Lewis Hamilton details intense winter training and mental changes behind strong Ferrari start
Lewis Hamilton has detailed his mindset changes heading into the 2026 Formula 1 season and the tweaks he decided to enforce on Christmas Day.After losing out on the 2021 drivers' championship, Hamilton was ready to come back fighting in 2022, but the regulation changes left the Briton fighting against the ground effect era cars, machinery which failed to yield results for him. He faced further […]
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Did race-altering safety car really rob Oscar Piastri of Japanese GP win?
Oscar Piastri and McLaren give their verdicts on a race-altering safety car in Japan […]
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Fernando Alonso issues Aston Martin reality check despite Honda milestone finish
Fernando Alonso highlights Aston Martin’s pace issues despite Honda reaching the Suzuka finish, as targeted […]
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Jonathan Wheatley backed for Aston Martin F1 team principal role: "He's a fighter"
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has thrown his support behind Jonathan Wheatley to take the team principal role at Aston Martin, following his exit from the Audi F1 project.Audi confirmed on 20 March that Wheatley had left his role of team principal with immediate effect due to personal reasons, after only joining the outfit in 2025.Following the Briton's exit, he has been linked […]
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George Russell has a ‘steely’ side that could emerge against Kimi Antonelli, says Jolyon Palmer
Jolyon Palmer has pointed to a 'steely' side of George Russell, which he argued could come out in an intra-team battle with his Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli.Both Russell and Antonelli are level with grand prix wins following the Japanese Grand Prix, where the young Italian became the youngest championship leader in the history of the sport. With their success so far and the potency of the […]
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‘Easy to say when you’re on the pit wall’: How Gasly fight left Verstappen frustrated
Max Verstappen was unimpressed with Formula 1's new rules after a long scrap with Pierre Gasly at Suzuka. Here's what they said on their radios […]
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Aston Martin’s “constant change” criticised as damaging team culture amid 2026 F1 struggles
The "constant change" at Aston Martin has come under the scrutiny of former F1 TV presenter Will Buxton, who claimed that it is 'not doing the culture of the team any good'.In 2024, Andy Cowell joined the Silverstone outfit as Group CEO before he replaced Mike Krack in the role of team principal in January 2025. Cowell's tenure in the team chief position lasted less than a year. Adrian Newey […]
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F1 ‘mushroom boost’ fears realised as Oliver Bearman suffers 50G Suzuka crash
Formula 1’s ‘Mario Kart’ era, as dubbed by Max Verstappen, delivered its first ‘Mushroom Boost’ incident in Japan – and it ended in a 50G crash for Oliver Bearman […]
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‘Stop beating yourself up,’ Haas tells Oliver Bearman after 50G Suzuka crash
Haas team principal Ayao Komatsu has pleaded with Oliver Bearman not to ‘beat himself up’, following his Formula 1 driver’s frightening crash in the Japanese Grand Prix.After qualifying a lowly 18th and making an earlier pitstop than most, Bearman was approaching 17th-placed Franco Colapinto’s Alpine with a 45km/h speed difference coming into Spoon, which came as a surprise to […]
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Red Bull boss responds to bombshell Max Verstappen F1 retirement talk
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies reacts to suggestions his star driver Max Verstappen could retire from F1 […]
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Mekies plays down Verstappen quit talk
All the four-time world champion wants is a fast car, insists Red Bull boss, Laurent Mekies in response to Verstappen speculation […]
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Mercedes' big early weakness explained
Mercedes has half-joked internally that a big early-season weaknesses does at least have the upside of making F1 races more exciting […]
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Lewis Hamilton details "heavy role" in developing Ferrari’s new 2026 F1 machine
Lewis Hamilton has shared details on his influence on Ferrari's 2026 Formula 1 challenger.The 41-year-old driver joined the Maranello outfit in 2025 after a 12-year stint with Mercedes, which resulted in six of his seven drivers' championship titles.While the Briton struggled to adapt to the new team last year, he has come back strong in 2026 and claimed his first podium finish with […]
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Motor Sport - Magazine & News
Kimi Antonelli looked like he'd have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series' new regulations […]
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Most frightening crash of 2026 a wake-up call F1 cannot ignore
F1 drivers had predicted a huge crash like the one Ollie Bearman suffered at the Japanese Grand Prix. Now, something has to change, writes Lewis Larkam […]
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Lando Norris questions driver influence as F1 2026 regulation talks loom
Lando Norris delivered a blunt verdict on driver influence as Formula 1 prepares for crunch regulation discussions […]
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Aston Martin's major 2026 Japan F1 milestone 'not a cause for celebration'
Aston Martin finished a race for the first time in Japan, but that is no cause for celebration […]
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Laurent Mekies plays down Max Verstappen exit talk amid Red Bull struggles
