With new technical regulations, new drivers and even a new track this year, 22 drivers and 11 teams will contest the 2026 F1 world championship. Across 24 race weekends, six of th

The 24-race, 2026 Formula 1 season begins in Melbourne with the Australian Grand Prix this weekend. McLaren and Lando Norris start their respective team and driver championship defences amid new cars and dramatically different technical regulations.

In 2026 there will be 11 teams on the grid using engines from five different manufacturers: Mercedes, Ferrari, RB-Ford, Honda and Audi.

There is a new team on the grid this year. F1 veterans Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Perez are back in seats, driving for Cadillac, giving the series 22 cars. Audio, formerly known as Kick Sauber, has Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto looking to make waves.

The 2026 Formula One season gets underway this weekend in Australia. Two notable automotive names, Aston Martin and Honda Motor Co., aren’t looking for a fast start. Honda is supplying engines for the Aston Martin F1 team. Things haven’t gone smoothly for either.

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.

Lewis Hamilton has declared he is "still standing, still hungry, still focused on the dream" and vowed there will be "no holding back" as he embarks on his 20th season in Formula One. Hamilton was notably out-qualified and out-scored by his team-mate Charles Leclerc,

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Aston Martin has predicted it is unlikely to finish Formula 1's season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday without its drivers risking permanent nerve damage. Adrian Newey,