When race stewards and officials need to send a message to Formula 1 drivers on track, they can call on teams to relay the information over the radio, or can throw up a flag around the track to instantly alert drivers. Marshals at F1 circuits can wave nine different flags,Continue Reading
Off the back of a much-improved 2025 campaign which yielded a comfortable fifth place in the Formula 1 world constructors’ standings, Williams is now a team that is looking up rather than over down.Over the past 18 months the Grove-based squad harvested bountiful low-hanging fruit that was holding it back,Continue Reading
In many respects, 2025 has been a frustrating year for Alpine. The team decided early on to shift its full focus to the 2026 Formula 1 regulations and therefore to virtually abandon the development of the A525.Alpine admitted it was surprised by some of its rivals, who continued to introduceContinue Reading
For Red Bull, the 2026 season marks a new chapter in the team’s history: for the first time since taking over Jaguar in 2005, it will compete with its own power unit in Formula 1.In the longer term, this should bring advantages – especially with the integration of the powerContinue Reading
If there is one lesson the era of turbo-hybrid Formula 1 cars has taught us, it is how important and complex the role of the flow meter is. Limiting the amount of fuel the cars could carry, as well as its flow rate, forced manufacturers to innovate to improve combustionContinue Reading
A first glimpse of a 2026 Formula 1 car in action has emerged on social media, with sneak footage of Audi’s Barcelona shakedown having been posted on YouTube.Audi’s car, which will be known as the R26, was given a handful of laps around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya – the incomingContinue Reading
A first glimpse of a 2026 Formula 1 car in action has emerged on social media, with sneak footage of Audi’s Barcelona shakedown having been posted on YouTube and by the team.Audi’s car, which will be known as the R26, was given a handful of laps around the Circuit deContinue Reading
Formula 1 is embarking on a new era with its 2026 season as the championship will introduce widespread changes to its technical regulations.Car chassis will become lighter and smaller, while more emphasis will be placed on electrical energy, which will have a near-50:50 split with the internal combustion engine.There areContinue Reading
Even before the first collective on-track Formula 1 action of 2026, there has been talk about the new engine regulations. More specifically, the focus is on the compression ratio of the internal combustion engine (ICE) – the ratio between the cylinder’s maximum and minimum volume.Under the previous regulations, this ratioContinue Reading
On this day 10 years ago, Maria Teresa de Filippis passed away; she was Formula 1’s first ever female driver.De Filippis entered five grands prix in the late 1950s, started three and took a 10th-place finish at Spa-Francorchamps, but her journey was bigger than that.The Italian was born in 1926Continue Reading