George Russell is excited for the 2026 F1 season to begin and shared that he is ready to get racing. The Mercedes F1 team enjoyed a productive run during the Barcelona shakedown. Following the shakedown, the team have officially launched their challenger for the 2026 season, the W17, at their heritage centre in Brackley. The…
Lando Norris 2026 Barcelona F1 shakedown running began later than most his rivals, with McLaren arriving late to the five-day event by design. The reigning champions waited until the final three days to put the MCL40 on track, prioritising full assembly and system validation over early visibility. By Friday evening, the Woking team had completed…
2025 F1 world champion, Lando Norris, took over the honour from Max Verstappen to drive with the car boasting the number 1 at Barcelona shakedown. The McLaren driver with number one, hit the track at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday, with Norris completing 77 laps across a full systems shakedown. Norris admitted it still…
Alpine F1 team and Franco Colapinto took part on the first day of F1’s first closed-door shakedown week at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on January 26. This five-day shakedown represented the opening act of the 2026 regulation era, with teams permitted to run on a maximum of three days. The test preceded two official public…
Red Bull Racing were the first team in 2026 to lift the curtain to showcase the colours of their F1 challenger. They came together with the Ford Racing team at the Michigan Central Station in Detroit to unveil the liveries of both Red Bull teams. Back in 2023, Red Bull Powertrains and Ford confirmed a…
Eleventh place in Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings goes to two-time world champion Fernando Alonso. After yet another season defined by man versus machine and extracting blood from stone, Alonso once again makes a compelling case as the standout driver of the midfield in 2025. On paper, the numbers are modest. Alonso finished 10th…
One of the season’s unsung performers has been Alpine’s Pierre Gasly, who’s ranked 15th in Pit Debrief’s 2025 Formula 1 Drivers’ Rankings. Gasly’s campaign lacked glory but showed his grit. Finishing 18th in the Drivers’ Championship with 22 points, the Frenchman shouldered the entire weight of Alpine’s aspirations in what became the Enstone squad’s worst-ever…
Lando Norris clinched the 2025 championship by just 2 points, making him the 35th F1 Drivers’ World Champion. The Brit was just a 19-year-old driver when he joined the grid in 2019 with McLaren F1 was touted to be a kid with immense potential. He stayed with the Woking outfit through their hills and valleys…
The Haas F1 Team has been on an impressive run of form this season and have been clear pace-setters at times in the midfield since the summer break. The American outfit scored points in all but two races in that period. While Ollie Bearman has taken most of the spotlight with his sizable points haul,…
The Mercedes F1 team had an erratic weekend at the Las Vegas GP. The team saw a Q1 exit before salvaging a double podium on the streets of Sin City. Team Principal Toto Wolff was delighted with the result and assessed both Kimi Antonelli and George Russell’s race. Kimi Antonelli suffered a Q1 exit and…
