F1 abandons idea to make rule changes after Chinese GP Formula 1 is to now hold fire on making any major changes to the 2026 rules until at least the Miami Grand Prix, The Race has learned.The move comes with series bosses and teams seeing no need to rush through modifications right now based on a fresh perspective of the regulations over the Chinese GP weekend.It emerged ahead of the start of the season that the FIA and FOM had scheduled a post-Shang... Read more:

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F1 abandons idea to make rule changes after Chinese GP

Formula 1 is to now hold fire on making any major changes to the 2026 rules until at least the Miami Grand Prix, The Race has learned

Wolff: 'Horrendous to drive' Red Bull part of Verstappen's F1 2026 ire Has Red Bull’s “horror show” at Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix amplified Max Verstappen’s hatred of the 2026 regulations?Verstappen launched his biggest attack yet on these cars, lambasting the “terrible” racing they create after retiring from the Chinese GP.He said: “If someone likes this, then you really don’t know what racing is like”. He also inisted he'd say the same if he was winning because... Read more:

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Wolff: 'Horrendous to drive' Red Bull part of Verstappen's F1 2026 ire

Has Red Bull’s “horror show” at Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix amplified Max Verstappen’s hatred of the 2026 regulations?

Winners and losers from F1's 2026 Chinese Grand Prix A first-time race winner, a glut of catastrophic unreliability and plenty of back and forth wheel-to-wheel action means there's a lot to unpick in our selection of the stars and flops from F1's second race of 2026. Loser: McLaren (Double DNS) McLaren didn’t look like it had the pace to get in among the Mercedes/Ferrari battle at the front before the race, but we never found out because of its disa... Read more:

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Winners and losers from F1's 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

There's a lot to unpick in our selection of the stars and flops from F1's second race of 2026

Verstappen launches biggest attack on 'terrible' 2026 racing yet Four-time Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen has launched his most inflammatory broadside yet against the "terrible" racing created by the 2026 rules in the aftermath of the Chinese Grand Prix.The most prominent critic of these regulations, Verstappen appeared slightly more reconciliatory earlier in the Shanghai weekend - but was highly critical again in the immediate aftermath of the Sunday race, ... Read more:

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Verstappen launches biggest attack on 'terrible' 2026 racing yet

Max Verstappen has launched his most inflammatory broadside yet against the "terrible" racing created by the 2026 rules

Our verdict on Antonelli's maiden win and Hamilton's first Ferrari podium The 2026 Chinese Grand Prix produced a Formula 1 podium that will be remembered for quite some time. But what should we take from Kimi Antonelli's first race win, Lewis Hamilton's first grand prix podium with Ferrari and a frenetic race? Here's what our team thinks...'Proper' Antonelli win was needed as Mercedes looks scaryScott Mitchell-MalmIt was frightening to see just how much pace the Mercede... Read more:

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Our verdict on Antonelli's maiden win and Hamilton's first Ferrari podium

This was a truly memorable Chinese GP - but is Ferrari a genuine threat to Mercedes, or does the gap at the finish suggest a one-sided 2026?

Why McLaren had to withdraw both cars before start of Chinese GP McLaren’s withdrawal of both cars from the start of the Chinese Grand Prix was down to two separate electrical problems with their Mercedes engines.Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris were due to start the Shanghai race fifth and sixth on the grid.McLaren discovered an electrical issue with Piastri’s engine on the grid and had to move it to the garage before the start of the race after failing to resol... Read more:

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Why McLaren had to withdraw both cars before start of Chinese GP

McLaren had to withdraw both cars from the start of the Chinese Grand Prix

Antonelli takes first F1 win after Mercedes-Ferrari battle Kimi Antonelli earned his first Formula 1 grand prix victory, surviving a late-race scare to beat Mercedes team-mate George Russell to win the Chinese Grand Prix.Antonelli had built a sizeable lead while Russell battled the Ferraris, and was looking comfortable before he had a big lock-up at the Turn 14 hairpin and ran wide with four laps to go.He survived that moment to claim victory over Russell... Read more:

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Antonelli takes first F1 win after Mercedes-Ferrari battle

Kimi Antonelli earned his first Formula 1 grand prix victory, surviving a late-race scare to beat Mercedes team-mate George Russell to win the Chin...

F1 Chinese GP 2026 race results Kimi Antonelli claimed his first victory in Formula 1 by leading home team-mate George Russell in a Mercedes 1-2 at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix.Results1 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)2 George Russell (Mercedes) +5.515s3 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +25.267s4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +28.894s5 Oliver Bearman (Haas) +57.268s6 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) +59.647s7 Liam Lawson (RB) +1m20.588s8 Isack Hadjar (Red Bul... Read more:

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F1 Chinese GP 2026 race results

Kimi Antonelli claimed his first victory in Formula 1 by leading home team-mate George Russell in a Mercedes 1-2 at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix

F1 2026 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid as four cars hit trouble Kimi Antonelli is starting on pole position for a Formula 1 grand prix for the very first time in China.Four drivers encountered trouble before the race had even begun. Alex Albon (originally set to start from the pitlane) hit terminal trouble, as did Audi's Gabriel Bortoleto.Both McLaren drivers had dramas too and couldn't start the race. Below you'll find the current starting grid for Sunday's r... Read more:

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F1 2026 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid as four cars hit trouble

The starting grid for the 2026 F1 Chinese Grand Prix

Both McLaren drivers miss start of F1's Chinese Grand Prix Neither McLaren driver made the start of Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix, with Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri stricken with technical problems before the race.McLaren was frantically working on Norris’s car around an hour before the start of the race, saying: “We had identified an issue on the electronics side, which is why we had removed the floor and checked a number of parts. “We believe we have... Read more:

