Max Verstappen

A one-place grid penalty is about as small as punishments get, so why did the stewards bother, and why did a practice collision between two Red Bull-owned teams cause such a stir? This piece explains the…

Max Verstappen won at Sepang, but the result sits awkwardly beside a start that the rulebook did not cover. This article explains why the win, the title implications and Lewis Hamilton's recovery all trace…

Red Bull began 2026 well adrift of Mercedes, yet Max Verstappen now holds pole at Sepang. This article explains how a new floor changed the picture, why the heat makes Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia…

Charles Leclerc set the quickest time on Friday in Malaysia, yet still singled out Red Bull's car as the one to watch. This article asks why the timesheet and the men at the top of it disagree, and what that…

George Russell just delivered the most complete weekend of his career and cut into Kimi Antonelli's championship lead, but the circumstances around it raise a harder question than the result alone. Read on to…

Lando Norris looked unstoppable in F1's first race at Madring, six seconds clear and cruising - then lost the lead inside two laps. This article walks through exactly how a Virtual Safety Car and a slow pit…

Lando Norris won the last Dutch Grand Prix staged at Zandvoort, but the championship gap behind him did not close. This article explains how a red-flagged start, a bold tyre strategy and a tense Mercedes team…

Why would a four-time champion sign through 2030 while sitting sixth in the drivers’ championship and without a win in 2026? This piece explains why Max Verstappen’s decision rests less on Red Bull’s present…

Lando Norris finally has his first win of the season, but the Hungarian Grand Prix raises a sharper question: how much of it belongs to him. Read on to see why a gearbox failure, a pit-lane speeding penalty…

George Russell believes most of his Spa qualifying deficit came from a problem he could not influence from the cockpit. This analysis explains where Mercedes is losing time, why McLaren's matching pattern…

Kimi Antonelli starts Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix from pole, but Spa-Francorchamps has a habit of punishing the driver at the front before the race has properly begun. This piece explains why the run to Turn…

Max Verstappen topped first practice at Spa, 0.145 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton, as Isack Hadjar and Lando Norris took 10-place grid penalties.

A week is a long time in Formula 1. Seven days on from his best result of the season in Austria, Max Verstappen qualified seventh at Silverstone, was beaten by his own team-mate, and delivered the kind of…

Silverstone has survived wars, weather and several generations of regulation, but this weekend it meets the 2026 power units. This covers the BBC's reporting from the British Grand Prix paddock: Lewis…

A few months ago, the idea of Max Verstappen driving a McLaren belonged in the realm of fantasy. It is not there any more. This piece assesses the rumour seriously, weighing his Red Bull exit clause, a season…

After two demoralising weekends in Monaco and Canada, McLaren arrived in Barcelona needing answers. Friday practice offered some. This piece examines what the timesheets actually tell us about the weekend…

Kimi Antonelli's final lap in Monaco qualifying was one of those moments that reminds you why street circuits produce the sport's most gripping sessions. This piece examines how the teenager delivered under…

Ferrari arrived in Monaco carrying genuine expectations of reversing the early-season pattern set by a dominant Mercedes, and first practice has done nothing to dampen that belief. This piece examines what the…

Lewis Hamilton's second place at the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix was more than a result - it was a statement. This piece digs into what made Montreal different, what the weekend revealed about Hamilton's…

The 2026 Canadian Grand Prix has all the ingredients of a genuinely unpredictable afternoon: an all-Mercedes front row that nearly fell apart in the Sprint, a field of drivers confronting rain in cars with…

George Russell arrived in Montreal needing a statement weekend and delivered one immediately, topping both runs in sprint qualifying to edge team-mate Kimi Antonelli. This piece looks at what the session…

McLaren arrived in Miami under pressure after a difficult start to the 2026 season, and left the sprint race with a resounding statement. This piece examines what Lando Norris's dominant pole-to-flag win…