The development race: how F1 teams find speed mid-season
Upgrades, correlation and the cost cap — a primer on how a modern F1 car evolves across a season.
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Car development and regulations.
Upgrades, correlation and the cost cap — a primer on how a modern F1 car evolves across a season.
Formula 1 As Charles Leclerc celebrated Silverstone victory, Kimi Antonelli was left to wonder what might have been after a technical issue undid his race.
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RacingNews365 Red Bull has impressed with its competitive F1 engine at the start of the new 2026 F1 season.
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RaceFans The FIA said the decision not to restart the British Grand Prix after a late Safety Car period was in line with the regulations.
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Motorsport.com Kimi Antonelli was in a position to win the British Grand Prix when he suffered a technical issue which led to his second non-score of the season, allowing…
Motorsport.com ·
Crash.net Toto Wolff has responded to Fred Vasseur's take on his comments about Ferrari's upgrades.
Crash.net ·
PlanetF1 Red Bull's questioning of the FIA's engine benchmarking outcome appears unlikely to succeed.
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Crash.net Mercedes finding a way to restore a previously-banned F1 engine trick has "surprised" McLaren.
Crash.net ·
RacingNews365 McLaren has faced power unit issues across the opening rounds of the 2026 season, but is also without Mercedes' latest engine.
RacingNews365 ·
PlanetF1 "If we leave the car the same, there is little point in racing."
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PlanetF1 It wasn't just the engine. The data reveals where Red Bull really lost performance around Silverstone.
PlanetF1 ·
Motorsport.com After surprising even himself with third place in sprint qualifying, Verstappen's qualifying session for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix turned into a major…
Motorsport.com ·
Autosport Toto Wolff reckons the “very emotional” Fred Vasseur failed to interpret his comments about Ferrari and its upgrades in the 2026 Formula 1 campaign in the…
Autosport ·
Motorsport.com Toto Wolff reckons the “very emotional” Fred Vasseur failed to interpret his comments about Ferrari and its upgrades in the 2026 Formula 1 campaign in the…
Motorsport.com ·
Motorsport.com 2009 Formula 1 champion Jenson Button has heaped praise on Mercedes race engineer Peter Bonnington for his "calming" influence on Kimi Antonelli after the…
Motorsport.com ·
Crash.net McLaren is the only Mercedes customer team yet to receive its latest F1 power unit.
Crash.net ·
Autosport While Audi and Ferrari introduced their first ADUO upgrades of the season in Barcelona and Spielberg respectively, Mercedes also arrived in Austria with a new…
Autosport ·
Autosport Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur launched a fiery response to Toto Wolff’s surprise at Ferrari continuously bringing upgrades throughout the Formula 1 campaign -…
Autosport ·
Autosport Fernando Alonso has confirmed that his Formula 1 future does not rely on Aston Martin’s upcoming upgrade, which team boss Adrian Newey hopes will convince him…
Autosport ·
Autosport Since Formula 1’s enforced April break, following the cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix, it has seemed as if barely a race weekend goes…
Autosport ·