Gianpiero Lambiase will join McLaren as its chief racing officer, the British Formula 1 team announced on Thursday.
Autosport revealed Lambiase’s career move earlier today, with Red Bull subsequently confirming the Briton’s eventual exit from the Milton Keynes-based outfit.
Lambiase joined Red Bull from Force India in 2015 and has been Max Verstappen’s race engineer ever since the ...Keep reading

Red Bull has confirmed that Max Verstappen's long-time race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will leave at the end of the 2027 Formula 1 campaign.
Lambiase has long been the subject of intense interest across the paddock, as the 45-year-old weighed up his options last winter. Amid links with Aston Martin and Williams, Lambiase ultimately chose to remain in place at Red Bull, where he not only ...Keep reading

Liberty Media’s stock fell approximately seven percent when Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were removed from the 2026 Formula 1 calendar, pricing the cancellations as lost growth rather than contained exposure.
So F1 did not lose two races, it lost two hosting fees. The distinction is not semantic, it is structural, and it explains why the championship's most valuable revenue streams continued ...Keep reading

Lance Stroll says Aston Martin’s ongoing woes in Formula 1 played a role in his decision to enter this weekend’s GT World Challenge Europe event at Paul Ricard.
The Canadian will take advantage of an unexpected gap on the F1 calendar to contest the opening GTWCE Endurance Cup event of 2026, driving Comtoyou Racing’s Aston Martin Vantage GT3 Evo with Roberto Merhi and Mari Boya.
It ...Keep reading

If normal service were to resume, most Formula 1 staff would be on a flight to Bahrain today in preparation for a desert double-header. 
Instead, the war in Iran and the subsequent cancellation of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian rounds has offered F1's circus a 'spring break' to reflect on the opening three rounds of the 2026 campaign before returning to action in Miami at the start of ...Keep reading

On 13 October 1996, Damon Hill clinched the Formula 1 world championship at Suzuka by nine points over team-mate Jacques Villeneuve after a dominant campaign for Williams.
The Briton therefore avenged his near-miss in 1994 to take what would be his only F1 title and 30 years on, Hill has returned to his old stable as an ambassador.
So, at March’s Japanese Grand Prix, Williams took the ...Keep reading

There has been no bigger critic of the 2026 Formula 1 regulations than Max Verstappen. The four-time world champion first caused a stir during pre-season testing when he labelled the new ruleset as "anti-racing" and like "Formula E on steroids" due to the increased reliance on electrical energy. 
His fears were that the new power units would create a kind of racing that has been witnessed ...Keep reading

Formula 1’s 2026 regulations have largely met expectations as Mercedes has been the dominant team with Ferrari and McLaren being its closest challengers. The Silver Arrows has won every grand prix from pole and Kimi Antonelli leads George Russell at the top of the drivers’ standings after three rounds, with Mercedes also 45 clear of second-placed Ferrari in the constructors’ ...Keep reading

Unless you have been living under a rock, you will be well aware by now that there will be no racing in Formula 1 through the month of April. As a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which doesn't appear to get any closer to a genuine resolution, F1 has been forced to call off its races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
The five-week gap until the Miami Grand Prix, on the first ...Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Fred Vasseur reckons the Scuderia is heading into the April break with a big morale boost after beating one of the dominant Mercedes cars in Japan.
Kimi Antonelli and George Russell had swept the first two races in Australia and China as Mercedes looks to return to its championship winning ways under F1's new regulations. Ferrari has also made a strong start ...Keep reading