Lewis Hamilton believes his former team Mercedes could put this year’s Formula 1 world championship out of reach within “a few months” based on George Russell’s performance in the opening qualifying session of the season on Saturday.
Category: Formula 1
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Explained: F1’s driver contracts, and potential moves in 2026
Driver contracts are a never-ending talking point across any given Formula 1 year — this is how the grid stacks up for the forseeable future.
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Verstappen ‘not having fun’ driving new F1 cars
Max Verstappen said he’s “not having fun at all” driving Formula 1’s controversial cars after crashing out of the season’s first qualifying session
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Leclerc tops FP1 in Melbourne ahead of Hamilton
World champion Lando Norris had a truncated session with a gearbox problem, as Ferrari and Red Bull set the early pace.
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Russell fastest by 0.6s in FP3, Antonelli crashes
George Russell threw the gauntlet down to the rest of his Formula 1 rivals ahead of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, setting the fastest time of the weekend so far, a blistering 1:19.053 in the final moments of FP3.
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Aus. GP: Max Verstappen crashes out of qualifying
Four-time world champion Max Verstappen started Formula 1’s new era by crashing out of the first qualifying session of the year.
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Norris: F1 has gone from best cars to the worst
Reigning champion Lando Norris says Formula 1 has gone from having the best cars in the sport’s history to the worst after new rules were introduced for the 2026 season.
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2026 F1 livery Power Rankings: Does Red Bull’s new look take P1?
Launch season is upon us, which means as F1 teams reveal their 2026 paint schemes, ESPN votes on this year’s livery Power Rankings.
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Have F1’s new-for-2026 regulations made the sport too complicated?
F1’s star drivers have spent much of preseason criticizing the sport’s new-for-2026 cars. They might have a point, but there are no simple solutions.
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Australian Grand Prix: Verstappen crashes out of qualifying
Verstappen spun as he hit the brakes for Turn 1 midway through the Q1 session, spinning out and bouncing across the gravel and into the wall.