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Russell to start from the back in Singapore: a double blow for Mercedes
Let down by his engine a few laps from the finish at Sepang, George Russell will pay the price again in Singapore. A fifth power unit will send him to the back of the grid on Sunday, at one of the hardest tracks on the calendar to overtake. Meanwhile, Mercedes is wondering whether its latest upgrades are heading in the right direction.
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Sepang: the FIA owns up to the bug that froze the cars on the formation lap
Dead throttle pedals, cars stranded at a crawl, a red flag before the race had even started: Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix, relocated to Sepang, produced one of the most baffling scenes of the season. Shortly after the finish, Nikolas Tombazis, the FIA's single-seater director, explained what happened: a bug in the federation-supplied software that had never been tested at such low speeds.
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Sepang: Verstappen tames the deluge to hand Red Bull its first win of 2026
It took until round sixteen. In rain that delayed the start by more than an hour, Max Verstappen turned pole into victory at Sepang, ahead of Kimi Antonelli and a Lewis Hamilton who came back from nowhere. George Russell, meanwhile, watched his title hopes fade with a retirement.
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Sepang: Verstappen finally lands his first pole, Hamilton crashes the front row
It took the Bahrain Grand Prix, held in Malaysia this year, to finally see Max Verstappen on pole. On a scorching Sepang track, the Dutchman claimed his first pole of the 2026 season, the very first for a car not powered by Mercedes this year. Alongside him on Sunday: a revitalised Lewis Hamilton.
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Ocon and Haas part ways: Komatsu points to a lack of consistency
It's now official. On Wednesday, Haas and Esteban Ocon confirmed what the paddock had known for weeks: the Frenchman will no longer race for the American team in 2027. And on the eve of the Bahrain Grand Prix, relocated to Sepang, Ayao Komatsu finally put a word on the split: consistency.
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Perez sounds the alarm: "I fear something bad is going to happen"
In Baku, it came down to centimetres. While fiercely defending his position against Liam Lawson, Sergio Perez narrowly avoided a crash — and the Cadillac driver used the moment to raise an alarm the whole paddock has since heard: the power gaps between 2026 engines have become, in his view, a genuine danger.
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Alonso and Stroll stay on for 2027: Aston Martin bets on continuity in the middle of a storm
Aston Martin confirmed on Tuesday that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will stay on for 2027. It is a deliberate bet on stability, made while the AMR26 sits second-to-last in the championship with just three points.
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Horner settles scores with Newey: the crack goes back to 2014
A few weeks before his autobiography hits the shelves, Christian Horner has turned on the man he built the Red Bull empire with. According to him, Adrian Newey wanted out as soon as the wind changed, twelve years ago.
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Baku: Russell holds Verstappen off by two tenths as Red Bull return to a double podium
From pole position, George Russell claimed his third win of the season in Baku. But he had to hold on all the way to the flag against a Max Verstappen who finished just 0.196s behind, at the end of a race broken up by two safety cars and a long list of retirements.
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Jamie Chadwick's Williams run at Portimão: 32 laps that matter more than a lap time
On Monday 21 September, on the Algarve's rollercoaster of a circuit, Jamie Chadwick finally got behind the wheel of a modern Formula 1 car. Thirty-two laps in the FW47, no lap time published, but a day that says a lot about Williams, about women's place in F1 and about the 2027 calendar.
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Leclerc in Baku: four poles, no wins, and a back-of-the-grid start on the cards
Four poles in a row, zero wins. In Baku, Charles Leclerc is like a homeowner who has never been handed the keys. This year Ferrari is even set to take away his favourite spot: the Monegasque is expected to start from the back on Saturday because of an engine penalty. Could that, paradoxically, be his best shot yet?
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Hadjar extended at Red Bull: the cursed seat finally has an owner for 2027
Three missed Grands Prix and a wrist to put back together, yet Red Bull didn't hesitate. Three days before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the team made Isack Hadjar's extension for 2027 official. The Frenchman will stay alongside Max Verstappen.