While several special liveries were spotted on the track throughout the Barcelona shakedown week and pre-season testing in Bahrain, eleven F1 teams in 2026 will now introduce one-off designs during the 23-race season as well. F1 cars are built to leave an impression not only in the literal but also in the figurative sense. It’s…
With multiple cars experiencing power loss on the formation lap, F1 drivers shared their thoughts on the unprecedented software glitch and how the rain impacted the behaviour of the 2026 cars following a chaotic race in Malaysia on Sunday. As the teams and the drivers geared up for the first rain-affected race under the new…
“So ultimately, it was an incorrect judgement as to the crossover at which the dry tyres would be faster than the intermediate tyres,” Andrea Stella said as he reviewed the McLaren strategy after the 2026 F1 Malaysia round. Stella admitted that the McLaren F1 strategy misread how quickly Sepang would dry. As a result, both…
Lando Norris admitted McLaren got its tyre decision wrong during a chaotic 2026 F1 race in Malaysia, after the Briton eventually crossed the line in ninth place at Sepang. Heavy rain caused a lengthy delay to the start before the field initially headed out on intermediate tyres. When the race eventually got underway, teams split…
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…
Ahead of F1’s return to Malaysia, McLaren’s Lando Norris weighed in on the social media backlash he received following the 2026 Azerbaijan GP after making strongly worded remarks about Alpine’s Franco Colapinto in the media pen after the race. The Briton became an innocent victim of a multi-car pileup during a mid-race safety car restart…
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;…
Alpine’s Franco Colapinto locked up in the restart at the F1 2026 Azerbaijan GP and missed his braking point in Turn 1; he hit teammate Pierre Gasly, who in turn took out McLaren’s Lando Norris. It was a stable race in Baku from the start to the halfway mark. On lap 30, Williams’ Alex Albon…
McLaren’s Lando Norris will start the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan GP P5 on the starting grid. The Briton’s fastest lap in qualifying was 1:43.672, 1.146s slower than pole sitter George Russell. Looking ahead to the main race on Saturday, Norris reveals that he is not confident his McLaren will be in the position to fight for…
