McLaren F1 team principal Andrea Stella admitted Mercedes and Ferrari "were quicker than us" in race simulations at the first pre-season test in Bahrain, and also... read more »
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Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli not only set the quickest lap time during the last day of the opening Bahrain pre-season testing, but pipped Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton... read more »
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The times on the first day of Abu Dhabi are in line with simulations: about half a second faster compared to last year. read more »
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With three race weekends to go under the current regulations, the focus of Formula 1 teams has long since shifted to 2026. The performance of all power units remains a major... read more »
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Ferrari has conceded a "mistake" with its simulations led to Lewis Hamilton suffering a brake problem late in the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.The seven-time world... read more »
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As May's Spanish Grand Prix gets underway, a team of around 60 engineers is manning the battle stations in mission control, keenly observing how its car is... read more »
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Six months before their first race, the new Cadillac Formula 1 Team is already moving fast. The drivers have been signed, the car is being developed on both sides of the... read more »
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Ferrari introduced a heavily-revised rear suspension at last Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix which delivered what the team had expected based on the simulations. read more »
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The pole time was much quicker than our simulations which are based on the average of those we receive from the teams. It was about a second faster and it is only Friday! read more »
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Team Principal James Vowles reflects on a decent weekend at Silverstone for the F1 British GP and answers some of your burning questions from the race weekend! ? Click Here to... read more »
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We saw that the performance delta between the soft and the medium is slightly bigger than our earlier simulations, stabilising around the half second mark. read more »
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Despite intensive long-run simulations on Friday, Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has admitted that he has struggled to keep his tyres alive on the hot surface at the... read more »
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"Understanding the C6s was difficult," said Alex Albon after qualifying seventh for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.To an extent, that was the point in bringing it... read more »
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Lando Norris closed out Japanese Grand Prix practice with the fastest time, just 0.026 seconds ahead of McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Oscar Piastri, as the session faced two red... read more »
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For the first time in the hybrid era, McLaren travelled to Formula 1's curtain raiser as the undisputed pre-season favourite. It came out of the Bahrain test leading our... read more »
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Max Verstappen admitted to some surprise in finishing third in Formula 1 qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix, following Red Bull's turnaround in fortunes after a... read more »
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Having completed a filming day with the 2025 F1 car, Williams' chief engineer Dave Robson insisted that the new FW47 seems to be very close to what the team had expected... read more »
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Fail to prepare, prepare to fail. Max Verstappen has won eight Formula 1 grand prix so far in 2024 and each of those victories came after eight billion simulations were run by... read more »
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Max Verstappen was heavily beaten by title rival Lando Norris in the final practice session for the Mexican Grand Prix, with both McLaren drivers flying on their qualifying... read more »
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Based on the simulations carried out in Friday's sole practice session, Formula One's sole tyre supplier Pirelli expects drivers to elect to use the yellow-banded... read more »
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Fernando Alonso believes that Aston Martin needs "a shake-up" for 2025, stating that the current performance of its AMR24 Formula 1 car is currently "not good... read more »
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Lando Norris headlined Formula 1's final free practice session ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix with a 0.479-second margin over George Russell.During the end-of-session... read more »
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Yuki Tsunoda has revealed that the updates RB brought to the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix were “not even close” to producing the lap time the team were anticipating. RB... read more »
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McLaren’s Lando Norris finished Friday at Spa-Francorchamps atop Formula 1’s pecking order after setting the fastest time in Free Practice Two for the Belgian Grand Prix. An... read more »
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"Nonetheless, we have agreed that in future he won't do simulations so late anymore." read more »
Chinese Grand Prix
15th of March 2026
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| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Russell | 25 |
| 2 | Kimi Antonelli | 18 |
| 3 | Charles Leclerc | 15 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | 12 |
| 5 | Lando Norris | 10 |
| 6 | Max Verstappen | 8 |
| 7 | Oliver Bearman | 6 |
| 8 | Arvid Lindblad | 4 |
| 9 | Gabriel Bortoleto | 2 |
| 10 | Pierre Gasly | 1 |
| Pos | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 43 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 27 |
| 3 | McLaren | 10 |
| 4 | Red Bull Racing | 8 |
| 5 | Haas F1 Team | 6 |
| 6 | Racing Bulls | 4 |
| 7 | Audi | 2 |
| 8 | Alpine | 1 |
| 9 | Williams | 0 |
| 10 | Cadillac | 0 |
