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Oscar Piastri’s 2026 finally got moving at Suzuka

Oscar Piastri’s 2026 finally got moving at Suzuka after two pre-race non-starts to open the year — a reconnaissance-lap crash in Melbourne, then an electrical issue in China that wiped out both him and Lando Norris before lights out. In Japan, he made up for lost time immediately, launching into the lead and controlling the first half of the race with McLaren looking properly in the fight.

Then the Safety Car rewrote the script. The timing gifted Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli a low-cost stop and track position, and with it, Piastri’s win chance. Still, P2 felt like a reset more than a consolation: proof the MCL40 can run at the front when it’s in the window, and that Piastri is ready to lean on it. The “what if?” will linger, but so will the bigger takeaway — McLaren is chasing, and the baseline is finally there.

#F1 #JapaneseGP #Suzuka #OscarPiastri #McLaren #Mercedes

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Helmut Marko thinks Mercedes is already on course

Helmut Marko thinks Mercedes is already on course for an internal title fight in 2026, predicting the championship will come down to George Russell vs Kimi Antonelli and warning that genuine two-car contention usually brings tension with it.

Mercedes has started the new era exactly as it would’ve hoped: Russell delivered early with pole and a Melbourne win, while Antonelli rebounded from an FP3 crash to qualify second and finish P2. Then Antonelli flipped the script with the youngest-ever pole, wins in China and Japan, and a nine-point lead as Russell hit reliability trouble. Marko rates Antonelli’s pace but flags the long-season grind, pointing to Russell’s experience and the risk that a close, equal pairing can slide from healthy rivalry into something more like the Hamilton–Rosberg years.

#F1 #Mercedes #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #Formula1 #MotorsportNews

Franco Colapinto returned to the Alpine A526 at a

Franco Colapinto returned to the Alpine A526 at a damp, camera-packed Silverstone for the team’s second and final 2026 filming day. Officially it was a routine 200km run; unofficially it carried extra weight after Alpine published a rare open letter condemning online abuse and knocking down “sabotage” claims, insisting both Colapinto and Pierre Gasly have the same machinery apart from minor, low-impact parts changes.

With Gasly scoring in all three opening races and Colapinto coming off a tough Suzuka weekend, the timing mattered: a low-stakes reset to get back into the rhythm, correlate early-season data, and move the conversation back to work rather than noise. Next up is Miami, followed by an Alpine roadshow in Colapinto’s Buenos Aires on April 26, as the team tries to keep momentum—and the narrative—pointed forward.

#F1 #AlpineF1Team #FrancoColapinto #PierreGasly #Silverstone #MiamiGP

Oliver Bearman says he’s “all okay now” after his $Oliver Bearman says he’s “all okay now” after his huge Suzuka crash, but the part that lingered wasn’t the 50G headline number. It was the trip home. No fractures, just a bruised, swollen right knee, yet the long-haul flight and the days after were a grim reminder that modern safety can prevent the worst without making a hit like that feel small. The shunt came after a closing-speed misjudgement while battling Franco Colapinto into Spoon, a jink onto the grass, and a cross-track slide into the barrier. Bearman was back on the simulator within days once the swelling eased, grateful it “could have been a lot worse” and already focused on Miami. Suzuka also feeds into ongoing 2026 regulation discussions, another data point when closing speed ends in a 50G impact. #F1 #OliverBearman #HaasF1 #Suzuka #MiamiGP #MotorsportNews$

The FIA has moved to shut down a 2026 qualifying t

The FIA has moved to shut down a 2026 qualifying trick that had become the paddock’s worst-kept secret, issuing a technical directive to stop teams using the MGU-K “shutdown for reliability” allowance as a repeatable tool to reshape mandatory energy ramp-down to the timing line.

