Max Verstappen may need a break from F1
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Formula 1 and the FIA can use a month-long break to review new rules after safety scares, strange overtakes, and fresh doubts from Max Verstappen.
Formula One enters an enforced five-week break with plenty to ponder following Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix. The third race of the sport's new engine era exposed the shortcomings of the rules overhaul,
Just three races into the 2026 Formula 1 season and we’ve reached a five-week break. Following a season-changing Japanese Grand Prix after a close call for Haas’s Ollie Bearman, both the Bahrain Grand Prix and the Saudi Arabian Grand
Oliver Bearman crashed heavily at the Spoon Curve on Sunday at the Japanese Grand Prix, and the F1 driver has not responded.
Sunday’s race is a big deal, as it will be the final F1 race for well over a month, as the FIA has been forced to cancel the two events in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia due to the ongoing war between the United States and Iran.
Drivers feel as if they’ve been ignored by the FIA and F1 about the new regulations and potential for high-speed crashes like Bearman's
The Formula One season will take a forced five-week break just after the first three races of the year. Following the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, won by Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli, the next race is only on May 3 in Miami.
The Cadillac F1 team battled to an encouraging result at the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, though both entries still finished near the back of the standings.