F1

At 41 and fresh from a bruising first year at Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton must rediscover the mental steel and on-track authority that once defined his era

As F1's all-new cars emerged for the final Bahrain test, the different design choices taken by each team revealed themselves. Mark Hughes dissects the loophole-hunting ingenuity and calculated compromises that are beginning to define an early pecking order

Pre-season testing suggests the 2026 Formula 1 title race could come down to a duel between Max Verstappen and George Russell. Our F1 columnist is buckling up for a fiery contest from which he sees the Mercedes driver emerging triumphant

Pre-season Formula 1 testing rarely tells us nothing - and in 2026, it may have revealed more about the competitive order than usual

Competition: Win a half-scale model helmet and model car by correctly picking the 2026 Formula 1 world champions

Thirty-six years after a near-fatal crash ended his Formula 1 career, Martin Donnelly is finally set to drive at Adelaide, where he should have completed his first full grand prix season

Eleven years, the same engine supplier, and the same driver - the parallels between McLaren's 2015 nightmare and Aston Martin's 2026 pre-season are too precise to ignore

Ferrari's inverted rear wing is merely the latest in a long and glorious tradition of Formula 1 engineers pushing technology and finding loopholes

May 14, 1972,
Moanco Round 4 in F1’s 1972 season was a damp date in the principality. ‘Rainmaster’ Jacky Ickx, at the wheel of a Ferrari 312B2, would have enjoyed the…

From the Williams six-wheeler banned before it could race to the Honda that died with its designer, these are the Formula 1 cars that were tested but never made their competitive debut

Motor Sport F1 Show with Mark Hughes

Which teams might be hiding their true pace in F1 testing? And why would they be sandbagging? Plus: drivers' dismay at cornering 20mph off the pace and your questions answered in our latest podcast episode

A technical loophole involving thermal expansion has triggered accusations, secret letters to the FIA, and a war of words between teams over who'll dominate the 2026 F1 season

Alain Prost adopted a disguise; Kimi Räikkönen was "Eskimo"; and Ayrton Senna was bizarrely unsuccessful: the strange and secret stories of F1 drivers who tested cars they were never meant to drive

Mark Hughes unpicks the energy deployment data, the Mercedes engine intrigue and Red Bull Powertrains’ ominous long runs from Bahrain F1 testing to ask who was really fastest

The removal of the MGU-H from Formula 1's 2026 power units has turned race starts into one of the most technically treacherous moments ahead of the first race, and the paddock is bracing itself

As Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso question the complexity of 2026's new cars, Matt Bishop looks back to 1991 and a Formula 1 season that struck the perfect balance between innovation and joy

It might be more raw drama, it could be a few reheated off-cuts – we examine what will be in Netflix F1: Drive to Survive Season 8