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Miami did what Miami does: turned a “quiet” Saturd

Miami did what Miami does: turned a “quiet” Saturday into a mix of rule politics, paddock gossip and big-picture career moves. Juan Pablo Montoya backed the 2026 reset and dismissed V8-era nostalgia as “so boring,” as the engine debate drifts further from pure tech into culture-war territory. Meanwhile Charles Leclerc reportedly added an €11m second yacht to the Monaco lifestyle, and David Coulthard poured fresh fuel on the Verstappen future-watch by suggesting Ferrari would make more sense than Mercedes if Max ever walks.

Away from the F1 bubble, Mick Schumacher’s IndyCar practice lap at Indianapolis sparked instant comparisons to Michael’s 2002 number, another sign he’s finding his feet in a series that doesn’t flatter anyone. And McLaren’s junior pipeline got a nudge too, with reserve Leonardo Fornaroli labelled a “hidden gem” and tipped as a 2027 prospect after his rookie F2 title.

#F1 #MiamiGP #Formula1 #IndyCar #Ferrari #McLaren

Daniel Ricciardo is heading to the Indy 500 for th

Daniel Ricciardo is heading to the Indy 500 for the first time on May 24, and it’s not a cameo or a comeback tease. Now 36 and two seasons on from his last F1 start (Racing Bulls, Singapore 2024), he’s arriving at Indianapolis as a pure spectator — and he admits it might hit harder than he expects.

On Conor Daly’s Speed Street podcast, Ricciardo spoke with a rare openness about life outside the F1 bubble: how the relentless schedule became “normal,” and how strange it feels looking back from the outside. Through an Enchanté tie-in with Daly, he’s getting a front-row view of IndyCar’s biggest week — drawn to the rhythm of the weekend, the driver mindset, and the raw sound and fear factor of 33 cars charging into Turn 1. His line said it all: he’ll be glad he doesn’t have a suit or a helmet on.

#DanielRicciardo #Indy500 #IndyCar #Motorsport #F1 #IndianapolisMotorSpeedway

Colton Herta’s first real taste of a Formula 1 wee

Colton Herta’s first real taste of a Formula 1 weekend is now on the calendar: after a seat fit in Cadillac’s MAC-26 and time at the team’s Silverstone base, he’ll step into an FP1 session in Barcelona ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix. He called it a “pinch me moment,” but the story is already turning from dream to detail.

One detail could matter more than it sounds. Herta says the European cockpit posture puts his feet higher than in IndyCar, changing pedal feel and even sightlines — and he also brakes “toe first,” lifting his heel rather than using a heel rest like most drivers. In F1, where repeatability lives in millimetres and the pedal box is part of performance, that habit could shape how Cadillac sets up the car around him as his 2026 push continues alongside solid, steady early F2 results.

#F1 #ColtonHerta #CadillacF1 #SpanishGP #FP1 #Formula2

Charles Leclerc arrived in Miami with Ferrari atte

Charles Leclerc arrived in Miami with Ferrari attention as ever, but the loudest statement this week came off-track. Leclerc and his wife Alexandra have taken delivery of a new Riva 102’ Corsaro Super, launched in La Spezia, with Riva sharing footage of the couple and their dog Leo for the yacht’s first splash. Alexandra carried out the traditional christening, breaking a champagne bottle across the bow ahead of the maiden voyage.

The Corsaro Super is reportedly valued around €11m and has been tailored with bespoke exterior details plus Leclerc’s input on interior finishes. It’s also an upgrade rather than a surprise, with Leclerc already owning a Riva 82’ Diva. Rated at 2,638hp and a claimed 28 knots top speed, it comes with the expected luxury touches, including a beach club and bar, and sets the tone for a Miami weekend where optics travel almost as fast as lap times.

#F1 #CharlesLeclerc #Ferrari #MiamiGP #RivaYachts #MotorsportNews

Leonardo Fornaroli is the awkward outlier in McLar

Leonardo Fornaroli is the awkward outlier in McLaren’s reserve ranks: back-to-back F3 and F2 champion, and an F2 rookie title winner in the same rare club as Leclerc, Russell, Piastri and Bortoleto. The difference is glaring — he’s the only one of them not on the F1 grid, stuck waiting while contracts and politics keep the seat market clogged.

His former Invicta boss James Robinson says there’s nothing left to assess: Fornaroli “unquestionably” belongs in F1, praising his under-pressure completeness, relentless consistency (top-10 qualifying at every round) and a title wrapped up with two races to spare. Piastri’s own year on the sidelines shows this can happen, but with new talent constantly arriving, it’s getting harder to explain why the anomaly is still waiting for a race seat into 2027.