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Both McLaren drivers miss start of F1's Chinese Grand Prix

Four cars missed the start of F1's Chinese GP

Five consequences of F1's double race cancellation The official cancellation of Formula 1's Bahrain and Saudi Grands Prix - with formal confirmation issued early on Chinese GP race morning - has triggered an unusual break in the 2026 schedule.F1 has waited as long as it could to see if developments in the Iran war would transpire to open up a door for the races to continue, but with no de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East that has not been... Read more:

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Five consequences of F1's double race cancellation

Here's what the loss of two races means for F1 2026

F1's Bahrain and Saudi Arabian GPs cancelled Formula 1 has officially cancelled its Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grands Prix amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.F1's chances of racing in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia in successive weeks in mid-April have looked slim since the conflict began earlier this month.Five consequences of the double race cancellationBut now the two weekends have been officially cancelled, leaving a hole in F1's 2026... Read more:

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F1's Bahrain and Saudi Arabian GPs cancelled

Formula 1's races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have been cancelled - and won't be replaced

Nine things we learned from Saturday of F1's 2026 Chinese GP Saturday at Formula 1’s Chinese Grand Prix gave us the first sprint race and a grand prix qualifying session at a circuit that better suits these energy-starved F1 cars. Here’s everything we learned from Saturday in Shanghai: Fresh criticism of F1 racing ‘chaos’ China’s action-packed Chinese GP sprint race was a great spectacle with further Mercedes versus Ferrari dices at the front of the field a... Read more:

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Nine things we learned from Saturday of F1's 2026 Chinese GP

Saturday at F1’s Chinese Grand Prix gave us the first sprint race and a grand prix qualifying session at a circuit that better suits these energy...

What's making Red Bull 'completely undriveable' at Chinese GP Max Verstappen declared “every lap is like survival” in Red Bull’s Formula 1 car in an emphatic takedown of its performance at the Chinese Grand Prix after qualifying.Verstappen had already labelled Friday a “disaster” over the radio, but that turned out to just be a warm-up for a blunt appraisal of Red Bull’s Shanghai weekend after a bitterly disappointing Saturday.His sprint race was wrecked as ... Read more:

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What's making Red Bull 'completely undriveable' at Chinese GP

Max Verstappen has given Red Bull a big kicking after qualifying at the Chinese GP

F1 2026 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid Kimi Antonelli is starting on pole position for a Formula 1 grand prix for the very first time in China.Below you'll find the current starting grid for Sunday's race in Shanghai. 2026 Chinese GP starting grid 1 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)2 George Russell (Mercedes) 3 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) 4 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) 5 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) 6 Lando Norris (McLaren) 7 Pierre Gasly (Alpine) 8 Max ... Read more:

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F1 2026 Chinese Grand Prix starting grid as four cars hit trouble

The starting grid for the 2026 F1 Chinese Grand Prix

Winners and losers from F1's Chinese GP qualifying We didn't see the big performance swings from sprint qualifying to grand prix qualifying at the Chinese Grand Prix that we saw on some Formula 1 sprint weekends last year.But there are still plenty of winners and losers from GP qualifying for us to pick out: Loser: The Red Bull teams (8th, 9th, 14th, 15th)Considering Isack Hadjar narrowly qualified best of the rest behind the Mercedes in Melbourne... Read more:

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Winners and losers from F1's Chinese GP qualifying

Our picks for the biggest winners and losers from F1 qualifying at the Chinese GP

What happened in Chinese GP qualifying as Russell hits trouble Kimi Antonelli claimed pole position for the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, beating Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate George Russell to the top spot after Russell suffered a nightmare start to Q3.Russell looked the favourite for pole heading into Q3 but stopped on track on his first out-lap, complaining of massive engine braking in his Mercedes. He managed to get the car going again but crawled to the pits s... Read more:

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What happened in Chinese GP qualifying as Russell hits trouble

Kimi Antonelli claimed his maiden F1 pole position at the Chinese Grand Prix

How F1 2026 team-mates are comparing in qualifying The 2026 Formula 1 season will allow each driver to compare themselves to their team-mate in full qualifying trim up to 30 times - 24 in grand prix qualifying, and six more in sprint qualifying.Here's how this year's team-mate pairings are stacking up over one lap so far.*Right now, this is raw data. We've discounted comparisons only where one driver can't compete in qualifying. Further adjustment... Read more:

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How F1 2026 team-mates are comparing in qualifying

The 2026 Formula 1 season will allow each driver to compare themselves to their team-mate in full qualifying trim up to 30 times

F1 Chinese GP 2026 qualifying results Kimi Antonelli led a Mercedes 1-2 in Chinese Grand Prix qualifying in Shanghai, becoming F1's youngest-ever pole-sitter.Points-leading team-mate George Russell salvaged a second place at the last moment after an issue on his Mercedes cost him his first Q3 run and nearly ruled him out from the segment altogether.Qualifying results1 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) 1m32.064s2 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.2... Read more:

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F1 Chinese GP 2026 qualifying results

View the results from qualifying from F1's Chinese Grand Prix

Winners and losers from F1's 2026 China sprint Who were the real winners and losers from Formula 1’s very entertaining first sprint race of its new era?Here’s our judgement on the stars and flops of the Saturday morning action at the Chinese Grand Prix.Loser - Red Bull (9th & 15th)Max Verstappen quickly found out that things could still get worse after Red Bull’s painful Friday as he went nowhere off the line and was fending off Cadillacs to n... Read more:

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Winners and losers from F1's 2026 China sprint

Our judgement on the stars and flops of a very entertaining first F1 2026 sprint