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Pointless after 14 races, Cadillac gives Pérez a new Ferrari unit for Baku
Cadillac, still without a point after 14 races of its debut season, brings a small aerodynamic upgrade and Ferrari's latest-spec ...
Two-time Baku winner Perez targets pointless Cadillac's first score
Only two drivers have won more than once on the Baku street circuit: Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez, with two victories each. Th...
[Rumour] Tsolov promotion or reserve role? Signs point to Lawson staying
Reports on where Red Bull junior Nikola Tsolov will be in 2027 are pulling in different directions. In July Racing Bulls team pri...
Sainz, Norris and Verstappen stay put, leaving seven 2027 seats open
The F1 driver market ahead of the 2027 season is unusually quiet. In August Max Verstappen committed to Red Bull until 2030 and C...
Hadjar returns to Red Bull in Baku after missing three races with wrist injury
Isack Hadjar has recovered from his wrist injury and returns alongside Max Verstappen at Red Bull from this week's Azerbaijan GP....
F1 cuts 2027 races from 305km to 290km, trimming two or three laps
From 2027 the minimum race distance for an F1 grand prix drops from 305km to 290km. The third F1 Commission meeting of the year, ...
F1 drops three-hour race limit for a fixed hard-stop time from 2027
From 2027 the three-hour limit on an F1 race, measured from start to finish, is going. In its place comes a hard-stop time set fo...
Gearbox homologation scrapped for 2027 so suppliers can keep developing
Gearbox homologation will disappear from F1 in 2027. Meeting at the FIA's London offices on Monday 21 September, the F1 Commissio...
Baku tyres go a step harder, but Turn 1 lock-up risk is rising
Pirelli has allocated the C3 hard, C4 medium and C5 soft for this Saturday's Azerbaijan GP, one step harder than last year's C4, ...
Baku, Sepang, Singapore in three weeks: Baku set for sun and mid-20s
Starting with Baku this Saturday, F1 embarks on a triple-header over three consecutive weekends, moving on to Sepang on 4 October...
Azerbaijan GP moves to Saturday: race starts 15:00 local, 11:00 UTC
This week's Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be decided on Saturday 26 September rather than Sunday. The 27th is Azerbaijan's Remembran...
FIA president says 'we can't let Alonso go', Honda says 'there is no magic'
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has met Fernando Alonso and signalled further action, saying the FIA "cannot let him leave bec...
[Rumour] Qatar and Abu Dhabi push back on an Imola finale; decision slips to October
A plan to replace the last two races of the season, the Qatar GP (29 November) and the Abu Dhabi GP (6 December), with Imola beca...
[Rumour] Five in the running for Ocon's Haas seat, plus a quiet meeting in Madrid
Esteban Ocon's hold on Haas's second seat for 2027 is looking shaky. Team principal Ayao Komatsu has said himself that there are ...
[Rumour] Hamilton said to want Ferrari crew changes; he says he never asked
A report in Italy claimed Lewis Hamilton had asked Ferrari to replace key trackside personnel and that his relationship with team...
Qatar and Abu Dhabi still in doubt, and the finale could move to Imola
Whether the last two rounds of the 2026 season, the Qatar GP (29 November) and the Abu Dhabi GP (6 December), can go ahead amid t...
2027 calendar: 24 races as Portugal and Turkey return and Zandvoort drops off
F1 and the FIA announced the 2027 calendar on 16 September. It has 24 rounds, sprints rise to ten, and Portugal and Turkey return...
Antonelli could seal a record-breaking youngest title in Mexico on 1 November
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) could clinch the 2026 drivers' championship as early as the Mexico City Grand Prix on 1 November, accor...
Hamilton 22 points in three races, Antonelli 73: the gap is now 101
Lewis Hamilton's brake-failure retirement from the Spanish Grand Prix at Madring in Madrid has left the Ferrari driver 101 points...
Madrid GP: one VSC wiped out Norris's six-second lead
Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) took his eighth win of the season in the first F1 race held at Madring. Lando Norris (McLaren), who sta...