Red Bull and Mercedes were understood to be exploiting the 60-second lockout in ways that fit neatly into out-laps and cooldowns, potentially carrying an extra 50–100kW versus rivals who followed the taper as intended. The issue escalated beyond data traces when Ferrari raised safety concerns, with slow cars spotted in Suzuka’s fast sections and a Williams stoppage linked to the procedure. The FIA’s clarification limits shutdown to genuine emergencies, removing a significant qualifying lever and underlining how tightly 2026’s energy rules will need to be policed.

#F1 #FIA #Mercedes #RedBullRacing #MGUK #2026Regulations

Lando Norris likes what the 2026-style cars are as

Lando Norris likes what the 2026-style cars are asking of drivers — lower downforce, a livelier limit, and more opportunity to catch slides and make a difference. But he’s uneasy about the new power unit behaviour, after a Suzuka moment where battery deployment effectively forced his hand in a fight with Lewis Hamilton.

Norris said the car “triggered” energy release when he didn’t want it, committing him to the pass, then leaving him exposed on the next straight where he’d planned to use that battery. With the new 50-50 split pushing energy management to the forefront — and speed differentials already biting, as seen in Oliver Bearman’s big Spoon crash — Norris’ message is a warning, not a rant: keep the driver in control. He says dialogue with the FIA has been positive and he expects tweaks before Miami.

#F1 #LandoNorris #McLaren #LewisHamilton #Suzuka #FIA

Martin Brundle has shut down the latest “retiremen

Martin Brundle has shut down the latest “retirement” chatter after missing China and Japan, calling the reports “utter clickbait nonsense” and stressing nothing fundamental has changed. He’s still set to cover 16 race weekends a season for Sky F1 and is due back in the commentary box for Miami.

The confusion comes from Sky’s long-running rotation and a reshaped calendar after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian cancellations, which can make his on-air share look different without any shift in his role. Jenson Button impressed as stand-in and was even labelled a “natural successor,” but he pushed back hard, saying nobody should replace Brundle until Brundle decides he’s done.

#F1 #MartinBrundle #SkyF1 #JensonButton #F1News #MiamiGP

John Elkann used Ferrari’s shareholder meeting to

John Elkann used Ferrari’s shareholder meeting to reset the tone around its F1 campaign: “unity and determination” after a bruising, winless 2025. Three races into the new rules era, Ferrari has three podiums — Leclerc P3 in Australia and Japan, Hamilton P3 in China — not enough to call it a comeback, but enough to suggest the team has stopped hurting itself.

The harder test is on-track reality. Mercedes looks like the benchmark, and Ferrari has openly pointed to straight-line speed and energy deployment as the gap. That’s why the April 22 Monza filming day matters: long straights, heavy energy demands, and a brutally honest place to validate what needs fixing before racing resumes in Miami. Unity is the message; Monza is where it gets measured.

#F1 #Ferrari #ScuderiaFerrari #Monza #LewisHamilton #CharlesLeclerc

Red Bull talked up 2026 as a clean reset, but thre

Red Bull talked up 2026 as a clean reset, but three races in the reality looks harsher: a team still figuring out what it is after a cascade of exits that stripped away continuity and institutional memory. Laurent Mekies has stepped in with a calmer, more corporate structure above him, but the paddock-facing problem is simple and public on Sundays.

The RB22 is the first Red Bull since 2005 without Adrian Newey’s influence and it’s showing — not as a front-runner off its game, but as an upper-midfield car that relies on Verstappen to make it look better than it is. The irony is the new Red Bull Powertrains unit is rated strong; it’s the chassis performance that’s drawing blunt internal criticism. With reported contract triggers that could allow Verstappen to walk after 2026 if results slide, Red Bull’s challenge is no longer managing change — it’s finding lap time fast enough to stop this “transition” becoming a full restart.

#F1 #RedBullRacing #MaxVerstappen #Formula1 #F12026 #MotorsportNews

Three races into F1’s 2026 reset and the real stor

Three races into F1’s 2026 reset and the real story is still being written away from Sundays. At the Nürburgring, Pirelli’s tyre test exposed how quickly a “routine” day can swing momentum: Oscar Piastri’s McLaren lost time to a technical issue and managed just 65 laps, while George Russell logged 127 for Mercedes, banking clean mileage and broader data in a year where every run counts.

