F1 News Today: Max Verstappen 'fed up', rain threatens Dutch Grand Prix, and a Ferrari world record

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F1 News Today: Max Verstappen 'fed up', rain threatens Dutch Grand Prix, and a Ferrari world record

The biggest F1 news headlines on Monday August 17

Graham Shaw Consultant Editor

Digital sports specialist running global brands for 30 years

Monday 17 August 2026 16:55

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Four-time world champion Max Verstappen has been a vocal critic of F1's new regulations, but the Red Bull star says he is 'fed up' of talking about them as he considers his next steps in the sport.

Ahead of the 2026 campaign, F1 had a huge overhaul with new aerodynamic and power unit regulations having been introduced simultaneously, and they have come in for a lot of criticism since.

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F1 2026 Dutch Grand Prix weather forecast - danger of rain for Zandvoort farewell

It's back! It's back! F1 is finally back from its summer break this weekend, and it's kicking off with what might well be the sport's last ever race at Zandvoort.

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The Dutch track first held an F1 world championship race all the way back in 1952, with well over 30 races being held over the years up to Sunday's farewell.

It could – just could – be a spectacular farewell though, with the weather forecasts indicating that fans could see the 2026 spec F1 cars run in wet weather conditions for the very first time.

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F1 team boss reveals brutal nature of high-profile sacking

When Graeme Lowdon was unceremoniously sacked as Cadillac team principal it once again illustrated the brutal nature of F1.

Surviving in the paddock for any length of time is no mean feat, and Lowdon became the latest victim when he was removed from his post on Wednesday.

The decision came with Cadillac sitting at the bottom of the constructors' standings, without a single point to show for their rookie season so far.

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Fernando Alonso F1 blow as Honda chief delivers Aston Martin reality check

Fernando Alonso's hopes of winning more F1 races and titles with Aston Martin have been dealt a blow by a reality check from Chief Honda engineer Shintaro Orihara.

With Alonso in the car, Honda on board as power unit supplier, and Adrian Newey designing the AMR26, Aston Martin thought they had assembled the F1 dream team heading into the 2026 campaign, but things have not turned out like that.

Issues with both the power unit and the design of the AMR26 have left the team looking back on a disastrous first half of the season, sitting 10th in the constructors' standings with just a single point on the board.

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Ferrari's controversial electric car just sold for a WORLD RECORD price at auction

Ferrari turned heads when they unveiled a new, all-electric production vehicle earlier this year, and now it has fetched a world-record price at auction.

The Ferrari Luce is the iconic Italian manufacturer's first fully electric car, and it was engineered, developed, and manufactured in Maranello, just like their F1 single seater.

The car uses a quad-motor all-electric powertrain, with a motor in each wheel giving it more than 1,000 horsepower. All of that means the Luce can accelerate from 0-100 km/h in around 2.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 310 km/h.

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F1 star Fernando Alonso cruises around Monaco in ultra-rare $2.3m supercar

F1's summer break is in its final weekend, and the sport's biggest stars have all been spending their time away from the track differently.

Lewis Hamilton has been seen taking Kylie Jenner for a spin on a dirt track, George Russell is now engaged after proposing to his partner Carmen Mundt, and Charles Leclerc has been spotted on a yacht with his wife Alexandra Saint Mleux.

Now we know how Aston Martin star Fernando Alonso has been spending some of his time, with the two-time world champion having been spotted cruising around the streets of Monaco in an ultra-rare supercar.

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Axed F1 team boss on running for FIA president

Former Haas F1 chief Guenther Steiner has laughed off the suggestion that he would ever run for FIA president.

Steiner is a hugely popular figure having become a star on F1's Drive to Survive series, but he also has serious motorsport pedigree behind him, having worked in rallying, NASCAR, and F1.

Steiner lost his role at Haas ahead of the 2024 season, but he has continued to be a regular in the paddock in a media capacity, making him a household name among fans.

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Graham Shaw - Consultant Editor

Digital sports leader with 30 years of senior level experience running global brands. Built sportinglife.com to be a behemoth in the UK as well as being in charge of the Planet Sport network of sites including planetf1.com, football365.com, teamtalk.com and planetrugby.com. Then grew goal.com to be the world's biggest soccer website in 18 languages and 37 territories. Was GM of Portals for Perform Group (now DAZN) with overall responsibility for sportingnews.com, spox.de and voetbalzone.nl.

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