McLaren Formula 1 drivers Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso will incur grid penalties at the Belgian Grand Prix after taking their seventh Honda engines of the season,... read more »
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Yasuhisa Arai has revealed Honda have used the summer break to update its power unit, but both Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button are set to take grid penalties as a result.... read more »
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Honda will be taking a new-spec engine to Spa, but the Japanese manufacturer admits the McLaren drivers are facing more penalties... read more »
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McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button will both take grid penalties at this weekends Belgian Grand Prix as both their cars will be fitted with new Honda power... read more »
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Former Formula 1 world champion Mario Andretti believes Ferrari reserve driver Jean-Eric Vergne would be the logical choice to take up one of the two seats at the Haas F1... read more »
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Former World Champion Mario Andretti says he expects Haas F1 Team's arrival on the Formula 1 grid next season to boost fan interest in the sport in the United… read more »
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The FIA has confirmed that there will be no further new teams entering the sport in either 2016 or 2017. Earlier this year Formula 1's governing body opened up a tender... read more »
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Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, has ruled out the possibility of further new teams joining the grid in either 2016 or 2017, informing GPUpdate.net that no… read more »
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The FIA has confirmed a 12th F1 team will not be joining the grid next year after no new teams emerged as successful candidates from its tender process. The new Haas F1 team is... read more »
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The 2016 Formula 1 grid will not expand beyond Haas' entry after the FIA rejected applications from two potential new candidates. The FIA had opened up the selection... read more »
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No more new teams will join Haas on the Formula 1 grid next season, the FIA has announced. read more »
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The FIA have confirmed that Haas F1 will be the only new team on next year's grid after two applicants failed to meet the criteria... read more »
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ESPN looks at how Mercedes, Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren have fared in the opening ten rounds of 2015. Mercedes (1st, 383 points) Team: Little has changed for Mercedes since... read more »
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GPUpdate.net's mid-season review series concludes with backmarker outfit Manor Marussia, which scraped back onto the Formula 1 grid for the 2015 season after… read more »
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Recent team budget estimations have revealed that Red Bull Racing is narrowly the best funded team on the grid, followed by Mercedes and McLAren Honda. Ferrari is third, with... read more »
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Jean-Eric Vergne believes he has a "good chance" of returning to the Formula 1 grid with the Haas F1 Team. The new-for-2016 team has yet to announce its driver... read more »
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Formula 1's Strategy Group has asked technical bosses from each of the teams on the grid to look at ways of increasing overtaking as part of ongoing plans to revamp the... read more »
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After deferring its entry by a year, Haas F1 Team is poised to join the grid next season. GPUpdate.net caught up with Team Principal Guenther Steiner to discuss… read more »
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Manor sporting director Graeme Lowdon is wary of the threat likely to be posed by Haas next year when Formula 1's grid expands to 11 teams read more »
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McLaren's Eric Boullier believes engine supplier Honda should have attempted to poach some engineers from rival manufacturers in a bid to get a head start, rather than... read more »
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McLaren racing director Eric Boullier wants Honda to recruit employees from Mercedes, Ferrari and Renault to help cut the deficit to the front. Honda has struggled in its first... read more »
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Renault are today holding a crunch meeting to discuss its future in Formula 1 and whether it quits entirely, remains an engine supplier or returns to team ownership by taking... read more »
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Jules Bianchi’s passing marks the end of a 21-year spell without a death in Formula One. It is forgivable that those who do not follow the sport directly would be unaware who... read more »
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Formula 1 fans hate this time of year. Why? Because the sport heads into a four week 'summer' break, making it feel like a lifetime until the next race. However fans... read more »
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With Felipe Massa's problems in finding his grid box at the start of the Hungarian GP, Williams believe his seating position might be at fault... read more »
Japanese Grand Prix
29th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | 51 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 47 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 34 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 33 |
| 5 | Oliver Bearman | 17 |
| 6 | Lando Norris | 15 |
| 7 | Pierre Gasly | 9 |
| 8 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 9 | Liam Lawson | 8 |
| 10 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 98 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 67 |
| 3 | McLaren | 18 |
| 4 | Haas F1 Team | 17 |
| 5 | Red Bull Racing | 12 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 12 |
| 7 | Alpine | 10 |
| 8 | Audi | 2 |
| 9 | Williams | 2 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |
