This is The Athletic’s F1 newsletter. Sign up here to receive Prime Tire directly in your inbox twice a week during the season and weekly in the offseason. Welcome back to Prime Tire, where today it’s time to take stock of this season’s Formula 1 during the brief pause between Rounds 2 and 3.

Last week, news broke that Aston Martin's Formula 1 team was paying out £50 million (about $63 million at current exchange rates) to the carmaker Aston Martin for the naming rights to its own brand. That might sound odd—but the move appears to be a win ...

It's F1 season, folks, and the 2026 season is going to be a wild one. With the new regulations, the teams and drivers who you think could be contenders may not be. But we'll see once the red lights go out in Melbourne.

Formula 1 teams are scrambling to access key racing components stuck in the Middle East due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Iran conflict, City AM can reveal. The regional tensions have already caused both the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia ...

Team principals are praising the spectacle so far, but the ‘lift and coast’ technique during flying laps is prompting calls for possible changes

The new partnership joins TOHO Co., Ltd and TOHO International with the TGR Haas F1 Team. This collaboration brings the iconic monster into the world of Formula

Formula 1 teams have raised a complaint about a 'glitchy' car part after the Chinese Grand Prix, it has been reported. Only 15 of the 22 drivers finished the Grand Prix in Shanghai, with all seven retirements caused by various mechanical issues.

On the latest episode of The Chequered Flag Podcast, pundits Andrew Benson and Sam Bird discuss news of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia Grand Prix cancellations, as well as how teams can turn the unexpected five-week gap into a competitive advantage.