How Audi developed its hybrid skills before even entering F1
Audi Formula 1 chiefs say the brand’s experience in various categories will help it master F1’s new power units from 2026.Audi is taking over the Switzerland-based Sauber team as F1 moves into a new era; 2026-spec power units will feature 350kW (469hp) electric power, up from 120kW currently, for aContinue Reading
How an F1 trophy is designed and made
Lavish podium celebrations are a mainstay of Formula 1, with the top-three finishers shaking hands with various dignitaries, spraying Champagne and picking up their trophies at the end of every grand prix. But the design and development of the trophies they lift above their heads begins months before lights goContinue Reading
EA Sports will not release a new F1 game in 2026
EA Sports has announced it will not release a new Formula 1 game for the 2026 season.Instead, the company will provide a “paid expansion to F1 25”, featuring 2026 cars, teams and regulations. Autosport has approached EA Sports as to whether the content will include the Madrid street track thatContinue Reading
F1 predictions for the 2025 triple-header finale
Three rounds remain in the 2025 Formula 1 world championship, which will decide who becomes the drivers’ world champion, plus a few other key honours.This weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix kicks off a triple-header finale, followed by the Qatar GP (plus a sprint race) and then the season closer inContinue Reading
Racing Bulls one of four F1 teams to launch Las Vegas livery
Racing Bulls has presented a one-off ‘holographic’ livery for this weekend’s Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix in collaboration with title partner Cash App.The holographic livery adds iridescent colours to the usually white nose, sidepod and engine cover of the VCARB 02 driven by Isack Hadjar and Liam Lawson for the team’sContinue Reading
Binotto: F1 2026 rules mean best team will be who reacts and develops quickest
Audi boss Mattia Binotto believes the Formula 1 team able to calibrate its simulation tools and develop its car quickest will enjoy the biggest success in the first year of the 2026 regulations overhaul.F1 is preparing for a new era from next year, with both the power unit and chassisContinue Reading
The new challenge F1 teams face in finalising 2026 car
The Las Vegas Grand Prix this weekend will kick off a three-race run that goes all the way to the end of the 2025 season on 7 December in Abu Dhabi. Over this period, the Formula 1 drivers’ championship will be decided, as well as many positions in the constructors’Continue Reading
Why Mercedes is downplaying chances of F1 Las Vegas GP win
The easiest way to leave a casino with a small fortune is to enter the premises with a large one. Perhaps that’s why Mercedes is actively discouraging predictions of a repeat of last year’s 1-2 in the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, when George Russell and Lewis Hamilton notContinue Reading
What Mercedes has learned for 2026 from previous F1 failures
Whenever the rules change in Formula 1, the competitive order also faces disruption. Inevitably, one or two teams land nearer the right balance of compromises, or find clever solutions others have missed.Given the scope of the changes coming next season, nerves are jangling up and down the grid: the combinationContinue Reading