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It's race week once again as the 2026 Formula 1 season resumes with a Sprint weekend at the Dutch Grand Prix. This is what the weather forecast looks like for Zandvoort. A cold and rainy week awaits Zandvoort. The coastal city on the North Sea is not expected to experience a particularly warm summer
Welcome to GPblog's daily live blog, where we'll keep you updated with all the biggest Formula 1 stories throughout the day as the sport nears its return from the summer break this week. After nearly four weeks, F1 is back. The sport returns to action this coming weekend at the iconic Zandvoort Cir.
Fernando Alonso has said the algorithms dictating 2026 F1 cars' energy deployment must be "fixed and improved," amid continuing driver frustration with the new generation of power unit regulations. Under the 2026 rules, the cars' power delivery is split nearly 50/50 between electrical power and int.
Marc Marquez has revealed which three MotoGP transfers he considers the most interesting ahead of the upcoming season. Entering the next season and the next regulation change, the MotoGP grid will also look quite different. For example, only two current factory riders, Marc Marquez and Marco Bezzecc...
From a certain 'Franz Antonelli' taking part in a karting event in Germany, to F1 fans voicing their disappointment with a trailer for the second half of the 2026 season, here are the main stories from today, August 16. Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli has emulated Max Verstappen by reportedly adopting the...
Mercedes' George Russell has revealed he still carries physical scars from his surprise call up for the Silver Arrows at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix. The Briton had to squeeze into the Mercedes W11 for COVID-stricken Lewis Hamilton in Bahrain, in what was his first appearance for the German team befo...
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has admitted harmony between drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri was "not a given" after the pair's tense battle for the 2025 F1 Drivers' title. However, despite Norris eventually beating his teammate to the championship, Stella has expressed his relief that t...
Nico Rosberg has addressed Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff's revelation that he almost fired the German and teammate Lewis Hamilton at the height of their 2016 title rivalry, following their infamous crash at the Spanish Grand Prix that year. Speaking to The Athletic in April, Wolff explained th...
With just under a week to go before lights out at the Dutch Grand Prix, Formula 1 has shared a trailer for the second half of the season on the sport's social media channels. The trailer counts down to the second half of the season, noting that everything is still to play for in 2026. Recalling th...
Entering the second half of the MotoGP season, there are only a few seats left to be announced for the 2027 campaign. At Guenther Steiner's KTM Tech3 team, experienced rider Luca Marini is tipped for one of the remaining seats. After the Trackhouse MotoGP Team announced ahead of the British Grand Pr...
In the run-up to the very last Dutch Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing has unveiled new race suits in a tribute to Zandvoort and Max Verstappen's home race. Verstappen’s suit differs from teammate Isack Hadjar’s. The Dutchman’s otherwise black suit features orange accents on the shoulders. On Hadjar’s, t...
Mercedes technical director James Allison has outlined the development strategy the team intends to follow during the second half of the season, after the W17 deliberately received far fewer upgrades than those of its closest rivals during the opening half of the campaign. Mercedes has so far been a...
The 2026 season has produced a curious statistic heading into the summer break: no podium combination has been repeated across the opening 11 races, with a different trio of drivers finishing in the top three at every Grand Prix. The trend began immediately in Australia, where George Russell won ahe...
Former F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has questioned whether Valtteri Bottas still has the same hunger and motivation, with the Finn having returned to the Formula 1 grid this season alongside Sergio Perez at Cadillac. Expectations were never particularly high for Cadillac, with the American out...
Ralf Schumacher believes Carlos Sainz's position at Williams is becoming increasingly uncertain after James Vowles' team emerged as one of the biggest disappointments of the first half of the season. Sainz joined Williams from Ferrari at a crucial stage of his career, buying into the team's long-ter...
With the summer break drawing to a close, here is a look at the schedule for the final Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort, which will also mark the start of the second half of the Formula 1 season. We left off with Lando Norris' dominant victory in Hungary, his first of the season and McLaren's first as...
Kimi Antonelli has emulated the exact same move Max Verstappen pulled during his first GT outings last year, reportedly adopting the pseudonym "Franz Antonelli" to race "undercover" in a go-kart event. Max Verstappen first used the "Franz Hermann" alias in May last year, when he made his first appea
Kimi Antonelli has emulated the exact same move Max Verstappen pulled during his first GT outings last year, reportedly adopting the pseudonym "Franz Antonelli" to race "undercover" in a go-kart event. Max Verstappen first used the "Franz Hermann" alias in May last year, when he made his first appea...
Mercedes is surprised, but also not surprised, by Kimi Antonelli's impressive performance in the 2026 season, deputy team principal Bradley Lord revealed. During the summer break, Antonelli comfortably leads the Formula 1 drivers' standings. The young Italian is 50 points clear of Lewis Hamilton and...
From that statistic that gives Lewis Hamilton hope in his quest to secure an eighth Formula 1 world title to Red Bull Racing's clear message about the team's goal, GPblog recaps you the best news of the day! Entering the second half of the season, Hamilton is sitting in second place, 50 points behin