The Race

Alex Albon called Williams's Australian Grand Prix "painful". Here are the major issues the team is fighting to recover from such a disappointing start to the season

Davey Todd is at risk of missing this year’s Isle of Man TT races after sustaining a fractured leg at last weekend’s Daytona 200

The Aston Martin-Honda package remains the weakest on the F1 grid. What would a more "standard" weekend, as anticipated in China, look like?

F1 will hold talks after the Chinese GP on tweaks to the 2026 rules package that could ease elements many drivers have criticised

Who claimed top spot in Edd's F1 driver rankings from the first race of the new rules era?

McLaren is facing a limitation as an F1 customer team that it hadn't known before. But is this limitation fundamental?

Everything that the Australian GP told us about what to expect from F1 2026 - and how it might change in the coming weeks and months

Max Verstappen will make his debut at the Nurburgring 24 Hours later this year in a Red Bull-liveried Mercedes

Overtaking statistics - like the ones F1 proudly touted after the F1 2026 season opener - are to be handled with the utmost caution

George Russell and Kimi Antonelli escaped from an early battle with the Ferraris to start Formula 1's new rules era with a Mercedes 1-2

Oscar Piastri felt "shocked and surprised" as he crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix before the start of the 2026 Formula 1 opener

Oscar Piastri's crash on the way to the Australian Grand Prix grid leaves a gap in fifth place on the starting grid for the 2026 Formula 1 opener

Race one of 2026 is done - but some teams and drivers have an awful lot more to celebrate than others

After all the pre-race fears and criticism, Formula 1’s 2026 rules era definitely kicked off in action-packed fashion at the Australian Grand Prix

George Russell won the first Formula 1 race of 2026 as Mercedes outfoxed and outpaced Ferrari at the Australian Grand Prix

Some F1 drivers believe fortunate near-misses in the Australian GP have further exposed two safety issues that need addressing