The Debrief
The 2027 grid is nearly full
Red Bull extended Hadjar for 2027 this morning. Only three teams still have no confirmed pairing, and one of them has a driver who just called himself a free agent.
Read the post →Hadjar's back, and everyone goes home
Hadjar is cleared for Baku. Lawson goes back to Racing Bulls, Tsunoda back to reserve, and the 2027 problem is exactly where it started.
Read the post →How someone actually becomes an F1 driver
Twenty-two seats, fifteen years, and several million dollars. The karting ladder, the Super License, and what it all costs.
Read the post →What the FIA actually is
Two organizations run Formula 1, and most people only know the name of one of them. What the FIA governs, and what it does not.
Read the post →The 2027 calendar is here
Twenty-four races, ten sprint weekends, and Monaco gets one for the first time. Zandvoort is gone and Barcelona takes a year off.
Read the post →Red Bull has five drivers and three seats
Hadjar broke his wrist on a punching bag. Three races later it has turned into Red Bull's biggest problem for 2027.
Read the post →Madrid debrief
Norris took the first pole in Madring history and finished third. A virtual safety car and a seven-second pit stop decided the first Grand Prix here.
Read the post →Friday at the Madring
FP1 passed without a single incident. Then FP2 started and the Madring took its first car.
Read the post →Madrid media day
Nineteen red flags in the F3 test, eleven into the walls, and a grid full of drivers guessing. Nobody has driven the Madring yet.
Read the post →Nobody's raced here before: inside the Madring
A hybrid circuit, two tunnels, and the longest banked corner in F1. No historical data, no setup baseline, and nobody has raced it.
Read the post →Madrid GP preview
F1 returns to Madrid after 45 years, but not to the track it left. A brand new circuit, the longest banked corner in F1, and no data at all.
Read the post →Monza debrief
Kimi Antonelli won his home race from nineteenth with 26 overtakes. The second-biggest comeback to a win in F1 history.
Read the post →Friday practice at Monza
Ferrari went one-two in the morning with a new engine. Mercedes took the afternoon back. A tenth and a half covered the top three.
Read the post →The 2026 home race curse
Six races this season have had a driver racing at home. None of them has won. On Sunday, Monza makes seven.
Read the post →Lawson keeps getting the audition nobody planned
Hadjar misses a second race, Lawson keeps the Red Bull, and Tsunoda is back on the grid. Three drivers whose 2027 depends on the next few weekends.
Read the post →Antonelli starts last at his home race
A fifth engine, a fourth battery, a fourth set of control electronics. Why Mercedes chose the championship leader's home race to take the hit.
Read the post →Monza preview: what to watch
The championship leader starts from the back at his home race while Ferrari get a legal engine upgrade at theirs.
Read the post →Another 2027 seat just filled
Alpine confirmed Colapinto for 2027 and the grid is now exactly half full. A driver who scored zero points last season just saved his own career.
Read the post →Why Red Bull fell off
Winless after twelve races and fourth in the constructors. The car, the corners, and the people who left.
Read the post →How the 2026 F1 cars are different
Half electric power, no MGU-H, no DRS, and cars 30kg lighter. The biggest combined chassis and engine reset in F1 history, explained.
Read the post →The 2027 grid is already half-full
Verstappen to 2030, Sainz and Albon at Williams, Leclerc beyond 2030. Ten of the twenty-two seats are locked, and almost all of them are at the front.
Read the post →Dutch GP debrief: chaos at Zandvoort's last race
Three formation laps, four penalties, a red flag on lap one, and a Williams collision over nothing. How Norris won the last Dutch Grand Prix.
Read the post →Zandvoort explained: the banking, and why overtaking is hard
Fourteen corners in 4.259km, two of them banked steeper than anything else on the calendar, and almost nowhere to pass. Why track position decides everything here.
Read the post →The second-half title picture
Antonelli leads by 50 with twelve races to go, Hamilton is giving points back to penalties, and Verstappen is sixth. Where the title fight actually stands.
Read the post →Hadjar out, Lawson up, Tsunoda back
Hadjar is out of the Dutch GP with a wrist injury. Lawson steps up, Tsunoda returns, and the contracts underneath it all expire in four months.
Read the post →How a sprint weekend actually works
One practice session, two grids, and a 100km race on Saturday. The format explained for anyone who has ever lost track of what's happening when.
Read the post →The Dutch Grand Prix is leaving the F1 calendar
Zandvoort drops off the calendar after this weekend — not because fans stopped showing up, but because the economics stopped working. Six years, three Verstappen wins, and a sea of orange that never got old.
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