that his second F1 stint revealed
Sam Bird rode shotgun amid Michael Schumacher's final Formula 1 hurrah as he recalls to The Race […]
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Bernie Ecclestone sympathises with Lawrence Stroll over Aston Martin title quest
Bernie Ecclestone draws a Ferrari comparison as he explains why Lawrence Stroll’s Aston Martin project may take time to deliver […]
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Round-up: Bahrain wet tyre test cancelled due to US-Iran war, and more
Sunday's edition of the RaceFans round-up […]
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Sports bosses 'closely monitoring' Middle East conflict
Formula One chiefs are among sports leaders "closely monitoring" the conflict in the Middle East ahead of the season's opening grand prix in Australia next week and upcoming races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia […]
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