Audi driver Gabriel Bortoleto finished the 2026 F1 United States GP in P13 following a comeback drive from 21st on the grid. Having cleared Valtteri Bottas quickly, the Brazilian had a battle with Franco Colapinto into Turn 11, where the Argentinian driver ran him wide. Ultimately, the driver of car #5 would get that position….
Ollie Bearman has criticised the 10-second penalty he received during the 2026 F1 United States GP, describing the penalty as excessive after a first-lap incident left him with damage that ultimately forced him to retire. The Haas driver gained positions at the start in Austin but was penalised following contact with Pierre Gasly on Lap…
In his 299th F1 start, Sergio Pérez had a very quiet race at the 2026 United States GP, crossing the line in P19. He was the last of the classified runners on Sunday. Thanks to grid penalties for Lindblad, Colapinto and Bortoleto, he went off from P17 on the grid. They all passed him, along…
Valtteri Bottas believes Cadillac showed encouraging signs during the 2026 F1 United States GP despite retiring in the closing stages of the race at the Circuit of the Americas. The Finnish driver started the race from the ninth row of the grid alongside teammate Sergio Pérez as Cadillac continued to search for improvements in its…
Arvid Lindblad had an eventful but ultimately encouraging afternoon at the 2026 F1 United States GP. The Racing Bulls rookie qualified ninth but received a five-place grid penalty after taking his sixth internal combustion engine (ICE) of the season, exceeding the permitted allocation and dropping him to P14 on the starting grid. Lindblad eventually crossed…
Franco Colapinto was left disappointed after contact with Arvid Lindblad damaged his Alpine beyond repair at the 2026 F1 United States GP, forcing him to retire on Lap 30. Colapinto’s race at the Circuit of the Americas came to an early end after the incident with the Racing Bulls driver on the approach to Turn…
Nico Hülkenberg and Audi Racing Director Allan McNish were left to lament a bad start for the German driver at the 2026 F1 United States GP as he finished 11th. It’s the tenth time this season an Audi has finished in that spot in a Grand Prix. Having qualified in P12, that became P11 at…
The 2026 F1 season will see teams having to give rookies a chance in FP1 sessions, view the full list here. A driver who has not started more than two Grands Prix in Formula 1 is eligible to do a FP1 session for a team. Just like in 2025, all eleven teams must have a…
Williams F1 driver Alex Albon shared his thoughts on his opening-lap collision with Fernando Alonso, how great of a racetrack COTA is, and the negative impact of blue flags following his seventeenth-place finish at the 2026 United States GP on Sunday. How the race unfolded for Albon Setting only the twentieth-fastest time, Albon failed to…
Esteban Ocon opened his 2026 F1 United States GP with a good start. However, he then had to watch the race unravel through a familiar problem. The opening lap brought the gain, and the rest of the afternoon brought front locking, inconsistency and cars he could not hold behind. The start, the teammate call and…
