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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali and reigning world champion Lando Norris gave strikingly different assessments of the racing in today’s Italian Grand Prix. Prior to the race, several F1 drivers predicted they would see “yo-yo racing” at Monza. This was expected as their energy-starved cars would swap positions repeatedly on the high-speed track while the Overtake Mode boost button would…

Franco Colapinto was moved to tears by his mistake at the restart of the Italian Grand Prix. The Alpine driver took the restart in fourth place but skidded off at Lesmo one and fell to 15th. He recovered to finish ninth, just two places behind his team mate Pierre Gasly. But after the race Colapinto was clearly distraught still about…

The Italian Grand Prix has been red-flagged just three laps into the race after Charles Leclerc crashed heavily at Parabolica. The Ferrari driver climbed out of his car unaided after spinning into a barrier at the same spot where his race ended in 2020. Leclerc was fighting for position with Oscar Piastri on the second lap of the race when…

Netflix has revealed the official trailer for its upcoming new biopic of Michael Schumacher. “Schumacher ’94 – The Birth of a Legend” covers his first world championship victory in 1994. Read RaceFans’ round-by-round recap of the 1994 Formula 1 season here: Formula 1 Browse all Formula 1 articles Published by Keith Collantine Lifelong motor sport fan Keith set up RaceFans…

Victor Martins during the track walk in Austin. Photo: DPPI Victor Martins has spoken out about Nissan’s decision not to sign him for the 2026-2027 Formula E season. Present in Austin for Lone Star Le Mans with AlpineVictor Martins commented on Nissan’s decision not to… This article is for subscribers only. You have 95% left to discover. Already subscribed? Save…

Pierre Gasly has taken provisional pole position for the Italian Grand Prix for Alpine ahead of George Russell and Charles Leclerc. Italian Grand Prix qualifying result Penalties Antonelli: Start at back of grid due to multiple power unit component changesAlbon: Start at back of grid due to multiple power unit component changesLawson: Start at back of grid due to multiple…

Max Verstappen made his dissatisfaction with his car clear in final practice for the Italian Grand Prix. “Mate I have less power than the Fiat Punto,” he told race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase as he prepared for his final run. “I can’t do anything, I can’t even race with them.” Verstappen made his comment shortly before his run-in with Lewis Hamilton…

The Formula E GEN4 car opens a wider range of development areas for teams. Formula E The old promise of motorsport was simple: race on Sunday, sell on Monday. Yet the gap between a modern single-seater and a consumer car has continued to widen. Formula E has always aimed to be different. Its manufacturers confront the same problems as electric…

Pierre Gasly has lost his podium finish in the Monaco Grand Prix after the FIA Court of Appeal reinstated the penalties he originally received in the race. The Alpine driver’s two five-second time penalties for exceeding the pit lane speed limit were removed after the team requested a review of the decision following the race three months ago. The removal…

The FIA Court of Appeal has reinstated Pierre Gasly’s two penalties which the Monaco Grand Prix stewards previously cancelled. The Alpine driver therefore falls from third place to seventh in the final classification for the race. Isack Hadjar regains his third place finish while Oscar Piastri and Racing Bulls team mates Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad also move up one…

Alpine executive consultant Flavio Briatore has accused a member of the FIA Court of Appeal of bias after the team lost its third place in the Monaco Grand Prix. Red Bull and McLaren successfully petitioned the appeal court to reinstate the two pit lane speeding penalties issued to Gasly during the race. This relegated him to seventh in the final…

Formula 1 will hold a three-day pre-season event in Milan next year. The series is reviving the ‘F1 75 Live’ event it previously held in London last year. F1 said all 11 teams will take but did not indicate whether they will use the event to launch their new liveries, as they did last year. F1 Live Milan will take…

Charles Leclerc led the opening practice session for the Italian Grand Prix in hot conditions at Monza. The track temperatures soared to 53C during the opening hour. The FIA has issued a heat hazard warning for this weekend’s event. Leclerc produced a fastest lap of 1’23.008 which was almost three seconds slower than the best time in the same session…

During his decade in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, Mitch Evans has been synonymous with Jaguar TCS Racing, achieving 16 victories, 38 podiums, and 10 pole positions with the British-based squad. As of the end of the 2025/26 season, the New Zealander has won the most races of any driver in the history of the all-electric championship.  The…

Andrea Kimi Antonelli will wear a helmet paying tribute to Italian multiple Moto GP champion Valentino Rossi at his home race this weekend. The world championship leader has picked a design Rossi used when he won the 2002 Italian Grand Prix at Mugello. It was the first of his seven consecutive victories in the race. “It was a special wish…

On this day in 1966 Ludovico Scarfiotti won the Italian Grand Prix. This remains the most recent occasion the Italian Grand Prix was won by an Italian – and he did it in a Ferrari as well. However this is not the most recent home race win for an Italian driver. That remains Riccardo Patrese’s triumph in the 1990 San…

Talk of a potential return to Buenos Aires for the Argentinian Grand Prix prompted one reader to recall the time they lapped the six-kilometre layout on roller-skates. Formula 1 used this track configuration until 1981 (below): I don’t think we bothered to time our lap, and it was 45 years ago. I went with a friend on a week day,…

Spanish rising star Pepe Martí will continue his Formula E journey with Cupra Kiro for the 2026/27 season, giving the young driver an opportunuity to build on an impressive rookie campaign. The announcement comes at an important moment for both Martí and the championship, with Formula E preparing to enter its new Gen4 era. Martí made an immediate impression during…

Fernando Alonso’s Adrian Campos tribute helmet, Monza, 2026 Fernando Alonso will wear a helmet based on that worn by Adrian Campos, the former Formula 1 driver who helped promote his career. Campos raced in F1 for Minardi in 1987 and 1988 (below), the same team Alonso made his debut with in 2001. Campos’s junior teams still compete in F1’s feeder…