Formula 1 · Question Desk
Question Desk
The Formula 1 desk, one answered question a day: the one the paddock and the fans keep coming back to.
- Tuesday · 22 September 2026 · 2 min readWhy are Formula 1 races getting shorter in 2027?The Formula 1 Commission agreed on Monday to cut a standard grand prix from 305km to 290km, because the 2027 power units will burn more fuel.
Monday · 21 September 2026 · 1 min readWho was the last Italian Formula 1 world champion?Alberto Ascari won the drivers' title in 1952 and 1953, and Kimi Antonelli leads the 2026 championship with 9 rounds left.- Sunday · 20 September 2026 · 2 min readWhy is the Bahrain Grand Prix being held in Malaysia?Bahrain lost the race and kept the name. Conflict in the Middle East forced the round out of the country in April, and Sepang took it for 4 October.
- Saturday · 19 September 2026 · 2 min readIs Fernando Alonso racing in Formula 1 in 2027?Fernando Alonso has not announced whether he will race for Aston Martin in 2027, and he told the FIA press conference in Madrid that news would come "Not soon".
- Friday · 18 September 2026 · 2 min readWhen does the 2027 Formula 1 season start?The 2027 Formula 1 season starts at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday 14 March and ends in Abu Dhabi on 12 December, with 24 races and 10 Sprints.
- Thursday · 17 September 2026 · 2 min readWhy is the 2026 Azerbaijan Grand Prix on a Saturday?The Formula 1 race in Baku runs on Saturday 26 September because Sunday 27 September is Azerbaijan's Remembrance Day, a national day of mourning.
Wednesday · 16 September 2026 · 2 min readWhy did Max Verstappen give back two places in Madrid?Red Bull told Max Verstappen to hand two places back at the Spanish Grand Prix to head off a stewards' penalty for leaving the track at Turn 1.- Tuesday · 15 September 2026 · 1 min readHow big is Kimi Antonelli's championship lead after the Spanish Grand Prix?Antonelli's win at the new Madring circuit stretched his championship lead over Mercedes team-mate George Russell to 81 points.
- Saturday · 12 September 2026 · 2 min readWhy has the FIA restricted active aero at the Madring?To two zones only, after a Formula 3 test at the new Madrid circuit produced 19 red flags in one session, 11 of them from cars hitting the concrete barriers.
- Friday · 11 September 2026 · 1 min readWhen is the next F1 race?The 2026 Spanish Grand Prix at the Madring in Madrid, round 14, on Sunday 13 September. Kimi Antonelli arrives 66 points clear of George Russell.
Earlier entries
- When did an Italian driver last win the Italian Grand Prix before Kimi Antonelli?
- Who has won the most Italian Grand Prix races at Monza?
- Who leads the 2026 Formula 1 drivers' championship going into the Italian Grand Prix?
- Which drivers are sitting out first practice at the 2026 Italian Grand Prix?
- Why is Kimi Antonelli starting at the back of the grid at Monza?
- Which team leads the 2026 Formula 1 constructors' championship going into Monza?
- How long is Lando Norris signed with McLaren for?
- Who leads the Formula 1 drivers' championship going into the Italian Grand Prix?
- When is the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, and what time does the race start?
- Who won the last Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix?
- Who is on pole for the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix, and where does Max Verstappen start?
- Why is the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix the last one?
- When does Formula 1 return, and what is new at the 2026 Dutch Grand Prix?
- Why is there no Formula 1 race for the next three weeks?
- Lando Norris won in Hungary without leading most of it
- Can anyone still catch Kimi Antonelli in the 2026 Formula 1 championship?
- How did Oscar Piastri lose the Hungarian Grand Prix from the front?
- Why is Lewis Hamilton starting fifth in Hungary?
- Why has Max Verstappen not won a race in 2026?
- Can anyone still catch Kimi Antonelli?