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Jenson Button says the Indy 500 isn’t for him anym

Jenson Button says the Indy 500 isn’t for him anymore, but he’s openly backing Fernando Alonso to take one more swing at the only missing piece of the Triple Crown. Button argues Alonso remains the best bet to join Graham Hill: Monaco and Le Mans are already in the bank, and he’s proven he can run at the front at Indianapolis.

Alonso’s Indy story has swung between promise and punishment — leading 27 laps in 2017 before an engine failure, failing to qualify in 2019, then finishing 21st in 2020. For now, Alonso is keeping it cool, calling a return “not a priority” as Aston Martin tries to dig its way out of a tough spell. But Button’s endorsement lands because it isn’t hype: it’s a reminder that Indy is one of the last places Alonso can still add something genuinely new — even if the margins, as this year’s record-close finish showed, are brutally thin.

#F1 #FernandoAlonso #JensonButton #Indy500 #TripleCrown #AstonMartin

Lewis Hamilton didn’t just have his best Sunday in

Lewis Hamilton didn’t just have his best Sunday in red in Montreal — he shifted the internal balance at Ferrari. After Charles Leclerc had set the pace early in 2026, Canada flipped the script: Hamilton outqualified him, then delivered a clean P2 while holding off Max Verstappen, finishing around 30 seconds clear of his team-mate.

The more revealing story was the reaction. Leclerc called it “one of, if not the worst weekend of my career” after qualifying eighth, and ex-Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley read that as a sign Hamilton’s weekend hit a nerve. The step forward came after Hamilton chose to skip Ferrari’s simulator work pre-Canada, believing it was pushing him toward set-ups that didn’t translate on track — a call that paid off immediately and could influence whose feedback carries more weight as Ferrari’s season tightens.

#F1 #Ferrari #LewisHamilton #CharlesLeclerc #CanadianGP #MotorsportNews

Fernando Alonso has welcomed Max Verstappen’s Nürb

Fernando Alonso has welcomed Max Verstappen’s Nürburgring 24 Hours cameo and his comments about how “pure” endurance racing can feel, even if he pushed back on the label. For Alonso, it’s not a verdict on F1, it’s simply proof that different series offer different kinds of racing — and it’s healthy when the sport’s biggest names go and experience them.

Pointing to his own Indy 500 run and Le Mans victories, Alonso argued that stars moving across categories grows the whole ecosystem: fans follow drivers, not just championships. With Verstappen also voicing frustrations about F1’s regulatory direction and the rise of management-heavy driving, Alonso’s message is clear: let people explore Nürburgring, Le Mans, IndyCar and beyond — because F1 may be the pinnacle, but the rest is “just as magic” in its own way.

#F1 #FernandoAlonso #MaxVerstappen #Nurburgring24 #LeMans #Motorsport

Cadillac may be only five races into its first F1

Cadillac may be only five races into its first F1 season, but the noise has already started around Valtteri Bottas. Team principal Graeme Lowdon has shut down any talk of an imminent driver change, calling it “no basis in truth” and stressing that drawing hard conclusions this early, while the team is still building its own baselines, is simply unrealistic.

Sergio Perez has had the flashier recent numbers since their China incident, including stronger finishes and a big qualifying edge in Montreal, but Cadillac says the comparison isn’t that simple when both cars are running different plans and development directions. Lowdon also pointed to a key detail: Cadillac’s current edge over an established rival in the standings comes from Bottas’s P13 in China. For now, the priority is clear—use two experienced veterans to build the foundations, not fuel an early-season axe narrative, even as longer-term names like Colton Herta hover in the background.

#F1 #CadillacF1 #ValtteriBottas #SergioPerez #Formula1 #F1News

Red Bull is set to back a late push to rebalance F

Red Bull is set to back a late push to rebalance F1’s 2027 power delivery, even as team principal Laurent Mekies admits it forces every manufacturer out of its comfort zone. Red Bull Powertrains Ford is expected to vote the change through the formal process, with Mercedes also believed to be supportive in principle as discussions continue.

The proposal shifts the split to around 60:40 in favour of the internal combustion engine, moving away from the near 50-50 concept to cut down battery management and bring back a more “flat-out” feel in qualifying and races. The trade-off is real: a late rule pivot risks knock-on effects around fuel flow, fuel load, packaging and even chassis philosophy, with ideas like compensation measures still only hypothetical. Red Bull’s message is clear: accept the development discomfort now, for harder-driving racing in 2027.

