Inside the Italian dinner party staged on Monza's grid

Inside the Italian dinner party staged on Monza's grid

The world of Formula 1 is passionate, high-energy and non-stop, so the opportunity to truly slow down and take it all in is one that shouldn’t be passed up. Barilla recognised the unique chance to do just that in a short moment of peace ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. A fortunate group made up of drivers both past and present, team members, journalists and fans were invited to enjoy an exquisite three-course meal cooked by Michelin-starred chef Massimo Bottura, who admitted that the prospect of cooking pasta perfectly al dente for hundreds of people was a somewhat daunting task....

2026年9月22日 · 5 分钟 · 1059 字
How 46 fashion designers reimagined McLaren’s F1 history

How 46 fashion designers reimagined McLaren’s F1 history

On Wednesday evening, the McLaren Technology Centre looked markedly different having been transformed into a fashion runway. Instead of team personnel, it was models walking between some of McLaren’s most famous cars that took centre stage, wearing a very different interpretation of the team’s history. This was Designed to Race: Front Row, a show where 46 MA fashion students from Central Saint Martins presented 12 looks inspired by more than six decades of McLaren history....

2026年9月22日 · 9 分钟 · 1837 字
Why Williams' FW48 upgrade package in Baku is so crucial

Why Williams' FW48 upgrade package in Baku is so crucial

The Azerbaijan Grand Prix will be a huge weekend for the Williams team as they finally introduce the long-awaited major upgrade package for the FW48. Up until now the 2026 season has been a painful one for drivers Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, especially in the light of the promise shown last year. Delays forced the team to miss the Barcelona Shakedown, and when it finally took to the track the car proved to be significantly overweight, as well as having some inherent issues....

2026年9月22日 · 6 分钟 · 1176 字
Inside F1’s ‘brutal’ fuel development race

Inside F1’s ‘brutal’ fuel development race

The story behind F1’s new fuels Not only did F1 introduce new cars and new power units at the start of the 2026 season, but also Advanced Sustainable Fuels, a pioneering technology that teams - and their partners - have been pushing hard to maximise in terms of both performance and reliability. Prior to this year’s rules reset, F1 already boasted the most efficient engines on the planet with turbo-hybrid power units that used 10% ethanol biofuel - a small part of the sport’s commitment to becoming Net Zero by 2030....

2026年9月22日 · 7 分钟 · 1348 字
TREMAYNE: Why I’m delighted the Portuguese GP is back in 2027

TREMAYNE: Why I’m delighted the Portuguese GP is back in 2027

I always liked the Portuguese Grand Prix, in the days when it was run at Estoril. I thought that was a pretty cool track with a great ambiance about the place - though it wasn’t quite so cool when I saw a snake in the paddock. It was not far from the press room - perhaps it thought it was part of the group my pal Perry McCarthy likes to call ‘reptiles’ - but it was clearly far more frightened of us, and eventually slithered off somewhere....

2026年9月22日 · 1 分钟 · 87 字
How Justin Rose and McLaren are pursuing marginal gains in golf

How Justin Rose and McLaren are pursuing marginal gains in golf

At the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Justin Rose reflected on his first months as McLaren Golf’s inaugural ambassador, his year spent testing prototype irons with the McLaren engineering team, and a partnership he hopes will bring Formula 1’s obsession with marginal gains to his pursuit of a second major. Cast an eye to the fringes of the tree-lined fairways at Wentworth Club, the home of this week’s BMW PGA Championship, and you may spot more papaya-clad spectators than you might expect at a golf event....

2026年9月22日 · 5 分钟 · 946 字
When Star Wars took over Formula 1

When Star Wars took over Formula 1

Ahead of the opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, we look back at the occasions when the world of Star Wars crossed over with Formula 1. F1 has welcomed plenty of famous faces into the paddock over the years, but few have arrived with an entourage quite like George Lucas. Stormtroopers have performed pit stops, Darth Vader has stood alongside an F1 car, and R2-D2 has wandered through the Monaco paddock as the worlds of Formula 1 and Star Wars have crossed paths on some memorable occasions....

2026年9月22日 · 4 分钟 · 770 字
Remembering one of F1’s most intriguing ‘what if?’ moments

Remembering one of F1’s most intriguing ‘what if?’ moments

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, McLaren wrote one of the most successful chapters in their F1 story - the squad racking up four successive Teams' Championships and four straight Drivers' Championships with engine partner Honda between 1988-1991. However, that period of stability and success turned into a spell of change and misfiring performance over the next few years, with Honda pulling the plug on their F1 operations at the end of 1992 amid financial pressures....

2026年9月22日 · 1 分钟 · 77 字
How Verstappen won the ‘biggest race’ of his motorsport career

How Verstappen won the ‘biggest race’ of his motorsport career

Just a few days after recording a podium finish in the Spanish Grand Prix, Max Verstappen was at another track and on the hunt for another trophy - the four-time F1 World Champion taking part in Red Bull’s special ‘Max vs 100’ karting event. Held at Silverstone on Wednesday evening, the challenge was clear: overtake and eliminate 100 competitors - including Red Bull athletes, content creators and more - from the very back of the grid in 30 laps (or 75 minutes)....

2026年9月20日 · 6 分钟 · 1273 字