Mercedes

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…

George Russell's title challenge unravelled again at Spa, and this time it wasn't only about one crash. Read on to understand why a season of recurring Mercedes failures, not a single bad weekend, is now the…

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…

Kimi Antonelli has spent three race weekends watching a 68-point championship lead shrink to 25. On Friday at Spa-Francorchamps he did something about it, while Pierre Gasly handed Alpine's mechanics a night…

McLaren head into the last race weekend before Formula 1's summer break still defending a title they are struggling to hold onto. This covers the new rear wing arriving at Spa, the bigger package promised for…

Lewis Hamilton led the Silverstone sprint, and then the race did exactly what he had warned it would. This covers Kimi Antonelli's win in the British Grand Prix sprint: how the 19-year-old saved his battery,…

This piece examines why Mercedes ultimately had no viable legal path to recover George Russell's Monaco result, and what the chain of penalties and procedural rules actually meant in practice. We also look at…

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…

George Russell's retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix felt like a turning point - but history suggests 43 points is nowhere near a fatal deficit at this stage of an F1 season. This piece makes the…

A groundhog, three red flags and a spin into the barriers made for one of the more eventful Friday practices of the season in Montreal. But beneath the chaos, one story dominated: a freshly upgraded Mercedes…

George Russell finds himself chasing his own team-mate for the first time in a genuine championship fight, and the dynamics inside Mercedes have shifted noticeably after Miami. This piece examines what the…

Lewis Hamilton arrives at the Miami Grand Prix in bullish mood, but he is also refreshingly candid about the scale of the challenge facing Ferrari in 2026. With Mercedes setting the pace at the front and a…