Analysis: Mercedes versus its F1 customer teams – how can the gap be so large?
After the season opener in Melbourne, besides the complaints about the regulations, the discussions mainly centred around one other aspect: Mercedes finally showing its real strength. Toto Wolff said after George Russell’s victory that his team still “has a fight on our hands” with Ferrari, but under the radar there are several signals that Mercedes […]
Pedro Acosta leads MotoGP standings after opener – but history says it’s no title guarantee
Pedro Acosta left Thailand as the first leader of the 2026 MotoGP world championship. The KTM rider claimed his maiden sprint victory in Saturday’s contest and followed it up with a second-place result in the grand prix itself.Accumulating 32 points across the weekend, he now holds a seven-point lead over Thai Grand Prix winner Marco […]
McLaren has 0.5-1s performance gap to close to Mercedes after F1 Australian GP
McLaren boss Andrea Stella admitted that it’ll take time to catch Mercedes in the 2026 Formula 1 campaign with the gap up to one second per lap after the Australian Grand Prix.George Russell led a Silver Arrows 1-2 in the Melbourne season opener after beating team-mate Kimi Antonelli to pole, while being at least 0.7s […]
After an intense F1 drivers’ briefing, what’s behind Verstappen and Norris’ criticism?
Mercedes lived up to all expectations by securing pole position in Melbourne, but the interviews with drivers in the media pen centred on a completely different topic: their first real impressions of the new regulations. And they are — generally speaking — far from positive.At Bahrain pre-season testing there had already been plenty of criticism, […]