F1 – 2026 Japanese Grand Prix – Friday Press Conference Transcript

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Koji WATANABE (Honda), Ayao KOMATSU (Haas), Andrea STELLA (McLaren) Q: Andrea, if we could start with you. Bad memories first of all. Can we throw it back to China, which was a source of great frustration for the team? Do you fully understand the cause of the problems prior to the start?Andrea STELLA: Yeah, so China … Read more

F1 – Mercedes drivers top opening practice in Japan ahead of McLaren and Ferrari 

F1 – Mercedes drivers top opening practice in Japan ahead of McLaren and Ferrari  George Russell went two hundredths of a second quicker than Mercedes’ team-mate Kimi Antonelli to hand the Silver Arrows a 1-2 in opening practice for the 2026 FIA Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix. It was two-by-two in Suzuka with the Mercedes … Read more

F1 – 2026 Chinese GP Schedule of Press Conferences

F1 – 2026 Chinese GP Schedule of Press Conferences DATE TIME DRIVER / TEAM MEMBER Thursday, 12 March 1230hrs  1300hrs Pierre Gasly (Alpine)Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)Esteban Ocon (Haas) Gabriel Bortoleto (Audi)Max Verstappen (Red Bull)Alex Albon (Williams) Friday, 13 March 1330hrs Steve Nielsen (Alpine)Jonathan Wheatley (Audi)Laurent Mekies (Red Bull) Saturday, 14 March Post-Sprint Post-Qualifying First three … Read more

W2RC resumes with revised five-day BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Portugal

The earlier March date in the calendar sees a 66-car entry set to tackle the second round of the series, with 43 crews registered for championship points. Of those, 24 will compete in the Ultimate category, 10 in Challenger, six in SSV and three in the Stock class for series-production cross-country machines. Fresh from winning … Read more

F1 – Russell leads Mercedes one-two in qualifying in Melbourne as Verstappen crashes 

F1 – Russell leads Mercedes one-two in qualifying in Melbourne as Verstappen crashes  George Russell took pole position for the opening race of the 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship, with team-mate Kimi Antonelli recovering from a practice crash and an incident-packed qualifying session to hand Mercedes a front-row lock out for the Australian Grand … Read more

F1 – 2026 Australian Grand Prix – Thursday Press Conference Transcript

PART ONE – Nico HULKENBERG (Audi), Valtteri BOTTAS (Cadillac), George RUSSELL (Mercedes)   Q: George, why don’t we start with you. A lot has changed in Formula 1 this year. Just how confident are you and Mercedes feeling ahead of this first race?George RUSSELL: Well, I think there’s just an element of the unknown, excitement going into the … Read more

RX4 brings Rally DNA back to European Rallycross as entries open for 2026 season

Rally-specification cars are set to return to wheel-to-wheel international rallycross competition for the first time in more than three decades, marking a landmark moment for the discipline with the introduction of the new RX4 category. Approved by the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) as part of an evolution of the Off-Road pyramid, RX4 opens the … Read more

Poste Italiane achieves maximum 3-star rating from the FIA Road Safety Index

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), the global governing body for motor sport and the federation for mobility organisations worldwide, has today announced that Poste Italiane has achieved the maximum 3-star rating from the FIA Road Safety Index covering its last-mile delivery operations across Italy. Developed by the FIA, with the support of the FIA … Read more

F1 – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc quickest overall as pre-season testing ends in Bahrain

F1 – Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc quickest overall as pre-season testing ends in Bahrain Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc topped the final day of F1’s pre-season test schedule with the fastest time of the six days, posting a time of 1:31.992 to end the week as the only driver below the 1m32s mark.  Leclerc led the way throughout … Read more

Da Costa steers to first win with Jaguar in Jeddah E-Prix Round 5

António Félix da Costa and Jaguar TCS Racing nailed their race strategy to stride to the race win in the 2026 Jeddah E-Prix Round 5, with the Portuguese driver leading Sébastien Buemi (Envision Racing) home and reigning champion Oliver Rowland (Nissan Formula E) rounding out the podium. Da Costa was the first of the lead … Read more