#F1 #RedBullRacing #PowerUnits #LaurentMekies #Formula1 #MotorsportNews

Lewis Hamilton left Montreal encouraged by the rac

Lewis Hamilton left Montreal encouraged by the racing but blunt about the future power units, describing performance “dying halfway down the straight” and arguing that energy deployment still isn’t giving drivers what they need to attack. It was a rare public critique, especially after a Canadian GP that delivered real wheel-to-wheel tension, with Hamilton edging Max Verstappen for second as the lead fight turned on reliability.

Days later, Anthony Hamilton pushed the conversation further by reviving his HybridV10 concept for a 2028 launch. In an update, he said funding has been underway, the initial car design phase is complete and CFD has begun — then added that, given “the direction top-tier motorsport is heading,” the series “cannot come soon enough.” With V10 and V8 divisions pitched around fan feedback and accessibility, it’s less a direct F1 rival than a pressure point in a sport still arguing over what it should sound like, feel like and be.
#F1 #LewisHamilton #HybridV10 #V10 #Motorsport #CanadianGP

Former F1 driver Mika Salo has opened up about a f

Former F1 driver Mika Salo has opened up about a frightening injury scare in Bangkok after suffering a deep leg gash that a doctor said looked consistent with a knife-like slash. Salo thought a passing moped had simply brushed him as he walked, then moments later a stranger pointed out he was bleeding heavily, with his shoe covered in blood.

A taxi driver rushed him to hospital, where the wound needed 28 stitches and even required muscle repair before the skin could be closed. Salo says recovery is going well after daily check-ins, with infection risks higher in the humid conditions, and the cut has now healed nicely. Still, the report of “countless similar lacerations” that same evening makes for a sobering footnote for a familiar name from F1’s late-1990s era.

#F1 #MikaSalo #MotorsportNews #Bangkok #Formula1 #RacingLife

Mercedes has pulled out of talks to buy Otro Capit

Mercedes has pulled out of talks to buy Otro Capital’s 24% stake in Alpine, in what reads as a straight valuation call. With bids said to have landed this week, Mercedes’ interest cooled as the price pushed beyond what it was willing to justify — amid reports Otro wants $720m for the stake, implying a $3bn team valuation. That’s a notable jump from recent estimates closer to $2.6bn, and from the $215m invested in 2023.

Any deal is also tangled by governance: filings indicate Otro can’t freely transfer the holding until September 2026, with Renault understood to retain approval rights in the meantime. Renault is said to want a “true racing partner” as much as top dollar, narrowing the field — and with Mercedes out, Christian Horner’s bid suddenly looks like the most heavyweight F1-native option, even as reports swirl that Renault could veto any Horner-involved move. Mercedes stepping aside also takes heat out of the multi-team ownership debate that had flared again around the prospect of a Mercedes stake.

#F1 #AlpineF1 #MercedesF1 #ChristianHorner #Renault #F1Business

Monaco is about to make modern F1 history: the FIA

Monaco is about to make modern F1 history: the FIA has confirmed Straight Mode won’t be available next weekend, marking the first grand prix of the DRS era (since 2011) to run without the moveable rear wing. It won’t “fix” overtaking, but it does underline a clear 2026 message on active aero: where it belongs, and where it doesn’t, with qualifying, tyre prep and precision set to matter even more.

Off-track, the politics and pressure keep building. Christian Horner’s reported BYD meetings highlight how hard it is for would-be manufacturers to buy into a sport that may yet pivot again on power-unit direction, while Cadillac boss Graeme Lowdon has firmly denied rumours around Valtteri Bottas’s seat, stressing the value of experience in a debut campaign. At Mercedes, James Allison blamed heat damage for George Russell’s catastrophic battery failure in Canada, a costly DNF that leaves him 43 points behind Kimi Antonelli. And amid it all, Adrian Newey’s £10,000 donation to help driver coach Rob Wilson’s kidney transplant fundraiser was a timely reminder that F1’s small-world humanity still cuts through the noise.
#F1 #MonacoGP #ActiveAero #CadillacF1 #MercedesAMG #Formula1News

Oscar Piastri has added a new title to his growing

Oscar Piastri has added a new title to his growing F1 résumé: fossil namesake. A newly identified prehistoric flat wasp, preserved in amber from Myanmar and dated to the mid-Cretaceous (around 66 million years ago), has been named Gwesped piastrii in his honour. The researchers cited both his achievements in Formula 1 and an amber hue that reminded them of McLaren orange.

