Piastri on adapting driving style to 2026 regulations
Oscar Piastri says the 2026 regulations have brought a “fundamental” change in driving style and that he has only recently started to understand more clearly how McLaren’s car needs to be driven to go quickly. Piastri said: "I think this rule set is just so different in so many ways. During the previous regulation changes, the cars themselves changed quite a bit, in terms of how much downforce they have or how they generate the downforce. But this regulation change has been like a completely fundamental change to how you drive a race car, in some ways. It's been a huge reset for us, for me as well."
Oscar Piastri unlocks McLaren discovery after 'fundamental' F1 change
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Mattia Binotto says Audi is “satisfied, but not happy yet” with its first Formula 1 season at the halfway stage, stressing the priority has been establishing strong foundations rather than chasing immediate podiums. Asked by RacingNews365 to sum up the campaign, Binotto said the R26 is “a good car with no fundamental problem” and “a healthy car… with no big problems”, even if reliability and operational issues have hurt results. He added that recent races show Audi is “going in the right direction”.
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Disney F1 helmet sets charity auction record
A Disney-themed Formula 1 replica helmet has set a charity auction record after selling for £151,000, which organisers say is the highest publicly recorded price for an F1 helmet that was not worn or used during an official race weekend. The Disney x Formula 1 ‘Fuel the Magic’ helmet, created for a Make-A-Wish International fundraiser by Disney, F1 and Memento Exclusives, was signed by 20 current F1 drivers, with the autographs collected at the British Grand Prix weekend. All proceeds will go to Make-A-Wish International.
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Wolff on Mercedes missing out on P2 with Antonelli in Hungary
Toto Wolff said Mercedes “should have had P2” with Kimi Antonelli at the Hungarian Grand Prix and that he remained “glass half empty” about the weekend despite the 19-year-old extending his drivers' championship lead over Lewis Hamilton. Wolff said: "That's great, but I've always been a miserable guy; the glass is half empty. We could have had P2; we should have had P2. In balance, he got the penalties, so overall, maybe on Kimi's side we need to go home and say, 'that's okay in terms of the points'."
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Albon on Williams' underlying car problems and Baku upgrade
Alex Albon says he doubts Williams’ underlying car problems will be solved by its planned upgrade for Baku. Albon said: "We know the weaknesses of the car, we know the directions, I think as a team, this year, the work that's being done at the factory, it's the biggest effort I've seen from the team to really fight these genetic DNA problems that this team has... If it's cured by Baku? I doubt it. I think a lot of the Baku stuff has happened. That upgrade was planned quite a long time ago."
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