Six things we've learned from the first day at F1's Qatar GP The penultimate round of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Qatar Grand Prix kicked off with a day of reaction to the biggest stories after Las Vegas.From what Fernando Alonso made of Adrian Newey's shock appointment as Aston Martin team principal for 2026, to reaction to McLaren's shock double disqualification, here's everything we learned from Thursday at the Qatar GP. Shock Newey appointment a 'l... Read more:

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Six things we've learned from the first day at F1's Qatar GP

From what Alonso made of Newey's shock TP appointment to a 'strength' Norris believes he has - here's what we've already learned in Qatar

What's dividing F1 drivers about racing rules overhaul While Formula 1 drivers appear unified that the current racing guidelines are not working, what is harder to find is consensus on a solution.With drivers poised for their annual meeting with the FIA on Thursday night in Qatar to discuss the policing of racing rules, there is plenty of criticism about how things have played out during the 2025 season.The recent penalty that Oscar Piastri was handed... Read more:

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What F1 drivers want from crunch FIA Qatar meeting

While F1 drivers appear unified that the current racing guidelines are not working, what is harder to find is consensus on a solution

No McLaren team orders 'perfect' for Verstappen Red Bull driver Max Verstappen labelled McLaren’s commitment to avoiding team orders “perfect” as the three-way fight for the Formula 1 championship heads into the penultimate round.Lando Norris leads team-mate Oscar Piastri and Verstappen by 24 points with two rounds - and a sprint race this weekend in Qatar - to go.McLaren has stuck by its desire to let its drivers race each for the championship... Read more:

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No McLaren team orders 'perfect' for Verstappen

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen labelled McLaren’s commitment to avoiding team orders “perfect”

The root cause of McLaren's double DSQ The root cause of McLaren’s double disqualification in the Las Vegas Grand Prix lies in the team’s cautious set-up choices inadvertently triggering unexpected porpoising.McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were disqualified from second and fourth in Vegas after their cars breached F1’s rules around minimum skid block thickness after the race.The team’s initial explanations on Saturday n... Read more:

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The root cause of McLaren's double DSQ

The root cause of McLaren’s double disqualification in the Las Vegas Grand Prix lies in the team’s cautious set-up choices inadvertently trigge...

Carmen Jorda makes shock F1 return with new Alpine role Ex-Lotus Formula 1 development driver Carmen Jorda will return to the Enstone team as Alpine’s head of F1 Academy.As part of Alpine's renewal of its commercial partnership with Qatar Airways, it’s been announced that Jorda will “lead female driver mentorship initiatives”, including supporting Alpine’s F1 Academy entry in 2026.It marks a return to Enstone for Jorda, who joined the then-Lotus F1 tea... Read more:

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Carmen Jorda makes shock F1 return with new Alpine role

Ex-Lotus Formula 1 development driver Carmen Jorda will return to the Enstone team as Alpine’s head of F1 Academy.

F1 plans 2026 changes to solve a serious plank wear problem Formula 1 drivers are set to face shortened activation zones for straightline mode in the wet in 2026 as part of a plan to avoid potential headaches for teams, The Race has learned.One element of the rules revolution that is coming for 2026 is that F1's new cars will feature full active aero.In cornering mode, the wings will have an increased angle of attack for maximum downforce, while in straigh... Read more:

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F1 plans 2026 changes to solve a serious plank wear problem

Formula 1 plans to change how its new 2026 aero modes are deployed to avoid potential headaches for teams, The Race has learned

What to expect from F1's Qatar-only pitstop rule Pirelli's decision to impose a maximum mileage limit on tyres at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix has not gone down well with everyone in Formula 1.With memories fresh of how the mandatory two-stop regulation at Monaco backfired as teams played manipulation games, there is some scepticism about what spectacle F1 will be left with in Qatar.While the Losail track layout means we will not end up with ... Read more:

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What to expect from F1's Qatar-only pitstop rule