Laurent Mekies reveals how little Max Verstappen’s exit concerns feature in Red Bull’s internal discussions […]
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Isack Hadjar fumes at F1 rookie in Japanese GP, but 'that wasn't 1% of my problems'
Isack Hadjar had a fiery outburst over team radio about Arvid Lindblad during the Japanese Grand Prix […]
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Max Verstappen’s take on Red Bull’s problems, Oliver Bearman’s crash, and how to fix 2026 F1 rules
Three rounds into the 2026 Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen lies just ninth in the standings, with 12 points to his name. His Red Bull RB22 struggles for competitiveness, and the four-time world champion is disenchanted as ever with F1’s new machinery.The Japanese Grand Prix compounded Verstappen’s aggrieved state of mind. The Suzuka track he loves didn’t provide the same driving […]
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Piastri sees no easy fix for high closing speeds between F1 cars
Oscar Piastri doubts the FIA will be able to do much to prevent the kind of crash Oliver Bearman suffered in yesterday's race […]
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F1 data exposes why Max Verstappen’s Japanese GP charge stalled
Telemetry data uncovers why Max Verstappen could not break past Pierre Gasly's Alpine at the Japanese Grand Prix […]
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What international media are saying about Kimi Antonelli’s Japan victory
The 19-year-old Italian claimed his second consecutive grand prix win at Suzuka, took over the championship lead and, according to global media, immediately wrote a new chapter in F1 history. Coverage also highlighted the role of the safety car, a strong race from Oscar Piastri, Charles Leclerc’s recovery drive, and frustration for George Russell.Read Also:Formula 1F1 Japanese […]
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Why Verstappen is closer than ever to quitting F1
The next few weeks and months will decide Max Verstappen's immediate F1 future […]
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F1 got lucky three ways. But now it has a difficult and urgent problem to solve
Formula 1's closing speed problem was expected by many drivers. Unexpectedly, it has a five-week gap to search for a solution […]
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Damon Hill issues ‘brake testing’ warning after terrifying Oliver Bearman Suzuka crash
“Accidents like Bearman’s were always going to happen,” says 1996 world champ Damon Hill […]
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Who slept worst last night: James Vowles
Williams boss James Vowles was saying all the right things during the build-up to the sweeping regulation change for the 2026 Formula 1 campaign.“There can’t be a focus on now,” he told Bloomberg at the end of ‘24. “There has to be an absolute focus on the future. That won’t be the same up and down the grid, they’d be more telling you ‘next year’s our championship year’ […]
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Who slept best last night: Franco Colapinto
When Oliver Bearman’s Haas went off the track and into the grass, trying to avoid Franco Colapinto’s Alpine, he was travelling at Shinkansen-like speed – and had barely slowed down before hitting the wall moments later. A right knee contusion as a result of a 50G impact is as good an outcome as there could have been after a crash just a few corners away from the place where F1 had once […]
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Round-up: F1 “cannot ignore” safety implications of Bearman crash, and more
Monday's edition of the RaceFans round-up […]
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F1 told to listen as Oliver Bearman suffers scary 50G crash – roundup
The Japanese Grand Prix sparked fresh debate over the new regulations, as we revisit the latest F1 news headlines […]
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Oscar Piastri admits ‘big surprise’ after holding off George Russell at Suzuka
Oscar Piastri expected a Ferrari fight — but to battle and hold off George Russell at Suzuka, he did not anticipate […]
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McLaren is beatable, insists Piastri
Lady Luck was too busy with Kimi Antonelli today to help Oscar Piastri, but nonetheless the Australian leaves Japan feeling confident […]
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"I was very lucky," says Antonelli
Youngest ever world championship leader Kimi Antonelli thankful to Lady Luck following disastrous start […]
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Leclerc labels Russell ‘quite cheeky’ after Suzuka radio mind games
Charles Leclerc accused George Russell of being “quite cheeky” after a radio bluff nearly cost Ferrari a podium in Japan […]
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Thieves hijack lorry carrying 400,000 Formula 1 KitKat bars – report
A lorry loaded with KitKat's new Formula 1-inspired bars was hijacked, with over 400,000 chocolates stolen, it has been reported […]
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Russell bemoans his bad luck
Losing out to his teammate for the second successive race, George Russell admits to "going through pain" […]
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Forget luck: Antonelli shows he's an F1 title threat in Japan
Yes, the timing of a safety car helped Kimi Antonelli to Sunday's win at the Japanese GP, but he was still the fastest car on track when it happened […]
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Verstappen talks of quitting F1
"Is it worth it?" says Max Verstappen, as he admits to thinking about walking away from the sport […]
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We warned them, says Sainz
In the aftermath of Oliver Bearman's crash, Carlos Sainz fears that the sport is putting spectacle before safety […]
