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…
The F2 Belgian GP Sprint Race has concluded, view the full results here. Rafael Câmara took his fourth pole of the season in Qualifying with a 1:56.306, ahead of Inthraphuvasak and Dunne, with Tsolov fourth and Minì down in 17th. Several post-qualifying penalties then reshuffled the grid. The stewards deleted all of León’s times for…
Ella Stevens has endured a tough start to her rookie 2026 F1 Academy campaign. The McLaren Oxagon-backed driver arrived to F1 Academy having topped the timesheets at the inaugural Rookie Test. Turning that into results has proven more difficult, as Stevens heads into the summer break sitting 16th in the Drivers’ Standings. Stevens makes her…
Emma Felbermayr left the 2026 F1 Academy Silverstone round with a double podium and retained her second place in the Drivers’ Standings. The weekend did not start as she would have wanted, with eighth in Qualifying leaving her with work to do. However, she relied on her racecraft to turn things around, claiming a lights-to-flag…
