Charles Leclerc was fastest in second practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia; the Ferrari driver set a 37.528 going a tenth faster than Isack Hadjar. Leclerc improved throughout the session to go fastest as the qualifying simulations came to an end, which suggested that tomorrow’s qualifying could be close. Hadjar put himself almost...
Round sixteen sees a country host another nation’s Grand Prix for the first time since the 1998 Luxembourg Grand Prix, as the sport returns to Sepang, twenty-eight miles from the Malaysian capital, for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Sepang circuit returns to the calendar after a nine-year hiatus following the US-Israel war in Iran. When...
Round fifteen brings F1 to Western Asia and the Azerbaijani capital Baku, since joining the calendar a decade ago, the high-speed street circuit has provided drama and controversy as drivers tackle the third-longest circuit on the calendar, which features the narrowest section of the season, but also great overtaking opportunities. Baku was the first of...
Formula 1 on its summer break with a fascinating championship battle beginning to take shape. Mercedes may still have the fastest package, but reliability concerns have handed opportunities to Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton, setting up a potentially dramatic fight for the title. Meanwhile, a tightly contested midfield, McLaren's resurgence and the uncertainty surrounding Max Verstappen's future mean there is no shortage of storylines to watch in what promises to be a thrilling second half of the 2026 season. ...
