Season 2026
Mercedes increased its profit in the 2025 financial year and paid more money to its shareholders, according to the Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited accounts filed at Companies House. The team's revenue rose slightly to 633.4 million pounds.
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Gabriel Bortoleto watched Kimi Antonelli and Isack Hadjar score their first F1 podiums. Both belong to his generation, and the Audi driver raced against them and beat them in the junior categories.
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Cadillac has not scored yet in 2026, although Sergio Pérez came close in Monaco, where he ran tenth before receiving a penalty. Despite the numbers, the Mexican views the season very positively.
Read more · Motorsport.com →Ahead of the Godzilla collaboration scheme Haas will run at the Circuit of the Americas, the team explains how a one-off livery for a Formula 1 car is brought to life.
Read more · Formula1.com →Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen believe the Marina Bay street circuit needs a longer straight or a proper hairpin to produce better racing. Hamilton said he loves racing there and that they have discussed possible layout changes.
Read more · Motorsport.com →Haas has presented an eye-catching Godzilla-themed livery for its VF-26 cars. Oliver Bearman and Esteban Ocon will race with it at this weekend's United States Grand Prix in Austin.
Read more · Formula1.com →Former Red Bull team boss Christian Horner has asked Formula 1 to raise the budget cap, currently 215 million dollars. He claims teams spend 500 or 600 million dollars a year despite the limit.
Read more · Motorsport.com Deutschland →Ferrari has sent its fourth aerodynamic package to Austin, to debut at the US GP. Reportedly only one diffuser detail is missing, while everything else decided by Loic Serra's technical staff will run on the car in Texas.
Read more · Motorsport.com Italia →Singapore is one of the most physically demanding races because of heat and humidity, and slow corners limit cooling airflow in the cockpit. Mercedes debuted a new-generation breathable suit developed by OMP there.
Read more · Motorsport.com Italia →Cadillac is eleventh and last in the constructors' standings without a point, six races from the end of 2026. The piece compares its debut with how teams like Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren fared in their first seasons.
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Alex Albon called Williams' cooling vest the best on the grid after a comfortable Singapore Grand Prix. A Heat Hazard was declared, so drivers could either wear a cooling vest or have the corresponding ballast added to their car.
Read more · Motorsport.com →F1 heads to the United States for Round 18 of the 2026 season. Chris Medland picks out the main talking points ahead of the race weekend.
Read more · Formula1.com →Leonardo Fornaroli will drive McLaren's MCL40 again in the coming weeks. His next practice outings are planned for the Mexico City and Sao Paulo Grands Prix.
Read more · Formula1.com →Aston Martin's tough start under the new rules is mostly down to Honda's power unit problems. Adrian Newey nonetheless admits the chassis side did not go to plan either, partly due to his late arrival and waiting for the new wind tunnel.
Read more · Motorsport.com Deutschland →HRC president Koji Watanabe admits the power unit update using ADUO has brought drivability to a level similar to its problematic first specification. Honda has struggled in its full return to the championship under the new rules.
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After a strong showing at Portimao, Max Verstappen hopes to continue GT racing at Spa-Francorchamps, which he calls his favourite track. He finished ninth in GT World Challenge Europe, sharing the Team Verstappen Mercedes with Chris Lulham and Ben Barnicoat.
Read more · Motorsport.com →McLaren has confirmed Leonardo Fornaroli as its Formula 1 reserve and third driver for 2027. He will also make his World Endurance Championship debut in the team's new Hypercar.
Read more · Motorsport.com →Max Verstappen arrives in Austin after winning the last two races, in Malaysia and Singapore, and warns that the Circuit of the Americas is very bumpy. He joked he may need a new spine afterwards.
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George Russell revealed he was dealing with a lot behind the scenes during the weekend of his 2025 Singapore win. He said not many people know what was happening, speaking to Austrian broadcaster ORF Sport.
Read more · Motorsport.com →Bortoleto and Verstappen are close friends away from F1 and often race together in online gaming sessions. Motorsport.com confirms the Brazilian asked the four-time champion how Red Bull became a title-winning team, hoping to apply the lessons at Audi.
Read more · Motorsport.com →George Russell would have been sprint champion in 2026 if F1 gave out such a title, after Norris and Piastri clashed on the last lap in Singapore. Meanwhile, team-mate Antonelli keeps extending his lead in the championship.