Elsewhere, the subplots are getting louder. Fernando Alonso ran Aston Martin’s Valkyrie LM at Paul Ricard, a reminder of the team’s wider engineering ambitions as the paddock searches for signs of who’s building something real. Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has admitted a straight-line speed deficit despite three straight podiums, while Red Bull’s focus has drifted to politics, with Jos Verstappen rejecting claims the team misses Helmut Marko’s presence. The reception to the new rules has been lukewarm, and early promises from teams like Aston Martin and Williams are already being measured against reality.

#F1 #F12026 #Pirelli #McLaren #Mercedes #Ferrari

Liam Lawson says F1’s 2026 shift has made one thin

Liam Lawson says F1’s 2026 shift has made one thing clear: the car still matters, but the battery — and how you spend it — is now deciding who shines and who struggles. With electrification close to half the output, weekends have been rewired around energy maps, not just balance and setup, because there’s “so much lap time in it.”

The catch is that the fastest lap can feel unintuitive. Attack like it’s 2024 and you can end up slower, burning deployment in the wrong places and paying for it on the next straight. Lawson admits he hit that learning curve in Melbourne qualifying, only stitching it together late by backing off the instinct to overdrive. It’s also changing wheel-to-wheel racing: overtakes and defence now hinge on whether you’ve still got electrical deployment left, making restraint and timing as valuable as bravery.

#F1 #Formula1 #2026F1 #LiamLawson #PowerUnit #EnergyManagement

McLaren has landed a major off-track signing, pris

McLaren has landed a major off-track signing, prising Gianpiero “GP” Lambiase away from Red Bull in a move slated for no later than 2027. It’s more than a career step: it breaks up one of modern F1’s most settled driver-engineer partnerships, with Lambiase long serving as Max Verstappen’s calm, trusted voice under pressure and a key part of how Red Bull executes its sharpest Sundays.

For McLaren, this isn’t just hiring a radio engineer. Lambiase is expected to take a senior “chief racing officer” role reporting to Andrea Stella, aimed at tightening processes and decision-making as the sport heads into 2026’s new era. Red Bull will have depth to replace him, but the real risk is the tiny loss of fluency that can turn decisive calls into slightly worse ones when margins are razor-thin.

#F1 #McLaren #RedBullRacing #MaxVerstappen #GianpieroLambiase #Formula1

Racing Bulls have scored points at every round so

Racing Bulls have scored points at every round so far and sit seventh in the Constructors’, but the team sees the 2026 midfield as too tight to settle. With Bahrain and Saudi Arabia off the calendar, an unusual five-week gap has handed Faenza extra time to work through development and even squeeze in some unplanned chassis work ahead of Miami.

Team boss Alan Permane says a “quick double hit” is coming: a sizeable upgrade package arrives in Miami, followed by another step planned for Montreal that can’t be brought forward, meaning the Miami spec will be “almost replaced straight away.” The real win from the pause is volume—expect three to four full sets, so both cars can run the new kit immediately rather than splitting specs. After early points from Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls’ baseline looks clean but needs more load, and Permane targets a four-team fight with Alpine, Haas and Audi rather than dreaming of podiums.

#F1 #RacingBulls #MiamiGP #F1Updates #MidfieldBattle #MotorsportNews

With F1 effectively paused for five weeks after th

With F1 effectively paused for five weeks after the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian rounds were called off, Fernando Alonso has gone looking for his fix elsewhere. On Wednesday he put a WEC-spec Aston Martin Valkyrie through its paces at Paul Ricard, with Aston Martin sharing the footage as the World Endurance Championship prepares to restart at Imola this weekend.