#F1 #McLaren #Formula2 #Motorsport #Fornaroli #DriverMarket

Lando Norris didn’t just get by Max Verstappen in

Lando Norris didn’t just get by Max Verstappen in Miami — he finally beat him at the bit of the fight that usually swings Red Bull’s way. After Verstappen’s early spin and an unusual race order that briefly had Kimi Antonelli out front, Norris closed in and played the moment perfectly: he read Verstappen’s trademark defence, waited it out, then hit the cutback cleanly and decisively. It looked less like a hopeful lunge and more like a plan built from hard-earned experience.

The move put Norris into P2 and Verstappen down to P5, and it underlined a bigger shift too. McLaren’s first upgrade of the year brought a real step forward across the Sprint weekend, tightening the gap to the front and unsettling the chase behind Mercedes, even if the points still show a long climb. Andrea Stella stayed cautious about calling it a trend, but Miami felt like a statement: McLaren is waking up, and Norris is learning how to win the second phase of the Verstappen fight.

#F1 #MiamiGP #LandoNorris #MaxVerstappen #McLaren #Formula1

Juan Pablo Montoya has thrown his weight behind F1

Juan Pablo Montoya has thrown his weight behind F1’s polarising 2026 rules, arguing the new energy-led era has finally delivered real two-way fights. Where some viewers see “yo-yo racing” and confusion over when drivers deploy boost — a point raised by Damon Hill — Montoya sees defenders getting agency back, with battles decided by choices and timing rather than a rear-wing gimmick.

His defence lands as FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem talks up a possible V8 return as early as 2030. Montoya isn’t buying the nostalgia, calling DRS “BS” and reminding everyone that plenty of the old races were processional, noisy or not. With F1 already tweaking the concept for 2027 to rebalance electric and combustion power, his message is simple: don’t ditch a direction that makes overtaking feel earned just because the past sounds better.

#F1 #Formula1 #Montoya #F12026 #DRS #V8

Ferrari hit Miami with an 11-part upgrade package

Ferrari hit Miami with an 11-part upgrade package on the SF-26 — the biggest of any team — and it did move the car forward. But in the first year of a new rules cycle, “better” isn’t the same as “best”: rivals edged the margins, and Charles Leclerc admitted others likely delivered a slightly stronger step.

Leclerc briefly led early on, yet couldn’t sustain the pace once Kimi Antonelli and Lando Norris took control. A late spin, damage, and a 20-second penalty for repeated track-limit gains turned sixth into eighth and wiped out the statement Ferrari came for. Fred Vasseur’s verdict was that the parts worked; the deficit was execution, optimisation and consistency. Miami’s lesson was blunt: in 2026, there’s no room for good enough.

#F1 #Ferrari #CharlesLeclerc #MiamiGP #SF26 #F12026

Mick Schumacher lit up a neat bit of Indianapolis $Mick Schumacher lit up a neat bit of Indianapolis symmetry in Friday practice for the IndyCar road course, clocking a 1:10.7904 to go seventh — virtually matching Michael Schumacher’s 2002 F1 US GP pole lap of 1:10.790. IndyCar’s layout isn’t the same as the old F1 version, and the cars are worlds apart, but the coincidence still landed hard enough for Eric Smith to spot and RLL to enjoy the moment online. More importantly for Mick, it’s a rare confidence-building headline in a first IndyCar season that’s been tough: a fractured wrist at St Petersburg, limited momentum, and a best finish of 17th so far. Seventh in practice isn’t a result, but at a venue that amplifies storylines, it’s a cleaner sign he’s starting to find a baseline — while Alex Palou arrives as the points leader, 17 clear of Kyle Kirkwood. #IndyCar #MickSchumacher #IndianapolisMotorSpeedway #Motorsport #RLLRacing #MichaelSchumacher$

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David Coulthard has poured cold water on the defau

David Coulthard has poured cold water on the default “Verstappen to Mercedes” narrative, arguing that if the four-time world champion ever walks away from Red Bull, Ferrari is the more natural fit. In his view, it’s not about silver bullets or simulator graphs, but culture: Verstappen is a force you build around, and Ferrari’s history suggests it would give him the freedom to just arrive, win, and leave the noise behind.

