Nina Gademan currently sits third in the 2026 F1 Academy Drivers’ Standings with 50 points. The Alpine backed MP Motorsport driver arrived with the weight of expectation after finishing sixth in her debut campaign in 2025 and claiming a memorable maiden victory at Zandvoort. The early part of her 2026 season suggested she could push…
Ella Lloyd enters the summer break of her second F1 Academy season sitting fifth in the 2026 Drivers’ Standings with 39 points. The McLaren backed driver was arguably last year’s top rookie, having taken victory in Jeddah and finishing fourth in the standings. The consistency that defined that debut campaign has remained a feature of…
Colton Herta’s 2026 F2 campaign has marked a major transition after years of success in IndyCar, where he became one of the series’ youngest race winners. The American driver entered F2 with significant experience from IndyCar, including 9 race victories since his debut in 2018. However, Herta has found that adapting to an F2 car…
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…
Rafael Câmara took third place in the 2026 F2 Hungarian GP Feature Race, claiming his fifth podium of the season and consolidating his position in the championship standings. Starting second behind pole sitter Kush Maini, Câmara ran a composed race behind the frontrunners before the overcut during the VSC put Noel León into the lead….
Lisa Billard has had an encouraging but inconsistent start to her rookie 2026 F1 Academy campaign. She arrived with significant expectations after impressing at the inaugural Rookie Test. Turning that raw pace into points has proven more straightforward than for some of her peers, but a podium finish has so far eluded her. Billard heads…
Haas endured a difficult afternoon at the 2026 F1 Belgian GP, with Ollie Bearman finishing 14th and Esteban Ocon 17th after both drivers were compromised by separate incidents on the opening lap. Despite the results, Bearman pointed to signs of genuine progress from the team, while Ocon continued to flag a persistent performance deficit that…
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…
Joshua Dürksen claimed victory in the F2 Belgian GP Sprint Race, passing Martinius Stenshorne for the lead on Lap 11 before holding on through a final Safety Car restart to take the win. Speaking in the post-Sprint press conference attended by Pit Debrief, Dürksen reflected on a race that brought everything together for him after…
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…
