Rafael Camara has been announced as a Formula 1 driver for the 2027 season and he will serve as Esteban Ocon’s replacement at Haas.
It will see the 21-year-old Brazilian make his F1 debut after such a rapid rise through the junior formulae.
Camara won the 2024 Formula Regional European Championship and the 2025 Formula 3 title, following that up by currently leading the Formula 2 standings ...Keep reading

Formula 2 championship leader Rafael Camara will make his Formula 1 debut for Haas in 2027 and is expected to line up alongside Oliver Bearman.
The 21-year-old Brazilian is replacing Esteban Ocon who will leave the American outfit at the end of 2026 after two disappointing seasons, his departure being confirmed on 30 September.
Camara has enjoyed a rapid rise through the junior ranks by ...Keep reading

Laurent Mekies has extended his contract as team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 outfit with a new deal that takes him through until the end of 2031.
That will see the Frenchman spend at least six seasons leading the Austrian outfit after joining in July 2025 to end Christian Horner’s 20-year tenure as Red Bull team boss.
Mekies joined from sister squad Racing Bulls, who the ...Keep reading

Tuesday's launch of the new African Grand Prix at Kigali's BK Arena in Rwanda was attended by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and both F1 boss Stefano Domenicali and FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
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McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has conceded it cannot improve its Formula 1 car handling characteristics ‘without fundamental changes’ that will not be possible until 2027.
While every F1 driver has needed to adapt to the new generation of cars and engines in order to extract the maximum performance, often applying unnatural or unusual techniques never used in their entire ...Keep reading

The government of Rwanda and Formula 1 have announced a 10-year deal for a new African Grand Prix in capital Kigali, which will first be held in 2030 at the earliest.
F1 will head to a yet-to-be-built natural road course 40km south of Kigali, next to the Rwandan capital's under-construction Bugesera international airport. The first edition of the race, which is officially billed as 'Formula 1 ...Keep reading

When Charles Leclerc had a better start than Max Verstappen and claimed the inside line for Turn 1, many in the media centre thought the Monegasque should have held his ground to take the lead.
However, Verstappen was on the outside, on the normal racing line that offered slightly more grip, and the Dutchman was prepared to take every risk. Verstappen had already told Autosport a day earlier ...Keep reading

With two victories in the last three Grands Prix and a deficit of just 0.196 seconds in Baku, Verstappen and Red Bull are firmly back at the front in Formula 1. The resurgence has understandably come too late to play a meaningful role in the title fight, although Verstappen now has a top-three finish in the drivers' championship in his sights.
Verstappen trails Lewis Hamilton by just eight ...Keep reading

Kimi Antonelli committed what appeared to be four track limits violations during the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix but avoided a penalty.
This left many onlookers puzzled post-race, although the usual five-second penalty would not have changed the result: Antonelli finished third, 15.9 seconds ahead of fourth-placed Lando Norris.
An immediate post-race assumption was that his fourth ...Keep reading

There were still two races on the current Formula 1 calendar missing from Max Verstappen's list of victories: the Madring and the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Given that F1 only visited the street circuit in Madrid for the first time this year, that is understandable, but Singapore has proved to be Red Bull's Achilles' heel for years.
Until this season. In 2026, Verstappen was dominant in ...Keep reading