Overview
- - Mercedes holds an early championship edge with Andrea Kimi Antonelli leading the drivers’ standings, George Russell second, and the team clear on top in constructors.
- - Red Bull confirmed race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase will leave after 2027 to join McLaren in 2028, and Max Verstappen told him he would be “stupid” not to accept the offer.
- - George Russell argued Verstappen’s attacks on the 2026 rules ring hollow because he stayed quiet while dominating the prior era.
- - Ex-race director Niels Wittich said the FIA made Michael Masi a scapegoat over Abu Dhabi 2021, as Pedro de la Rosa countered that recent FIA steps have made F1 safer and “saved lives.”
- - In MotoGP, Álex Márquez said Ducati’s new GP26 is harder to ride and trails Aprilia and KTM, and he set a goal to repeat his 2025 runner-up finish as Marc Márquez manages lingering injuries.