How Monza introduced oval-like slipstream racing to F1

There have been several examples of Formula 1 2026’s regulations radically changing the style of racing at some of the 24 circuits on the calendar, but Monza’s slipstream festival was the most dramatic example yet.
A brand-new term coined to describe this year’s spectacle is the so-called yo-yo racing, where cars are easily able to complete overtakes using the extra grunt from the battery but …Keep reading
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What doesn’t make sense about Hamilton and Leclerc’s Italian GP clash

There is nothing particularly new in the way Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton conducted themselves on and off the track on Sunday, either in the history of Formula 1 or motorsport more generally.
Clashes between team-mates have, in some cases, reached levels of tension that make what happened between the two Ferrari drivers at Monza look relatively minor. But in this particular case …Keep reading
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WEC: Ferrari triumphs in Texan thriller as Toyota suffers late heartbreak

WEC: Ferrari triumphs in Texan thriller as Toyota suffers late heartbreak

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Antonio Fuoco, Nicklas Nielsen and Miguel Molina, sharing the #50 Ferrari entry, claimed their first victory of the 2026 campaign after a dramatic finale that saw Nyck de Vries, at the wheel of the #7 Toyota, suffer a suspected hydraulic issue while comfortably leading the race with just 11 minutes remaining on the clock.

For the majority of the six-hour contest under the blistering Texan sun – and through sporadic showers – it was the joint championship-leading Toyota GR010 Hybrid of Nyck de Vries, Kamui Kobayashi and Mike Conway that looked set to prevail, courtesy most notably of a show-stopping performance by the Dutchman.

It seemed the Japanese manufacturer was finally set to conquer COTA – one of only four circuits in FIA WEC history at which it had never won – but fate had other ideas. With barely ten minutes left on the clock and an advantage of six seconds over the pursuing Ferrari, de Vries was forced into retirement by a hydraulic pressure issue.

Like a number of its Hypercar rivals, the #50 scarlet machine – piloted by Miguel Molina, Antonio Fuoco and Nicklas Nielsen – adopted an offset strategy, with the Spaniard moving from fifth up to third in the opening stages and surviving contact with André Lotterer’s Genesis before peeling into the pits for an early first stop at the 50-minute mark.

In front of almost 70,000 trackside fans, that tactical decision catapulted the car to the head of the order, and both Molina and subsequently Nielsen dug deep during their respective stints behind the wheel to keep the #8 Toyota at bay. In a race punctuated by two Safety Car periods and three Full Course Yellow interventions, Fuoco maintained the momentum in the middle phase before ceding the cockpit back to Nielsen for the final hour.

The Dane took advantage of a delay in traffic for Alpine Endurance Team’s Charles Milesi to climb from third to second, before inheriting the lead when de Vries ran into trouble. The #50 trio’s third consecutive podium finish at COTA – having taken the chequered flag in third in 2024 and second in 2025 – ended Ferrari’s longest-ever barren streak in the series as the Prancing Horse celebrated its maiden success of the 2026 campaign.

“I’m really happy,” enthused Molina, who, like team-mates Fuoco and Nielsen, had not stood atop the highest step of the FIA WEC podium since last year’s season-opening Qatar contest. “We’ve been working really hard behind the scenes to try to get back to this position and we did a really good race with no mistakes. In the end, it was our day, so big thanks to the team. Now, we need to take this momentum forward with us!”

Having started from the front row of the grid, the #38 Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA V-Series.R of Jack Aitken, Sébastien Bourdais and Earl Bamber was a consistent contender on its way to claiming the runner-up spoils. The crew benefitted from a late penalty for the #35 Alpine due to an unsafe pit-stop release that dropped Milesi, António Félix da Costa and Ferdinand Habsburg to third – a result that nonetheless represented Les Bleus’ first podium appearance of the season.

Aston Martin’s Valkyrie Hypercar matched its best FIA WEC result to date with a fourth-place finish in the hands of British duo Harry Tincknell and Tom Gamble, ahead of the second Alpine, whose bid for glory was undone by the timing of the final neutralisation, prompting a stirring fightback by standout endurance racing rookie Victor Martins.

Sébastien Buemi similarly unleashed a late charge to rise to sixth in the #8 Toyota, followed by the #17 Genesis – marking the South Korean manufacturer’s best finish thus far despite Lotterer’s early error – the #15 BMW, the #12 Cadillac and the #94 Peugeot.

In the context of the wider title battle, with neither the #7 Toyota nor the #20 BMW scoring points, there remains nothing to separate de Vries, Kobayashi and Conway from René Rast and Robin Frijns at the summit of the Drivers’ World Championship standings, while Ferrari’s victory has turned the Manufacturers’ contest into a three-way fight at the top.

In the LMGT3 class, the #27 Heart of Racing Aston Martin secured its second victory at COTA in three years as Ian James, Zacharie Robichon and Mattia Drudi triumphed over the Manthey DKR Porsche crew of James Cottingham, Ayhancan Güven and Timur Boguslavskiy.

The season will continue with round six of eight, the 6 Hours of Fuji in Japan, on 25–27 September.

2026 FIA WEC Lone Star Le Mans – provisional classification

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WECEnduranceLone Star Le MansWECSEASON 2026SportCircuit1SportFIA Karting World ChampionshipCircuitWECSEASON 2026WECEnduranceLone Star Le Mans00Monday, September 7, 2026 – 3:48amMonday, September 7, 2026 – 3:48am

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Hamilton says Ferrari has left it “too late” to back him in F1 title fight

The Italian Grand Prix is probably the worst venue for a spat to brew up between team-mates but that is what happened at Monza as Lewis Hamilton finished a distant sixth after Charles Leclerc barged him into the gravel on the opening lap.
Leclerc then spun off into the Parabolica barrier at high speed at the end of the second lap, inducing a red flag. The outcome of the weekend was that …Keep reading
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Audi signals appeal over Tsunoda’s Italian GP non-penalty

The Audi Formula 1 team has notified the FIA of its intention to appeal against Yuki Tsunoda’s non-penalty in the Italian Grand Prix.
Amid confusion over where he was supposed to line up on a lap 6 restart, Tsunoda parked in his correct 14th grid slot, but at an angle towards the inside wall. Race director Rui Marques was “not comfortable” with Tsunoda’s position, so imposed an extra formation …Keep reading
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