Pirelli's decision to impose a maximum mileage limit on tyres at this weekend's Qatar Grand Prix has not gone down well with everyone in Formula 1

McLaren reveals Piastri sensor loss and other Vegas DSQ findings A failed sensor on Oscar Piastri's car meant McLaren could not measure the oscillations that ultimately led to its double disqualification in the Las Vegas Grand Prix, its analysis has revealed.Lando Norris finished second on the road in the Vegas race with Piastri set to be classified fourth before both drivers were disqualified as their cars were found to have excessive skid wear on the plank be... Read more:

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Piastri sensor loss and other McLaren DSQ findings revealed

A failed sensor on Oscar Piastri's car meant McLaren could not measure the oscillations that ultimately led to its double disqualification in the L...

Odd? Our verdict as Newey named next Aston Martin team boss Whichever way you look at it, Adrian Newey taking up the reins at Aston Martin for 2026 and becoming its Formula 1 team principal is huge news.Not just in the context of Newey's career - it's the first time the F1 design legend will have had such control, in status at the very least - but also for the person he's replacing, Andy Cowell, who'll relinquish his duties a little more than 12 months aft... Read more:

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Odd? Our verdict as Newey named next Aston Martin team boss

What to make of Adrian Newey being installed as Aston Martin F1 team principal in 2026? That's the question we asked our team

Newey becomes team boss for first time in Aston Martin shake-up Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin’s Formula 1 team principal from the start of next year as part of a restructuring at the squad.The design legend, who originally joined the outfit as managing technical partner earlier this season, is to take on expanded responsibilities from the start of 2026.It comes with current team boss Andy Cowell taking the new position of chief strategy officer.In his... Read more:

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Newey becomes team boss for first time in Aston Martin shake-up

Adrian Newey is to become Aston Martin F1 team principal from the start of next year as part of a restructuring at the squad

Preview: Edd Straw answers your Las Vegas F1 driver rankings questions Why was Kimi Antonelli only 10th in Edd Straw's Las Vegas Grand Prix driver rankings despite a stirring drive to the podium places?Edd answers that very popular question in detail in this clip from his traditional post-race Q&A session for The Race Members' Club.To view the full video - and for more exclusive benefits including podcasts, videos, and behind-the-scenes insight from our F1 team - joi... Read more:

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Edd Straw answers your Las Vegas F1 driver rankings questions

Edd Straw tackles questions about his Las Vegas GP F1 driver rankings from The Race Members' Club

Williams F1 team boss Vowles gets an Abu Dhabi race outing When the 2025 Formula 1 season wraps up at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on December 7, Williams team principal James Vowles will not be flying back to Europe. Instead, he will stay on at the Yas Marina Circuit to contest the Gulf 12 Hours the following weekend.Vowles will compete alongside 2024 Gulf 12 Hours Pro-Am winner Alexander West and International GT Open frontrunners Mark Sansom and Marco Pulc... Read more:

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Williams F1 team boss Vowles gets an Abu Dhabi race outing

The 2025 Abu Dhabi GP marks the end of the season for most involved in F1. But not Williams team principal James Vowles - who'll be staying on to r...

Revealed: The data on F1's racing decline in current rules era New analysis by the FIA has revealed how hard it is for Formula 1 cars to follow each other right now - and how much better it will be in 2026.Towards the end of a 2025 season in which drivers have increasingly bemoaned how difficult it is to race closely behind a rival, fresh data from tests conducted by the FIA has highlighted the scale of the problem.Those CFD (computational fluid dynamics) sim... Read more:

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Revealed: The data on F1's worsening dirty air problem

New analysis from the FIA - first seen by The Race - has revealed just how hard it is for F1 cars to follow one another right now, and how much bet...

