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Sky has secured F1’s UK and Ireland broadcast futu

Sky has secured F1’s UK and Ireland broadcast future through 2034, keeping the familiar setup in place: Sky’s live coverage stays, with race highlights and the British GP live remaining free-to-air. In a sport marching toward the 2026 rules era, at least one pillar is now locked down.

In the paddock, stability is harder to find. Aston Martin is adjusting with Adrian Newey “mostly working from home” while recovering from illness and absent since Australia. Ferrari is taking heat for unloading 11 new parts in Miami, with criticism that too many variables can hide what actually works. Max Verstappen’s ongoing pushback against 2026 has sparked a sharp response too, with Juan Pablo Montoya even suggesting penalty points for repeated criticism. And Lewis Hamilton is opting out of Ferrari’s simulator ahead of Canada after Miami correlation doubts, leaning on track feel over a tool he doesn’t trust right now.

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McLaren’s Miami weekend looked like a genuine step

McLaren’s Miami weekend looked like a genuine step forward: seven new parts led by a new floor, Sprint 1-2 on outright pace, then Norris and Piastri on the grand prix podium behind Kimi Antonelli. It also finally interrupted Ferrari’s early-season run of hoovering up podiums, with McLaren edging Mercedes on points, 48-45.

But neither driver is calling it a comeback just yet. Piastri’s message was clear: Miami is encouraging, not definitive, especially with Mercedes widely expected to unveil its main upgrade package in Montreal. Norris agreed the gains are real, while warning that Miami suited McLaren — and that Canada could reshape the order once Mercedes “plays its cards”.

#F1 #McLaren #OscarPiastri #LandoNorris #MiamiGP #CanadianGP

Charles Leclerc has moved into second on Ferrari’s

Charles Leclerc has moved into second on Ferrari’s all-time F1 starts list, passing Kimi Räikkönen and reaching 154 Grands Prix in red, with only Michael Schumacher’s 180 now ahead. It’s a milestone that usually comes with a victory lap, but Leclerc wasn’t interested in celebrating it in Miami.

He spoke warmly about growing up in the Ferrari system, then cut straight to the point: he doesn’t want to be remembered for longevity, but for winning a world championship with Ferrari. With 27 poles and eight wins, the speed has rarely been the issue; the title still is. After the early rounds of 2026 he sits third in the standings on 59 points with two podiums, and the message is clear: starts are not the legacy he’s chasing.

#F1 #Ferrari #CharlesLeclerc #ScuderiaFerrari #MiamiGP #Formula1

The FIA has ramped up its push for a return to V8s

The FIA has ramped up its push for a return to V8s in F1 by 2031, with Mohammed Ben Sulayem saying he’d like it a year earlier and with only “very, very minor electrification”. It’s a shift that’s less about nostalgia and more about redefining what F1 wants to be after a decade of hybrid messaging, with the FIA signalling it can enforce the change through the rules structure.

Red Bull are openly on board. Laurent Mekies says Red Bull Powertrains is “pretty cool with it” as the Ford-backed project heads into its first in-house engine era in 2026, admitting they still feel behind Mercedes on outright performance but that the baseline is “decent”. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, meanwhile, warns a near-all-combustion direction would look out of step with “today’s world”, pushing instead for big ICE power paired with meaningful electric output. The V8 debate is now a tug-of-war between spectacle, simplicity and cost versus relevance and manufacturer buy-in.

#F1 #FIA #RedBullRacing #MercedesAMGF1 #PowerUnits #V8

Sky Sports has extended its Formula 1 live rights

Sky Sports has extended its Formula 1 live rights in the UK and Ireland through to 2034, pushing its long-running deal another five years beyond the current 2029 end date. It’s a quietly significant signal of how settled F1’s commercial picture is in one of its most valuable markets, with long-term certainty now locked in well into the next decade.

Sky’s been the home of live F1 since 2012, and its wall-to-wall approach, production values and familiar lineup led by Martin Brundle have become part of the sport’s modern rhythm. F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali hailed Sky’s “world leading” broadcasting and analysis, while Sky’s Dana Strong framed the renewal as a major commitment ahead of an “exciting era” and more British talent on the grid. For fans, it brings clarity — and keeps the paywall-era debate firmly in place for years to come.

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Aston Martin’s rocky start to 2026 isn’t just abou

Aston Martin’s rocky start to 2026 isn’t just about what’s happening on track. Adrian Newey, appointed team principal ahead of the season, has been working largely from home while recovering from an illness that required hospital treatment, according to British reports. He hasn’t been seen at a race since the Australian GP, and the team won’t discuss personal details beyond insisting he’s working and was on campus last week.

