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Between finalising its controversial new power unit regulations for 2026, and framing the chassis rules which accompanied them, Formula 1 spent almost two years trying to get the balance right. F1 signed off the power unit rules in August 2022 – though the general concept was agreed much earlier – and the chassis regulations followed in June 2024. During that…

Oliver Rowland on his Thailand vacation. (Image credit: Instagram) Oliver Rowland on his Thailand vacation. (Image credit: Instagram) Oliver Rowland on his Thailand vacation. (Image credit: Instagram) Oliver Rowland on his Thailand vacation. (Image credit: Instagram) Oliver Rowland on his Thailand vacation. (Image credit: Instagram) Oliver Rowland is currently enjoying his vacation with his family and friends in Thailand. The…

Three races into a new season and an all-new era of regulations, the Formula 1 2026 season has hit an unexpected pause. F1 fans, teams and drivers now have to wait five weeks until the next race after events in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were cancelled due to the war in Iran. After the Japanese Grand Prix — won by…

Daniel Ricciardo admitted it came as a relief to lose his Formula 1 drive in 2024 following his slump in performance. The eight-times grand prix winner made his final start at the Singapore Grand Prix in 2024 for RB (now Racing Bulls). That ended his brief comeback after McLaren cut short his contract to drive for them at the end…

DS PENSKE’s Taylor Barnard burst onto the Formula E stage in 2024, stepping in for an injured Sam Bird at the 2024 Monaco E-Prix. His first points finish quickly followed, and upon stepping up into a full time Formula E seat for NEOM McLaren in 2025, Barnard quickly broke records.  READ MORE: Taylor Barnard debriefs his record-breaking pole position in…

Talks between Formula E and the DTM about a potential collaboration at the Norisring have broken down, ending plans that could have seen the electric champion race at the famous street circuit in 2027. According to Motorsport.com’s sister title Motorsport-Total.com, representatives of Formula E and DTM promoter the ADAC met in Nuremberg at the end of February to explore a potential…

Taylor Barnard (Image credit: Instagram) Things are yet to look up for Taylor Barnard since he moved to DS Penske this season. The Briton was the youngest Formula E driver last year and bagged multiple podiums in his rookie campaign. However, he is yet to hit his stride this season, though the way he is working on himself is expected…

Pepe Marti (Image credit: Instagram) Some Formula E drivers have definitely upped their social media game this season, and among them is Cupra Kiro rookie Pepe Marti. The 20-year-old Spanish driver has started a weekly explainer series on Instagram titled Professor Pepe, and this Tuesday he took it upon himself to explain the Pit Boost concept to fans of the…

Alpine has written an open letter refuting “completely unfounded” fan allegations that they have been sabotaging the car and competitive chances of their Argentinan driver Franco Colapinto. Colapinto finished 16th at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, while teammate Pierre Gasly finished seventh with a standout performance one place ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. The disparity in…  read more www.espn.com

Having achieved a hat-trick of pole position, fastest lap and victory when he scored his breakthrough win in Shanghai, Andrea Kimi Antonelli repeated the feat for the second round in a row in Suzuka. He therefore became the first teenager ever to win multiple Formula 1 grands prix. The only other driver to win a race in his teens –…

Welcome to Thursday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up. Happy birthday! Happy birthday to MajorMilou, Nico Savidge, Ripping Silk, Christopher and Nic Morley! On this day in motorsport Fernando Alonso passed pole-winner Jenson Button en route to victory in Melbourne today in 2006 Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free  read more www.racefans.net

The Mahindra BE6 Formula E Edition brings a host of smart, futuristic technologies straight to your everyday drive. From its dual 12.3-inch panoramic displays powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chipset to a suite of intelligent in-car features, this EV is built for a connected, intuitive, and performance-focused experience. Join Tech360’s Ishaan Singh as he dives into the BE6 Formula…

The all-women F1 Academy has added extra races to their existing schedule in Montreal and Austin to account for the cancellation of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix in April. F1’s decision to cancel races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia had a knock on effect on the F1 Academy calendar, as it was due to have two races at the latter…

Written by Teagan Crump, Edited by Grace Hobson  Formula E’s Madrid E-Prix marked the championship’s return to racing in Spain for the first time since 2021. There was much anticipation around the Madrid round, and it definitely delivered exciting racing and some shock results. Credit: Malcolm Griffiths/LAT Images Madrid should be here to stay This weekend proved that the Madrid…

What was the initial thing that got you into motorsport? My dad loved it as a kid when I was young, and he would put Formula One on the telly and I would normally fall asleep to it, and then eventually the commentary would get exciting and wake me up and I’d sort of go, “Oh, this is quite fun”….

Martin Brundle has said Max Verstappen should either leave Formula 1 “or stop talking about it,” claiming his comments are “boring” and that no driver is “indispensable.” Verstappen, the four-time world champion, sent shockwaves through the paddock on Sunday by threatening to walk away from F1 at the end of the season because of the new rules and cars. It…

Charles Leclerc was fifth behind Lewis Hamilton and George Russell when the Japanese Grand Prix restarted, but got past both to claim the final place on the podium. His race engineer Bryan Bozzi congratulated him on the lap 51 pass which secured his position ahead of Russell, though the Mercedes driver kept him under pressure until the end. But Lewis…

An Antonio Felix da Costa versus Pascal Wehrlein title fight? Goodness, who writes Formula E’s scripts? If you were to outline a multifaceted fantasy plotline for the final season of Gen3, it would be this: a championship battle played out between two disparate characters who really don’t like each other. It wasn’t always like that, though. Throughout 2023 and some…

Laurence EdmondsonMar 31, 2026, 03:44 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2009• An FIA accredited F1 journalist since 2011 Multiple Authors Lando Norris has said there were moments during the Japanese Grand Prix when he was “at the mercy” of his McLaren’s power unit, and at one stage overtook Lewis Hamilton even though he had not planned to. Norris finished in…