Mercedes driver George Russell described the software calibration problem that had been hampering him for the past two race weekends, adding that he expects the issue will be resolved for the 2026 Hungarian GP. After a miserable race at the Belgian GP, Russell arrived in Budapest encouraged by the work carried out by Mercedes to…
Toto Wolff and Red Bull Team Principal Laurent Mekies both acknowledged that Mercedes holds the most powerful power unit in F1 after the 2026 F1 Belgian GP. The admission arrived at a significant moment, with the second ADUO monitoring period set to close at the Hungarian GP this weekend. Wolff made the admission while addressing…
Following Kimi Antonelli’s sixth win of the 2026 F1 campaign at the Belgian GP on Sunday, Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff shared his thoughts on the change in the Italian’s mentality since last season and whether his W17 was battling any underlying issues while chasing and overtaking Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari in the second stint of…
McLaren F1 driver Oscar Piastri opened up about how his damaged MCL40 impacted his race stints, Charles Leclerc’s aggressive defence, the inexplicable loss of straight-line speed, if there are short-term solutions for the deployment discrepancies, and whether it’s concerning that even Mercedes HPP have been unable to remedy the issue so far following his fifth-place…
Toto Wolff has discussed the issues George Russell was up against throughout the 2026 F1 Belgian GP weekend as the Brit lost valuable points in the Drivers’ Championship to his Mercedes teammate and the Ferraris. Throughout the weekend, a deployment issue in the final sector was costing him around 0.250s. While this would not have…
After a tough couple of rounds, Kimi Antonelli returned to the top of the podium at the 2026 F1 Belgian GP, taking his sixth win of the season. Starting from pole, Antonelli briefly lost the lead to Max Verstappen before quickly reclaiming it on the opening lap. After managing an early Safety Car that saw…
Championship leader Kimi Antonelli took his sixth pole position of the season and his career in Qualifying for the 2026 Belgian GP. The young Italian advanced through Qualifying with relative ease, but the pole didn’t look to be a done deal with Red Bull, McLaren, and Ferrari looking close throughout the session. In the end,…
George Russell qualified fourth for the 2026 F1 Belgian GP, but the result masked a problem that has now followed Mercedes across multiple weekends. A persistent straight-line speed deficit left Russell losing between two and six tenths on the straights throughout the session. Despite that, the Mercedes driver was satisfied with the quality of his…
FP2 for the 2026 F1 Belgian GP began under hot and sunny conditions at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, after earlier rain had halted activities in the feeder series. Piastri misses first part of 2026 F1 Belgian GP FP2 After suffering from an hydraulic failure in first practice, Oscar Piastri’s McLaren still wasn’t ready to join the…
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has opened up about how much confidence boost his recent F1 win has given him, what had contributed to his struggles before the Silverstone breakthrough, the changes he made, whether there was a specific turning point, why Spa-Francorchamps holds special significance for him, and the pecking order heading into the 2026 Belgian…
