Colton Herta will make a shock switch from IndyCar to Formula 2 in 2026, Cadillac Formula 1 team CEO Dan Towriss has announced.Cadillac has hired F1 veterans Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas as its race drivers for its maiden campaign in the world championship, and named Herta as a testContinue Reading
Formula 1’s power unit manufacturers and its governing body the FIA are set for the next round of talks on the series’ next engine formula.F1 is moving to new power units in 2026 with a near 50/50 split of internal combustion power and electric energy, but meanwhile the FIA’s focusContinue Reading
While there have been loud claims made by local – and even national – politicians about the return of Portugal and Turkey to the Formula 1 calendar, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has now confirmed interest from those countries – and Germany, in the form of Hockenheim.Interest in F1 is atContinue Reading
Formula 1 championship leader Oscar Piastri will sit out Free Practice 1 at the Italian Grand Prix, where he will be replaced by McLaren junior Alex Dunne.Current F1 sporting regulations demand that teams run rookies – drivers who have not competed in more than two grands prix – on raceContinue Reading
While the developmental focus across the Formula 1 grid might have shifted to 2026, that does not preclude further updates trickling out through the remaining nine rounds of 2025.Haas, for example, has revealed that it will be rolling out a further update package at the United States Grand Prix, whileContinue Reading
Given his tender age, his rapid rise through the ranks and his immediate promotion to a top team like Mercedes, there was plenty of anticipation around Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s F1 debut this year.Mercedes’ hand was perhaps forced by Lewis Hamilton’s earlier than expected departure, but it still decided to pressContinue Reading
Lance Stroll has exuberantly hailed Adrian Newey’s impact on the Aston Martin team, as the legendary engineer contributes to its 2026 Formula 1 car design.Newey joined Aston Martin on 1 March as a ‘managing technical partner’ after completing his Red Bull-induced gardening leave. The Briton has reportedly refrained from giving theContinue Reading
Formula 1 is back in racing mode after the summer break and this week we are in between two fast and intense races; the Dutch GP at Zandvoort and the Italian GP at Monza, the race with the highest average speed lap on the calendar and the home of Ferrari.AlongsideContinue Reading
The Cadillac F1 team has named Colton Herta as its test driver, with rumours intensifying over the Californian leaving IndyCar for an F2 campaign.Herta, whose Andretti IndyCar squad is owned by the same TWG Motorsport group that is the majority shareholder of the nascent F1 squad, will complement regular driversContinue Reading
Max Verstappen has declared that Red Bull’s Dutch Grand Prix battle with a Racing Bulls Formula 1 car “shouldn’t be happening”.Verstappen and Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar ran third and fourth behind the McLarens during most of the Zandvoort race; both of them ended up on the podium, courtesy of LandoContinue Reading