Pierre Gasly

Charles Leclerc topped both Friday sessions in Mexico City as an engine problem clouded Hamilton's bid for second in the championship, Verstappen and Lawson clashed, and Russell conceded that Antonelli has outperformed him.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli arrives in Mexico City 123 points clear, while FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's claim that Pierre Gasly received 13,000 death threats darkens the build-up to round 19.

Mohammed Ben Sulayem's claim that Pierre Gasly was sent 13,000 death threats after the Spanish Grand Prix raises hard questions about how F1 protects drivers and who amplifies abuse.

Mercedes are investigating George Russell's slump just as Andrea Kimi Antonelli closes in on the title, while McLaren rue another wasted Saturday and Red Bull admit their start problems run deep.

Oliver Bearman's 10-second penalty for hitting Pierre Gasly, set against no action for Arvid Lindblad's squeeze on Carlos Sainz, leaves F1 without a clear standard for opening-lap racing.

The paddock arrived in Sepang for a Bahrain Grand Prix staged, confusingly but not for the first time in this sport's itinerant history, in Malaysia — and left with enough storylines to fill a fortnight.

The Baku street circuit has a habit of turning tame afternoons into chaos, and the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix followed that script to the letter.

Baku has a habit of exposing the smallest lapses in judgement, and this year's Azerbaijan Grand Prix delivered another reminder of why the streets around the Old City are among the least forgiving on the calendar.

There are weekends that resolve themselves neatly, and then there are weekends like Monza, whose consequences keep arriving days later like aftershocks.

Monza has a way of stripping the varnish off a season, and the days since the Italian Grand Prix have done exactly that.

Six years ago, Pierre Gasly stood on the top step of the podium at Monza in only his second race for the fledgling AlphaTauri squad, in one of the most chaotic afternoons the sport has produced.

There's a peculiar rhythm to a home weekend for Ferrari at Monza — the tifosi flood the banking, red smoke drifts over the pines of the Royal Park, and for ninety minutes on a Friday morning it can feel like nothing else in the championship matters.