Flavio Briatore addresses the collision between Alpine drivers Franco Colapinto, Pierre Gasly, and McLaren’s Lando Norris at a 2026 F1 press conference in Malaysia. After the Safety Car left the track, Colapinto had a massive lock up into Turn 1, took out the French and British drivers and caused all three drivers to retire from…
Ahead of the 2026 F1 weekend in Malaysia, Alpine’s Franco Colapinto discussed the social media abuse faced by drivers. This comes after a mistake at the Azerbaijan GP took Lando Norris and Pierre Gasly out of Sundays race. Lando Norris made comments in the media pen after the race that did not go down well…
Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack expects the team to be in a stronger position in Malaysia after a difficult weekend at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, with the Sepang circuit presenting a very different challenge to the AMR26. Following the Azerbaijan GP, Krack explained during the print media session that Aston Martin now needs…
Audi Racing Director Allan McNish believes the team showed stronger race pace than its qualifying result suggested at the Formula 1 (F1) Azerbaijan GP, despite a challenging weekend in Baku. The team struggled to maximise its performance over one lap on Friday before showing improved pace during Saturday’s race. However, tyre performance and the challenge…
Four laps from the chequered flag, Nico Hülkenberg sat P10 and Audi held a point at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP. Then, Carlos Sainz swept past on the long straight at the beginning of the 49th tour, and the German dropped to P11. That move seemed to sum up the Azerbaijan GP weekend of the…
Aston Martin’s season continues to go from bad to worse, and Baku was ultimately another representation of that shift; the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP marked another disappointing weekend for Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso — both drivers with a DNF. For Stroll, this marks his fourth retirement in a row, leaving him as the only…
McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella spoke after the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP to explain what went wrong for Lando Norris in Baku. Norris jumped from fifth to second at the start. He then fell back through the field throughout the race. A lock-up at Turn 1 on lap 30 let the #10 and #12 through;…
Nikola Tsolov described his recovery to second place in Feature Race 2 at the 2026 F2 Azerbaijan GP as “more than a win” after bouncing back in Baku from a difficult run of races. The Campos Racing driver started the final race of the weekend from 11th on the grid but worked his way through…
Laurent Mekies praised Isack Hadjar’s performance at the 2026 Formula 1 (F1) Azerbaijan GP after the Red Bull driver made an impressive return to racing in Baku. Isack Hadjar returned to the cockpit after being sidelined through injury and immediately showed competitive pace around the demanding Baku City Circuit. After securing fourth place in qualifying,…
Following the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP, Fred Vasseur reflected on a difficult race for Ferrari as Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton finished P4 and P6 respectively. In qualifying on Friday, the driver from Monaco finished up in P2, a full 0.8s slower than George Russell. The seven-time World Champion was 1.3s off pole in P6….