Alonso called it an “UNLEASHED track experience” and said it was “always good to relive the prototype years” — a nod to the part of his career that brought two Le Mans wins with Toyota. The timing also adds a little extra intrigue with Valkyrie’s Newey-designed DNA and Aston Martin’s wider push to make its racing programmes feel connected. While others fill the gap too — Lance Stroll in GTWC and Max Verstappen heading to Nürburgring 24 qualifiers — Alonso’s day in the Valkyrie looked less like downtime content and more like a driver chasing the feeling.

#F1 #FernandoAlonso #AstonMartin #Valkyrie #WEC #EnduranceRacing

Nigel Mansell’s verdict on F1’s early-2026 order i

Nigel Mansell’s verdict on F1’s early-2026 order is classic Mansell: teams don’t get built around you by request, they get taken. Mercedes looks the benchmark once the race settles, even if Ferrari often lands the first punch off the line. The results tell the story so far, with Kimi Antonelli leading the championship on 72 points, ahead of George Russell, and turning Mercedes into the season’s most compelling internal battle.

Mansell says Russell’s task isn’t just matching pace, but “stamping authority” before Antonelli’s momentum becomes the team’s default narrative. He also notes Lewis Hamilton looks reinvigorated at Ferrari, which has been close from the start, while the ADUO upgrade window after Miami could still reshuffle the pack. For now, it’s Mercedes vs Mercedes at the top, with Ferrari and McLaren poised to pounce.

#F1 #Mercedes #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #Ferrari #NigelMansell

Lance Stroll’s first GT3 weekend away from the F1

Lance Stroll’s first GT3 weekend away from the F1 routine didn’t produce a result, but it did leave him wanting more. The Aston Martin driver says he’s keen to get back in the Vantage GT3 when the calendar opens up, and with 2026 already reshaped by cancellations and a more compressed schedule, those opportunities may be closer than expected.

Sharing Comtoyou Racing’s #18 with Roberto Merhi and Aston Martin Academy prospect Mari Boya at Paul Ricard, the race fell apart early: penalties stacked up to 8m25s before Stroll even began his final two-hour stint, and the car was later retired with a gear selection issue. Still, Stroll called the pace encouraging despite limited preparation, said he was among the quickest in his stint, and praised the value of night running and experience in a tightly packed GT3 field.

#LanceStroll #GT3 #AstonMartin #VantageGT3 #GTWorldChallenge #Motorsport

F1’s six-year Nürburgring silence ended on Tuesday

F1’s six-year Nürburgring silence ended on Tuesday as McLaren and Mercedes kicked off a two-day Pirelli tyre test on the GP-Strecke. A damp start gave way to slick running and a methodical programme of C3 compound stints, with George Russell quickest on a 1:33.899 ahead of Oscar Piastri’s 1:35.096, though lap times in these sessions tell only part of the story.

For Piastri, the bigger headline was lost seat time: a technical issue sidelined the McLaren for most of the afternoon, cutting short a rare chance to simply log laps and build rhythm after a stop-start beginning to 2026. Mercedes banked a clean day before handing over to Kimi Antonelli on Wednesday, while Lando Norris is set to take over the MCL40 for McLaren.
#F1 #Nurburgring #PirelliTest #McLaren #Mercedes #OscarPiastri

Ferrari’s 2026 start looks healthy on paper: three

Ferrari’s 2026 start looks healthy on paper: three races, three podiums, and Lewis Hamilton’s first top-three in red. But inside Maranello the mood is more fix-it than celebrate, with Hamilton and Fred Vasseur aligned on the same weakness: the SF-26 is losing too much on the straights, especially in energy deployment compared to Mercedes.

That deficit matters more under the new overtake mode, where staying within a one-second window can decide whether you attack or get trapped in a “train” once the gap opens. Ferrari heads to Monza for its first filming day of the year on April 22, and the Temple of Speed is the most revealing place to stress straight-line performance and de-rating concerns. Regulatory help via the FIA’s ADUO scheme remains uncertain and delayed by calendar changes, so for now Ferrari’s message is simple: optimise, minimise the loss, and stop slipping out of that crucial second.

#F1 #Ferrari #LewisHamilton #CharlesLeclerc #Monza #SF26

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