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Jack Doohan has secured his return to competitive motorsport after Nielsen Racing announced the Australian will contest the European Le Mans Series in 2026.The 23-year-old’s F1 career stalled dramatically last season when Alpine released him after just six rounds, with Franco Colapinto promoted to replace himREAD MORE: Jack Doohan lands new race seat after Haas F1 switch Max Verstappen ‘replacement’ named as F1 future uncertain Former F1 driver Johnny Herbert has named the driver who looks most likely to replace Max Verstappen as the grid’s benchmark competitor when he opts to walk away from the sport.Verstappen has endured a miserable…
Max Verstappen insists people need not “feel sorry” for him amid his tortured start to the F1 season, with the four-time drivers’ champion yet to finish inside the top five.Three rounds into the campaign, the Dutchman finds himself languishing in ninth in the standings, unfamiliar territory for him.With just 12 points to his name, on account of his sixth-place finish at the curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix and crossing the line in eighth position at Suzuka, he finds himself behind the likes of Pierre Gasly and Oliver Bearman, racing for Alpine and Haas, respectively.He also endured a scoreless round at the…
Did the safety car, triggered by the heavy crash of Haas driver Oliver Bearman on lap 22, cost Oscar Piastri the victory in Japan? At that point, the McLaren driver was in the projected race lead and had already completed his mandatory pitstop. However, Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli benefited from the timing of the safety car and was able to make a comparatively inexpensive tyre change, allowing him to overtake Piastri through the pitstop. But how would the race have unfolded without the accident and without the safety car? Could McLaren have taken the win? Was Mercedes simply too fast? And…
Toto Wolff has advocated for the FIA and the F1 teams to look at amending the regulations to prevent incidents similar to Oliver Bearman’s scary Japanese Grand Prix crash from happening in the future.The British driver slammed into the barriers at Suzuka side-on after narrowly missing Franco Colapinto ahead, who suffered a sudden, drastic loss of speed.That offset caught Bearman by surprise, and is something that numerous drivers had warned would happen eventually if the regulations were not altered to prevent dramatic closing speed differentials.Thankfully, there was no contact between the two cars, but the FIA, F1 and its drivers…
Williams team principal James Vowles reflected on the “painful” Japanese Grand Prix, explaining that the Grove outfit will use the race at the Suzuka circuit as a “line in the sand”. The Vowles-led team endured a challenging weekend at Suzuka. Carlos Sainz finished 15th, while his team-mate Alex Albon crossed the line in 20th. Taking to social media platform X after the race, Vowles was clear with his message to the team’s fans. “It was a painful day today, and I want to make it a line in the sand and make sure we add performance every race going forward…
F1 TV analyst Alex Brundle has lauded Oscar Piastri’s “really smart” moves during the Japanese Grand Prix. Piastri, who has suffered a horrible start to the 2026 season after failing to start both the Australian and Chinese Grands Prix, delivered a strong drive from third on the grid to a second-place finish. While McLaren has struggled to kick off the season with the dominance it enjoyed in 2025, the Mercedes-powered outfit took a step forward during the race at the Suzuka circuit. Speaking on F1 TV after the race, Brundle praised the Australian driver’s performance. “I mean, you don’t count out…
According to F1 TV analyst and racing driver Alex Brundle, the current Formula 1 drivers are facing an immense level of mental exhaustion during grands prix. Speaking after the Japanese Grand Prix, Brundle noted a trend among the drivers: “I don’t know if it’s coming across to the viewer, but every driver that comes and stands next to us, they are drained. They have worked hard. You can see it in the eyes of the drivers that join us. They’ve really done the job.” 1997 champion Jacques Villeneuve, who had joined F1 TV for the post-race analysis, added: “It’s not physical. It’s mental.…
Kimi Antonelli’s inexperience was reflected in his odds when bookmakers made him fifth favourite to win the 2026 F1 Drivers’ Championship over the summer, but after just three races, he tops the standings. After finishing second behind Mercedes team mate George Russell in the season opener in Australia, the Italian teenager was shortened to 6/1 (7.00, +600) to win the title in only his second season at this level.Just days later, Antonelli won his first ever Grand Prix in China, becoming the second teenager in F1 history to win a race. His success in Shanghai saw odds reduced further to…
Liam Lawson has admitted to being “mentally drained” after the opening three rounds of the new F1 season.The drivers have been getting up to speed with the new cars this year, which are creating a much different challenge compared to their predecessors.Energy harvesting and deployment now play a major role when extracting speed during qualifying and overtaking a rival during a race.It has generated various complaints from a number of drivers and the scale of the learning curve has not been lost on Lawson.“I’m a little bit mentally drained,” the New Zealander told F1. “It’s very intense this year.“You have…
Ferrari F1 team boss Fred Vasseur believes May’s Miami Grand Prix will be the start of a “new championship” as teams “push like crazy” for a first real opportunity to roll out major upgrades. Some teams had already trickled out upgrades at last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, but most frontrunners are keeping their powder dry for the Miami Autodrome race on the first weekend of May. In some cases, their hand was forced by the cancellation of the April races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, due to the US-Israel war on Iran. Vasseur had long pointed out that the season opener in Australia…