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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has written to FIA president

McLaren CEO Zak Brown has written to FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem calling for F1 to block any future multi-team ownership and to tighten rules around “strategic alliances” that can blur the line between rivals. Brown argues that A/B dynamics create grey areas on track and off it, from shared incentives and staff movement to the way information can travel when organisations are too closely linked.

The timing lands as Mercedes explores buying the 24% Alpine stake held by Otro Capital, with Alpine already running Mercedes power and concerns growing about “satellite team” perceptions. Toto Wolff denies any junior-team intent, but Brown’s broader point is about safeguarding sporting integrity. With Red Bull’s two-team structure already grandfathered in, the FIA now faces a familiar tension: F1’s pragmatism versus the purity of truly independent competition.

#F1 #Formula1 #McLaren #ZakBrown #FIA #Alpine

F1’s next engine fight has arrived early, with FIA

F1’s next engine fight has arrived early, with FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem pushing for a return to V8s by 2030 ahead of the next major power-unit cycle. The pitch is “very, very minor electrification” to bring back sound and simplicity, and to end the hybrid-era headaches drivers keep talking about: harvesting, deployment management, and “super clipping” when the electrical boost fades.

But the debate is bigger than nostalgia. David Coulthard argues F1 should ditch batteries entirely and lean into sustainable biofuels, claiming a clearer credibility story through fully recyclable combustion hardware. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff warns that going 100% combustion risks making the sport look out of touch by 2030/31, when manufacturers need a real-world tech link to justify the spend. F1’s tightrope now is building something raw enough to feel like “proper” F1, without breaking the modern rationale that keeps the grid full.

#F1 #Formula1 #F1Engines #V8 #Motorsport #FIA

Max Verstappen wasted no time getting up to speed

Max Verstappen wasted no time getting up to speed at the Nürburgring 24 Hours. In the opening two-hour qualifying session for 2026, he put the #3 Team Verstappen Mercedes-AMG GT3 third overall with an 8:18.539, 3.582s off the early benchmark and right in the thick of the SP9 fight.

The margins were instantly unforgiving: BMW’s #1 M4 GT3 EVO sat just ahead, while another BMW (#99) was only 0.063s behind Verstappen, with Porsche’s #911 still well in range. Mercedes (#80) holds the early bragging rights, but with Lamborghini, Audi and Ford already in the mix and traffic always a factor on the Nordschleife, this was less a “banker” and more a statement that Verstappen’s package is already in the conversation.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #MaxVerstappen #GT3 #MercedesAMGGT3 #SP9

Max Verstappen made sure there’d be no Nürburgring

Max Verstappen made sure there’d be no Nürburgring 24 Hours eligibility drama on Thursday, logging the required two timed laps in Q1 and then laying down an 8:18.539 in the #3 Verstappen Racing Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo (Winward Racing). For a stretch it looked untouchable as the car went P1 by a hefty margin, before Verstappen stepped out and handed over to Daniel Juncadella and later Jules Gounon.

Then the Nordschleife did what it always does. A Lionspeed GP Porsche hit the barriers to trigger an early Code 60, and a separate incident saw a stationary, smoking Porsche struck from behind with debris flying—everyone walked away unhurt, with an investigation opened. Late-session pace improved elsewhere just as rain (and even hail) arrived, leaving the sister #80 Mercedes on top with an 8:14.957 and Verstappen’s #3 ending Q1 third. Qualifying 2 runs later in the evening as the track heads into night conditions.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #MaxVerstappen #GT3 #MercedesAMGGT3 #Nordschleife

Q1 at the Nürburgring 24 Hours erupted into a majo

Q1 at the Nürburgring 24 Hours erupted into a major incident just 18 minutes in when the #900 Porsche 911 GT3 of Alexander Hardt stopped at Xiaomi Corner with a fire developing underneath. With the car stationary, Hardt remained trackside trying to warn others, before the #146 Porsche driven by Janina Schall arrived and hit the stricken car from behind, shunting it across the circuit in a violent impact. Both drivers climbed out unaided, shaken but seemingly unhurt.

