Nikolas Tombazis, Single Seater Director at the FIA, recently spoke to select media in an interview about F1’s Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) system. The ADUO system has been talked about a lot this season. The system was originally designed as a safety net to help manufacturers bridge performance gaps. Now it has instead…
Mercedes have wasted little time establishing themselves as the team to beat under Formula 1’s new technical regulations in 2026, but their commanding position at the summer break does not tell the full story. The W17 has delivered eight victories across the opening eleven rounds, with Kimi Antonelli leading the Drivers’ Championship and George Russell…
With F1 reaching its mid-season mark in 2026, Pit Debrief has put forward a review of how Scuderia Ferrari and drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have fared in the first half of the campaign. While Mercedes have emerged as the clear favourites to lift both titles after the first eleven rounds, the Italian marque…
Andrea Stella has shared his thoughts on the lessons McLaren have learned in the first half of the season, whether there has been a real turning point until now, what contributed to their Hungarian GP success, the responsibility of carrying the team’s legacy forward, whether transitioning from the MCL40 to next year’s project is difficult,…
Nikolas Tombazis, Single Seater Director at the FIA, has opened up about why F1’s supreme governing body couldn’t intervene and change the new technical regulations in the years leading up to 2026. The introduction of the new engines and chassis has undoubtedly produced more on-track action than in the past few seasons. However, the first…
Team Principal Fred Vasseur has shared his thoughts on how Ferrari fared in the first half of the 2026 F1 season, how their development philosophy differs from that of McLaren, and where he sees the clearest room for the SF-26’s improvement following the summer break. As it stands, the Italian outfit sits second in the…
Toto Wolff addressed the shifting development picture in F1 following the 2026 Hungarian GP, acknowledging McLaren’s progress while outlining Mercedes’ own plans for the second half of the season. Kimi Antonelli finished third and George Russell seventh after a difficult afternoon that saw Russell drop to P21 off the line following an anti-stall at the…
The 2026 F1 Hungarian GP was a tough weekend for Mercedes, with Team Principal Toto Wolff admitting that the team “should have done better”. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli, who started the race in P7, had a strong drive and clinched the final podium spot in P3. Meanwhile, George Russell had to recover from a dreadful…
After Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished in fourth and fifth, respectively, at the 2026 Hungarian GP, Team Principal Fred Vasseur opened up about why Ferrari underperformed on a track that was supposed to suit the SF-26, their pit stop strategy, and the positives he took away from the race weekend heading into the F1…
Kimi Antonelli believes Mercedes maximised its result at the 2026 F1 Hungarian GP after the Championship leader recovered from seventh on the grid to claim the final spot on the podium. Antonelli made his first pit stop later than many of his rivals before eventually making his second stop with just 16 laps remaining. The…
