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Red Bull Team ABT has landed a decisive Nürburgrin

Red Bull Team ABT has landed a decisive Nürburgring 24 Hours front-row lockout in Top Qualifying 3 at the Nordschleife. Luca Engstler grabbed pole with an 8:11.123, with Marco Mapelli completing the one-two just 0.345s back — a gap that feels a lot bigger on this place.

Behind them, Christopher Haase put Scherer Sport PHX’s Audi third, while Daniel Juncadella delivered when the grid was on the line for the Verstappen-linked entry: after a scruffy first run, he found an 8:12.005 to jump up to fourth. With the Top Qualifying format forcing three different drivers across the shootout, ABT’s clean execution is as big a statement as the pace — and starting at the sharp end matters when Nürburgring chaos is always only one corner away.

#N24 #Nurburgring24h #Nordschleife #GT3 #EnduranceRacing #MotorsportNews

The 2026 power unit debate is already turning into

The 2026 power unit debate is already turning into a tug-of-war between “this is broken” and “let the sport breathe”. In Miami, Audi’s Mattia Binotto urged F1 to stop talking itself into a crisis, arguing the racing has largely delivered with close fights and plenty of overtaking, even if the new balance between battery deployment and the ICE has forced everyone to adapt.

Behind the scenes, though, the politics keep moving: the FIA has made further tweaks aimed at more committed qualifying and safety, and it’s already agreed a new electric/ICE split for 2027. At the same time, Mohammed Ben Sulayem’s push for a return to V8s with minimal electric by 2030/31 is adding another layer. Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur backed the current direction, saying energy management is less “artificial” than the DRS era, while stressing the bigger pressure point is engine cost. The shared message: refine what needs refining, but don’t sell 2026 as a failure.

#F1 #Formula1 #FIA #AudiF1 #Ferrari #F12026

Red Bull’s Nordschleife push just made its first r

Red Bull’s Nordschleife push just made its first real statement in Nürburgring 24 Hours Top Qualifying 2. The #130 ABT Lamborghini (Mapelli/Catsburg/Yelloly) went quickest with an 8:10.485, edging Walkenhorst’s #34 Aston Martin by just 0.139s, with Manthey’s #911 Porsche close behind in third.

The headlines kept coming behind them: HRT Ford Racing planted two Mustangs in the top five (#64 fourth, #67 fifth), while Max Verstappen’s GT3 qualifying story moved forward with P6 in the Winward Mercedes-AMG, an 8:11.614 that sneaks him into the penultimate slot for Top Qualifying 3. With the front covered by barely any breathing room, the final shootout is set up exactly how the Green Hell likes it: tight, tense, and wide open.

#N24 #Nurburgring24 #Nordschleife #GT3 #RedBullABT #MaxVerstappen

Fernando Alonso arrived in Miami in full race mode

Fernando Alonso arrived in Miami in full race mode, but with a new perspective: earlier this year he and partner Melissa Jiminez welcomed their first child, Leonard. The 44-year-old says fatherhood is changing how he sees life and, unexpectedly, it’s not pushing him toward retirement. It’s pulling him toward one more run, long enough for his son to remember the paddock, the garage, even sitting in the car.

Alonso is in the final year of his current Aston Martin deal and plans to decide his next step by summer. Despite a frustrating season marked by vibrations, gearbox issues and a lack of downforce, he hasn’t written off the project and believes things could look very different in “year two” of the next phase. If he leaves F1, he insists he’ll race elsewhere — and either way, he expects to stay part of Aston Martin and the paddock.

#F1 #FernandoAlonso #AstonMartinF1 #MiamiGP #Formula1 #MotorsportNews

Max Verstappen is under contract at Red Bull until

Max Verstappen is under contract at Red Bull until 2028, but the paddock noise keeps getting louder — and the bigger tell is his own tone. Guenther Steiner says there are only three realistic landing spots if Max ever jumps: Ferrari, McLaren or Mercedes, simply because they’re the only outfits with the scale and performance ceiling that would justify leaving Red Bull.

The problem is seats. McLaren and Mercedes insist they’re happy with their current line-ups, and Ferrari looks boxed in with Charles Leclerc tied down into 2027 and Lewis Hamilton holding an option that could lock things further. With Lando Norris now the reigning champion and 2026 set to reshuffle the sport again, this feels less like a bidding war and more like a mindset shift: Verstappen has openly weighed up whether the grind is still worth it, admitting that being in the car isn’t “the most enjoyable” right now. Steiner’s blunt read is stark — Red Bull, or goodbye F1.

#F1 #MaxVerstappen #RedBullRacing #Ferrari #McLaren #Mercedes

Timo Glock hits the Nürburgring 24 Hours with a fu

Timo Glock hits the Nürburgring 24 Hours with a full-force flashback: Dörr Motorsport’s McLaren 720S GT3 (the only McLaren in SP9) will run a Michael Schumacher-inspired design echoing the iconic 1995 Bitburger-backed Benetton B195. It’s a wider tribute built with Bembel With Care and the Keep Fighting Foundation, extending to Glock’s overalls and even period-style crew suits, with Bitburger returning to motorsport for the first time in 25 years.

The romance comes with realism. Glock admits the programme came together fast and Nordschleife mileage has been limited after an early tragedy and later technical issues in NLS running. With fellow F1 starters also on the grid — including Max Verstappen in SP9 — Glock’s aim is simple: survive, stay clean, avoid penalties, and see if a top 10 is possible when the Green Hell starts taking its toll.

#N24 #Nurburgring24h #Nordschleife #GT3 #TimoGlock #KeepFightingFoundation

Valtteri Bottas arrived in Florida looking for an

Valtteri Bottas arrived in Florida looking for an easier Miami GP weekend and based himself in Fort Lauderdale, calling it a calmer, low-crime option. By Saturday morning, his team-provided Cadillac Escalade had vanished from the Airbnb driveway despite being locked and with the keys still inside the house.

Worse, Bottas’ paddock pass was in the stolen car, triggering a rapid security response that he says even brought the FBI into the investigation. The Escalade was found dumped the next day in a “dodgy area”, with authorities suggesting it was likely used in another crime before being abandoned. Bottas, in classic dry style, summed it up as sad — and somehow still pretty cool.

#F1 #ValtteriBottas #MiamiGP #MotorsportNews #Paddock #Cadillac

Ferrari didn’t have to say much in Shanghai for th

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

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