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Horner rules out Ferrari move and demands ownership stake before any F1 return
Christian Horner has dismissed speculation linking him to Ferrari, insisting the Scuderia will never sell him shares. The former Red Bull boss says he will only return to the F1 paddock if he can secure an ownership stake in whichever team he joins.
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Bradley Cooper transforms Port of Nice into 1960s F1 street circuit for Ocean's prequel
Footage from Nice shows vintage Formula 1 cars navigating a hay bale-lined harbour circuit built for Bradley Cooper's Ocean's prequel, an untitled film set around the 1962 Monaco Grand Prix due in cinemas on 25 June 2027.
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Horner breaks silence on 'brutal' Red Bull sacking, blaming Mateschitz's death for power shift
Christian Horner has spoken publicly for the first time about his dismissal as Red Bull Racing team principal in July 2025, telling The Guardian he was given no concrete reason for his exit and attributing the change to a corporate power shift following founder Dietrich Mateschitz's death in 2022.
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Formula 1 returns to Africa after 32-year absence with landmark Rwanda deal
Formula 1 and the Rwandan government have signed a 10-year agreement to host the African Grand Prix in Kigali, with the first race scheduled for 2030 at the earliest on a purpose-built circuit near the new Bugesera international airport.
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Vasseur dismisses Red Bull as F1's best team despite Verstappen's three-race winning streak
Ferrari principal Fred Vasseur has pushed back on the notion that Red Bull are Formula 1's dominant force, despite Max Verstappen winning in Malaysia and taking both the sprint and grand prix in Singapore. Vasseur argues the 2026 season has seen four teams trade supremacy as upgrades shift the pecking order.
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Wolff explains why Russell's 10-place Singapore climb still fell short of Mercedes' target
George Russell recovered from 19th to ninth at the Singapore Grand Prix, but Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says dirty air at Marina Bay prevented the Briton from reaching the team's best-case target of seventh.
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McLaren to phase remaining upgrades to close gap and shape 2026 car concept
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has outlined a phased upgrade plan for the final races of the season, aiming to bring the team back into podium contention while also testing aerodynamic concepts that will inform the 2026 car's development.
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Hamilton takes full blame after Singapore strategy call costs Ferrari podium
Lewis Hamilton finished sixth at the Singapore Grand Prix after ignoring a Ferrari pit call during the virtual safety car, a decision he publicly owned on Instagram. Max Verstappen won the race, with Charles Leclerc second and championship leader Kimi Antonelli third.
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Piastri's Singapore puncture paradox: the slow tyre that helped him pass Hamilton
Oscar Piastri finished fifth at the Singapore Grand Prix after a slow puncture forced an unplanned second stop — yet the fresher rubber it provided allowed him to chase down and overtake Lewis Hamilton in the closing laps.
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Verstappen swaps Red Bull for Mercedes-AMG GT3 at Portimao after back-to-back F1 wins
Fresh from victories in Singapore and Malaysia, Max Verstappen heads to Portimao this weekend to race a Mercedes-AMG GT3 in the season-concluding GT World Challenge round, sharing the #3 Team Verstappen Racing entry with Ben Barnicoat and Chris Lulham.
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Wolff jokes about pillow fix as Antonelli's track limits habit unsettles Mercedes
Toto Wolff has quipped he will place a hotel pillow under Kimi Antonelli's seat so the rookie can better see the white lines, after the Italian collected four track-limits warnings at the Singapore Grand Prix while finishing third.
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Imola set to replace Abu Dhabi finale as Antonelli closes in on F1 title
Security escalations in the Middle East, including reported bombings at Riyadh airport, are pushing Formula 1 to scrap the Qatar and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix and replace them with a season-ending Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix at Imola on 6 December. The calendar change would shrink the remaining points pool from 150 to 125, making championship leader Kimi Antonelli's 102-point advantage over George Russell all but insurmountable.
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Mercedes confirms new-spec package is 'clearly faster' after Singapore split-garage test
Mercedes ran a split-specification garage at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, with Kimi Antonelli on the latest aero package and George Russell on an older spec. Trackside Engineering Director Andrew Shovlin confirmed Antonelli's package was 'clearly the faster of the two', giving the team a definitive development direction for the season run-in.
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Stella praises Norris for owning Singapore sprint clash after Piastri collision
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has praised Lando Norris for publicly accepting blame over his last-lap collision with Oscar Piastri in the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race, calling the initial incident 'unacceptable' but welcoming the Briton's swift change of tone.
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Stella calls Norris-Piastri Sprint clash 'unacceptable' and demands team-first reset
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella confronted both drivers after Lando Norris collided with Oscar Piastri on the final lap of the Singapore Sprint, sending Piastri into the wall and costing the team a significant haul of Constructors' Championship points.
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Russell names Red Bull the team to beat as Mercedes struggles to unlock W17 upgrade
George Russell declared Red Bull the new benchmark in Formula 1 after Max Verstappen claimed back-to-back victories in Malaysia and Singapore. Team-mate Kimi Antonelli tempered the assessment, suggesting Mercedes has yet to extract the full potential from its new W17 package.
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Verstappen ends Singapore curse on his 250th start with commanding Marina Bay win
Max Verstappen claimed his first Singapore Grand Prix victory on his 250th career start, leading from pole to finish and beating Charles Leclerc by 7.335 seconds. The win, his 73rd overall, also ended Red Bull's two-year drought at Marina Bay.
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Leclerc's jet turned back mid-flight, forcing four-hour road trip to Singapore GP
Charles Leclerc was forced to abandon his private jet and travel by car after his aircraft missed its landing slot at Singapore's Seletar Airport. The Ferrari driver still arrived in time to finish second behind Max Verstappen at the Singapore Grand Prix.
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Norris apologises to McLaren after Piastri clash costs team points in Singapore sprint
Lando Norris has admitted he 'let down the team' after colliding with Oscar Piastri on the final lap of the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race, dropping from fourth to eighth while his team-mate retired. Norris recovered to finish fourth in Sunday's main race.
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Verstappen wins in Singapore as radio failure forces coded messages with Lambiase
Max Verstappen claimed victory at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2026, ending Red Bull's long Singapore drought, but a malfunctioning radio forced him and race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase to communicate in code throughout the race.
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