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The Bahrain Grand Prix is this weekend!

George Russell, nicknamed "Mister Saturday" for his impressive performances in Qualifying that don't always carry over to race days, lived up to his moniker this weekend. The Brit achieved his first Grand Slam of his career, with having pole position, 100% of laps led, fastest lap, and the race win!

Carlos Sainz has seen his comeback in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix cut short. The Spanish Williams driver who had managed to qualify ninth with his updated FW48, has been sanctioned with five places on the starting grid for not respecting the yellow flags during Q3. The penalty will force him to start from fourteenth position, a hard blow for a team that had placed great hopes in the update introduced in Baku.

The incident occurred during the final phase of qualifying: Lando Norris went off the track before Sainz's arrival, which caused the display of single yellow flags in marshals' sectors 4 and 5, particularly after turn 2 and on the approach to turn 3, the Williams team warned Sainz on the radio: "Yellow ahead, lift", the Spaniard confirmed at the hearing that he was aware of the situation.

The streets of Baku first hosted a Formula 1 race in 2016, with Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg emerging victorious. It was still called the European Grand Prix then, but in 2017, the event was renamed the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.

Spearheaded by famous track designer Hermann Tilke, the Baku City Circuit is a street track that's unlike other conventional street circuits. Similar to Monaco, drivers need to be precise in navigating the tight walls around here, but the Baku layout actually provides genuine overtaking opportunities. 

If you're Max Verstappen's opponent and you see him coming out of two practice sessions in good spirits, you should be feeling close to terrified right now.

After Free Practice 1 and 2 at the 2026 F1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Verstappen was feeling positive, saying that their car's upgrades are "working well." He was "pretty happy" with the RB26, and emphasized that they could fight for at least a podium place on Saturday.

Fernando Alonso is exactly the same on and off camera, at least that's what Gabriel Bortoleto assures, Audi driver and represented by the two-time world champion through his A14 Management agency, the Brazilian who faces his second season in Formula 1, has had the opportunity to meet the Asturian in his most private side and his conclusion is clear: there are not two versions of Alonso, but only one, authentic and unfiltered.

"He's very direct when he's in front of the cameras, he's just as he shows himself, one of his qualities is that he doesn't fake it, so I think people know how he is" Bortoleto explained during his participation in the podcast The Fast And The Curious. The young 21-year-old driver especially highlighted Alonso's sense of humor: "I love that he's often very sarcastic about many things, people already know it but most of the time he's being sarcastic and it's very funny. I laugh a lot with that" he added.

George Russell has offered a technical and sincere explanation about the reason why Kimi Antonelli is dominating the 2026 season at Mercedes, in an exclusive interview with Car and Driver, the British driver admitted that the W17 adapts better to his teammate's driving style, a reality that has forced him to rethink his own technique after two decades of driving the same way.

"I'm a driver who is normally very aggressive with the rear tires and this season they aren't as good as in previous years, that means Kimi's driving style is a bit more adapted to this car and I have to adjust my way to be a bit kinder to the rear wheels and a bit more aggressive with the front ones" Russell explained.

In the middle of their fierce midfield battle with the Racing Bulls, the Alpine F1 Team has announced the hiring of Mike Elliott as its new Chief Technical Officer. Elliott isn't replacing an existing Alpine CTO, as the position itself is newly created.

As mentioned in the announcement, Elliott will be at the Enstone factory to supervise the team's technical and engineering functions. Alpine's Executive Technical Director David Sanchez, who also had stints with Renault, Ferrari, and McLaren, is expected to report to Elliott.