Newey’s lighter trackside schedule was always part of the plan, but it lands differently with the AMR26 struggling early on. Severe vibrations linked to the new Honda power unit have left Aston Martin pointless after four races, even if Fernando Alonso reported no vibration issues in Miami. Behind the scenes, the team is also expected to move toward a more conventional structure, with Newey leading a search for a permanent successor and Jonathan Wheatley emerging as the leading candidate after Audi confirmed his immediate departure.

#F1 #AstonMartinF1 #AdrianNewey #AMR26 #HondaF1 #JonathanWheatley

Miami might end up as the weekend F1 stopped argui

Miami might end up as the weekend F1 stopped arguing with its own 2026 rules and started making the cars look and feel like F1 again. After three rounds dominated by talk of harvesting, “super clipping” and awkward straight-line sagging, the FIA, FOM, teams and engine makers agreed a set of tweaks to smooth power delivery and rein in the most jarring speed differentials — especially after a bruising Bearman crash in Japan underlined the risks of big closing speeds.

Miami was the first real test. The FIA didn’t need every planned change here, but targeted MGU-K limits helped, and Martin Brundle’s verdict was clear: drivers seemed happier, the cars looked faster and more alive, and the “labouring” phases eased. On track, Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli won ahead of Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, while McLaren’s points gain kept the constructors’ fight ticking. Not a final verdict, but a timely reset toward speed over spreadsheets.

#F1 #MiamiGP #2026Regulations #MartinBrundle #Mercedes #McLaren

McLaren’s Miami upgrade wasn’t a “magic” step — at

McLaren’s Miami upgrade wasn’t a “magic” step — at least not in Andrea Stella’s telling. After paddock talk (and Lewis Hamilton) suggested the latest package delivered more than expected, Stella shut it down: the performance matched what McLaren’s tools predicted, and that was the point. In a cost-capped era built around correlation, McLaren wanted Miami framed as process, not luck.

The headline was a new floor, backed up by revisions to the front and rear corners, sidepod inlets, engine cover and a new rear wing aimed at load and efficiency. On track it translated into immediate, travel-ready grip rather than a tricky balance shift: Sprint front-row lockout and 1-2, then Norris and Piastri P2-P3 behind Antonelli as Ferrari missed the podium for the first time this season. Norris finished roughly 40 seconds ahead of Leclerc on the road, before Leclerc’s race unravelled further with a penalty and late damage — while McLaren quietly outscored Mercedes across a weekend for the first time in 2026.

#F1 #McLaren #MiamiGP #LandoNorris #OscarPiastri #AndreaStella

Isack Hadjar’s Miami weekend ended in the wall aft

Isack Hadjar’s Miami weekend ended in the wall after a small clip at the Turns 14/15 chicane snapped a steering arm and left him a passenger. The Red Bull rookie didn’t hide his anger afterwards, calling it a tough one after “finally finding the limit” and feeling like he’d thrown away a points chance.

That sting was sharpened by Saturday’s disqualification over an oversized floor, which forced a pit-lane start and made a clean recovery the only route forward. Hadjar insisted the opening stint felt strong on the hard tyre and that upgrades showed real promise, but Miami’s margins are brutal and the whole weekend became a shared “disaster” he says the team needs to reset from before Canada.

#F1 #MiamiGP #RedBullRacing #IsackHadjar #Formula1 #Motorsport

Miami finally put Mercedes under real pressure, an

Miami finally put Mercedes under real pressure, and Toto Wolff responded in kind: anyone still complaining about the racing should “hide.” After a spring break that let rivals reset, Ferrari arrived with 11 new parts, McLaren and Red Bull with seven, and subtle hybrid energy-management tweaks shifted the sweet spot just enough to make Mercedes look human.

McLaren controlled the Sprint with a 1-2 and handed Mercedes its first defeat of 2026 in any format, then outscored them across the weekend 48-45. Mercedes still took the main prize as Kimi Antonelli converted pole into a third straight GP win, but Lando Norris kept him honest to the flag with Oscar Piastri close behind, and five drivers led a race that never settled into the old script. Wolff admitted the order “swung” and Mercedes overcomplicated its early energy approach, while a bigger upgrade is now queued for Montreal in what suddenly feels like a genuine three-team fight.

#F1 #MiamiGP #Mercedes #McLaren #Ferrari #TotoWolff

Ferrari arrived in Miami with an upgrade blitz: 11

Ferrari arrived in Miami with an upgrade blitz: 11 new parts on the SF-26, including major aero changes like a new floor, diffuser and revised rear wing. In a sprint-format weekend with just one practice session, that scale of change made it harder to run clean comparisons and isolate what actually worked, with James Hinchcliffe calling it a break of engineering’s simplest rule: change one thing at a time.

