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Jorge Martin details his near-death crash in Qatar 'I called my girlfriend to say Goodbye'
Jorge Martin has opened up about his near-death crash in Qatar last year which left him with 14 broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Having started the 2025 season disastrously with his new team, Aprilia, Martin had spent the first part of the season in a hospital bed rather than on the race track. Tw...
McLaren makes final decision on appeal after Alpine's successful Monaco Right of Review
McLaren has formally lodged a notification of appeal with the FIA International Court of Appeal after Pierre Gasly's time penalties were removed following the Monaco Grand Prix. After the conclusion of the Monaco Grand Prix, where Pierre Gasly crossed the finish line in third place, the Frenchman wa...
Fornaroli set for Haas test: Is McLaren working toward a 2027 F1 debut?
McLaren is looking for a place in Formula 1 for Italian talent Leonardo Fornaroli in 2027, team boss Andrea Stella confirmed in Barcelona. Coincidence or not: Haas announced this Tuesday that last year's Formula 2 champion will test for the American team in Jerez this week. A brief statement from H...
Hamilton matches Schumacher's Ferrari feat after 30 years: 'I wanted to be red like Michael'
Fate would have it that Lewis Hamilton's first Ferrari victory came at Barcelona, the very same circuit where Michael Schumacher claimed his maiden win for the Scuderia 30 years earlier at the Montmeló track. In 1996, the German accepted the challenge of bringing the world title back to Maranello af...
Why Red Bull didn’t choose this talent: The reason behind Iwasa’s F1 opportunity
Red Bull Racing chose Ayumu Iwasa as a 'rookie' to drive Isack Hadjar's car in FP1 at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix. GPblog explains why the Japanese driver, and not the Austrian's F2 talent, Nikola Tsolov, got to step in. For years, the Red Bull Junior Team was the pinnacle for young, ambitiou...
Alonso is being mentioned, but Alpine has a different top candidate for 2027
Franco Colapinto is by far the leading candidate to race alongside Pierre Gasly for Alpine in Formula 1 in 2027. The notion, suddenly floated by certain media, that Fernando Alonso would replace him should, at this moment, be dismissed as typical paddock speculation. After a difficult first (nearl...
MotoGP Czech Grand Prix full weekend schedule
The prestigious Brno circuit in the Czech Republic is widely considered a favourite among fans and racers alike. Last year gave us a thrilling duel between Marc Marquez and Pedro Acosta, which many fans will be hoping to see once again. The track has a bit of everything with long sweeping corners, t...
Aston Martin abandons the AMR26: all-new car on the way
Aston Martin feels like it’s competing in a completely different class from Formula 1 with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll’s underperforming AMR26. But there is (perhaps) hope: In a few weeks, the British team will introduce an entirely new car. After being asked yet again how bad Aston Martin’s ca...
Red Bull hands Alpine the much-coveted trophy for Gasly's third place in Monaco
Alpine does not need to worry: Red Bull Racing really does plan to hand over the trophy that Isack Hadjar received for originally finishing third in Monaco to Pierre Gasly after all, GPblog can confirm. The teams are coordinating among themselves about where and when that will happen. It was Hadjar...
Verstappen a step closer to a 'simple' departure from Red Bull Racing
After the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, Max Verstappen moved a step closer to a ‘simple’ departure from Red Bull Racing. The possibility of activating a clause that allows him to unilaterally terminate his contract after 2026 has become more feasible. Reportedly, Verstappen has an option in his c...
Ferrari told backing Hamilton over Leclerc may be only path to the title against Mercedes
Former F1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve has warned Ferrari that elevating Lewis Hamilton to number-one status may be the team's only realistic chance of mounting a serious title challenge against Mercedes. After seven races, helped in part by Leclerc's back-to-back retirements in Monaco and Barc...
Hamilton reserves special thanks for key Ferrari figure: 'I wouldn't be in this team without him'
Lewis Hamilton took the opportunity to thank Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur for believing in him and continuing to place his trust in him even during the lowest point of his Ferrari journey, when results were hard to come by and the breakthrough he had been searching for had yet to arrive....
F1 Tech | Hamilton's maiden victory made possible by Ferrari's upgrade package
Lewis Hamilton secured his first Ferrari victory in Barcelona, with the Scuderia's latest upgrade package playing a decisive role. Here GPBlog looks at the technical specifications of those upgrades and how they played a crucial role in his win. The Spanish Grand Prix weekend offered a very tight an...
