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• No risk of Antonelli 'losing the plot' despite F1 points advantage - Wolff

  Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff says there is no danger of Kimi Antonelli getting carried away with his 81-point lead at the top of Formula 1's drivers’ championship.Antonelli entered the back-to-back races in Monza and Madrid off the back of one win in six races and with a grid penalty...

• Former Mercedes technical director Elliott joins Alpine as CTO

  Alpine has announced the signing of former Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott as the team’s new chief technical officer (CTO).Elliott previously worked at Renault from 2008 to 2012 as a principal aerodynamicist, but went on to rise through the ranks at Mercedes during one of its most dominant periods, becoming...

• Verstappen overtakes 100 karting rivals in 14 laps

  Max Verstappen completed the ‘Max v 100’ karting challenge in just 14 laps at Silverstone on Wednesday evening.The four-time Formula 1 world champion was taking on the Red Bull-organized challenge on a special circuit that utilized the entirety of the Silverstone kart track as well as a small part of...

• Conventional wisdom was that an F1 Sprint race wouldn't work in Monaco. So why is F1 doing one?

  The 2027 Formula 1 calendar’s release has raised plenty of questions. The first, and perhaps most pressing one, being: What is happening at the end of 2026?The short answer is nobody knows yet, but the longer one is Formula 1 is very much treating it as business as usual at...

• F1 ramps up the sprint races as 2027 calendar is unveiled

  Monaco will host its first ever sprint race as F1 leans harder into the format with its newly-unveiled 2027 calendar.