F1’s 2026 Canadian GP clash with Indy 500 won’t happen every year
The clash between Formula 1’s 2026 Canadian Grand Prix and IndyCar’s Indianapolis 500 will only happen once every five years, Autosport understands. On Tuesday, F1 announced its 24-race calendar for next year, which sees Imola drop out in favour of a new race in Madrid as Spain’s capital takes over the Spanish Grand Prix moniker […]
FIA approves Red Bull’s Lindblad F1 superlicence request
The FIA has formally approved Red Bull’s request to grant its British youngster Arvid Lindblad an FIA superlicence before he turns 18. Lindblad turns 18 on 8 August 2025, meaning he would normally have to wait two more months before reaching the minimum requirement age to be eligible for the licence that would allow him […]
Why Aston Martin must remain patient in hunt for F1 glory
Aston Martin’s Bob Bell has lifted the lid on the Formula 1 team’s transformation ahead of 2026, with F1’s regulation change coinciding with brand-new facilities, a change of engine partner and several key areas being brought in-house. Lawrence Stroll’s team has invested in brand-new headquarters in Silverstone, including a recently commissioned state-of-the-art wind tunnel. Ostensibly […]
The hard lessons Tsunoda and Lawson learned after swapping F1 seats
In recent years the second Formula 1 seat at Red Bull has become the proverbial poisoned chalice – coveted by many, and yet ultimately toxic. Mid-season driver changes have almost become the norm, a question of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’ – and while the faces change, the difficulty in exploiting the car’s theoretical potential remains […]
Hulkenberg wants Haas review into ‘unhealthy’ F1 Canada car issue
The German failed to progress from Q1, qualifying only 19th in what was a far departure from his previous efforts this season. A bold gamble on full wet tyres saw both Hulkenberg and team-mate Kevin Magnussen scythe through the field and into the top 10 in the opening eight laps of Sunday’s race, though both […]
Sauber fix for F1 struggles «not rocket science»
The Hinwil-based outfit is the only team not to score points in the current campaign, having seen its qualifying performances drop since the start of the season. Bottas had been running well in mixed conditions in Montreal before pitting «one lap too early» to switch to slicks as the track surface dried, eventually finishing 13th, […]
Was Magnussen’s Canadian GP assessment correct after early heroics?
From 14th on the grid, Magnussen found the extreme wet tyre particularly potent in the first six laps when the circuit was at its most slippery, and carved his way up to fourth by the end of lap three. That put him in touching distance of the top three but, as the circuit began to […]
Wolff warns FIA the «ship has sailed» for F1 2026 engine tweaks
Amid the backdrop of the FIA admitting that its draft 2026 technical rules are going to need refining to make cars faster, one possibility that has emerged to help things is in tweaking the engines. As part of a push to secure the headline 50-50 split of power input from the ICE and electrical energy, fuel flow […]
How Red Bull has taken another leap with F1’s rear wing trend
The semi-detached rear wing tip solution is one example of this right now – as rivals clearly saw the potential on offer when Aston Martin and Alpine simultaneously debuted original versions of the two slightly different solutions in Monaco last year. All teams have been in search of means to recover some of the losses […]