The Race

Week ending 29 September 2026

In the headlines

• Alpine lose both cars, keep both drivers
• Norris wants bans. Montreal 2025 would like a word
• Ferrari backs Vasseur, as it once backed Binotto
• Lawson delighted to be hit by his teammate

At the desk

• Edd Straw read out Fred Vasseur's verdict on the Horner rumours: "Christian Horner is looking for a job everywhere, but what can I do?" Straw's sources say there have been no talks about a role at Maranello since John Elkann offered Horner the job in 2022.
• On Arvid Lindblad hitting his teammate Liam Lawson, Straw said "there is a case to be made that what he did is worse in terms of driving" than Franco Colapinto's crash. Colapinto got a five-place grid drop. Lindblad got seventh.

Said

• 1:10 “Colopinto got a 10 second time penalty for causing a collision. That's turned into a five place grid drop for the next race”
• 0:38 “He was fuming, you know, really, really unhappy. He said this is his parts are in the bin, McLaren's lost money, you know, real consequential crash.”
• 8:34 “I think there is a case to be made that what he did is worse in terms of driving than what Colopinto did. Because he has put his car there deliberately. He has attacked.”
• 0:52 “called for a ban and also kind of questioned whether that kind of driving standard should belong in Formula One”
• 6:15 “I cannot believe this hasn't resulted in a penalty”
• 1:06 “sources have made clear that that is not quite the case”