Alex Albon will start the Sprint at the Chinese Grand Prix from the pit lane. read more »

Formula 1 barely had time to settle after the season‑opening Australian Grand Prix before the paddock reconvened in Shanghai for Round 2 of the 2026 FIA Formula One World... read more »

Ferrari emerged from Saturday at the Chinese Grand Prix encouraged by their pace yet fully aware of the challenges that lie ahead in their pursuit of Mercedes. read more »

Following their dominant showing at Melbourne seven days ago, Mercedes ended Saturday at the Chinese Grand Prix with both satisfaction and a sense of unfinished business, as... read more »

McLaren continued their consistent early‑season form on Saturday in Shanghai, delivering a Sprint and Qualifying performance that firmly established them as the third‑strongest... read more »

The Shanghai Sprint offered another view of the competitive hierarchy under the all-new technical regulation through mean lap‑time distributions, stint‑by‑stint consistency,... read more »

Lewis Hamilton hailed Kimi Antonelli for becoming the first teenager to claim a Grand Prix pole position, before turning his focus to formulating a "different tactic"... read more »

Kimi's pole position is not only a huge achievement for him but a milestone moment. read more »

Kimi's pole position is not only a huge achievement for him but a milestone moment. read more »

Overall, a clean session for the team and our focus now moves to the race. read more »

It has certainly been a tricky weekend so far. read more »

A one-stop strategy is clearly the fastest for tomorrow. read more »

As you can see with all the teams, we're learning about these new cars and new regulations at a rapid rate. read more »

As with every time we take the MCL40 to track, we are continuing to learn how to maximise the power unit and are finding more performance session by session. read more »

Having our two drivers so evenly matched is definitely good for us. It is much easier to improve when you have both drivers pushing each other. read more »

Today showed a step forward in performance, which is encouraging. read more »

Tomorrow our target is to get both drivers into the top 10, and we have the speed and capabilities to do that. read more »

Qualifying was a bit messy and we struggled to string the session together. read more »

These qualifying sessions remain painful because we're simply not where we want to be. read more »

Red Bull endured a diffifult Saturday at the Chinese Grand Prix, with both the Sprint and Grand Prix qualifying exposing a car that has been difficult to balance and... read more »

We continue learning and building our knowledge about this car. read more »

The Chinese Grand Prix weekend delivered another demanding day for Williams, with both the Sprint Race and Grand Prix qualifying exposing the car's limitations while also... read more »

Qualifying in China went anything but smoothly for George Russell after he suffered a front-wing breakage in Q2 and then briefly halted on track at Turn 5 during Q3. Russell... read more »

Max Verstappen lamented Red Bull's "undriveable" Formula 1 car as he suggested "every lap is like survival" after qualifying eighth for the Chinese... read more »

F1 writer Sam Hall delivers his early verdict on sprint racing in the 2026 F1 season, following an exciting contest on Saturday morning at the Chinese Grand Prix read more »