Max Verstappen is confident of victory at the Nurburgring this weekend after being granted permission to appoint his own race director, use 5 extra sets of tyres and use an engine with 100 hp more than his competitors.
F1 ALTERNATIVE STATS: Max Verstappen has lost the most GPs this season.
Lance Stroll is set to become the latest driver to try their hand at other motorsport categories, with the Aston Martin driver set to turn his attention to rallying.
Stroll believes his unique experience in F1 will mean he is particularly strong on gravel surfaces.
The British press will no longer attend Max Verstappen’s future press conferences.
This is not intended as a show of support towards the journalist Verstappen ejected at the Japanese GP, merely a lack of interest in a driver sitting ninth in the standings.
Ferrari have devoted their entire 2026 development budget to ‘Synchronised Hub Inversion Technology ’.
The system flips the tyres 180 degrees mid stint, changing the contact patch and reducing the need for pitstops.
Time saving over a full race distance would be 0.5 seconds.
BREAKING: Toto Wolff has activated a little known clause in George Russell’s contract, allowing him to be replaced by Max Verstappen by the Miami GP.
Red Bull welcome the deal to keep Verstappen in F1.
Verstappen has now described the new rules as “amazing’ and “revolutionary”.
Max Verstappen is believed to be one difficult journalist question or other adversity away from retirement.
Sources in the paddock are shocked by Verstappen’s fragility, with one noting: “Verstappen has less resilience than a Belgian waffle covered in chocolate”.
Kimi Antonelli has insisted that ‘Mr Saturday’ George Russell now refers to him as ‘Mr Sunday’ following two successive Grand Prix wins, putting him top of the Drivers’ Championship.
BREAKING: Max Verstappen insists he won’t drive in the Japanese GP until teammate Isack Hadjar “gets out” of Red Bull.
Verstappen’s demand comes after Hadjar asked a difficult question of Verstappen’s true ability after outqualifying him at a driver’s circuit like Suzuka.
Fernando Alonso has named his first child after Max Verstappen due to the fact that it whines and cries a lot.
Ferrari insiders claim Charles Leclerc hated his “fun” wheel to wheel battle with Lewis Hamilton in China.
Leclerc believes the greatest driver in F1 history should get priority on team orders - with Leclerc believing he has that status after beating Hamilton on points in 2025.
Red Bull insiders claim Max Verstappen has criticised the racing in NLS2 following his disqualification over excess tyre usage.
It is claimed Verstappen believes having to manage tyre usage makes racing boring and that anyone who thinks otherwise deserves a headbutt.
Max Verstappen is confident of winning the NLS2 race at the Nurburgring this weekend after being told the standard of competition is even lower than that of his teammates at Red Bull.
The Japanese GP was at threat of cancellation following reports of earthquakes.
However, it has since been established these are merely the effects of vibrations from Honda’s upgraded ‘Suzuka Special’ engine.
Red Bull and Ford are working on an ingenious engine solution that will harness the moisture from Max Verstappen’s tears over the 2026 regulations and use them to help generate more power.
Mercedes insiders claim George Russell was “flabbergasted” with Kimi Antonelli’s Chinese GP win.
Russell believes he was the faster driver and once in second, team orders should have taken effect.
Russell has prepared a strongly worded PowerPoint presentation on the matter.
The FIA are considering laying off several driver stewards after it transpires drivers at the sharp end of the field in 2026 are able to competently and fairly race wheel to wheel for the entertainment of fans, when their predecessors have seemingly failed to do so.
The FIA are set to cancel two Grand Prix.
The Belgian GP in July and Dutch GP in August may be cancelled due to Max Verstappen being unable to put up any serious fight for the world championship.
The FIA confirms it will work closely with Max Verstappen to ensure the 2026 cars are more enjoyable to drive in future races.
This will be measured in accordance with Verstappen’s own criteria for enjoyment of F1: winning most of the races in a dominant car.
The FIA are set to cancel races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
This is in order to sustain interest beyond the end of April in a Mercedes dominated championship where cars are forced to slow down before the end of a straight.
Honda are eagerly aiming to convince Aston Martin to revive Honda’s ‘Earth Car’ livery.
Honda believe that Aston Martin doing so few laps and utilising only a limited amount of spare parts can only be seen as a positive for the environment.
BREAKING: FIA stewards are considering excluding George Russell’s Mercedes from qualifying.
Russell is being investigated for not slowing down sufficiently midway down the back straight under GREEN flag conditions.
Ferrari have reassured their fans that they will not go winless in 2026 following Australian GP qualifying.
The team were quick to point out they had already won the Pre Season Winter Testing World Championship in Bahrain.
BREAKING: Honda deny their energy recovery system is powered by hamster wheels.
Claims a shortage of hamsters are curtailing Aston Martin’s mileage have also been denied.
Meanwhile, the FIA have confirmed a 5 place penalty for any hamsters used outside of the agreed allocation.
Sky Sports F1 have wasted no time in finding a replacement for Danica Patrick:
Ferrari have taken their reversible rear wing to a new level, which will now see their cars convert into Transformers mid race and destroy opposition cars (except Aston Martins, which will self destruct).
Ferrari believe the system to be within the spirit of FIA regulations.
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has caused some surprise to F1 paddock onlookers with his own unique tribute to Lando Norris:
Max Verstappen has again criticised Netflix for false Drive to Survive storylines.
Verstappen is reportedly disappointed the 2025 edition did not emphasise how he nearly won the championship in the slowest car in history despite George Russell deliberately crashing into him.
Following their testing difficulties, Aston Martin have worked with Honda on a new, improved B-spec version of their 2026 F1 car:
After showing promising pace in testing, Ferrari race strategists have been working hard at Maranello to ensure they can continue to meet fan expectations of a questionable strategy and delivering an underwhelming P7 and P8 finish in Melbourne.