Max verstappen

Max Verstappen’s initial thoughts on Red Bull’s RB22 for the 2026 F1 season have been revealed by someone very close to the four-time world champion. Nelson Piquet Jr. has offered a rare glimpse into Red Bull‘s pre-season testing preparations, revealing that Max Verstappen was pleasantly “surprised” by the RB22’s early development. Former F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr., the brother […]

Former F1 driver Riccardo Patrese has backed Max Verstappen to master the “complicated” new power unit regulations. F1’s new regulations for the upcoming season have been touted as the biggest in the championship’s history, with much of the technology having been overhauled. McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has noted a key area his team must improve before the

The 2026 Formula 1 regulations will present a new challenge to the drivers, who will have to adapt and approach racing in a different way than they have become used to. In 2026, and aside from new chassis rules, F1 enters a new era in terms of power units, which will remain V6 turbo-hybrids but without the

Herbert pointed to what he saw as a critical moment, that being the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, to support his theory, as Verstappen resisted any temptation to deploy hold-up tactics in what was a title-deciding race. Verstappen still has his moments, so says Herbert, who highlighted Verstappen’s incident with George Russell in Barcelona, though he sees

The timing of the announcement of Lewis Hamiltonchanging his Ferrari race engineer has been questioned by Karun Chandhok. On January 16th, it was announced that Riccardo Adami was to be moved off engineering Hamilton to head up Ferrari’s young driver and historic testing programmes after he and Hamilton had failed to gel.  Max Verstappen instructor issues apology after forcing Nurburgring

Max Verstappen will go down as an F1 legend regardless of how his career ends, but he does not want to see his country fall out of love with racing Max Verstappen has revealed his wish for motorsport in the Netherlands to remain popular once he retires and to continue producing exciting young talent. The

Max Verstappen has ruled out returning to Formula 1 in a management position once he retires as a driver in the category. The four-time world champion is currently contracted to Red Bull until the end of 2028 and has made it clear that he wants to compete in sports cars before his peak years pass. In photos: Williams show off

George Russell has outlined his desire to go head-to-head with Max Verstappen for the F1 title this year. Mercedes impressed with its car at the pre-season shakedown event from Barcelona last week, tallying the most laps of any team and running into no major issues. The Brackley-based squad has long been predicted by many to emerge as front-runners

Red Bull have completed their first on-track running with a power unit developed in-house, marking a major milestone ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season. Red Bull Racing began their 2026 pre-season on Monday, starting a new era as the team prepares for its first season using a self-developed power unit from Red Bull Powertrains,