Max Verstappen has issued a worrying verdict on the RB22 after yet another nightmare performance in Japanese Grand Prix qualifying, adding to his torrid start to the 2026 F1 campaign. Four-time world champion Verstappen has not started the 2026 campaign as he would have liked,

Toto Wolff has said the prospect of the Mercedes Formula 1 team swooping to sign four-time world champion Max Verstappen from Red Bull is “not on.” There were repeated links b

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Max Verstappen refused to take questions at a news conference in Japan until a journalist from The Guardian left the area. Red Bull Content Pool Prime Tire Newsletter | This is The Athletic’s F1 newsletter.

Max Verstappen will soon be able to find his way to the stewards room with his eyes closed after he was summoned there twice on Friday. The first came after a run in with Lewis Hamilton in which the Red Bull driver almost crashed into the back of the Ferrari. Hamilton was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Mercedes remains on course for another front-row lock-out as Kimi Antonelli and George Russell show their hand in FP3 at Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix