Why Ferrari will have to be “clever” with 2026 F1 upgrades

In 2026 Formula 1 faces its biggest technical shake-up in decades, since the rules governing both cars and engines are undergoing far-reaching change.
Inevitably some will arrive at the first race of the season with better solutions than others. But for those left behind, the task of catching up will be made all the more difficult – not just by established limits on development but also by a …Keep reading

Red Bull “would be naive” to think its 2026 F1 power unit will be on top

Red Bull Formula 1 team principal Laurent Mekies says it would be “naive” to think his squad will nail the 2026 power unit regulations from the start, and admitted the team is bracing for a few “very tough months”.
Red Bull will introduce its first-ever F1 engines for the 2026 regulations cycle, developed at its Milton Keynes campus at the Red Bull Powertrains division, with support from …Keep reading

Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #48 Oliver Bearman

Much was expected from Oliver Bearman after his stellar debut substituting for Carlos Sainz at Ferrari in Saudi Arabia the previous season, a drive so confident and assured that it masked the two rather less auspicious ones for Haas later in the season.
His full-time rookie year also provided highs and lows, but the mistakes were in the minority. It was unfortunate for him that his seasonal …Keep reading

Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #47 Lewis Hamilton

Much hype accompanied Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari this season, but any hopes that Maranello could carry forward its strong late-2024 form into the new season were quickly scuppered.
That meant a fourth successive season of angst and self-doubt as Hamilton’s year dissolved after the high point of the sprint win at Shanghai – Ferrari’s only victory of the season.
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Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #39 Alex Albon

Across his previous three years at Williams, Alex Albon had found points hard to come by, so his fifth-place finish at Melbourne demonstrated how far the team had come over the winter.
His early-season performances were strong, with points in seven of the opening eight rounds, before mid-term reliability issues rather brought that form to a halt.
Once the cooling problems had been ironed …Keep reading

Autosport Top 50 of 2025: #38 Carlos Sainz

Very much a season of two halves for the ex-Ferrari driver. As a four-time grand prix winner, he was always going to have to manage his expectations on arrival at a team that hasn’t tasted victory since 2012.
But expectations cut both ways; to an extent he was to act as a yardstick for team-mate Alex Albon, who had been previously partnered by paying makeweights. Over the opening races that …Keep reading