Claire Williams on Russell deserving a title despite 2026 setbacks
Former Williams deputy team principal Claire Williams says George Russell “deserves a title” but needs his bad luck to stop, with the Mercedes driver’s 2026 season disrupted by setbacks as Kimi Antonelli has won five of the opening seven grands prix. Williams said: "I really don't want it to stick on George because he deserves a title. I think he deserves it. He's earned one."
Claire Williams: Russell 'deserves a title' but must escape bad luck
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Sainz on Williams' medium and high-speed corner deficit
Carlos Sainz says Williams need to “go back to the drawing board” after being surprised by how far off the FW48 was in medium and high-speed corners at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Sainz said: "Looking back at it, I think it was a bit of a shock how far [off] we are in medium and high-speed corners. Partly, it's due to weight, but even more importantly, it's downforce in the car. I think it's time to go back to the drawing board and start bringing more things to the car, because clearly, on a medium-speed track, we are very far off."
Sainz shocked – tells Williams to ‘go back to the drawing board'
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Ocon on his relationship with Haas team-mate Bearman
Esteban Ocon says Haas team-mate Ollie Bearman is the Formula 1 team-mate he gets on with best, as the pair continue their second season together at the team after Ocon’s move from Alpine in 2025. Ocon said: "Yeah, I think it's awesome to be teaming up with him. He's probably the teammate I get along the best with. He's a very fun character off the track, which is very nice, and very dedicated to the professional aspect of what we need to do when we are inside the engineering office. He's very fast, of course, but it's good that we can push each other."
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Coulthard on Red Bull's Racing Bulls ownership
Former Red Bull driver David Coulthard said there has been no official move to force Red Bull to give up ownership of Racing Bulls, and argued the company has helped turn the former Minardi outfit into a regular points scorer, after McLaren CEO Zak Brown called for multi-team ownership to be phased out. Coulthard said: "But I don't believe there's been an official directive on it, and nothing has been announced. So, from a Red Bull point of view, they have, for a long time, owned two Formula 1 teams and a Formula 1 circuit. If you look at that, they've helped what was a small midfield team become a viable top-10 team. They were never that when Red Bull bought into them."
Ex-Red Bull driver issues response to Zak Brown's F1 team independence argument
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Perez on Cadillac's Austrian Grand Prix upgrade package
Sergio Perez says Cadillac will bring a “big package” of upgrades for the Austrian Grand Prix as it targets a move into the midfield. Perez said: "It's good information for the team. We just have to make sure that we are able to come out on top, and we are bringing a big package for Austria. I hope that will bring us into the midfield group."
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Leclerc on reset after poor run of form
Charles Leclerc says he needs a “reset” and to “put everything together” in Austria after what he described as a poor run of form for Ferrari, including a crash in Monaco and a power steering failure at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc said: "It was a bit better, and the weekend has been better generally, but with what happened, I just need to reset and come back in Austria and put everything together. I've lost significant points on my side, though. So I've got to do a pretty exceptional job from the next race until the end, with the upgrades coming from our side, and we will see."
Charles Leclerc seeking 'reset' after troubled Ferrari F1 form
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Ugochukwu crashes Alpine in Monza test
Footage circulating on social media appears to show Formula 3 points leader Ugo Ugochukwu crashing an Alpine A525 during a private test at Monza, spinning at the Ascari chicane before hitting the tyre barrier. PlanetF1.com reports it was Ugochukwu’s first time driving a Formula 1 car and describes the incident as seemingly low-impact, with the gravel and barrier limiting the damage. As the run was a private TPC test, Alpine did not comment when approached.
Alpine F1 car crashed by F3 leader as Monza footage emerges
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Senna's Honda NSX up for auction
One of Ayrton Senna’s personally used Honda NSX road cars is set to go under the hammer at RM Sotheby’s London auction at the Peninsula London in October 2026, with bids estimated to reach up to £800,000. The red NSX with a black roof (chassis T000233) was supplied by Honda for Senna’s use in 1991 and comes with paperwork supporting its provenance, plus Portuguese ownership history documentation.
Ayrton Senna's personal Honda NSX heads to auction with huge £800k price tag
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Binotto on Audi benefiting from FIA power unit development allowance
Audi team boss Mattia Binotto says the FIA’s additional power unit development allowance under ADUO will “benefit significantly” the manufacturer, but he does not expect an immediate step in performance. Binotto said: "For Audi it will be a significant benefit. I think it's what we were expecting. Since the very start of the season, we knew that most of our gap to the top teams was on the power unit side. Not a surprise to us. Hard work will be required. We've got plans, but it will be beneficial, but not in the short term."
Audi to ‘significantly benefit' from ADUO, but in the long-term
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Bearman on wrong mindset at start of rookie Haas season
Oliver Bearman admits he approached the start of his Formula 1 rookie season at Haas with the “wrong mindset” after a difficult Australian Grand Prix weekend that included multiple on-track errors. Bearman said: "That weekend in general was a very tough one. I probably entered the weekend with the wrong mindset. On top of that, we had a car which was not the most compliant. It was a really bad start."