Read more · Motorsport.com →After leaving Sepang with more questions than answers, Mercedes got its first real clues in Singapore on how to get the most from its new package. The team ran different setups on each car after parc fermé opened on Saturday.
Read more · Motorsport.com Deutschland →Red Bull could overtake McLaren in the constructors' standings this weekend in the United States. McLaren has 339 points after 17 races, just seven ahead of Red Bull on 332, with Verstappen and Hadjar needing to push hard.
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McLaren's chief executive believes Oscar Piastri is recovering his best form after a difficult start to 2026. Brown thinks the driver is leaving behind his struggles adapting to the new generation of cars.
Read more · Motorsport.com España →Horner talks about the difficulties of Red Bull's second seat alongside Max Verstappen. Drivers such as Gasly, Albon, Pérez and Lawson went through it and appeared to lose competitiveness. Horner says beating Verstappen was an impossible mission.
Read more · Motorsport.com Italia →Max Verstappen and Anthony Hamilton, Lewis's father, met in the paddock at the GT World Challenge Europe weekend in Portimão. Fans widely praised the moment. Verstappen used the F1 break to race with Lulham and Barnicoat, finishing ninth.
Read more · Motorsport.com →After Hamilton overruled his team on strategy again in Singapore, several experts suspect a damaged relationship of trust. One analyst says it clearly shows he does not fully trust the team at present.
Read more · Motorsport.com Deutschland →F1 returns after a rare weekend off following the Asian triple-header of Baku, Malaysia and Singapore. It now starts another triple-header in America with the US GP at Austin's Circuit of the Americas. Schedules on Sky, Now and TV8 are listed.
Read more · Motorsport.com Italia →The budget cap was meant to level the field between big and small teams, but Toto Wolff now sees downsides. The Mercedes team boss believes that, especially on salaries, F1 may not be able to compete with other industries in the long run.
Read more · Motorsport.com Deutschland →According to former Spanish commentator Antonio Lobato, the BBC is making a documentary about Hamilton and Alonso's chaotic 2007 season at McLaren. He discussed it on SoyMotor.com's Twitch channel. The BBC has not yet confirmed the project.
Read more · Motorsport.com →Fornaroli is testing for McLaren again, this time alongside Hughes, at the Paul Ricard circuit. Both take part in this test session with the Woking team.
Read more · RaceFans →Penalty points play an important role in Formula 1 today. Besides on-track sanctions, drivers can receive points for infringements, similar to a traffic record, and must watch the limit they are allowed to reach.
Read more · Motorsport.com Deutschland →Max Verstappen made his GT World Challenge Europe debut during the Formula 1 off-weekend. After a drive-through penalty for teammate Chris Lulham, he moved from 24th to ninth in the final 45 minutes of the three-hour race at Portimão.
Read more · Motorsport.com Deutschland →Cadillac continues to progress in its first Formula 1 season, but its car is still too far from the rest of the grid. Sergio Pérez spoke about the gap the team still needs to close to be competitive.
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Pierre Gasly finished eleventh in Singapore, just behind Isack Hadjar, narrowly missing the points. The article looks at Alpine's tyre degradation problems, which it says are also related to the rims.
Read more · Motorsport.com Italia →talkSPORT is considering a bid for the UK radio rights to Formula 1. The BBC has broadcast the sport on radio since 1994, so a change would be significant for British fans.
Read more · Motorsport.com →Formula 2 boss Bruno Michel says the Qatar and Abu Dhabi races will not be cancelled. The series thus aligns with Formula 1, which still plans to hold both Middle East events at the end of the 2026 season.
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Fernando Alonso has lived through several engine eras, from V10s to V8s and today's hybrid V6s. He believes V8 and V10 engines may no longer fit the current world, even though many fans miss their sound.
Read more · Motorsport.com España →Max Verstappen spoke to De Telegraaf about criticism from former drivers such as Damon Hill. He believes the negativity comes from pundits not understanding the 2026 regulations.
Read more · Motorsport.com →Williams boss James Vowles has repeatedly said the budget cap has had the opposite effect to bringing teams closer. Under the new rules the top four dominate more than ever, with a huge gap between Red Bull and Racing Bulls.
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