Formula 1
The four leading F1 prospects on the 2026 F2 grid
There are four main Formula 1 prospects on the Formula 2 grid in 2026 - but also others who are capable of stealing the spotlight
Junior
Prema's founding family - the Rosins - will no longer be involved in the team. That news will leave people, and drivers, reeling
Formula 1
Newly-crowned Formula 2 champion Leonardo Fornaroli has joined McLaren's revamped junior programme roster
Junior
Leonardo Fornaroli has secured the F2 title - but he was made to wait for it following a post-race investigation into another driver
Formula 1
Ex-Lotus Formula 1 development driver Carmen Jorda will return to the Enstone team as Alpine’s head of F1 Academy.
Junior
McLaren will run two cars in F1 Academy next season in an expansion of its female driver development commitment that also includes signing Ella Hakkinen, the daughter of two-time Formula 1 world champion Mika
Junior
Not for the first time in Macau history, there was a surprise ending - and winner - of the single-seater ladder's big 'world cup' weekend
Junior
Watch coverage of the Macau Grand Prix here on The Race!
Junior
A single weekend in Macau can tell you a lot more about a driver than a whole normal season - even though many future greats have missed out on victory there
Junior
Forget Monaco, Baku, Singapore or Las Vegas. If you asked F1 drivers past and present to vote for their favourite street track, Macau would most likely come out on top. That helps explain why it's so important to F1's future crop, too
Endurance
A 2026 racing season that was already set to be a pivotal one in Colton Herta's career has just got bigger - with an additional Cadillac programme added to his schedule
Formula 1
IndyCar race winner and new Cadillac F1 test driver Colton Herta's F2 switch has been finalised with a deal to race for Hitech in 2026
Formula 1
Double World Rally champion Kalle Rovanpera is quitting the series to make a dramatic switch to single-seater racing, starting in Super Formula but aiming for F1
Formula 1
Colton Herta's shock switch from IndyCar to F2 - F1's primary feeder series - for 2026 is a "quite courageous" move that will nevertheless prove very difficult, according to some of the category's current drivers
Junior
Red Bull junior driver Arvid Lindblad caused two race-defining crashes in the Monza Formula 2 feature race, which left one rival particularly aggrieved