Lewis Hamilton is 174cm tall, or 5 feet 8 inches. That puts the seven-time world champion in the shorter half of the 2026 Formula 1 grid, though his height has never been the story of his career.

Formula 1 qualifying is a three-segment knockout, Q1, Q2 and Q3, that whittles a 22-car grid down to a ten-car shootout for pole position. Each segment eliminates the slowest cars on the clock, and ...

Formula 1 cars are neither manual nor automatic in the way those words apply to road cars. They use a semi-automatic sequential gearbox, shifted by two paddles behind the steering wheel, and every ...

George Howson is an F1 Chronicle contributor and FIA accredited journalist with over 20 years of experience following Formula 1. A member of the AIPS International Sports Press Association, George has ...

Valentino Rossi has thrown his support behind Kimi Antonelli’s title bid, with the nine-time motorcycling world champion describing the impact of the 19-year-old Mercedes driver’s title challenge as ...

Lando Norris says he has driven better in the first half of 2026 than he did at the same stage of his title-winning 2025 ...

Liam Lawson has revealed his parents sold their house to keep him racing in karts, while his sisters gave up international dance careers to support him. Lawson ...

Rafael Camara says the example set by Oliver Bearman is giving him extra drive as he pushes for his own route to Formula 1, with the Ferrari Driver Academy member calling his compatriot’s rise from F2 ...

Adrian Newey has given his clearest signal yet that Fernando Alonso will remain with Aston Martin beyond this season, with the team principal saying the two-time world champion’s contribution to the ...

Max Verstappen has named Kimi Antonelli as the driver who has impressed him the most through the first half of the 2026 ...