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FP2 at the 2026 F1 Australian GP has been completed, view the full results of the session here. Lando Norris headed into the weekend as the defending race winner and World Champion. Max Verstappen finished P2 last year both in the race and championship. George Russell was P3 at Albert Park last year and is…
FP1 at the 2026 F1 Australian GP has been completed, view the full results of the session here. Lando Norris heads into the weekend as the defending race winner and World Champion. Max Verstappen finished P2 last year both in the race and championship. George Russell was P3 at Albert Park last year and is…
FP1 at the 2026 F1 Australian GP has been completed as the new season is underway. View the full report here. It was a very messy start to the opening session of the year. Arvid Lindblad stopped on pit exit, while Oscar Piastri was briefly limping around as he had no power. The Aussie got…
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has renewed his call for a Formula One race in Africa, saying he hopes the sport will return to the continent before he retires. Speaking in Melbourne on Thursday, Hamilton explained that he has spent years pushing for an African Grand Prix behind the scenes. Africa remains the only continent…
This weekend the F1 grid is back on track; talking ahead of the 2026 Australian GP, Mercedes’s Kimi Antonelli shared his thoughts regarding the energy-demanding track in Melbourne. A step into the unknown – Antonelli predicts chaos from lap 1 The Grand Prix held at at Albert Park is notoriously a dramatic one. Mercedes-AMG Petronas…
Max Verstappen arrived at the 2026 Australian GP insisting he still can’t predict a clear outcome for Red Bull’s first weekend of the new F1 regulation era, even after an encouraging pre-season that left him “positively surprised” by how the car and Ford-backed power unit package worked together. On his expectations ahead of the first…
Sergio Checo Pérez is returning to F1 in 2026 with Cadillac at the Australian GP, a major change to his racing career. The former Red Bull driver is preparing to make his comeback with the sport’s newest team at the Australian Grand Prix this weekend. He’s made it clear that the team is looking for…
Ahead of the F1 Australian GP weekend, Lando Norris discussed his expectations for the 2026 season. The British driver enters the season as World Champion with McLaren and will hope to match his performance from last year. Norris confident in the team ahead of F1 season opener Last season, Lando Norris won the F1 Australian…
Speaking in their print media sessions on Thursday ahead of the 2026 Australian GP, Williams F1 drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon outlined the significant challenges in front of all teams and drivers this weekend. The upcoming season marks a massive overhaul of the engine and technical regulations. On the engine side, it features a…
Isack Hadjar is set to make his Red Bull debut at the 2026 F1 season opener in Melbourne for the Australian GP. Ahead of the first race of the 2026 F1 season in Melbourne, Hadjar reflected on his move to Red Bull. The Frenchman also shared his hopes ahead of the upcoming race weekend and…
