After a double DNS for McLaren at the 2026 Chinese GP, Andrea Stella defended the start of their F1 season. Oscar Piastri has not yet completed a single lap of a Grand Prix. Lando Norris has had slightly better luck as he was able to start and complete the Australian Grand Prix, finishing P5. Speaking…
Franco Colapinto found himself briefly at the sharp end of a chaotic 2026 F1 Chinese GP as strategy and a Safety Car reshuffled the field in Shanghai. The Argentine climbed into P2 after the early neutralisation, running at the front while several rivals had boxed. Colapinto held firm in the restart battles for as long…
Carlos Sainz delivered a resilient performance at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP, extracting Williams’ first points finish for the 2026 season, despite the teams struggles and a difficult start to the season. Strong race start at the F1 Chinese GP The Spaniard started from P17 for Sunday’s Grand Prix, but with both McLaren cars, Gabriel…
Fernando Alonso’s F1 Chinese GP weekend ended in a physical crisis that forced a premature retirement. While the Aston Martin showed early promise, a violent vibration transformed the cockpit into a hostile environment. This issue eventually bypassed technical telemetry to become a direct safety hazard for the driver. The final result for Alonso’s race had…
After qualifying his Alpine P7 on Saturday, Pierre Gasly finally gained one position and crossed the finish line P6 at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP. Initially, the Frenchman was gifted two positions after both McLarens were not able to start the race, leaving P5 and P6 empty at the starting grid. Yet, Gasly was immediately…
Max Verstappen’s Red Bull failed to finish the 2026 F1 Chinese GP after a suspected ERS cooling failure meant he had to retire from the race at the end of lap 46. But that proved to be the least of Verstappen’s problems, as a sheer lack of pace from his Red Bull car and another…
Round 2 of the 2026 F1 season is in the books as the Chinese GP race has been completed, view the full results here. Kimi Antonelli bagged his first ever Grand Prix position on Saturday afternoon. The Italian became the youngest polesitter in the history of the sport by almost two years. George Russell joined…
Round 2 of the 2026 F1 season has been completed at the Chinese GP at the Shanghai International Circuit, view the full standings here. Antonelli sets a new record Qualifying for the F1 Chinese Grand Prix marked the first session since FP3 in Australia where George Russell did not top the timesheets. Instead, Kimi Antonelli…
Race 2 at the Chinese GP delivered major changes to the 2026 F1 Academy Drivers’ Championship standings as Audi-backed Emma Felbermayr surged to the top after a tense and incident-filled race in Shanghai. After two races, Felbermayr leads the standings with 31 points, ahead of Red Bull-backed Alisha Palmowski on 25 and Alpine-backed Nina Gademan…
Isack Hadjar finished P9, right behind his Red Bull teammate Max Verstappen at the 2026 F1 Chinese GP qualifying. The Frenchman said that he did everything he could in an interview in the print media pen. Nevertheless, he was still unsatisfied with the RB22’s balance overall. Although there is hard work going on behind the…