McLaren’s more measured rollout told a different story. With seven new parts that were easier to read, the MCL40 delivered immediately: Sprint win, then a double podium behind Kimi Antonelli, pushing Ferrari off the rostrum for the first time this season. Ferrari improved, but not enough, and Miami now becomes a data-unpicking exercise with the one cost they can’t buy back: time.

#F1 #MiamiGP #Ferrari #McLaren #Formula1 #MotorsportNews

Lewis Hamilton left Miami frustrated and bruised:

Lewis Hamilton left Miami frustrated and bruised: over 15s off Leclerc in the Sprint, then contact that damaged his Ferrari in the GP and limited him to seventh on the road (later sixth after Leclerc’s penalty). But the bigger takeaway is what comes next. Hamilton says he won’t use Ferrari’s simulator at all before Canada, arguing the correlation isn’t giving him a usable baseline, especially on Sprint weekends where there’s no time to “find it” after Friday.

He’s still heading to the factory for meetings, but wants a reset after feeling pushed into the wrong setup direction early in Miami. With Montreal’s long straights looming, he also warned Ferrari is losing around three to four tenths on straight-line speed and needs to cut drag fast. Hamilton insists he’s generally happy with the SF-26; now Canada becomes a test of whether ditching the sim — and fixing the deficit — can turn that into results.
#F1 #LewisHamilton #Ferrari #CanadianGP #MontrealGP #MotorsportNews

Miami’s F1 hangover came in millimetres and moment

Miami’s F1 hangover came in millimetres and moments off the world feed. Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies called Isack Hadjar’s qualifying disqualification “painful” after the rookie’s floor failed scrutineering by just two millimetres, admitting the team should’ve caught it. From there, Hadjar’s weekend spiralled into a race crash-out, a brutal reminder that reputations don’t save you when the margins are that fine.

Unseen footage also added fuel to Miami’s first-lap flashpoint: Lewis Hamilton’s Turn 11 clash with Franco Colapinto left Hamilton’s Ferrari damaged and costing pace, and his later middle-finger gesture made the frustration impossible to miss. Hamilton still hauled it to sixth as Colapinto took a best-ever seventh. Around the paddock, Zak Brown’s “good chat” with Mekies landed in a cooler political climate after McLaren’s move for Max Verstappen’s engineer Gianpiero Lambiase, while FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem warned against multi-team ownership amid Mercedes interest in an Alpine stake. At Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso pointed to the gearbox as priority one after a sobering first two-car finish of 2026, P15 and P17.

#F1 #MiamiGP #RedBullRacing #Ferrari #McLaren #AstonMartin

Oscar Piastri left Miami with a podium, but little

Oscar Piastri left Miami with a podium, but little faith that F1’s first 2026 energy-management tweaks have made racing any calmer. The FIA’s early adjustment aimed to reduce aggressive harvesting and “super clipping,” plus address safety concerns after Oliver Bearman’s Japan crash. Changes included a lower qualifying recharge limit (8MJ to 7MJ) and reduced race deployment in key areas, with boost capped at 150kW and MGU-K limited to 250kW in parts of the lap.

Piastri says only the qualifying change has helped, while Sundays feel “basically exactly the same.” His clearest example was George Russell appearing a second behind and still blasting past by the end of the straight, with Straight Line Mode and Boost Mode creating huge, hard-to-read closing speeds. The result, he argues, is racing that can feel random for both attacker and defender — and a rule set that may be training drivers into riskier lunges. With the engine formula locked in for years, Piastri’s verdict is blunt: there’s only so much number-tweaking can do without bigger changes.

#F1 #OscarPiastri #McLaren #2026Regulations #ERS #MiamiGP

Liam Lawson left Miami more confused than angry af

Liam Lawson left Miami more confused than angry after Racing Bulls told him to hand a place back to Max Verstappen moments after they banged wheels and ran wide at Turn 11 on lap one. Lawson’s radio reply said it all: “Drove into the side of me. I don’t understand.” He complied anyway, the kind of conservative call teams make when the downside is steward trouble and a race-ruining penalty.

The wider backdrop was familiar: Verstappen, recovering from an early spin, cutting through traffic with moves that split opinion, with Carlos Sainz among those complaining he’d been pushed off. Lawson’s day then unravelled completely with a lap-six gearbox failure and contact with Pierre Gasly, but the early order still lingered as a reminder of F1’s grey areas — and how reputation can quietly shape split-second decisions.

