Max Verstappen took a break from a frustrating Formula One season by driving in a four-hour race at the Nuerburgring in Germany on Saturday where he won only to be disqualified.

An emotional Kimi Antonelli won a grand prix for the first time on Sunday in China ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell and Lewis Hamilton, who made his maiden podium for Ferrari.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli erased the record of Sebastian Vettel, who was 21 when he took pole for the Italian Grand Prix in 2008.

A new era in Formula One revs up this week with Lando Norris starting his world title defence and Cadillac making their debut at a wide-open Australian Grand Prix that will test the impact of sweeping rule changes.

The start of any Formula One season is a game of smoke and mirrors: this one, which gets underway in Melbourne on March 8, has the added intrigue of sweeping changes that could shake up the established order.

Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton tested for the entire day and was second to Antonelli by more than half a second.

Formula One endured a rainy second day of private testing in Barcelona on Tuesday, with only Red Bull and Ferrari braving the wet conditions.

Lewis Hamilton is braced for the "massive challenge" of adapting to the seismic change in technical regulations facing the 2026 Formula One grid as Ferrari unveiled their new car on Friday.

In 2026, on the back of crowning a new champion, Formula 1 is set to embrace its biggest regulation changes in more than a decade.

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Seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton crashed in the final practice of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of qualifying later Saturday.

Oscar Piastri grabbed pole position for the penultimate race of the Formula One season when he edged team-mate and title rival Lando Norris as time expired in Saturday's qualifying for the Qatar Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen is seeking a hat-trick of wins at the Qatar Grand Prix this weekend as this year's Formula One world championship reaches boiling point in the Arabian Gulf.

Lewis Hamilton had every reason to feel good about the effort he put in Saturday night, but as a seven-time Formula 1 champion, his bar is too high for moral victories.

Lewis Hamilton did his best to stay upbeat for the future on Sunday after yet another wretched weekend in what he described as a "nightmare" year with Ferrari.

Max Verstappen's late bid for a fifth drivers world title suffered a setback on Friday when he qualified only sixth for Saturday's sprint race at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, 28, announced his engagement to long-time partner Alexandra Saint Mleux, 24, ahead of the Grand Prix in Brazil.

Lewis Hamilton was forthcoming about his call for Formula 1's ruling body to to increase clarity of their decisions.