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McLaren to investigate why Mercedes pulls 1.5 tenths on straights despite sharing the same power unit
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has identified a puzzling straight-line deficit to championship-leading Mercedes, estimating the two cars are separated by three to four tenths per lap overall — with 30% of that gap coming on the straights despite both teams running the same Mercedes power unit.
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McLaren cannot explain why it loses 1.5 tenths to Mercedes on straights despite sharing the same engine
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has revealed the MCL40 is losing around 1.5 tenths per lap to Mercedes on the straights, despite both cars running the same Mercedes power unit. The team suspects excess aerodynamic drag or a difference in how the two outfits operate the shared powertrain.
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Williams targets almost entirely new car for Baku to rescue its troubled 2025 season
Team principal James Vowles has confirmed Williams will roll out what amounts to an almost entirely new car at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in late September, as the team battles weight problems and a lack of performance with its overdue FW48.
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McLaren unveils chrome Google Gemini livery for home British Grand Prix at Silverstone
McLaren will race in a special chrome livery at this weekend's British Grand Prix, honouring its Google Gemini partnership and drawing design inspiration from the M2B — the team's debut car at the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix.
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Bottas demands Cadillac fix brake failures after third straight Austrian GP retirement
Valtteri Bottas has called on Cadillac to urgently address its reliability problems after both he and Sergio Perez retired from the Austrian Grand Prix with brake fires, marking Bottas's third consecutive DNF of the season.
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Wolff backs Antonelli to learn from Austrian GP errors that cost him pole and podium
Toto Wolff is confident Kimi Antonelli will never repeat the qualifying misread and early-race aggression that denied the 19-year-old a genuine shot at victory in Austria, where George Russell won from pole to trim Antonelli's championship lead to 40 points.
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Newey admits Aston Martin's tools and processes were 'not fit for purpose' in damning 2026 review
Adrian Newey has laid bare the structural failures behind Aston Martin's disastrous 2026 Formula 1 season, revealing the team relied on outdated systems traceable to the old Jordan outfit, while the AMR26 arrived overweight, underperforming, and months behind rivals.
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Verstappen admits 98-point gap makes 2026 title charge a distant prospect despite Austrian surge
Max Verstappen finished second to George Russell at the Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull's strongest result of the 2026 season, but the four-time champion says persistent issues leave him far short of mounting a genuine title challenge against Kimi Antonelli.
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Newey stakes Alonso's F1 future on Aston Martin's sweeping Hungary upgrade
Adrian Newey says a major aerodynamic and weight-saving package planned for the Hungarian Grand Prix is Aston Martin's best chance of convincing Fernando Alonso, 44, to remain on the grid for the 2027 season.
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Newey pins Alonso's Aston Martin future on Hungary aerodynamic overhaul
Adrian Newey says a major aerodynamic and weight-saving upgrade planned for the Hungarian Grand Prix is the key to convincing Fernando Alonso to remain at Aston Martin for the 2027 Formula 1 season, with the team currently the slowest on the grid.
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Red Bull's Austrian GP overhaul likened to a 'B-spec' car as weight loss programme eyed
Former Red Bull mechanic Calum Nicholas has described the team's seven-part Austrian Grand Prix upgrade package as akin to a 'B-spec' car, while suggesting a hidden weight reduction programme may have contributed as much to the team's resurgence as the declared aerodynamic changes.
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Lindblad unveils hand-drawn helmet to mark his first home British Grand Prix
Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad will race at Silverstone this weekend wearing a special hand-drawn helmet created with British-Indian artist Navinder Nangla, featuring childlike sketches and the message 'Dream Big' to reflect his journey to Formula 1.
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Sainz concedes Williams lacks pace and reliability after Austrian retirement
Carlos Sainz retired from the Austrian Grand Prix with an electrical failure and admitted Williams 'don't have reliability, don't have pace, don't have a car capable of scoring points', with the team sitting eighth and on just 11 points in 2026.
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Williams dresses its cars in Union Jack colours for Silverstone home race
Williams has revealed a Union Jack-inspired livery for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone, running from 3 to 5 July. The redesign adds red, white and blue accents to the team's usual bold blue scheme, with Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz also wearing matching race suits.
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Hamilton dismisses Verstappen's penalty call after fierce Austrian GP wheel-to-wheel battle
Lewis Hamilton defended his lap 11 move on Max Verstappen at the Red Bull Ring, saying 'you don't expect to go around the outside of a champion' after Verstappen demanded a penalty over team radio. No action was taken by the stewards.
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Montoya warns Williams must sacrifice 2027 season to salvage troubled 2026 car
Juan Pablo Montoya has urged Williams to redirect development resources from 2027 to fix their struggling 2026 challenger, after Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon both started the Austrian Grand Prix from the back row and finished with a retirement and 17th place respectively.
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Hamilton and Verstappen reignite rivalry with breathtaking Austrian Grand Prix duel
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen delivered one of the race's standout moments at the Austrian Grand Prix, trading positions in a multi-lap battle that drew widespread praise from fans and reignited memories of their fierce championship rivalry.
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Racing Bulls claim 'best of the rest' honours after Austrian GP double points finish
Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad finished ninth and tenth at the Red Bull Ring, prompting F1 TV analyst Alex Brundle to declare Racing Bulls the strongest midfield team in the current championship.
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Wolff questions how Ferrari can afford 'limitless' upgrades under F1 budget cap
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has openly challenged how Ferrari continues to introduce major upgrades to its SF-26 at almost every race weekend, suggesting the Scuderia must be close to exhausting its cost-cap allocation.
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Montoya says Hamilton's fierce Verstappen battle at Austria proves he never forgets 2021
Juan Pablo Montoya believes Lewis Hamilton's tenacious mid-race defence against Max Verstappen at the Austrian Grand Prix was rooted in their bitter 2021 title rivalry, saying the Ferrari driver simply "doesn't forget" what happened between them.
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