Mercedes arrived in Malaysia for Round 16 of the 2026 F1 season with a new upgrade package on the W17, as well as both George Russell and Kimi Antonelli experiencing the circuit for the first time. Max Verstappen topped both FP1 and the early stages of FP2, while Leclerc ultimately ended Friday fastest after switching…
As F1 gears up for the sixteenth round of the 2026 season in Malaysia, Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton have rallied around Fred Vasseur and reflected on the impact of the recent speculations on team morale. Having secured their last podium at Spa-Francorchamps back in July, the Scuderia have come under heavy criticism…
While several special liveries were spotted on the track throughout the Barcelona shakedown week and pre-season testing in Bahrain, eleven F1 teams in 2026 will now introduce one-off designs during the 23-race season as well. F1 cars are built to leave an impression not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense. It’s…
Deputy Team Principal Bradley Lord opened up about how the hydraulic issue on Thursday affected Kimi Antonelli’s race weekend and whether Mercedes helped him compartmentalise his mistake in F1 qualifying following the Italian’s fifth-place finish at the 2026 Azerbaijan GP on Saturday. Antonelli lined up in P16 due to retiring the car after contact with…
Mercedes Deputy Team Principal Bradley Lord was full of praise for George Russell after the latter’s dominant performance during the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. After a strong start to the 2026 F1 season at the Australian GP, Mercedes driver George Russell experienced a series of setbacks marked by mechanical issues and difficulties getting on top…
George Russell had looked dominant all weekend at the Azerbaijan GP, but had to hold off a charging Max Verstappen on the run to the flag to win his third race of the 2026 F1 season, beating the four-time world champion by just 0.196 seconds over the line. In a race that was primarily defined…
The 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP weekend was one to forget for Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli. The Italian’s crash on a push lap in Q1 had him starting P16, and he was able to deliver a decent recovery drive to finish P5. Nonetheless, reflecting on the weekend as a whole, Antonelli shared that the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan…
Kimi Antonelli was left disappointed after suffering an “unnecessary” crash in qualifying at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, leaving him P16 on the grid. The Mercedes driver has had a challenging start to his Baku weekend after facing a hydraulic issue that forced him to miss most of FP1 and FP2. Despite the disrupted track…
George Russell believes his growing confidence at Mercedes helped him secure a dominant pole position in qualifying at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. The Briton has enjoyed a strong weekend so far, topping the timesheets in Thursday’s FP1 and FP2. Friday’s running got off to a tougher start, with Max Verstappen outpacing Russell in FP3,…
Mercedes F1 topped the timesheets on Friday at the 2026 Azerbaijan GP with George Russell, while Kimi Antonelli was P2 in FP2. However, Deputy Team Principal, Bradley Lord, quickly downplayed the margin ahead of the rest of the Baku weekend. Behind that headline pace, though, the day told two very different stories. George Russell found…
