Chief designer Rob Marshall shared his thoughts on McLaren hitting the track for the first time with their 2026 car, how innovative the MCL40 is, and their run plan for the remainder of the F1 shakedown as the third day of the private event in Barcelona came to a close. McLaren initially dedicated their time…
Team principal Laurent Mekies shared his thoughts on the RB22’s on-track debut in 2026 with their own power unit, Red Bull’s running until now, Isack Hadjar’s crash, how well the youngster is acclimatising, and their programme for the rest of the shakedown as the second day of the private event in Barcelona came to a…
George Russell has shared his thoughts on how he felt driving Mercedes’s latest F1 challenger, the impact of the 2026 technical regulations on the cars, why several other teams impressed him, and his primary objective for the upcoming campaign following the opening day of the pre-season private shakedown in Barcelona. While Kimi Antonelli took to…
While McLaren have unveiled the renders of the MCL40 in a testing livery, Red Bull have published the first images of their real 2026 F1 car ahead of the behind-closed-doors Barcelona shakedown. As F1 undergoes a major regulations reset in 2026, ten teams, apart from Williams, are utilising a shakedown event prior to the two…
Ahead of the Barcelona shakedown and official livery reveal for the 2026 F1 season, a special event in Tokyo on Tuesday saw Chief Strategy Officer Andy Cowell shed some light on Aston Martin’s preparations and objectives for the upcoming campaign as they celebrated the beginning of their new partnership with Honda. Having previously been powered…
Mercedes have announced on Tuesday morning that long-serving F1 design lead John Owen will leave the team over the course of the 2026 season. With the Brackley-based squad gearing up for the reveal of the W17, which is the 17th design that he has overseen for the German manufacturer, Owen has made the decision to…
The Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 squad took a big step forward in 2025 in terms of establishing themselves as one of the leading professional sports teams worldwide so far as sustainability is concerned. Mercedes’s progress aligns with F1’s ambition to achieve a net-zero carbon footprint by 2030. This aggressive sustainability plan covers not only the cars…
Isack Hadjar will partner Max Verstappen in 2026 as he enters his sophomore season in F1. He received a promotion from Racing Bulls to Red Bull ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP last year in recognition of his impressive rookie campaign. The French-Algerian driver scored points in 10 Grands Prix in 2025, including a stunning…
Now that F1 has bid farewell to the ground effect regulations, which came into effect in 2022, let’s delve into how the current grid has fared over the course of the last four seasons with Pit Debrief’s end-of-era rankings. While the usual suspects like Red Bull and McLaren jousted for the top position in our…
Charles Leclerc has placed third in Pit Debrief’s driver rankings for the 2025 F1 season. If the Monégasque’s F1 title aspirations in 2025 had fizzled out before they even properly ignited, it was entirely down to the performance of the SF-25, which was, at times, more temperamental than the weather in Zandvoort. It was primarily…
