After 24 race weekends the F1 World Championship reaches a conclusion in Abu Dhabi on Sunday - and history suggests that even third man Oscar Piastri still has a chance: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a696342...

With Moneygram departing Toyota Gazoo Racing will step up to become title sponsor of Haas in 2026 under the TGR Haas F1 Team name as the Japanese manufacturer takes another step towards fully embracing F1. The livery will be unveiled on January 23.

Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton both referenced a lack of development on the SF-25 after a difficult Qatar GP. However Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur says other factors came into play last weekend: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a696058...

Great to hear that Dutch F1 photographer Peter van Egmond, who sadly lost his battle with cancer in January, will be remembered via a contest to celebrate the best work by his accredited colleagues. Supported by the FIA, it will be partly judged by a public vote, so keep an eye open for info:

No big surprises in the 2026 Racing Bulls line-up as 18-year-old Arvid Lindblad is fast-tracked into a Faenza race seat alongside Liam Lawson. He's done well in FP1 running but it's still a huge ask for a rookie to jump in amid all the rule changes, and with the new Ford PU to be sorted.

F1's worst kept secret is finally made official - Isack Hadjar is moving to Red Bull Racing in 2026 to become Max Verstappen's seventh team mate there in 11 years, after RIC, GAS, ALB, PER, LAW and TSU. We know he's quick and ultra determined, but how will he fare against VER?:

New FIA F2 champion Leo Fornaroli already has an F1 testing deal - with sources suggesting that it's with McLaren: adamcooperonf1.substack.com/p/fornaroli-...

Max Verstappen has been a relentless force all season, keeping the pressure on McLaren. Will it pay off at the Abu Dhabi F1 finale?: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a695865...

Carlos Sainz encouraged Williams to try an "experimental" setup approach for the Qatar GP: "So far we've been very solid. A point in the sprint, a position better now in quali, and a top seven going into the race. If you would have told me before the weekend, I would have not believed it."

Charles Leclerc on a big spin and P10 in Qatar GP qualifying: "I just took a stupid amount of risk, just like I do on every single corner in Q3, to try and get P8/P9. It was a little bit too much. Then I brought it back for Q3 run two, and that was just fine, and it was a really good lap."

The F1 World Championship battle is finely poised with the three contenders in the top three on the Qatar grid - and McLaren's first priority is to ensure that Max Verstappen is no longer in the fight heading into the Abu Dhabi finale: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a695826...

Lando Norris on P3 in sprint qualifying: "The pace was there. I just made a mistake in the last corner on my first lap and didn't put it together. It's impossible to overtake, so I'm probably going to finish P3, but if I can at least get George off the line that's probably the most I can hope for."

Charles Leclerc on Qatar sprint qualifying - and getting stuck behind Carlos Sainz: "I think he was taking quite a significant gap to the car ahead just before safety car line two. And then obviously it puts all the guys behind under stress. He has the right to do that, but it's very annoying."

George Russell on the Qatar sprint: "I don't want to put a downer on it, but Turn q is probably going to be where we end up, really. We briefly spoke about it this morning in the driver's briefing, about why the DRS hasn't been extended. I hope maybe after the sprint they can adjust it if needed."

Max Verstappen frustrated with P6 in Qatar sprint qualifying: "Not good from the first lap, just really bad bouncing and very aggressive understeer that would shift into oversteer at high speed. So just not what you want to go faster. Then you're locked in."

It's widely assumed that Yuki Tsunoda is will be without a race seat in 2026 - however Honda is still trying to push his cause with Red Bull: adamcooperonf1.substack.com/p/honda-in-l...

This weekend’s Qatar GP is the 600th F1 race that I’ve attended with a media pass - a crazy number that the younger me could never have imagined. Here’s the story of how it happened: adamcooperonf1.substack.com/p/my-600-gps...

Andrea Stella has given new insight into McLaren Las Vegas GP plank woes - and he insists that the team wasn't pushing the limits to find performance: adamcooperonf1.substack.com/p/mclaren-kn...

Just a few weeks after Mercedes boss Toto Wolff called his Monza performance "underwhelming" Kimi Antonelli had strong weekends in Brazil and Las Vegas. Are we finally seeing signs of the rookie's true class?: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a695582...

Gabriel Bortoleto on Turn 1 contact with Lance Stroll in Vegas: "Misjudged a little bit the braking point, I think five metres earlier I would have probably stopped the car. I'm sorry for Lance, it was my fault. I don't have much to say, it just ended up so early, the race. A shame."

Pierre Gasly on Vegas: "Just got spun around, and my diffuser got smashed at the back. A long f**king flight to end up spun around Saturday and get another unlucky race in Vegas. For me, it's been three years in a row where I have very strong quali, and it doesn't really translate into the race."

How a nightmare double disqualification for McLaren in Las Vegas has given Max Verstappen a chance: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a695188...

Liam Lawson on P6: "I think we had a quick car. These conditions normally help us. Honestly, I feel like we even had more more in the tank today, we missed the last lap by one or two seconds. With how the session had been going at to that point, I felt pretty confident we could have improved."

Gabriel Bortoleto on P18: "I couldn't extract a lot of grip in the last two laps. I think that's where I missed out. I lost a bit of confidence with the car. At the beginning of the session, I was quite happy, and braking late and feeling comfortable, and at the end I had no confidence anymore."

Franco Colapinto on P16: "I touched a kerb in the last corner and I had a massive slide, and I lost the lap. I think we were improving a lot. It was just very tricky out there, a lot of sliding. Q1 was difficult, Q2 again a lot of locking. Just not very happy with that last part of the session."

