Red Bull Team Principal Laurent Mekies spoke in a print media session after the 2026 F1 Spanish GP at the Madring, where Max Verstappen finished second behind Kimi Antonelli. It was Red Bull’s strongest result in recent rounds. Liam Lawson, who stepped in for Isack Hadjar, finished sixth. Mekies was asked whether Verstappen could have…
Alex Dunne qualified second for the 2026 F2 Spanish GP at the Madring. The Irishman crossed the line to claim himself yet another front-row start alongside pole sitter Dino Beganovic after a chaotic session that produced three red flags. Dunne was among the first drivers to set a representative time after the opening red flag…
Jin Nakamura topped Free Practice for the 2026 Madrid F3 Round at the Spanish GP ahead of Qualifying, with Taito Kato second and Enzo Deligny third. Nicola Lacorte’s late crash ended the session early. Freddie Slater leads the championship on 141 points, 15 clear of Ugo Ugochukwu, with the title fight reaching its conclusion this…
George Russell topped FP1 at the 2026 F1 Spanish GP ahead of FP2, with Mercedes locking out the top two as Antonelli finished second. The session gave every team their first data from the new Madrid circuit, with tyre degradation a significant talking point. Track temperatures remained extremely high, sitting in the 50s, although conditions…
DAMS Lucas Oil’s Dino Beganovic conquers the MADRING to take his second pole position of the 2026 F2 season at Madrid, full report below. Nikola Tsolov set the pace in a disrupted Free Practice at the Madring on Friday morning, while Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak’s car caught fire after hitting the barriers at Turn 19, cutting the…
Kimi Antonelli will start from the back of the grid at the 2026 F1 Italian GP after taking a power unit penalty. The Mercedes driver heads into his home race leading the Drivers’ Championship by 59 points over George Russell. Despite the grid drop, Antonelli was upbeat at his media day ahead of the weekend,…
In 2025, Lando Norris became the first F2 alumni to win a F1 World Championship. The McLaren driver finished as the championship runner-up to George Russell in 2018, having won his first F2 race at the opening round in Bahrain. As F2 celebrates its tenth season, Norris reflected on his time in the championship, the…
Ferrari head to the 2026 F1 Italian GP at Monza with an updated power unit, confirmed as part of the ADUO development framework. The weekend also marks 30 years since Michael Schumacher’s first Italian GP victory with Ferrari, on 8 September 1996. Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton will race in a special livery inspired by…
Yuki Tsunoda returned to F1 at the 2026 Dutch GP as a replacement for Liam Lawson at Racing Bulls, with Lawson stepping in for Isack Hadjar at Red Bull for the weekend. Tsunoda arrived at Zandvoort having driven the just four times in the eight months since Abu Dhabi 2025. Despite the circumstances, Tsunoda impressed…
Alba Larsen left the 2026 F1 Academy Zandvoort round with back-to-back podium finishes and a significant jump up the standings. The Ferrari-backed MP Motorsport driver finished second in both the Dutch GP Reverse Grid Race and the Feature Race. It was her maiden F1 Academy podium at a circuit she knows well. The double result…