Piastri leaned into the moment with classic deadpan, while McLaren did the same on social. It’s a rare, genuinely light detour from the usual paddock noise, made even funnier by his recent Isle of Man TT visit, where his verdict on the riders was simple: “These guys are nuts.”

#F1 #OscarPiastri #McLaren #Motorsport #ScienceNews #Paleontology

Leonardo Fornaroli’s latest McLaren run didn’t com

Leonardo Fornaroli’s latest McLaren run didn’t come with race-weekend noise, but it mattered where it counts: turning junior “potential” into session-ready competence. At COTA, McLaren put its reserve driver in the 2023 MCL60 for 77 laps across two days, his third outing under the Testing of Previous Cars programme and another step in learning the team’s rhythms as much as the car.

Fornaroli is already in rare company as a back-to-back F3/F2 champion, but like Oscar Piastri before him that CV hasn’t translated into an immediate full-time seat. With the grid tight and McLaren operating at a title-winning standard, these structured tests focus on the details engineers value most—procedures, feedback quality, starts, pitlane discipline and tyre management—building readiness for when an opening finally appears. Next up: simulator duties supporting the race team around Monaco.

#F1 #McLaren #LeonardoFornaroli #DriverDevelopment #COTA #MotorsportNews

Max Verstappen’s first podium of the new era came

Max Verstappen’s first podium of the new era came with a warning. After finishing third in Canada, he backed the proposed 2027 power-unit tweak shifting the balance toward the combustion engine (60/40) and called it the minimum needed to make F1 feel “more pure” again.

Verstappen says the problem isn’t whether drivers can adapt, but that the sport has become too complex and confusing for fans to follow in real time, with outcomes increasingly shaped by rules, procedures and energy limits. He’s already hinted the current direction could be “mentally not doable” to live with long-term, and Montreal simply gave him another stage to underline it: great racing can happen regardless, but F1 shouldn’t need a rulebook to enjoy.

#F1 #MaxVerstappen #CanadianGP #RedBullRacing #F12027 #MotorsportNews

Cadillac has moved to shut down the latest driver-

Cadillac has moved to shut down the latest driver-market noise, with Graeme Lowdon flatly dismissing rumours that Valtteri Bottas is already under threat after Canada and could be replaced by reserve Colton Herta. Lowdon called the talk “completely incorrect” and said there’s “no foundation of truth” to any suggestion Bottas is on borrowed time, or that Sergio Perez is headed elsewhere.

He also pointed out the basic reality check: Herta doesn’t have the super licence points, making the supposed near-term swap implausible on its face. More broadly, Lowdon stressed Cadillac is still building its operation while racing, meaning the drivers’ jobs go far beyond headline lap-time comparisons — and he took aim at how social media speculation turns into “fact” in today’s news cycle.

#F1 #CadillacF1 #ValtteriBottas #ColtonHerta #SergioPerez #F1News

Mercedes arrived in Montreal with its first major

Mercedes arrived in Montreal with its first major upgrade of the year and, by its own assessment, it worked. But the Canadian GP became a reliability bruise when George Russell suffered his first retirement of the season after 29 laps, with James Allison confirming a “catastrophic” battery failure that triggered an engine kill. Early signs point to heat damage, leaving Mercedes to dig into whether packaging, cooling or operating margins are being pushed too hard.

The DNF cut short a lively on-track fight with Kimi Antonelli and instead handed the teenager a fourth straight win — and a 43-point lead after five races that’s starting to look like a stranglehold. Russell’s frustration also spilled over post-retirement, earning a suspended €5,000 fine for throwing his headrest on track, before he apologised publicly. Mercedes has the pace; now it has to make sure the hardware reaches the flag.

#F1 #Mercedes #CanadianGP #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #F1News

Adrian Newey has put £10,000 into a GoFundMe suppo

Adrian Newey has put £10,000 into a GoFundMe supporting renowned driver coach Rob Wilson as he awaits a kidney transplant. It’s a rare public moment from a figure who usually lets the lap time do the talking, and a reminder that the F1 paddock still looks after its own when it counts.

