Lando Norris has openly criticised F1's 2026 power unit regulations, saying the racing is unsatisfying and beyond the driver's control — including an incident at Suzuka where he passed Lewis Hamilton without meaning to.
Beneath the driver complaints and FIA backpedalling, F1's technical leaders offer a far more bullish view of 2026: the biggest regulation overhaul in the sport's history, driven by sustainable fuel, active aero and 55,000 redesigned components.
A new Circuit Stories documentary lays out how Formula 1's biggest names banded together to ban a 24-year-old Italian — and what it got wrong about Ricardo Patrese.
Former Haas boss Guenther Steiner has conceded the 2026 F1 rules package is not right, but says the sport's combination of elite engineers and enormous budgets will sort it, while praising young drivers for adapting faster than veterans.
David Croft lifts the lid on the unscripted philosophy that holds his partnership with Martin Brundle together, dismissing the idea that any part of live F1 broadcasts can be planned in advance.
1996 world champion Damon Hill says Lewis Hamilton has reached a point of acceptance about his decline from peak performance, while fellow pundit Johnny Herbert argues the Ferrari driver must soon be 'honest with himself' about retirement.
The public face of F1's push for urgent 2026 rule changes has an unexpected name: Andrea Stella. The McLaren team principal has turned up the institutional volume on speed-differential safety, framing the choice for the FIA in stark terms.
Arrow McLaren's Pato O'Ward has publicly given up on his Formula 1 ambitions, telling FOX Deportes that the 2026 regulations have turned grand prix racing into 'an artificial show' that he wants no part of.
2025 F1 Academy champion Doriane Pin has become the first woman to drive a Mercedes Formula 1 car, completing 76 laps in the 2021 title-winning W12 during a private test at Silverstone.
Formula 1 has redesigned its power unit around battery deployment — but the broadcast that tells the story has not kept up. Pundits are now openly arguing the sport must hand fans the live energy data that drives every 2026 overtake.
A shaken F1 paddock is lining up behind Carlos Sainz's call for urgent FIA intervention after Ollie Bearman's 50G Suzuka accident, with Oscar Piastri, Kimi Antonelli and Charles Leclerc all confirming the 2026 regulations are creating unacceptable closing-speed risks.
Sky F1's Martin Brundle and David Croft have backed Max Verstappen's public warning that he could walk away from the sport unless the 2026 regulations are reworked, arguing the Dutchman's frustrations are shared by an exhausted grid.
Formula 1's annual drivers' questionnaire has delivered the most revealing off-track portrait of the 2026 grid yet, with candid answers about who pays dinner bills, who sleeps through alarms, and who you absolutely cannot rely on to answer a phone.
Williams effectively converted Alex Albon's 2026 Japanese Grand Prix into a rolling front wing test, stopping him five times in succession and ending the race a pit stop short of F1's all-time record.
Valtteri Bottas has opened up about the 'steep progression' Cadillac have already made since his first shakedown with the new F1 outfit, describing the chance to design steering wheels and shape the team's DNA as the mental reset he needed after his career break.
Max Verstappen has publicly floated the prospect of leaving Formula 1 entirely at season's end, with reports confirming a performance-triggered exit clause and Jos Verstappen fearing his son is running out of motivation.
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George Russell dominated the sprint qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix, claiming pole position. He leads a strong Mercedes showing ahead of Saturday's race.
Cadillac Formula 1 CEO Dan Towriss revealed that American driver Colton Herta came close to signing with Red Bull after impressive test sessions. It took Towriss a month to convince Herta to remain aligned with Cadillac's F1 project instead.
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