Race control confirmed an investigation eight minutes later, with scrutiny likely to focus on the crucial seconds after the stop and the rule that drivers must get behind the barriers rather than act as a human warning flag. The crash also overshadowed Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 debut with Winward’s Mercedes-AMG GT3, where he set the early SP9 pace with an 8:18.539 in a session that doubles as a gateway to Top Qualifying under the 120 per cent rule.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #MotorsportNews #SafetyFirst

Charles Leclerc is one of the few drivers pushing

Charles Leclerc is one of the few drivers pushing back on the idea that 2026 F1 is “broken”. After Miami — the first race under early-season tweaks — he called it “a step in the right direction”, arguing the wheel-to-wheel part hasn’t changed massively and, in some fights, has even improved.

Yes, the energy-heavy driving can look odd, and there’s still room to fine-tune. But Leclerc says the overtaking works when both cars are using the system in similar ways, and he rejects the notion that strategy is suddenly new to F1. Miami’s boost revisions (350kW on straights, capped to 250kW for most of the lap) were aimed at safety and should also tone down the most theatrical battery-assisted lunges. His takeaway is simple: different doesn’t automatically mean worse, and with more tuning, the racing could end up being the least controversial part of 2026.

#F1 #CharlesLeclerc #Ferrari #MiamiGP #F1Tech #F1News

The Nürburgring 24 Hours is going all-in on covera

The Nürburgring 24 Hours is going all-in on coverage for 2026: the full weekend will be shown via a dedicated live stream, with TV options depending on your country. For a race this unpredictable — fog in one sector, rain in another, slow-zones, traffic and sudden swings in fortune — “in full” is the point. Highlights don’t tell you why the highlights happened.

PlanetF1 will stream qualifying and the race live, with a live blog running alongside for those dipping in and out. Expect 100+ cars, multi-class chaos and GT3 pace at the front, with Porsche, BMW, Mercedes-AMG and Audi among the usual contenders — but on the Nordschleife, outright speed is only the start. Over 25km of crests, compressions and changing grip, survival, reliability and timing can rewrite the order in minutes.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #EnduranceRacing #GT3 #MotorsportNews

Max Verstappen heads to the Nürburgring 24 Hours k

Max Verstappen heads to the Nürburgring 24 Hours knowing the Nordschleife doesn’t care about reputation. A 161-car field, relentless traffic and a forecast built for mistakes set the tone: Thursday qualifying looks properly cold (8–9°C) with showers in the mix and gusty winds that can unsettle the car on the fast sections. Friday edges warmer, but the Eifel’s usual unpredictability still demands trust and restraint more than bravado.

The real test comes in the Saturday-to-Sunday grind. Daylight may stay mostly dry around the start, but the night is forecast to drop to around 5°C, with mist threatening visibility even if the track stays dry. If conditions improve into Sunday and the temperature climbs, the “easy” part might only arrive for whoever’s still clean enough to bring it home.

#N24 #Nurburgring24h #Nordschleife #EnduranceRacing #MaxVerstappen #MotorsportNews

Ralf Schumacher has spoken candidly about the fame

Ralf Schumacher has spoken candidly about the fame that came with his surname, admitting it never sat comfortably. He says the loss of privacy and the feeling of being constantly watched and judged were especially difficult when every moment came with an unspoken comparison to brother Michael. Despite six F1 wins and a career with real weight of its own, Ralf says he always wanted peace and quiet, and even a simple refusal of a photo could be turned into a headline.

The comments land as Sky Deutschland prepares to film his three-day wedding to partner Étienne Bousquet-Cassagne in Saint-Tropez for a Sky Original documentary. It’s a rare kind of access from someone who has long resisted the spotlight, but one that fits his message now: visibility on his own terms, with boundaries still clearly set.

#F1 #RalfSchumacher #SkyDeutschland #MotorsportNews #F1History #Schumacher

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has offered a s

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has offered a strikingly warm endorsement of Christian Horner’s place in Formula 1, saying he stays “regularly” in contact with the former Red Bull boss and believes a return is effectively inevitable. Despite years of public sparring, Ben Sulayem framed it as paddock theatre and insisted the sport “misses him,” adding that when Horner comes back it will feel like he “went for a vacation.”

With Horner leaving Red Bull after more than 20 years and a trophy-laden run, attention now turns to where he could land. Alpine has confirmed a Horner-backed investor group is interested in buying Otro Capital’s 24% stake, with Mercedes also reported as a rival bidder, while Aston Martin continues to be linked with a CEO-style role that could include equity. Horner has stayed out of day-to-day F1 so far, and a MotoGP move is being played down, but the paddock power game around his next step is clearly building.