Wilson, 73, has helped shape careers from Räikkönen and Rosberg to Montoya, Coulthard, Bottas, Perez and Lance Stroll, with coaching built on stripped-back “flat car” fundamentals rather than flash. The appeal had reached £162,621 of a £185,000 target, with contributions spanning the grid and beyond — including Bottas (£5,000), Perez (£4,298), Zak Brown (£7,500) and others. The NHS covers the transplant, while funds are aimed at associated costs and ensuring Wilson’s donor, Dr Georges Kaye, isn’t financially disadvantaged during recovery.

#F1 #AdrianNewey #RobWilson #AstonMartinF1 #Motorsport #RacingCommunity

Zak Brown isn’t dismissing the idea of McLaren bui

Zak Brown isn’t dismissing the idea of McLaren building its own F1 engine, but he’s framing it in the only terms that matter: it happens only if it’s financially viable. After riding Mercedes customer power to major success and admitting they’ve felt “on the back foot” early in 2026, the familiar works-team question is back as McLaren look for control when margins tighten at the front.

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has floated a cheaper, simpler future powertrain concept, including talk of a V8 return around 2030/31, potentially lowering the barrier for a programme like McLaren’s. Brown, speaking to Sports Business Journal, stressed McLaren “couldn’t be happier” with Mercedes, and that partnership is locked in until at least the end of 2030. But with McLaren already building its own twin-turbo V6 for the 2027 WEC hypercar, the message is clear: the door isn’t open for romance, it’s open for a spreadsheet.

#F1 #McLaren #ZakBrown #MercedesAMG #FIA #PowerUnits

Lewis Hamilton left Montréal with his best result

Lewis Hamilton left Montréal with his best result yet as a Ferrari driver, finishing P2 behind Mercedes teenager Kimi Antonelli. But sharing a Canadian GP podium with the championship’s newest pace-setter didn’t turn Hamilton into an on-call mentor as the 2026 title fight heats up.

Antonelli’s win made it four straight to start his F1 victory tally — a first — and stretched his lead to 43 points after George Russell retired. Hamilton praised Antonelli’s level and pointed to the “scaffolding” modern teams provide, crediting Toto Wolff and Mercedes for the support around him, especially on the mental side. Still, Hamilton drew a clear line: competitors don’t trade pointers when trophies are on the table.

#F1 #Ferrari #LewisHamilton #Mercedes #KimiAntonelli #CanadianGP

Monaco is going full throwback in 2026: the FIA ha

Monaco is going full throwback in 2026: the FIA has confirmed there’ll be no Straight Mode zone all weekend, meaning F1’s new movable-wing system won’t be used at the principality at all. It’s the first grand prix since 2011 to run without the sport’s main movable-wing overtaking tool, with the FIA effectively deciding the risk of big aero shifts on Monaco’s narrow, curved “straight” doesn’t add up.

Drivers will still get Overtake Mode (energy boost) within one second, but with Monaco’s low energy stress and easy recharging, the advantage may be limited. With the two-stop experiment also dropped for 2026, the classic Monaco equation returns: qualifying matters more than ever, track position is structural, and Sunday will hinge on precision, strategy timing, and whatever chaos the walls decide to invite.
#F1 #MonacoGP #FIA #Formula1 #Motorsport #F12026

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Martin Brundle’s Montreal gridwalk found its perfe

Martin Brundle’s Montreal gridwalk found its perfect flashpoint: Juan Pablo Montoya, freshly in the crosshairs after suggesting drivers who publicly “talk sh*t” about the 2026 rules should face consequences — even penalty points or a one-race ban. Brundle teed it up with “you’ve upset the Verstappens,” and Montoya barely flinched: “Anything new there?”

Max Verstappen has already hit back hard, calling Montoya’s comments “rubbish” and questioning why F1 would “associate itself” with him, with a pointed jab at his pundit role. Montoya insists the quote was pulled out of context, saying it was about respecting the sport rather than targeting Verstappen personally, and that they’re cordial in the paddock. But the bigger fight is clear: old-school “don’t trash the show” versus modern drivers refusing to be policed for speaking their mind — and as 2026 gets closer, this debate is only getting louder.

#F1 #CanadianGP #MaxVerstappen #JuanPabloMontoya #MartinBrundle #F12026

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