What Verstappen still needs after McLaren's disastrous assist McLaren's disastrous double disqualification in Las Vegas has brought Max Verstappen closer to the lead of the Formula 1 drivers' championship points than he has been since an opportunistic victory at Imola in May.But does it mean anything with Lando Norris still in control of the championship? After all, there is a very real chance that Norris wraps up the title in Qatar this weekend anyway.What ... Read more:

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What Verstappen still needs after McLaren's disastrous assist

Max Verstappen is closer to the F1 points lead than he's been since May - but can he really force his way properly back into the equation?

Get 20% off The Race’s 2026 F1, MotoGP and BBV10s calendars The Race’s 2026 calendars are now on sale, and we're running a 20% offer for the next week!F1, MotoGP and Bring Back V10s calendars are all available and from now until Monday December 1, you can use the code BF20 to get 20% off.We’ve hand-picked some of the finest photography from XPB Images for the F1 and BBV10s calendars and from goldandgoose for our MotoGP calendar.  Don’t forget, those of you... Read more:

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Get 20% off The Race's 2026 F1, MotoGP and BBV10s calendars

The Race’s 2026 calendars are now on sale, and we're running a 20% offer for the next week!

Our verdict on Aston Martin's shock Horner move Former Red Bull boss Christian Horner has emerged as a leading candidate for Aston Martin's Formula 1 team principal vacancy that will be created with Andy Cowell's move into a powertrains-based role.Here's our take on the prospect of Aston Martin being the vehicle for Horner's F1 return, and on Cowell being moved aside.Newey's team doesn't need external disruptionGary AndersonI said a few months ... Read more:

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Should Aston Martin sign Horner? Our verdict

Christian Horner is a leading contender for the team boss vacancy Aston Martin's just created by moving Andy Cowell - here's our take on it

Two Las Vegas GP problems F1 drivers want solved Fernando Alonso has led driver complaints on two fronts over Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, as he says changes need to be considered.While Las Vegas has become a showpiece event for F1 in attracting global and commercial attention, drivers have raised concerns about the event.The first issue Alonso wants to be considered is the track surface, which he says is borderline in terms of safety when ... Read more:

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Two Las Vegas GP problems F1 drivers want solved

Fernando Alonso has led driver complaints on two fronts over Formula 1’s Las Vegas Grand Prix, as he says changes need to be considered

Mick Schumacher's 2026 switch to IndyCar - everything you need to know Mick Schumacher will race in IndyCar in 2026, marking a return to full-time single-seater racing for the first time since he left Formula 1 in 2022.Schumacher will race for the Rahal Letterman Lanigan team - co-owned by familiar names, IndyCar legend and sometime Jaguar F1 team boss Bobby Rahal, and famous talkshow host David Letterman - in a deal which will include racing on ovals for the first t... Read more:

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Mick Schumacher's 2026 switch to IndyCar - everything you need to know

Mick Schumacher will race in IndyCar in 2026, marking a return to full-time single-seater racing for the first time since he left Formula 1 in 2022...

F1's softest tyre dropped as 2026 choices finalised Formula 1's softest tyre, the C6, will not return in 2026 as Pirelli's finalised its range of compounds for next season. Pirelli has completed analysis of its last test session in Mexico City - one of several conducted throughout the year - to establish the compounds for the first season of the new regulations. Tyre development was carried out using forecast data supplied by the teams, using simul... Read more:

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F1's softest tyre dropped as 2026 choices finalised

Formula 1's softest tyre, the C6, will not return in 2026 as Pirelli's finalised its range of compounds for next season

Eight things we learned from F1 2025's Las Vegas Grand Prix Formula 1's Las Vegas Grand Prix produced plenty of drama once again, both before and after the chequered flag. Here's everything we learned from the Las Vegas GP weekend... Rivals pushed McLaren to risky placeWhatever McLaren got wrong versus its rivals to have the only cars disqualified in Las Vegas for excessive plank wear, it showed that the benchmark team is operating at its limit.There is cl... Read more:

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Eight things we learned from F1 2025's Las Vegas Grand Prix

Formula 1's Las Vegas GP produced plenty of drama once again, both before and after the chequered flag - here's what we took from the weekend