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Lego’s offering of Formula 1 toys is steadily growing and now includes kits to build every team on the F1 grid, albeit with last year’s liveries. The series of Lego Speed Champions kits are predominantly marketed to kids, but two F1 cars carry an 18+ age rating.The kits in question are for last year’s Red Bull RB20 and the Visa Cash App RB VCARB 01. Both sets carry almost the same …Keep reading

Organisers of Formula 1’s Madrid Grand Prix have eased concerns over the race’s timeline by awarding a tender for the construction of the hybrid street circuit.On Tuesday a contract was signed with Spanish construction firm ACCIONA (60%) and France’s Eiffage Construction (40%), who will form a joint venture to construct the 5.47km circuit close to Madrid’s Barajas airport, around the IFEMA …Keep reading

Formula 1 chief Stefano Domenicali says it is “crucial” for the new 2026 power unit regulations to allow manufacturers who are falling behind to catch up.Domenicali, the FIA and F1’s present and future power unit manufacturers gathered in Bahrain last week to discuss possible future engine options for the series, as well as any tweaks to the incoming engine regulations for next year.Amid …Keep reading

Oscar Piastri may have won two of the last three Formula 1 grands prix but, much like in the drivers’ championship, it is his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris who still leads the way at the top of the F1 Fantasy points scorers.Victory last time out in Bahrain for Piastri does make the Australian an intriguing prospect ahead of the next race, in Jeddah this Sunday, especially given Piastri …Keep reading

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel thinks McLaren driver Lando Norris’ public self-criticism is something to admire rather than criticise.Over a difficult weekend in Bahrain, Norris was hugely self-critical over his problems adjusting to the behaviour of his 2025 McLaren, which has seen significant changes compared to the 2024 car he excelled in.While Norris finished …Keep reading

“Not super fun so far” – either a pithy scrawled note penned by the late Roger Ebert part-way through a tepid, multi-million dollar blockbuster (Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, perhaps?) or Liam Lawson’s assessment of his opening four races in 2025. As we’re not Empire Magazine, you know it’s probably the latter point.This was supposed to be Lawson’s big break. Parachuted into the second Red …Keep reading

The contract renewal that confirmed Stefano Domenicali as CEO of Formula 1 Group for another five years was met with near-unanimous approval.“The most important aspect for me was having the complete trust of Liberty Media’s leadership,” Domenicali said. “They gave me total freedom to shape the team and the system that will be needed to keep driving growth. On a personal note, I also …Keep reading

After letting his McLaren slide off the track on lap 44 in Melbourne and losing a lot of points, Oscar Piastri has been almost flawless since then. Two victories, in Shanghai and Bahrain, and a third place in Suzuka allowed him to regain almost everything he lost in the season opener. Piastri now sits just three points behind his team-mate and the driver who’d been tipped to win the title before …Keep reading

Christian Horner admits it feels like he is “looking at two different watches” as the Red Bull team principal revealed the RB21’s issues stem from a lack of correlation between wind tunnel and track data.Despite Max Verstappen winning the Japanese Grand Prix and with the Dutchman still the reigning Formula 1 world champion, Red Bull’s dominance of recent years ebbed away throughout …Keep reading

We’ve been privy to the renderings of the Genesis-planned LMDh (Le Mans Daytona hybrid), hypercar competitor coming to WEC and IMSA racing series within the next year or two. But the big reveal of the polished, fiery orange-clad physical competitor for its Genesis Magma Racing effort — the GMR-001 hypercar — happened Wednesday on the US shore at this week’s New York International Auto …Keep reading