Esteban Ocon has announced that he is to leave Haas at the end of the 2026 campaign, following weeks of speculation over the Frenchman’s F1 future. Ocon joined Haas from Alpine for 2025, joining forces with Ferrari-backed rookie Ollie Bearman and continuing alongside the Briton through the current campaign. He has scored 12 points finishes across 39 Grands Prix with the team so far, including a best result of fifth in China last year - his second event at Haas....

Formula 1 moves on to Sepang this weekend for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia - and here are the global start times for Sunday’s race. George Russell put in a dominant performance last weekend in Azerbaijan to claim victory and close the gap to Mercedes team mate Kimi Antonelli in the drivers' standings to 66 points. Will Mercedes win again, or can Max Verstappen finally claim his first win of the 2026 season after just missing out in Baku?...

Formula 1 drivers are eagerly awaiting this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia and the sport’s return to Sepang after a nine-year absence. The circuit hosted the Malaysian Grand Prix 19 times between 1999 and the most recent event in 2017. The first of a new generation of permanent venues - followed by the likes of Bahrain, Shanghai, Istanbul and Abu Dhabi among others - at the time, the track set new standards in terms of facilities....

Mercedes have unveiled a special livery that will adorn the W17 at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. During the weekend at the Sepang International Circuit, the Silver Arrows' challenger will sport a design honouring the colours of the team’s title partner PETRONAS, with the car featuring shades of green alongside its usual black. The event will mark F1’s return to the Malaysian track - which previously hosted Grands Prix between 1999 and 2017 - and Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has acknowledged that the venue is a special one for the squad....

Why has this happened? It’s official. Esteban Ocon will not drive for Haas beyond the end of the season, which means that, unless something dramatic happens, he won’t be on the Formula 1 grid in 2027. When Haas Team Principal Ayao Komatsu signed Esteban Ocon for 2025, it was a milestone for the American team - the first time they had run a Grand Prix winner in one of their cars....

Next up on the 2026 Formula 1 calendar is the Bahrain Grand Prix, held at the Sepang International Circuit. Here are all the details you need to follow the action live on F1 TV. A stellar victory for George Russell last time out in Azerbaijan helped him reduce the gap to his team mate to 66 points, with Kimi Antonelli forced to prioritise damage limitation after he crashed in Qualifying....

Following last weekend’s dramatic race in Azerbaijan, the teams and drivers are heading to the Sepang International Circuit for the rescheduled Bahrain Grand Prix - and tyre suppliers Pirelli have confirmed the compounds that will be available. For F1’s return to Malaysia after a nine-year absence, the C2, C3 and C4 have been selected as the hard, medium and soft compounds respectively. Drivers will get two sets of the hard tyre (marked white), three sets of the medium tyre (marked yellow), and eight sets of the soft tyre (marked red), as well as access to the green intermediate tyre and the blue full wets, should they be required....

After an eventful race in Azerbaijan saw George Russell narrowly beat Max Verstappen, Formula 1 moves straight onto the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. But how much do you know about the Sepang International Circuit? F1.com has your all-in-one guide… When was Malaysia’s first Grand Prix? After it was decided that the Bahrain Grand Prix would not take place in its original calendar slot in April, Malaysia stepped up to host the event, shifting it to the first weekend of October....

Isack Hadjar’s sophomore season in Formula 1 has been something of a rollercoaster having been brought into Red Bull alongside Max Verstappen, occupying a spot which many have failed to keep over the years. The Frenchman’s impressive debut campaign in 2025, which included a podium at Zandvoort, certainly caught the attention of the Red Bull hierarchy and Hadjar has slowly adapted to the unique challenge - one he relishes - of being Verstappen’s team mate in 2026....

The next round of the 2026 season will see teams and drivers tackle the challenge of the Sepang International Circuit, which has stepped up to host the Bahrain Grand Prix - but what kind of weather conditions are in store at a venue F1 hasn’t raced at in nine years? Malaysia’s unpredictable weather played a massive role in previous events, with sudden downpours forcing teams to amend their strategies in an instant whilst testing drivers' skills on a slick track....

The 2026 Formula 1 season continues this weekend as Sepang hosts Round 16 on the calendar, the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia. Free Practice 1 and 2 will take place on Friday, October 2, followed by Free Practice 3 and Qualifying on Saturday, October 3, and the Grand Prix itself on Sunday, October 4. Vital statistics *From the last five Grands Prix at Sepang The driver’s verdict Jolyon Palmer, former Renault F1 driver: Sepang is a brilliantly flowing lap, with a fast middle sector splintering big braking zones with plenty of switchback opportunity....

It saddens me that Esteban Ocon may not be in F1 next year because I think he still deserves to have a ride. He became the 111th driver to win a Grand Prix in Hungary in 2021, in that odd race when everybody bar Lewis Hamilton pitted for dry tyres at the end of the grid formation lap. And he did it the hard way. The comments from the rivals he beat that day - four-time champion Sebastian Vettel who chased him all the way (and whose Aston Martin was later disqualified); seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton; and his double championship-winning Alpine team mate Fernando Alonso - made interesting reading....

Plenty of points still to play for George Russell cut Kimi Antonelli’s championship lead from 81 points to 66 at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, bringing him back into the title race conversation after he had ruled himself out of it. Can the Briton build on that swing at the Bahrain Grand Prix and beyond, and become a genuine contender once more? F1.com runs through the factors working in his favour…...

Formula 1 will end a nine-year hiatus from the Sepang International Circuit when the venue plays host to the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia this week. Sepang welcomed Formula 1 annually between 1999 and 2017, and was the location for a spree of iconic moments, including rain-lashed drama, controversy, and critical moments in championship battles. Let’s take a look back at 10 of the most memorable moments from the Sepang International Circuit…

Lando Norris has apologised to Franco Colapinto for comments he made immediately after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, admitting “it was wrong of me” to do so. Colapinto locked up and went too deep at Turn 1 during the first Safety Car restart at the Baku City Circuit, taking out both Alpine team mate Pierre Gasly and the McLaren of Norris. The stewards subsequently gave Colapinto a 10-second time penalty, which was converted into a five-place grid drop for the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, given that the Argentinian did not finish Saturday’s race....

Ferrari Team Principal Fred Vasseur has promised that the Maranello-based squad will bring developments to the SF-26 “soon” after Charles Leclerc cited a lack of recent development as a reason behind their poor form in Azerbaijan. Baku specialist Leclerc qualified second, an outcome that even surprised the team given the straight-line speed deficit that has been apparent all season. However, race day brought something of a reality check when he slipped down the order to P5 in the opening laps as he was unable to defend....