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With the 2026 season already on the horizon, the driver numbers have been confirmed for what is undoubtedly going to be another exciting campaign of F1 action as all-new technical regulations come into effect and an additional team joins the grid. Now that the sport has crowned a new drivers’ champion for the first time…
With the 2025 season coming to an end, F1 teams have begun announcing their 2026 launch dates. As drivers get ready to finish up the current season with an uncertain championship battle, the official calendar for 2026 was announced. Set to embark on another 24-round campaign next year, the season will also bring the new…
Sauber driver Gabriel Bortoleto had a strong rookie F1 season. His best finish was P6 and he scored a total of 19 points throughout the F1 2025 season. However, the 20-year-old was most impressive during qualifying. His F1 season included 5 Q3 and 7 Q2 appearances. Bortoleto was able to tie his teammate Nico Hülkenberg…
Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings find Sauber’s highly touted rookie Gabriel Bortoleto 13th in his first season on the grid. Don’t let the points tally fool you At first glance it would seem that Bortoleto had a bit of a dud rookie season. The 2024 Formula 2 champion finished well behind the other rookies,…
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur says the team and drivers are always pushing for improvement, and admits he has “no clue” how the team will get on compared to the rest of the grid in the upcoming 2026 F1 season. Ferrari finished the 2025 F1 season fourth in the Constructors’ Championship, after struggling with the…
2026 will be a year of great innovation and changes for all teams on the F1 grid, and especially for Aston Martin Honda, according to Fernando Alonso. In fact, the Silverstone team will employ a brand new Team Principal, with famed engineer and key to Red Bull’s championship wins Adrian Newey stepping up to replace…
The 2026 F1 season will usher in a wave of change, from new regulations to an expanded 22-car grid featuring 11 teams. Following a thrilling and tightly fought 2025 season, attention turns to 2026 as the countdown to the season-opener in Melbourne begins. Ahead of this new era, here’s everything you need to know about…
After a tumultuous first year with Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton is 14th in Pit Debrief’s 2025 F1 Driver Rankings. Hamilton’s worst F1 season yet After twelve seasons at Mercedes, Hamilton joined Ferrari for the 2025 season. What was a perfect match on paper soon proved otherwise. Despite starting strong with a Sprint win in only his…
Speaking following the 2025 F1 season finale in Abu Dhabi, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff discusses the 2026 pecking order. With rumours suggesting Mercedes will be the team to beat under the new regulations, Wolff weighs in on the team’s progress. With sweeping regulation changes to both cars and power units for the 2026 F1 season,…
Sauber Team Principal Jonathan Wheatley is impressed by Gabriel Bortoleto’s 2025 F1 season. The rookie driver joined the Audi project following back-to-back rookie championships in F3 and F2. Bortoleto showed off his pace during his rookie season, tying experienced teammate Nico Hülkenberg Hulkenberg in their qualifying head-to-head. While Hulkenberg came out on top for points…