Alex Albon on crashing late in Q1: "Frustrating in many ways. I think we just need to review where we were on track. In the end, I had one clean lap, so I kind of had to make it count. It was my only clean lap, so I didn't really have any rhythm at all. Made a mistake, and that was it."

A difficult qualifying session in Las Vegas could easily have tripped up the F1 title contenders - however Lando Norris and Max Verstappen share the front row and a great race is in prospect. And the start will be key: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a695182...

Laurent Mekies on P19 for Yuki Tsunoda: "We made a big mistake with his tyre pressure which meant that he was out there with a setting that basically gave him no chance to be competitive, so we as a team apologise to him for that. This sort of thing should not happen, but it did."

Andrea Stella on Vegas pole: "Lando was able to express some exceptional performance with the intermediates, and even the pole position lap there's a pretty significant mistake in the last chicane, which cost several tenths. But in the first couple of sectors, that's a very strong performance."

Lance Stroll P12 as the only driver on inters: "Stupid in the end. Not the team's fault. It was a group decision, but I was told I was going to get three push, I only got two push. That's where it went wrong. So a shame, we threw away a good opportunity today to fight for the top three, top four."

Max Verstappen on P2 in Las Vegas: "It was super slippery, it felt like ice. To be honest, not a lot of fun to do. I love driving in the wet, but this for me is a little bit too much, I would say. You just have to be super careful. And honestly, I was surprised there were not too many incidents."

Oscar Piastri on P5: "It felt like things were coming to us pretty nicely, but unfortunately not much you can do with a yellow flag on your lap. A frustrating end to the session, obviously. But I think the car and myself were quick, so we've got some some pace for tomorrow, which is nice to know."

Pierre Gasly on P10 in Vegas: "These are conditions I love - it's kind of like love and hate, because it's always risk and reward, and how much you're willing to take and what you feel and how much you can push. You can't even blink one-tenth of a second, because there's always something happening."

Lewis Hamilton on P20 in Vegas: "I had a yellow flag in the last corner, and then going into Turn 17 there was a yellow flag, so I had to lift. I came across the line and it was red. But I didn't have the grip anyway, so I don't think it would have made much difference."

George Russell on P4: "I had a steering issue in Q3, I don't know what it was. I was quickest in P3, quickest in Q1, quickest in Q2, and then on my second lap I thought I had to stop the car on track because I couldn't turn the steering properly. I feel fortunate to have qualified P4 considering."

After yesterday's issues in FP2 manhole covers on the racing line around the Las Vegas GP track were checked overnight, and some received fresh welding by way of precaution. Thus we should be good to go for FP3.

John Elkann's recent comments put a spotlight on Lewis Hamilton's difficult first year at Ferrari. Why haven't things worked out for the former World Champion at Maranello thus far?: inews.co.uk/sport/formul...

John Elkann's suggestion that Ferrari's drivers talk too much caused a stir - however Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc have shrugged off their boss's comments, with the latter claiming the intent was positive: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a694981...

Isack Hadjar on last lap contact with Liam Lawson in Brazil: "I think it was like just both of us moving into one direction, and we got very lucky. So also on my side, I should have been a bit more patient, and probably got him on the next straight. I made a mistake, and that's it."

In last year's cold conditions in Las Vegas Mercedes won and McLaren was nowhere. With the title still up for grabs how will form play out between the main contenders in 2025? Team bosses have their say: www.roadandtrack.com/news/a694590...

After failing to better P15 at the flag in the previous seven GPs Pierre Gasly twice scored a point in Brazil - and he couldn’t explain the Alpine F1 team’s surge in form: adamcooperonf1.substack.com/p/how-gasly-...

The F1 Commission discussed mandatory two pit stops for GPs today "along with adjustments to tyre specifications, tyre-life limits and the use of 3 compounds during the race. No changes were presently agreed, but it was agreed that talks on this topic would continue during the 2026 season."

A new car livery reg via the F1 Commission: "A minimum of 55% of surface area (when viewed from the side and above) must be covered by painted or stickered liveries as opposed to bare carbon fibre surfaces. The objective of this measure is to increase visual differentiation between cars."

Local hero Gabriel Bortoleto had a nightmare weekend for Sauber at Interlagos - however to his credit the Brazilian says that he has learned from the experience. adamcooperonf1.substack.com/p/how-bortol...

Changes to the McLaren young driver pipeline as the team confirms that Ugo Ugochukwu, Martinius Stenshorne and Brando Badoer are all out at the end of the year, with Italian Matteo de Palo coming in as of Macau before moving into F3 next season.

Laurent Mekies on the F1 title battle: chances: "You are getting tired of me telling you that we take it race-by-race. I'm not going to repeat it. But the simple truth is, the focus is how can we maximise our chance to get the car in the alive window for Las Vegas? The rest is a consequence."

Nico Hulkenberg on a 35-lap stint on the softs and P9: "Obviously not an ideal first lap, losing a couple of positions, which never helps your case. But we came back from that with an effective one-stop, quite a long stint on the soft. And it was a used soft. So it was nice to pull that off."

A remarkable turnaround in fortunes has seen Lando Norris gain the upper hand at McLaren with some faultless performances. He now has to finish the job and secure the F1 title: inews.co.uk/sport/formul...

Should be an interesting driver parade at Interlagos with the guys from each team sharing what look like hot rods, with one at the wheel and one co-driving from the passenger seat. Hopefully we won't see a repeat of the chaotic Miami Lego race...

Lewis Hamilton frustrated by P13 and a tyre temperature issue in Interlagos qualifying: "Just couldn't get the tyres working. I think the execution in terms of the times we got out and everything was fine, it's just the rears are at a place that I can't get to temperature for the start of the lap."