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FP3 at round 18 of the 2026 F1 season at the United States GP has been completed, view the full results below. This weekend at COTA is the start of the latest triple-header, this time across the Americas. Mexico will be next weekend, with Brazil following that. In FP1 and FP2 on Friday, Ferrari driver…
Lando Norris believes McLaren’s pace so far at the 2026 F1 United States GP weekend is “not bad“, but admitted that on Friday’s practice sessions at the Circuit of The Americas, it was “too difficult” to consistently extract that pace from the MCL40. Norris: McLaren F1 car “difficult to drive” on Friday of 2026 United…
Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar labelled his soft tyre run in second practice at the 2026 United States GP “just a disaster” as Pierre Waché explained what went on overall. This happened after his front tyres faded in the esses section at the Circuit of the Americas. Hadjar finished ninth in FP2, 0.931 seconds behind…
With the end of 2026 coming closer and closer, it is already time to look forward to 2027, when F2 champion-elect Rafa Câmara will join the F1 grid for Haas. Last year’s F3 champion currently leads the F2 championship by seven points over Nikola Tsolov, with two rounds left to go. So it is no…
Ferrari enjoyed a good start to the 2026 F1 United States GP weekend, with Charles Leclerc topping the time chart in both FP1 and FP2. The Monegasque driver clocked the fastest lap on Friday, setting a 1:35.291 at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in FP2. On the other side of the garage, Lewis Hamilton…
It was an encouraging first day at the 2026 F1 United States GP for Mercedes, with both Kimi Antonelli and George Russell finishing within the top five in both FP1 and FP2. In FP1, Antonelli had finished the session in P5 but was able to improve to P2 in FP2. He ended the day with…
FP2 at the 2026 F1 United States GP at Circuit of the Americas has been completed, view the full report here. In FP1, Charles Leclerc was fastest from Max Verstappen and the Mercedes duo. Sergio Pérez returned to his Cadillac after Colton Herta ran earlier in the day. Pierre Gasly kicked things off with a…
Free Practice 2 (FP2) for Round 18 of the 2026 F1 season has been completed at the United States GP. View the full results here. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who also topped FP1, led the second free practice session at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), setting a fastest lap of 1:35.291 on soft tyres. Mercedes’…
FP1 at the 2026 F1 United States GP at COTA has been completed, view the full session report here. Down at Cadillac, Colton Herta stepped in for Sergio Pérez as part of mandatory FP1 running. The FIA confirmed before the action started that some testing would take place regarding a low-power engine mode at the…
Free Practice 1 (FP1) for Round 18 of the 2026 F1 season has been completed at the United States GP. View the full results here. The first of three free practice sessions at the 2026 F1 United States GP got underway beneath clear skies at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA), with Alpine’s Franco Colapinto…
