Against all logic, Adrian Newey, Aston Martin (and of course Fernando Alonso) face a massive problem with the 2026 Honda F1 power unit. What went wrong? And – with the internet now rife with rumours about a new “Team Principal”…
New regs or not – McLaren-Mercedes in the race (or not): nothing could detract from the enormity of this day in Shanghai – from the first GP win for Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli. From the pole, he seized the race lead…
No surprise about the subject matter here! We suspect Cameron was doing his usual devil’s advocate thing but he did nevertheless succeed in winding up PW well beyond his analogue rev-limiter. This is the Monday morning after the infamous 2026 Australian…
The factory Mercedes team – George Russell heading Kimi Antonelli – duly finished one-two in Melbourne, exhibiting more power, more downforce, more grip and more balance than all of their opposition – and capped all of that with perfect strategy…
The factory Mercedes team – George Russell heading Kimi Antonelli – duly finished one-two in Melbourne on Sunday, exhibiting more power, more downforce, more grip and more balance than all of their opposition – and capped all of that with…
It’s an all-Mercedes front row in Melbourne – and Max Verstappen will be starting his Red Bull-RBPT Honda from the back of the grid. Max’s new team-mate, Isack Hadjar, starts P3, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and the two McLaren-Mercedes…
A raft of circuit-specific new F1 engine and tyre rules greeted fans as the four-day Australian GP began in Melbourne today (Thursday). In this video Mark Slade dissects the important elements and provides intelligent assumptions as to what affect they…
It’s Australian GP week – and the latest change to the 2026 F1 tech regs is now confirmed: the heat-expansion, compression ratio-beating PU companies (Merc, RBPT Ford) will have six months to enjoy their advantage. That’s kjust enough time to…
Few F1 luminaries know Nico Hulkenberg the way Mark Slade knows him – and in this video Mark explains why Nico is the perfect driver for the Audi Revolut F1 team. A Le Mans winner (in 2015 with Porsche) who…