The rumours have ricocheted everywhere lately, including a brief McLaren swirl that Zak Brown shut down in Miami while backing Norris and Piastri. Meanwhile Verstappen remains under contract at Red Bull, and Miami hinted at calmer waters after upgrades and a stronger qualifying—despite a race spin and P5. Naomi Schiff’s take is simple: if Red Bull keeps delivering a car worthy of him, he won’t be in a hurry to shop around, even if Ferrari’s current seats look anything but open.

#F1 #MaxVerstappen #Ferrari #RedBullRacing #DavidCoulthard #SillySeason

F1 is already nudging its next era off course. The

F1 is already nudging its next era off course. The FIA has confirmed a 2027 regulation change that shifts the balance back toward more internal combustion power, a quiet U-turn from the 2026 pitch of a bigger electrical contribution. It’s being sold as sensible fine-tuning, but it also signals a sport worried about drifting into energy-management racing and willing to move the targets early.

At the same time, the FIA has updated its ADUO “catch-up” system after calendar cancellations muddied the performance checkpoints, adding a new first marker to stop struggling power unit projects from getting stranded. Honda and Aston Martin’s early bumps underline why it matters, while calendar talks remain in “overtime” over Saudi Arabia’s place. On track, Ferrari’s 11-piece Miami upgrade haul landed with a thud against McLaren and Mercedes, raising uncomfortable questions about direction and development rate. Taken together, it’s a championship trying to protect itself on multiple fronts, in real time.

#F1 #Formula1 #FIA #PowerUnits #Ferrari #Honda

Oscar Piastri says his first real run at an F1 tit

Oscar Piastri says his first real run at an F1 title was a “double-edged sword” — not because he was overwhelmed, but because he learned how ruthless it gets when you’re in the benchmark car and second place stops feeling like a result and starts feeling like a verdict. On High Performance, he explained that when McLaren had the field covered, P2 often meant losing to the only driver in equal machinery: team-mate Lando Norris.

Piastri’s 2025 looked like a champion’s season early, leading by 34 points after Zandvoort, before a Baku retirement, four races without a podium and a Vegas disqualification helped swing the fight into a three-way scrap with Max Verstappen. Norris did what mattered in the finale and took the title, leaving Piastri third — 13 points back — with seven wins, nine more podiums, and a sharper understanding of the mental tax. The takeaway isn’t regret, it’s currency for next time.

#F1 #OscarPiastri #McLaren #LandoNorris #Formula1 #MotorsportNews

Cadillac’s harshest Miami lesson wasn’t a dramatic

Cadillac’s harshest Miami lesson wasn’t a dramatic failure, but a tiny, avoidable one. Valtteri Bottas’ race unravelled with a drive-through for pit-lane speeding after he says he hit the limiter button without pressing hard enough for it to register. The bigger issue: inconsistent steering-wheel button feedback, with updated parts expected from the next race, and Bottas also flagging ongoing struggles with parts quality and uniformity.

With the MAC-26 already stuck at the back, the penalty buried any chance of a result and Bottas finished two laps down. Year one has shown decent reliability for a new team, but the polish still isn’t there: Cadillac remains scoreless, both drivers are yet to escape Q1, and Sergio Perez admits there’s “a bit of work to do” to live with the midfield over a full stint as rivals bring upgrades. In F1, the gap can be as small as a click and as costly as a weekend.

#F1 #CadillacF1 #MiamiGP #ValtteriBottas #SergioPerez #MotorsportNews

Ferrari arrived in Miami with a headline 11-part u

Ferrari arrived in Miami with a headline 11-part upgrade list, but McLaren left looking like the team that understands this ruleset best. While Maranello went broad, McLaren’s quieter package centred on a new floor that boosted load and efficiency, and it showed immediately: Norris became the first non-Mercedes pole-sitter of the season, McLaren ended Ferrari’s podium streak, and outscored Mercedes across the weekend 48–45.

Mercedes still took the Grand Prix win as Kimi Antonelli held off Norris, with Piastri third, and the championship picture hasn’t flipped. But Miami hinted at something important: McLaren’s upgrades are landing first time, with performance that translates cleanly from tunnel to track, tightening the fight before Mercedes’ expected bigger Canada package arrives.

#F1 #MiamiGP #McLaren #Ferrari #Mercedes #LandoNorris

FIA has outlined a major rebalancing for F1’s next

FIA has outlined a major rebalancing for F1’s next-gen power units in 2027, shifting performance back toward the internal combustion engine and away from the electrical side of the hybrid. The plan agreed “in principle” would add around 50kW to ICE output via increased fuel flow, while cutting ERS deployment by a similar amount — a change aimed at making racing and defending less dependent on battery state, and keeping car behaviour more predictable at the end of straights.