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‘Good show, good for everyone’: Ferrari and Mercedes bosses praise Japanese GP
Ferrari's Frederic Vasseur and Mercedes' Toto Wolff heaped praise on the Japanese Grand Prix, saying overtaking had become much easier […]
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F1 cannot ignore warning signs after Oliver Bearman crash exposes 2026 flaws
Oliver Bearman's crash at Suzuka delivered hard evidence that the warnings were justified, and it's time to take driver complaints seriously […]
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Red Bull drops behind Alpine in 2026 F1 championship – here’s how it happened
Alpine may have been a clear backmarker in the 2025 Formula 1 season while the world drivers’ title narrowly eluded Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, but three rounds into the 2026 campaign, the two teams are neck and neck.With Pierre Gasly beating Verstappen to seventh under the chequered flag in the Japanese Grand Prix, both teams have scored 16 points, but Alpine is ranked ahead on […]
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Verstappen says he could walk away from F1 at end of 2026 over new rules
Max Verstappen has raised the possibility of leaving Formula 1 at the end of this season if he remains unhappy with the state of racing in the series […]
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Oscar Piastri enjoys 'one of his best' F1 weekends but still work to do for McLaren
Oscar Piastri labelled the Japanese Grand Prix as ‘one of his best weekends in Formula 1’ after claiming his first podium of the 2026 campaign.The McLaren driver finished runner-up to Mercedes championship leader Kimi Antonelli at Suzuka on Sunday, having enjoyed a brilliant getaway from third on the grid.That put him in the lead on lap one and it was only because of the lap 23 safety […]
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Japanese Grand Prix: Post Race press conference
Today's post race press conference with Kimi Antonelli, Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc […]
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Max Verstappen drops clearest warning yet about quitting F1 after 2026
Max Verstappen has openly confirmed that he is considering walking away from Formula 1 after the 2026 season […]
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Why Oliver Bearman was 45km/h faster than Franco Colapinto when he crashed
Haas Formula 1 team principal Ayao Komatsu has absolved Franco Colapinto of any blame after Oliver Bearman crashed out of the Japanese Grand Prix.After qualifying a lowly 18th and making an earlier pitstop than most, Bearman was battling Colapinto for 17th when he lost control at 306km/h coming into Spoon, crashing his Haas car with a 50G impact. The young Briton hobbled out of his car and was […]
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Hamilton bemoans 'pretty terrible' Japanese GP
Lewis Hamilton had his worst weekend of the 2026 season yet after starting and finishing the Japanese Grand Prix in sixth; Hamilton was in the podium positions but lost out to George Russell, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris in the last 15 laps […]
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Japanese Grand Prix: George Russell laments safety car timing after fourth-place finish
George Russell believes everything is going against him after Kimi Antonelli moved into the lead of the world championship following his victory at Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix […]
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Verstappen considering quitting F1 at end of 2026 season
Max Verstappen says he is not enjoying driving Formula 1s 2026 cars; new power units and chassis were introduced for this season; the four-time world champion insists his discontent is not a result of Red Bulls poor start to the season […]
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Japanese Grand Prix: Race team notes - Alpine
It was another positive weekend for the team, with another strong points finish to add in the early part of the season […]
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2026 Japanese Grand Prix interactive data: lap charts, times and tyres
Andrea Kimi Antonelli wasn't the only driver to benefit from the Safety Car at Suzuka. Who were the biggest winners and losers? […]
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“At the mercy of the power unit” - the Japanese GP moment that frustrated Lando Norris and Max Verstappen
At Suzuka, the yo-yo effect was slightly less extreme than during the season opener in Melbourne, although the overall picture still did not satisfy all of the drivers. Lando Norris ultimately crossed the line in fifth place and saw that – together with Oscar Piastri’s strong showing – as a sign that McLaren is making significant progress.The racing as a whole, however, left the reigning […]
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FIA to assess F1 regulations after Bearman crash
The FIA put out a statement following Oliver Bearmans major crash during the Japanese Grand Prix; Bearman took to the grass and spun across the track, into the barriers as he avoided Alpines Franco Colapinto when battling for 17th in Sundays race at Suzuka […]
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FIA reacts to Bearman crash
The FIA has issued a statement following today's incident involving Oliver Bearman and Franco Colapinto […]
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Winners and losers from F1's fraught Japanese Grand Prix
Winner: Kimi AntonelliFew people would have bet against a Mercedes driver leading the standings after the opening leg of the season. But even fewer people would have gambled on Kimi Antonelli as Mercedes' lead driver three weekends into the season.Of course, there are various factors behind Antonelli getting ahead of team-mate George Russell, but the young Italian won't and shouldn't care […]
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