#F1 #MiamiGP #LiamLawson #MaxVerstappen #RacingBulls #Formula1

Toto Wolff isn’t shutting down F1’s growing V8 tal

Toto Wolff isn’t shutting down F1’s growing V8 talk, but his message in Miami was a clear warning: nostalgia can’t come at the expense of relevance. With FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem floating a return to V8s around 2030 — potentially with only “very minor” electrification — Wolff said Mercedes is open to new engine rules, yet believes going too far back toward pure combustion could make F1 look “ridiculous” in the early 2030s and risk losing the manufacturers the sport depends on.

Instead, Wolff argued any reset should be bold, not backwards: a “mega-engine” that keeps the visceral appeal while staying connected to real-world tech, plus structured timelines that respect OEM budgets. He also dismissed short-term upheaval, pointing to Miami’s strong racing as proof F1 doesn’t need a panic fix, and suggested the sport can boost the show now by making energy deployment modes more impactful rather than ripping up the rulebook.

#F1 #MercedesF1 #TotoWolff #F1Engines #V8 #MotorsportNews

Red Bull’s Miami weekend teased a turning point, t

Red Bull’s Miami weekend teased a turning point, then instantly turned into damage control. After their updated RB22 helped Max Verstappen deliver his best qualifying of 2026 and start on the front row just 0.166s off Lando Norris, the opening lap undid it all: a Turn 2 slide into a full 360 while fighting Charles Leclerc. Verstappen joked about rallying afterwards, but the message was sharper — when you’re chasing pace instead of controlling races, you’re living on the edge.

The spin sparked the usual debate: genius recovery or pure luck. Either way, it wiped out track position, forced an early stop, and turned Sunday into a long recovery shaped by tyre life and strategy, with the hard stint a particular struggle. Verstappen still fought back to fifth on the road, before a post-race pit-exit penalty added another avoidable hit. The Saturday speed is real; the Sundays still aren’t clean enough.

#F1 #MiamiGP #MaxVerstappen #RedBullRacing #Formula1 #Motorsport

Damon Hill has called out Max Verstappen’s Miami r

Damon Hill has called out Max Verstappen’s Miami radio outburst as a double standard, saying it’s hard to sympathise with complaints about being squeezed when Verstappen has built his reputation on applying the same kind of pressure in wheel-to-wheel fights.

Verstappen’s weekend turned early when a first-lap lunge for the lead against Charles Leclerc ended in a 360 spin, dropping him down the order and forcing an aggressive early stop. Charging back through the pack, he ran into a stubborn Alex Albon, who defended hard for P9 and left Verstappen fuming on the radio. Hill’s point wasn’t just about where the line is — it was the optics, especially after Saturday’s Sprint clash with Lewis Hamilton, where Verstappen’s own edge-of-the-road style again sat at the centre of the debate. Verstappen recovered to P5 on Sunday and moved up to seventh in the standings, but the talking point was the etiquette he expects versus the one he enforces.

#F1 #MiamiGP #MaxVerstappen #DamonHill #AlexAlbon #RedBullRacing

Miami’s brief “ping-pong” over Gianpiero “GP” Lamb

Miami’s brief “ping-pong” over Gianpiero “GP” Lambiase’s future didn’t turn into the usual week-long F1 briefing war. Laurent Mekies and Zak Brown picked up the phone, had a quiet chat, and moved to shut the noise down.

The flashpoint was Mekies implying GP’s planned move to McLaren as chief racing officer (no later than 2028) puts him on a path to team principal — something Brown has firmly played down as any threat to Andrea Stella. With Red Bull insisting Lambiase will see out his contract, the real story is the politics of timing, optics, and succession: McLaren’s statement-of-intent hire versus Red Bull’s insistence they can absorb departures through internal promotions and targeted recruitment, not panic moves.

#F1 #McLaren #RedBullRacing #MiamiGP #SillySeason #Formula1

Aston Martin finally got both cars to the flag in

Aston Martin finally got both cars to the flag in Miami — a small win in a season where even the basics have been hard work. Fernando Alonso turned P17 on the grid into his best result of 2026 in P15, but he made it clear it was survival, not speed. The Honda power-unit vibrations that hit the first races eased, yet a new headache dominated the weekend: a gearbox Alonso called “very weird” on both upshifts and downshifts.

Now the focus is Canada, where heavy braking and stop-start traction punish any transmission instability. Alonso wants the gearbox fixed as priority one, while warning there’s no performance jump coming and no upgrades until after summer. With Aston still pointless and the gap ahead too big for marginal gains to matter, the message is blunt: fix what’s broken, protect the budget, and keep delivering clean weekends until the reset arrives.

#F1 #AstonMartinF1 #FernandoAlonso #CanadianGP #MontrealGP #F1News

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