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Lando Norris won his first F1 world championship last year, but McLaren look to be a tad short of pace compared to Mercedes and Ferrari, who are full of optimism after a winless 2
Follow live text updates and listen to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra commentary of second practice for the Australian Grand Prix.
More issues revealed by Aston Martin have led to serious concerns over the team's participation in Formula 1's early races.
The new F1 season is upon is, and it's a blank canvas in the paddock, where teams have been preparing for the new rulebook. So what has changed?
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton set the fastest times in opening practice at the Australian Grand Prix.
The cars are new, the engines are new, the rules are new, and the pecking order that Lando Norris mastered last season may already be obsolete. A season of unknowns embarks this weekend, March 8, at the Australian Grand Prix.
The Bahrain and Saudi Arabian grands prix are unlikely to be replaced on what would become a 22-race Formula One calendar if, as now looks probable, they are cancelled due to conflict in the Middle East.
Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are among the top-earning Formula One drivers entering 2026. Here's the full list.
Athletes have been stranded, tournaments cancelled and planned Formula 1 races in the Gulf put under threat, as the war in Iran has severely disrupted air traffic in the region. Top tennis players including Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev were flown out of Oman after being stuck in Dubai following an ATP Tour event,
F1 stewards to be more lenient over clashes between drivers in 2026 under expanded racing guidelines
The FIA's guideline changes cover “racing to the apex” driving and how drivers cannot simply disappear once they have been overtaken.