Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google for news you can trust. For 2026, F1 has embraced an increased reliance on hybrid power, upping it from around 20 per cent in ...

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Formula 1's controversial new cars didn't just fail to pass their first audition, they fell flat on their face at the first yell of "action." The opening qualifying session of ...

Formula 1's new era began with 120 overtakes including a feisty battle between George Russell and Charles Leclerc in the early phase of the Australian Grand Prix. Russell went on to win the ...

George Russell will start the first race of the 2026 Formula 1 season on pole position, after an impressive qualifying performance in Melbourne. The Mercedes driver pipped his teammate Kimi Antonelli ...

Mercedes' George Russell and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc battled for and repeatedly swapped the lead in the opening 10 laps The opening race of Formula 1's new era in Australia left all the drivers, ...

George Russell of Mercedes won the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from pole position on Sunday, heralding a new era for Formula 1 after a sweeping regulation change that has sparked polarizing ...

Formula 1 speeds on to Shanghai for the first Sprint weekend of the new season with George Russell aiming to build on his flying start to 2026 at the Chinese Grand Prix. After a dramatic debut for ...

George Russell is the first Mercedes driver to win in Australia since Valtteri Bottas in 2019 George Russell took a comfortable victory in the Australian Grand Prix at the start of a new era of ...

George Russell took advantage of an early virtual safety car and preserved his tires over the final stint to easily win the season-opening Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix. Russell, the betting ...