Oliver Bearman admits "wrong mindset" was behind difficult start to F1 rookie season
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Krack on Aston Martin needing to improve in all areas
Aston Martin chief trackside engineer Mike Krack says the team need to improve “everything” after a difficult start to the 2026 season that has included a lack of pace and reliability problems. Krack said: "I think it's everything. Yeah, I think we need to improve. If it was only one thing, it would be quite easy... But the fact that we are behind on both circuits shows you that I think it's all areas that we have to, have to work on."
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Wolff on clearer rules for customer-team collaboration
Toto Wolff says Formula 1 should avoid putting a “full handbrake” on customer-team arrangements in response to Zak Brown’s concerns about dual ownership, and instead make the rules on collaboration clearer. Toto Wolff said: "Because where do you stop? If we say, 'OK, full handbrake... we want to have 11 constructors,' that means everybody brings their own engine, everybody brings their own gearboxes, rear ends, etcetera. That would be obviously nirvana, but how should a relatively small team like Haas do that today? It's not possible. So, I think we need to allow space for all of the positions in that... the only right outcome and objective needs to be rules that make it even clearer what's on and what is not on."
Toto Wolff urges caution over 'full handbrake' after Zak Brown demand
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Lowdon on Cadillac's rising expectations after solid debut start
Cadillac team boss Graeme Lowdon says the team’s solid start to its debut Formula 1 season is a “double-edged sword” because expectations can quickly get out of control as the car improves. Lowdon said: "We've really pushed to start as we mean to go on, and we've had pretty much something at every race. If you make a step forward, it raises everyone's expectations, but that comes with the territory, and you've got to embrace it. But you can get into that territory where the expectations are just too high."
Why Cadillac's impressive F1 start is a ‘double-edged sword’
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Mercedes drops Russell review bid
George Russell said Mercedes dropped its Right of Review bid over his Monaco Grand Prix penalties because it “did not have a case”, leaving his 12th-place result unchanged. Mercedes had filed the request after Pierre Gasly’s Monaco time penalties were rescinded, but withdrew it days later. Russell wrote on Instagram: “Having looked at every single possibility with the team to overturn the penalty from Monaco, unfortunately we did not have a case.” Mercedes added that pursuing the review “will not serve our team or the sport”.
First George Russell reaction as Mercedes drops Monaco Grand Prix appeal
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Antonelli on Mercedes reliability after Barcelona battery failure
Kimi Antonelli says Mercedes need to improve reliability after he retired from the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix with a battery problem, describing the setback as a “bump in the road”. Antonelli said: "Of course, it's very disappointing, but these things happen. It happened to George in Canada; it happened to me this time. It's definitely something we need to work on as a team, because it's important points that we lost."
“A bump in the road" - Kimi Antonelli urges Mercedes to find F1 reliability fix'
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Hamilton on innovation needed to stop Mercedes in championship
Lewis Hamilton says “innovation” will be key if Ferrari are to stop Mercedes “running away” with the championship, after his first victory as a Ferrari driver at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. Hamilton said: "It's so early in the season to get to this point. These guys have really listened and really worked hard to add performance and be innovative. This year is all about innovation. This is what I was asking for last year. It was like this team has to be the leaders in that, and they've shown that they can and they will."
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Wolff on Mercedes investigating recent power unit failures
Toto Wolff says Mercedes will “leave no stone unturned” to understand and fix its recent power unit failures after Kimi Antonelli retired from second place at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix with what the team called an “electrical shutdown”. Wolff said: "We can't DNF cars in a regular, continued way. Losing 25 points in the constructors' championship in Montreal, and losing another 18 points [in Barcelona], in order to finish first, first you must finish - and reliability, this is what we need to get on top of. That is number one, and nobody is happy about it, and we will leave no stone unturned to understand [what is causing the issues]."
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Stella on whether McLaren should have tried a three-stop strategy
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella said Lewis Hamilton would have won the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix even without the virtual safety car, as he questioned whether McLaren should have tried a three-stop strategy for Lando Norris. Stella said: "If anything, the question in hindsight is whether we should have gone for a three-stop strategy. What was the right strategy? At one stage, when we saw that the hard tyres were performing well in the second stint, we thought the two-stop would be a way, at least, to try to limit Hamilton. But, as a matter of fact, Hamilton was fast—probably the fastest car out there—and I think he would have won anyway."
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Mekies on certainty needed in ICE pecking order for ADUO
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies says Formula 1 needs “extreme certainty” in how it assesses the internal combustion engine pecking order before the FIA formally declares its findings on the awarding of ADUO. Mekies said: "Certainly, you will need to have extreme certainty in the way you are assessing the ICE pecking order. That is in order to have the right confidence to give it to the dominant team, and not to the team that is chasing the dominant team, especially when you get relative performance variations from track layout to track layout, that are perfectly consistent with ICE power sensitivity."
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