Race Coverage

Sami Pajari led every kilometer of Delfi Rally Estonia 2026 to claim his first WRC win, becoming the 83rd different driver to win a world rally championship round in history.

Kimi Antonelli took his sixth win of 2026 at Spa-Francorchamps. Leclerc finished second, Verstappen third - Russell was eliminated in a lap-one clash with Hamilton.

Kimi Antonelli called Carlos Sainz an "idiot" over team radio during Belgian GP practice at Spa. Sainz says Antonelli "threw his car at him" - and told the championship leader to calm down.

Sami Pajari swept all seven Friday stages at Rally Estonia 2026 and leads by 14.7 seconds. Solberg is second, Fourmaux 1.8 back - Saturday's fight starts now.

The 2026 Belgian GP at Spa-Francorchamps could be the first truly wet race for the new-gen F1 cars. Rain forecast all weekend raises questions no simulator has answered yet.

A software glitch sent the wrong message to teams at Silverstone, finishing the race under the safety car. Leclerc won, Russell gained, and FIA has questions to answer.

Charles Leclerc took a dramatic 2026 British GP win - Ferrari's 250th F1 victory - after an Antonelli mechanical and a Verstappen crash reshuffled the order.

WRC Delfi Rally Estonia 2026 runs July 16-19 near Tartu - round 9 of the season, 53 entries, and the final year of this Rally1 generation. Evans vs. Ogier after the Acropolis.

George Russell took the 2026 Austrian GP by 1.6 seconds over Max Verstappen for his second win of the season. Antonelli holds the championship lead by 40 points.

George Russell grabbed pole for the 2026 Austrian GP with a 1:06.113 lap, surviving yellow flags from Verstappen's crash to beat Leclerc by 0.236 seconds.

Kajetan Kajetanowicz enters the 82nd Rally Poland, set for July 24-26 on the asphalt roads of Silesia. The three-time winner returns to where his career began.

The FIA has completed a site visit to evaluate whether Rally US meets WRC standards. A return to America for the first time since 1988 could land on the 2027 calendar.

Hayden Paddon is back in Rally1 and wants a shot on gravel. Hyundai faces a roster dilemma - has the veteran Kiwi earned a full program run?

Lewis Hamilton claimed his 106th career win at the Spanish Grand Prix, his first for Ferrari. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli retired with a broken rear wing on lap 61.

Robert Kubica finished Le Mans for the sixth straight time, recovering 10 positions, but one safety car call early in the race defined everything that followed. Inter Europol won LMP2 again.

Robert Kubica heads back to the 24 Hours of Le Mans with the No. 83 Ferrari 499P as defending winner - and says he feels better prepared than before his first triumph.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli won a chaotic Monaco GP where Verstappen stalled on the grid, Leclerc crashed twice, and Mercedes botched George Russell's penalty.

Saturday in Monaco delivered a shock pole for Andrea Kimi Antonelli, trouble for George Russell and disappointment for Charles Leclerc. Here is what it means.

George Russell outqualified teammate Kimi Antonelli by 0.068 seconds to take Sprint pole at the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix. Mercedes locked out the front row at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with Lando Norris third for McLaren and Oscar Piastri fourth. The Sprint race runs Saturday over 100 km; the Canadian Grand Prix follows on Sunday.

Round 5 at Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve marks F1's first Sprint weekend in Canada. Antonelli arrives on a three-win streak, Russell knows this circuit better than almost anyone, and McLaren's low-drag setup is built for Montreal's long straights. Race starts Sunday May 24 at 4 PM ET.

Miami GP 2026 — Antonelli wins his third in a row, beats Norris on the undercut. Now leads Russell by 20 points. Next up: Montreal's first-ever Sprint weekend.

Kimi Antonelli, 19, leads the F1 championship heading into Miami — the youngest points leader in the sport's history. He arrives nine points clear of Russell after back-to-back wins in China and Japan, with new FIA rules on tyre management in play.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli claimed his first Formula 1 victory at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, leading home a Mercedes one-two as George Russell finished second. Ferrari took a step forward with Hamilton third, while McLaren lost both cars to electrical failures and Red Bull continued to struggle with the new regulations.

George Russell led every lap and Kimi Antonelli crossed the line second. Mercedes won the 2026 Australian Grand Prix in a dominant 1-2 before Ferrari or anyone else could respond. The opening race of F1's new era had its benchmark team - and several others with immediate questions to answer.

Pre-season testing at Bahrain is a data-gathering exercise, not a performance ranking. Lap counts, long-run pace, tyre management, and how well track data matches simulator predictions tell more than any single headline time.

The 2026 F1 pre-season kicks off with car launches from January 15, followed by a private five-day test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya (January 26-30) and two official three-day public tests at Bahrain (February 11-13 and February 18-20). Racing begins at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, March 6-8, 2026.

The 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship begins with the Australian Grand Prix on March 6-8, 2026. This season marks a new era for F1, with major technical rule changes, new sustainable fuels, and a 24-race calendar.