Alonso 'very emotional' after 'last' Barcelona GP DNF heartbreak
After suffering a heartbreaking DNF on Lap 40, Fernando Alonso has reflected on a "very emotional" weekend at the Barcelona GP, one which he had admitted will probably be his last in F1. With the Barcelona GP set to be rotated on the F1 calendar every two years from the 2028 season onwards, Alonso...
The missing ingredient: Why Lewis Hamilton can lead Ferrari to Formula 1 glory
As someone who has followed Lewis Hamilton's F1 career extremely closely for over a decade, it was easy to appreciate the magnitude of his first win for Ferrari and the plaudits. After all, I've spend a huge chunk of my spare time researching and writing about his decision to move from Mercedes to F...
F1 Today | Hamilton reveals hidden injury, as Kim Kardashian celebrates his first Ferrari win
From Lewis Hamilton revealing a hidden injury, to Kim Kardashian celebrating the Briton on his first-ever Ferrari win at the Barcelona GP, here are the main stories from today, June 15. Following his first-ever Ferrari win at the Barcelona GP, Lewis Hamilton has revealed a hidden injury he had been...
Bottas says Hamilton's first Ferrari win proves you should 'never write him off'
Lewis Hamilton's former Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas has hailed the Briton's maiden Ferrari victory at the Barcelona GP as proof that critics should never write the seven-time world champion off. Even after a tough debut season with the Scuderia, Bottas was never in doubt that Hamilton could ge...
Valentino Rossi prodigy set to be major casualty of MotoGP silly season
While the 2027 MotoGP grid is largely a mystery, one factor is becoming increasingly certain, and it involves Franco Morbidelli. Only two riders have valid contracts for next season - Marc Marquez at Ducati and Johann Zarco at LCR Honda. Things are falling into place in the other 20 spots, but witho...
Hamilton hails instant connection with race engineer Santi after first Ferrari win
Lewis Hamilton has opened up on his relationship with new race engineer Carlo Santi following his first-ever Ferrari win at the Barcelona GP. Initially brought in as a temporary replacement for Riccardo Adami, Hamilton has previously highlighted his "Italian Bono" as a key reason behind his positive...
Red Bull intend to appeal Gasly Monaco GP podium as 'matter of principle'
Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies has suggested the Milton Keynes team intend to appeal the decision to reinstate Pierre Gasly's on-track P3 result at the Monaco GP as a "matter of principle." While Gasly crossed the line in third on the streets of Monte Carlo, two five-second penalties for pit lane spe...
Mercedes convinced Hamilton would have won Barcelona GP without VSC help
Both Mercedes driver George Russell and team principal Toto Wolff believe Lewis Hamilton would have picked up his maiden Ferrari victory in Barcelona without the aid of a Lap 40 Virtual Safety Car - brought out after Fernando Alonso's Aston Martin battery failure. Opting for a three-stop strategy a...
'Alex Marquez set to make surprise return from horror crash in Brno'
Alex Marquez could make a miraculous return to the MotoGP grid just a month on from his horror crash in Barcelona. The Barcelona-Catalunya circuit fell silent on May 17 when Pedro Acosta’s KTM lost power and slowed dramatically heading towards turn 10. Marquez then crashed into it, seeing his Gresin...
British media in raptures after Hamilton's first Ferrari win at Barcelona GP
Lewis Hamilton is back to his very best after securing his first-ever Ferrari victory at the Barcelona-Catalunya GP, that is according to British media after the seven-time world champion became the first non-Mercedes driver to win a Grand Prix this season. An aggressive three-stop strategy up agai...
'Hamilton wins in red in Barcelona as Mercedes need to worry now'
From Lewis Hamilton's first Ferrari victory in Barcelona to the Mercedes team-mate battle that ended in Kimi Antonelli's costly retirement, plus a look ahead at what the upcoming races could have in store - all that and much more in the latest episode of GPBlog F1 Paddock Update. After securing his...
Ferrari chairman sends heartfelt tribute to Hamilton after Barcelona triumph
Ferrari chairman John Elkann shared a special congratulatory message for Lewis Hamilton after the Briton claimed his first victory in red with a dominant display at the Spanish Grand Prix. While the VSC certainly played a role, it does little to diminish the outstanding display Hamilton produced, pa...
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