#F1 #ChristianHorner #FIA #AlpineF1 #AstonMartinF1 #Formula1

Ferrari’s 2026 season was meant to be a straight c

Ferrari’s 2026 season was meant to be a straight chase of Mercedes, but four rounds in the loudest storyline is inside the garage. Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have already made contact twice: a “just a kiss” in China that still ended with Hamilton on the podium, then a sharper clash in Japan as Leclerc went for third and admitted he feared a puncture.

Fred Vasseur is letting them race, calling it sensible until it suddenly looks “completely stupid”. F1 Nation’s Tom Clarkson and Jolyon Palmer see this pairing as the one most likely to boil over, with Palmer arguing the real problem comes if Ferrari ever hands them the fastest car, because threats and punishments rarely work once titles are on the line. For now, Ferrari can sell it as hard racing while chasing from behind, but those early touches are starting to look less like harmless aggression and more like a warning.

#F1 #Ferrari #LewisHamilton #CharlesLeclerc #ScuderiaFerrari #F1News

The Nürburgring 24 doesn’t really do favourites, a

The Nürburgring 24 doesn’t really do favourites, and the 2026 entry list underlines why. Max Verstappen headlines the SP9 grid in a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing alongside Lucas Auer, Jules Gounon and Daniel Juncadella, but the bigger story is just how tight the top class looks. BMW arrives with ROWE’s multi-car M4 GT3 EVO assault stacked with endurance heavy hitters, Porsche leans on Manthey plus strong support from Falken and Dinamic, and Audi’s Scherer Sport PHX brings the proven R8 LMS GT3 evo II package.

Ford’s HRT Mustang GT3 programme looks increasingly structured rather than experimental, while Aston Martin, Lamborghini, Ferrari and McLaren add even more depth to a grid that feels built for chaos. With a healthy GT4 field and a wonderfully wild multi-class mix that includes Subaru, Hyundai and a GR Yaris featuring “Morizo,” this will be decided as much by traffic, Code 60s and damage control as outright pace. Qualifying runs Thursday and Friday, with the race on Sunday, but survival is the only constant on the Nordschleife.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #EnduranceRacing #MotorsportNews

Oscar Piastri to Red Bull is the kind of rumour th

Oscar Piastri to Red Bull is the kind of rumour that writes itself: a tidy “swap” narrative, a shiny badge, and the promise of instant number-one status. But the reality is less romantic. Right now McLaren looks like the sharper bet for winning, and Miami underlined why — Piastri and Lando Norris went 1-2 in the Sprint, then both ended up on the grand prix podium alongside Kimi Antonelli.

That’s why voices like Otmar Szafnauer and Rob Smedley are urging caution. If the trigger for leaving is the discomfort of fighting a teammate with genuine title pace, a change of scenery doesn’t automatically fix it — it just adds risk, unfamiliarity, and no guarantee the car is better. McLaren sees its two-star line-up as a strength, not a problem, and the simplest way to answer the noise is still the hardest: beat the guy in the identical car.

#F1 #OscarPiastri #McLaren #RedBullRacing #LandoNorris #MiamiGP

Montreal just became a key off-track moment in F1’

Montreal just became a key off-track moment in F1’s new 2026 engine era. The FIA has confirmed its ADUO “safety net” (Assisted Development and Upgrade Opportunities) will make its first call after next weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, with findings released within two weeks. Designed to stop the field splitting into a permanent two-tier order, ADUO is tightly focused on internal combustion engine performance and only opens extra development scope during set assessment windows.

Because the season calendar was reshaped, the FIA has adjusted the first evaluation period to cover the opening five races (Australia, China, Japan, Miami and Canada), rather than the originally planned six. Manufacturers must sit at least 2% but less than 4% off the best ICE to qualify, and any eligible supplier can bring upgrades as soon as the next race. Early paddock expectation is that Honda (Aston Martin’s partner) could fall into the bracket, with Ferrari and Audi also being watched closely.

#F1 #CanadianGP #MontrealGP #FIA #PowerUnit #2026Rules

Max Verstappen’s long-awaited Nürburgring 24 Hours

Max Verstappen’s long-awaited Nürburgring 24 Hours GT3 debut is being handled with the kind of tight perimeter usually reserved for a title-fight weekend. He hadn’t arrived by Wednesday evening and skipped the Adenau parade, a move quickly read as crowd control, even if the simple answer is that he and Daniel Juncadella just weren’t there yet. Either way, the message is the same: step outside the F1 bubble and it still follows.

