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2026 Monaco GP Preview: Is Anyone A Match For Mercedes?

Unbeaten Mercedes are favourites for the 2026 Monaco GP, but the circuit's quirks and Ferrari's low-speed form could make it a genuine contest.

Formula 1

Sky Italy: Verstappen 'Open' To Mercedes Switch After Wolff-Jos Meeting

Formula 1

Coulthard's Cold Take On Hamilton-Ferrari: Time Is The One Thing He Doesn't Have

Formula 1

Alonso: 'We've Lost A Decade Of Pure Racing' To Hybrid Era

Formula 1

Piastri Stays Cool On Red Bull Plan B: 'Flattering, Not Much More'

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Formula 1 · driver

1George Russell

2Andrea Kimi Antonelli

3Charles Leclerc

4Lewis Hamilton

5Oliver Bearman

Formula 1 · constructor

1Mercedes

2Ferrari

3McLaren

4Haas F1 Team

5Red Bull

Formula 1

Nurburgring 24h Returns May 29-30, 2027 - And Verstappen Can Make It

The 2027 Nurburgring 24 Hours has been locked in for May 29-30, a weekend on which no Formula 1 round is currently planned, opening the door for Max Verstappen to chase the win that slipped through his fingers this year.

3d ago

Formula 1

Russell Admits Title Is 'Antonelli's To Lose' After Canada

Russell says the 2026 title is now Antonelli's to lose after a Canadian GP engine failure dropped him 43 points behind his Mercedes team-mate.

3d ago

Formula 1

Gucci Lands On The F1 Grid As Alpine's New Title Backer

Gucci replaces BWT as Alpine's F1 title sponsor from 2027 in a reported $150m-plus agreement — the first luxury house to headline a team.

3d ago

Formula 1

Cadillac's Canada Surge Hints At A Second-Half F1 Threat

Cadillac's debut F1 season is gathering pace after its best weekend in Canada, with Perez leading the way and Austria lined up for a major upgrade.

3d ago

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Formula 1

Why Audi Is Now The Block On F1's 2027 Engine Reset

F1's bid to rebalance its 2026 engines for 2027 needs four manufacturers but has two - Audi's stance is decisive, and Verstappen's future hangs on it.

4d ago

Formula 1

Sim-Free And Soaring: Hamilton's Best Ferrari Weekend Yet

Lewis Hamilton's second place in Canada was the finest weekend of his Ferrari career so far, and he put it down to a bold decision to abandon the simulator and rebuild his preparation around real data.

4d ago

Formula 1

From A Groundhog To A Spearing: Albon's Canada Nightmare

Alex Albon's Canadian Grand Prix lurched from a freak groundhog crash in practice to being knocked out by Oscar Piastri in the race, capping a weekend in which almost nothing went right.

4d ago

Formula 1

McLaren Gambled On Inters In Canada — And Rivals Pounced

McLaren alone among the front-runners gambled on intermediates at the start in Canada. The team admitted the call was wrong, defended its logic, and watched rivals capitalise.

4d ago

Formula 1

Not The Engine, The Seat: The Strange Reason Alonso Retired

Fernando Alonso's early exit from the Canadian Grand Prix had a bizarre cause, not an engine or the vibrations that have troubled Aston Martin, but a problem with his seat.

4d ago

Formula 1

Colapinto's Career Best Leads Alpine's 12-Point Canada Haul

Franco Colapinto's career-best sixth and Pierre Gasly's eighth handed Alpine a 12-point haul in Canada, the team's best result of a difficult 2026 season.

4d ago

Formula 1

'Worst Weekend Of My Career' — Leclerc's Canada Quali Verdict Stuns The Paddock

Charles Leclerc's blunt self-assessment after qualifying eighth in Canada — 'possibly the worst weekend of my career' — has alarmed Ferrari, with the Monégasque beaten by Lewis Hamilton over a single lap and admitting confidence in his brakes has collapsed across the weekend.

6d ago

Formula 1

Audi's Phantom Sunday Curse: Hülkenberg's Sixth P11 In Eight Tries

Nico Hülkenberg has now classified P11 in six of eight 2026 main-quali sessions — and converted every one of them into a precisely zero-point Sunday, as Audi-Sauber's race-day weaknesses keep swallowing the team's one-lap pace.

6d ago

Formula 1

Two Years, 41 Qualifyings, Same Result: Alonso Crushing Stroll By The Numbers

Aston Martin's bad Canada Saturday produced a number nobody at the team wanted publicised: Fernando Alonso 41, Lance Stroll 0. The Spaniard's qualifying head-to-head over his teammate is now 41 sessions long without a single defeat, dating back nearly two full years.

6d ago

Formula 1

Alpine's Form Inversion Continues: Colapinto 3-0 Up On Gasly In 2026

The Alpine quali pecking order has flipped. Franco Colapinto's 0.25- and 0.30-second margins over Pierre Gasly in Canada extended his clean sweep across the past three quali head-to-heads, putting the Argentine into Q3 while the Frenchman exited Q2 again.

6d ago

Formula 1

Stewards Eye Hamilton For Q1 Block On Gasly: Canada Penalty Looms

An impeding investigation hangs over Lewis Hamilton after the Ferrari driver was seen weaving on a warm-up lap directly into Pierre Gasly's qualifying push, with podcast analysis calling the moment a textbook penalty even if the Alpine made it through Q1.

6d ago

Formula 1

'Great Cinema, No?' — Toto Wolff's Verdict On Mercedes' Sprint Clash

Asked about Russell and Antonelli colliding in the Canadian GP sprint, Toto Wolff smiled and called it 'great cinema'. He admitted it cost Mercedes second place to Lando Norris, but said he'd rather have the moment now than in a Grand Prix.

6d ago

Formula 1

A Cold, Wet 'Lottery' — Gasly Warns The Canadian GP Grid Of A 'Shock'

Steady rain, near-freezing track temperatures and a 2026 intermediate tyre several drivers say is not fit for the conditions. Sunday's Canadian Grand Prix may be the wildcard race of the season — and Pierre Gasly warned everyone first.

6d ago

Formula 1

A Rookie In Between The Ferraris: Hadjar's Stunning Canada Qualifying Lap

Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar qualified seventh at the Canadian Grand Prix, between Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari and Charles Leclerc's, ahead of Max Verstappen in a senior Red Bull. He was three km/h faster than Verstappen down the straight, too.

6d ago

Formula 1

Verstappen Reopens Door To F1 Exit After Sour Canada Quali: '60/40 Or I'm Out'

Sixth on the Canada grid behind his own customer Racing Bull, Max Verstappen has warned that scrapping F1's agreed 2027 60/40 power unit split would make staying in the sport 'mentally not doable'. He'd just told a Dutch newspaper he was staying.

6d ago

Formula 1

Same Margin, Twice: Russell Beats Antonelli By 0.068s In Both Canada Quali Sessions

Mercedes locked out the front row twice in two days at Montreal, and on both occasions the gap between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli was exactly 0.068 seconds. Peter Windsor's analysis identified the chicane that delivered the lap.

6d ago

1	George Russell	51	1W
2	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	47	1W
3	Charles Leclerc	34	0W
4	Lewis Hamilton	33	0W
5	Oliver Bearman	17	0W
6	Lando Norris	15	0W
7	Pierre Gasly	9	0W
8	Max Verstappen	8	0W

1	Mercedes	98	2W
2	Ferrari	67	0W
3	McLaren	18	0W
4	Haas F1 Team	17	0W
5	Red Bull	12	0W
6	RB F1 Team	12	0W
7	Alpine F1 Team	10	0W
8	Audi	2	0W