A low-key pre-season dogged with niggling reliability problems and a lack of mileage would usually risk setting alarm bells ringing inside a team read more »
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Former Formula 1 driver Marc Surer has admitted that he believes Mattia Binotto's recent comments which outlined a problem with engine reliability for Ferrari, despite... read more »
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Scuderia Toro Rosso Deputy Technical Director Jody Egginton says the Honda Power Unit was faultless in pre-season testing read more »
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Pirelli Formula 1 boss Mario Isola has rejected "rumours" he has heard about teams not being supplied enough tyres for testing, citing good weather and reliability... read more »
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Test stats reveals Mercedes leads Ferrari in terms of team mileage, while Italian outfit has the edge as far as engines are concerned. read more »
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Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel ended the day with the fastest laptime of the entire pre-season testing, but the Italians' SF90 endured another reliability glitch, causing... read more »
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Sebastian Vettel's morning pace was just enough to keep him ahead of Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton on the final day of 2019 Formula 1 winter testing, but the Ferrari... read more »
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Alexander Albon second fastest on penultimate day of pre-season testing and says it's down to reliability of Honda engine read more »
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Finally the teams opt for performance over consistency and reliability, as Ferrari shows no ill-effects from Wednesday's crash. read more »
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Robert Kubica says Williams have much still to discover about the FW42, despite putting in over 100 laps for a second day running to continue the team's recovery, as the... read more »
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McLaren set the pace on the opening day of the second Formula 1 pre-season test, but all the action that really mattered went on behind Lando Norris on the timing screens.... read more »
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Valtteri Bottas could only record six laps on the first day of Formula 1's second winter test, after suffering an oil pressure problem on his Mercedes, but says the team... read more »
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Lando Norris topped the times for McLaren this afternoon, thanks to a late qualifying run on the softest tyre available. McLaren though did hit further reliability problems, as... read more »
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Stats confirm Ferrari's pace and reliability, while Honda has clearly taken a significant step forward. read more »
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While Renault leaves the opening test with two of the best times of the week, reliability is clearly still an issue for the French team. read more »
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Max Verstappen is yet to find the maximum in terms of performance and reliability from his new Honda power unit read more »
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Honda Motorsport manager Masashi Yamamoto says the Japanese marque and Red Bull are already preparing to take engine penalties in 2019, with Helmut Marko prioritising speed... read more »
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Mercedes' latest F1 engine is an "evolution" in the hunt for increased performance gains and reliability. read more »
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Red Bull's first Honda-powered Formula 1 car has broken cover and hit the track at Silverstone, and Jake Boxall-Legge joins Glenn Freeman to look over the first images of... read more »
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Renault will have a new engine test bench to use from next month which should provide the Formula 1 manufacturer better reliability validation and be compatible with more... read more »
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Honda's progress in Formula 1 will be slowed by the increased need for reliability that will be demanded now it has teamed up with Red Bull, reckons Renault read more »
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Although Renault are "very optimistic" about their engine gains for 2019, Marcin Budkowski concedes they will have to "cross the t???s and dot the i???s"... read more »
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McLaren boss Zak Brown has bemoaned that the team were forced to focus on reliability issues on their car rather than preparing for the season at testing in Barcelona last... read more »
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The reliability of Honda's Formula 1 engine reached a "comfortable" level in 2018 that was "completely different" to its previous years with McLaren read more »
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Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he stopped caring about the intra-team statistics as reliability became a factor in a dismal 2018 for the Australian. 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 |

