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Madring’s Blank Slate Is Bad News for Everyone Chasing Kimi Antonelli Empty Formula 1 pit straight and grandstands at dusk at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, used here to illustrate a modern permanent F1 venue.

Empty Formula 1 pit straight and grandstands at dusk at Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, used here to illustrate a modern permanent F1 venue.

Madring’s Blank Slate Is Bad News for Everyone Chasing Kimi Antonelli

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Formula 1 shows up in Madrid this weekend with a paddock full of unknowns. The Madring is...

Gasly’s Rough Simulator Week Is the Most Honest Preview of the Madring We’ve Had Pierre Gasly driving the Alpine A525 during Italian Grand Prix qualifying at Monza

Pierre Gasly driving the Alpine A525 during Italian Grand Prix qualifying at Monza

Gasly’s Rough Simulator Week Is the Most Honest Preview of the Madring We’ve Had

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Clips of Pierre Gasly finding barriers he had apparently never seen before have been circulating out of...

Ferrari Beat Itself at Monza Before Anyone Else Got the Chance Ferrari mechanics work on Charles Leclerc's SF1000 during 2020 pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Ferrari mechanics work on Charles Leclerc's SF1000 during 2020 pre-season testing at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya

Ferrari Beat Itself at Monza Before Anyone Else Got the Chance

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Ferrari showed up to its home race with a new power unit, fresh chassis parts built specifically...

Max vs 100: The Driver List Is In, and a Locked Lap Could Decide Everything Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull Formula 1 car on track

Max Verstappen driving the Red Bull Formula 1 car on track

Max vs 100: The Driver List Is In, and a Locked Lap Could Decide Everything

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Red Bull spent most of August selling Max vs 100 as pure spectacle: one four-time Formula 1...

F1’s Madrid Debut: A Brand-New Track Meets a Brand-New Rulebook Carlos Sainz on track in the Williams during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix

Carlos Sainz on track in the Williams during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix

F1’s Madrid Debut: A Brand-New Track Meets a Brand-New Rulebook

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Formula 1 has debuted new circuits before, and it has debuted new technical regulations before. It has...

Leclerc’s Monza Crash Left Ferrari an Engine Problem, Not Just a Bad Result Charles Leclerc's Ferrari Formula 1 car on track

Charles Leclerc's Ferrari Formula 1 car on track

Leclerc’s Monza Crash Left Ferrari an Engine Problem, Not Just a Bad Result

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Charles Leclerc didn’t just lose a home race at Monza. He may have spent an engine he...

Robin Räikkönen Joins Red Bull’s Junior Program, and the Real Story Isn’t the Karting Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Red Bull's RB22, driven by Max Verstappen, during the 2026 Austrian Grand Prix weekend

Robin Räikkönen Joins Red Bull’s Junior Program, and the Real Story Isn’t the Karting

Elle Puckett September 22, 2026

Red Bull confirmed this week that Robin Räikkönen — son of 2007 Formula 1 world champion Kimi...

Ferrari’s Monza Crash Was the Third Warning, Not the First Charles Leclerc's Ferrari Formula 1 car on track

Charles Leclerc's Ferrari Formula 1 car on track

Ferrari’s Monza Crash Was the Third Warning, Not the First

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

The stewards at Monza looked at Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton running side-by-side into Turn 1, then...

Aston Martin’s Honda Problem Won’t Be Fixed by More Upgrades Fernando Alonso driving the Aston Martin Aramco F1 car at the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola.

Fernando Alonso driving the Aston Martin Aramco F1 car at the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola.

Aston Martin’s Honda Problem Won’t Be Fixed by More Upgrades

Kyle Matthews September 22, 2026

Fernando Alonso spent Thursday before the Italian Grand Prix telling reporters he trusts Honda “one hundred percent.”...

Red Bull Sticks With Lawson for Madrid as Hadjar Heals — and the Points Tell a Different Story Liam Lawson speaks to media at a Red Bull fan event while driving as a stand-in for Isack Hadjar in 2026.

Liam Lawson speaks to media at a Red Bull fan event while driving as a stand-in for Isack Hadjar in 2026.

Red Bull Sticks With Lawson for Madrid as Hadjar Heals — and the Points Tell a Different Story

Lauren Miller September 22, 2026

Liam Lawson gets a third straight start for Red Bull in Madrid as Isack Hadjar heals, but...