Not 'F2 pace' - FIA hits back at latest 2026 F1 fear
FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis has torpedoed claims that the all-new 2026 Formula 1 cars will be much closer in performance to current F2 machinery. Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar suggested on Wednesday in Las Vegas that, based on his experience in the driver-in-loop simulator, the 2026 cars are "closer to an F2", clarifying he meant "car performance wise".But the FIA's laptime simu...
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FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis has torpedoed claims that the all-new 2026 Formula 1 cars will be much closer in performance to current F2 machinery. Racing Bulls driver Isack Hadjar suggested on Wednesday in Las Vegas that, based on his experience in the driver-in-loop simulator, the 2026 cars are "closer to an F2", clarifying he meant "car performance wise".But the FIA's laptime simu...
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Not 'F2 pace' - FIA hits back at latest 2026 F1 fear
FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis has torpedoed claims that the all-new 2026 Formula 1 cars will be much closer in performance to current...
Lando Norris topped a disrupted second Formula 1 practice session at the 2025 Las Vegas Grand Prix. FP2 times 1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m33.602s2 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) +0.029s3 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.161s4 Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) +0.277s5 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) +0.291s6 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) +0.299s7 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.435s8 Alex Albon (Williams) +0.465s9 Max Verstap...
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Formula 1 championship leader Lando Norris set the pace in second practice at the Las Vegas Grand Prix, a significant portion of which was lost to two red flags at the end of the session.The first of them - shown so race control could investigate the possibility of a manhole cover being loose before the final corner, which could not be confirmed with the use of CCTV - wiped out more than a quarter...
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Charles Leclerc led first practice at the 2025 Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix, ahead of Williams's Alex Albon and the Red Bulls of Yuki Tsunoda and Max Verstappen.FP1 times1 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 1m34.802s2 Alex Albon (Williams) +0.166s3 Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull) +0.269s4 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.307s5 Carlos Sainz (Williams) +0.377s6 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.456s7 Isack Hadjar (Racing Bull...
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Red Bull insists that there was "nothing unusual" in its decision to make a Formula 1 engine change on Max Verstappen's car at the Brazilian Grand Prix in response to McLaren raising questions about it and how it fits within F1's cost cap rules.In the wake of Verstappen's qualifying disaster at Interlagos a fortnight ago, when he was knocked out in Q1, Red Bull broke parc ferme to make major set-u...
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Charles Leclerc led Alex Albon's Williams in a mixed-up start to Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend in Thursday afternoon's opening practice session.A slightly adjusted timetable for 2025 meant the new sight of F1 cars on the Vegas track at dusk initially rather than in full darkness, but with cold track temperatures and plenty of dust on the circuit meaning times well off the pace at first....
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Ahead of what’s probably the most unpredictable race of Formula 1 2025’s triple-header finale, there was plenty to take from media day at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.Here’s what we’ve already learned…Drivers play Elkann’s ‘hospital pass’ wellJohn Elkann played a 'hospital pass', to use football parlance, to drivers Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc with his comments suggesting they "focus on driving...
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Formula 1 drivers are bracing themselves for a "pretty nasty" and "not fun" experience if track action is impacted by rain at the Las Vegas Grand Prix.An unusual run of poor weather in the region means the build up to this weekend’s F1 event has been marred by rain, with flash flooding impacting the city on Tuesday following a particular heavy downfall.Current forecasts predict more wet weather is...
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That Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc would be bombarded with questions about Ferrari chairman John Elkann's recent statement that "it is important that they focus on driving and talk less" when they faced the media in Las Vegas on Wednesday night was inevitable. What was less certain was how they would respond to such pointed criticism. Edd Straw, who was in the room and asked both drivers abou...
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Lance Stroll and Franco Colapinto are at the centre of a surprise Formula 1 feud, with Stroll telling Colapinto to “focus on scoring a point” after Colapinto’s post-Brazilian Grand Prix criticism of Stroll.Just after the Brazilian GP, Colapinto, having witnessed Stroll make contact with Gabriel Bortoleto on the opening lap ahead of him, reportedly accused Stroll of “always taking people out, just ...
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Carlos Sainz has called for an urgent review into Formula 1’s driving standard guidelines after Oscar Piastri’s “unacceptable” penalty in the Brazilian Grand Prix.On media day in Las Vegas, GPDA director Sainz came to the defence of Piastri, who picked up a race-wrecking 10-second time penalty in Brazil for colliding with Kimi Antonelli’s Mercedes, which was subsequently sent into Charles Leclerc’...
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Nine rookies took part in Formula 1's first practice session at the Mexican Grand Prix, with every team bar Sauber fielding a rookie. Each Formula 1 team needs to satisfy the rule of running a 'rookie' driver twice in each of its cars during a season.Rookies are defined as any driver with no more than one grand prix start to their name. So Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) and ...
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Isack Hadjar’s promotion to the senior Red Bull Formula 1 team has looked pretty much a done deal for months - even with the delay to the final decision.So the grandiose comparison Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko just made between Hadjar and two of F1’s greatest ever champions feels like a particularly unsubtle hint towards what we all expect is going to happen.On the latest episode of F1...
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There's plenty at stake during the final three races of the 2025 Formula 1 season, but some drivers and teams have far more to lose than others.Here's who we think has the most to lose across the title-deciding Las Vegas-Qatar-Abu Dhabi triple-header.Lando Norris: The championshipAn obvious starting point is the current championship leader: Lando Norris.He, by definition, has the most to lose. A w...
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Viva, Las Vegas! With only three rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season remaining and the title fight still in the balance, this weekend's Las Vegas Grand Prix is without doubt the highest-stakes of the three held since the city returned to the calendar in 2023.Below are all the times you need to know for the weekend, which kicks of a season-ending triple-header.Las Vegas GP schedule (local time)Las ...
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Once again, F1's Las Vegas Grand Prix is set to feature a number of bespoke liveries. Below you'll find a list of all the special liveries so far, which will be updated as more are revealed.AlpineAlpine ran a revised livery with sponsor Mercado Libre for the 'Americas' rounds that included Austin, Mexico City and Sao Paulo, but isn't quite reverting to its standard 2025 livery just yet.At the Las ...
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Once again, F1's Las Vegas Grand Prix is set to feature a number of bespoke liveries. Below you'll find a list of all the special liveries so far, which will be updated as more are revealed.AlpineAlpine ran a revised livery with sponsor Mercado Libre for the 'Americas' rounds that included Austin, Mexico City and Sao Paulo, but isn't quite reverting to its standard 2025 livery just yet.At the Las ...
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Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri head to potentially the biggest challenge of their Formula 1 title showdown in Las Vegas, and it's far from certain that the responses McLaren has made to its 2024 struggles at this track will help it avoid a repeat.A combination of tyre struggles - which all teams faced - to varying degrees in the cool of the night desert, plus aerodynamic compromises triggered by t...
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Once again, F1's Las Vegas Grand Prix is set to feature a number of bespoke liveries. Below you'll find a list of all the special liveries so far, which will be updated as more are revealed. Sauber This is Sauber's final special livery with title sponsor Stake before it becomes the factory Audi team from 2026.The team called it a tribute to "the chequered flag. Reimagined in motion, sweeping chequ...
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