The direction follows a positive verdict on Miami’s recent software-led tweaks designed to curb excessive harvesting, with further safety and operational measures still being evaluated for upcoming races. Nothing is signed off yet: the details now move to technical working groups, then manufacturer voting, before any formal World Motor Sport Council approval — but the intent is clear, and framed as a consensus move for competition and safety.

#F1 #FIA #Formula1 #PowerUnit #Hybrid #MotorsportNews

Ferrari arrived in Miami with a huge SF-26 upgrade

Ferrari arrived in Miami with a huge SF-26 upgrade list — 11 changes including a new floor, diffuser and a reworked “Macarena” rear wing — the kind of package meant to shift the championship conversation. Instead, rivals sounded largely unmoved, with Karun Chandhok reporting a shrug from McLaren and Mercedes as Ferrari failed to look like a genuine step ahead.

After an encouraging start with Charles Leclerc quickest in FP1 and third in the Sprint, the Grand Prix told a harsher story: Leclerc finished fifth (then took a 20s penalty for repeated corner-cutting after a final-lap wall clip) and Lewis Hamilton was seventh after lap-one damage. Ferrari left with 20 points while McLaren scored 48 and Mercedes 45, reframing Miami as damage limitation rather than breakthrough. With McLaren drip-feeding updates and Mercedes targeting a bigger Canada package, Ferrari now needs Montreal to prove this wasn’t the ceiling of its big swing.

#F1 #Ferrari #MiamiGP #Leclerc #Hamilton #CanadianGP

Aston Martin’s Miami weekend wasn’t defined by a n

Aston Martin’s Miami weekend wasn’t defined by a new upgrade, but by something more fundamental: the AMR26 finally ran clean. After a shaky start to 2026 plagued by harmonic resonance and damaging vibrations, both cars completed the Sprint and the Grand Prix — a quiet milestone that’s started to feel like a performance gain in a season where attrition is everywhere.

The turning point came after Japan, when Aston Martin made an unusual call and left one race car with Honda in Sakura so the team could develop countermeasures with the full chassis-power unit package, not just bench testing. In Florida, that gamble paid off: Alonso said the car felt “normal” again, with the focus shifting to gearbox behaviour as the next fix for Canada. Miami didn’t make Aston Martin a front-runner overnight, but it restored a baseline — and with it, the chance to properly develop, learn, and start racing instead of firefighting.

#F1 #AstonMartinF1 #HondaHRC #MiamiGP #FernandoAlonso #AMR26

F1’s 2026 calendar is still in flux, with the bigg

F1’s 2026 calendar is still in flux, with the biggest pressure point in the Middle East. Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been treated internally as off the early-season schedule, but talks with Saudi organisers have continued and a decision on a possible reinstatement is expected within the next two or three weeks. With those races worth more than $100m to FOM, the commercial incentive to recover at least one date is obvious.

The leading fit is a late-season slot in December, potentially pushing Abu Dhabi back and risking a punishing run-in that could become a quadruple-header. An October alternative has also been discussed, but it likely creates another triple-header. If neither Middle East race returns, Liberty’s plug-and-play backup is a second Las Vegas event—attractive for control and promotion, but complicated on approvals, costs and sponsorship knock-ons. Either way, the next call needs to come soon to avoid “flexibility” turning into a late logistical scramble.

#F1 #Formula1 #SaudiArabianGP #LasVegasGP #F1Calendar #MotorsportNews

The FIA has reshaped its 2026 power-unit catch-up

The FIA has reshaped its 2026 power-unit catch-up mechanism, shifting the first Additional Development and Upgrade Opportunities (ADUO) checkpoint to the Canadian GP after calendar changes pushed Miami to round four. The World Motor Sport Council has also given the FIA flexibility to move future evaluation points if the schedule changes again, while later checkpoints now land after Hungary (pre-summer break) and round 18, with the final window effectively stretched by a race.

More significantly, the FIA has widened the safety net for strugglers: a new “over 10% behind” band now unlocks up to 230 extra test bench hours (up from the previous max of 190), plus a one-off $11m cap adjustment in the first season to bring spending forward. Homologation allowances stay the same, but rivals are already wary of ADUO becoming a leapfrog tool, echoing concerns voiced by Toto Wolff. With early paddock chatter pointing to Audi and Honda as most at risk of triggering the mechanism, Montreal becomes the first political stress test as the FIA turns index data into real consequences.

#F1 #FIA #2026F1 #PowerUnits #CanadianGP #MotorsportNews

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