On track, Verstappen shares a Red Bull-branded Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Jules Gounon, Lucas Auer and Juncadella, with running starting Thursday in Qualifying 1 and 2 and the race going green Saturday at 15:00 local. Off track, access is being pared back: no Thursday press conference slot, and interviews expected to be limited to mandatory post-qualifying and post-race duties, likely only if the car finishes on the podium. For an event built on openness, Verstappen’s presence changes the calculus fast.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #GT3 #Verstappen #EnduranceRacing #MercedesAMGGT3

Nico Hulkenberg knows F1’s 2026 era isn’t a univer

Nico Hulkenberg knows F1’s 2026 era isn’t a universal crowd-pleaser, but he’s not buying the outrage. The Audi driver’s message to critics mourning “flat-out” laps and old-school engine drama is blunt: F1 has always evolved, the early 2026 races have been entertaining with real on-track action, and if you don’t like it, you don’t have to watch.

With a near 50/50 split between electrical and combustion power plus sustainable e-fuel, performance now looks different: harvesting, deployment and avoiding “super clipping” shape the lap. The FIA has already tweaked energy management, and Canada is expected to be a tougher test than energy-friendly Miami. Meanwhile, talk of a V8 return around 2030/31 is growing — but even that debate comes with a catch, as Mercedes insists electrification can’t be ditched. For Hulkenberg, 2026 isn’t a museum piece, it’s F1 doing what it always does.

#F1 #Formula1 #NicoHulkenberg #F12026 #AudiF1 #F1Tech

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut isn’t

Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours debut isn’t a cameo. He’s arriving with the same mindset he’s made familiar in F1: success means winning. The programme is serious too, sharing a Red Bull-liveried Mercedes-AMG GT3 with Jules Gounon, Lucas Auer and Daniel Juncadella after months of real-world Nordschleife mileage beyond the simulator.

Those prep races have already delivered endurance racing’s harsh lessons: a dominant run wiped out by a procedural disqualification, then a victory fight undone by repairs and a 39th-place finish. The focus now is surviving the details that decide this race, with traffic, flags, pit choreography and weather as the real “Green Hell” multipliers. Even Nürburgring specialists are taking note of how quickly Verstappen reads traffic and keeps the flow, but over 24 hours the track always collects its price.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #MaxVerstappen #EnduranceRacing

Aldo Costa has delivered the kind of verdict that

Aldo Costa has delivered the kind of verdict that lands harder because it isn’t showmanship: at 41, Lewis Hamilton is up against the “inevitable” point where every driver’s performance starts to dip. It’s not a shot at his legacy, just F1’s cold arithmetic — and it’s amplified by the fact he’s paired with an “extremely strong teammate” in Charles Leclerc.

Four rounds into 2026, Hamilton has shown flashes (a hard-earned P3 in China, fighting Leclerc late on), but the momentum has leaned Leclerc’s way across the weekends that have shaped Ferrari’s start. The points gap between the Ferrari pair is small, yet Hamilton is already 49 points behind leader Kimi Antonelli, leaving little time for bedding in, operational fixes, or waiting on upgrades. Ralf Schumacher has even urged retirement, but the numbers don’t say Hamilton is finished — they say Ferrari’s gamble now needs relentless, week-to-week edge in a season that won’t wait.

#F1 #LewisHamilton #Ferrari #CharlesLeclerc #SF26 #Formula1

Aston Martin turned up to Miami with an unusual up

Aston Martin turned up to Miami with an unusual upgrade package: none. While rivals unloaded fresh parts, the Silverstone team has effectively paused the usual drip-feed development, choosing to fix the fundamentals first rather than chase hundredths that won’t change its position.

Internally the priority has been reliability and drivability, with recent progress on engine vibration and the gearbox now labelled “fix number one”. Fernando Alonso summed up the logic bluntly: one or two tenths at a time only buys stress under the budget cap if the car is still anchored at the back. Aston is holding fire unless it can unlock a true concept step — something closer to a 1.5–2.0s swing — and Mike Krack is refusing to put a date on when that reset arrives. In Miami, Aston chose to be judged later.

#F1 #AstonMartinF1 #FernandoAlonso #MikeKrack #MiamiGP #MotorsportNews

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