Why Ferrari didn’t use Hamilton to help Leclerc

Ferrari has explained why it decided against using Lewis Hamilton to try to tow team-mate Charles Leclerc to pole position at Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix.

Hamilton’s five-place grid penalty for this weekend’s race at Monza meant he would never be in contention to start at the front – so opened up an opportunity for him to be used to give Leclerc a beneficial slipstream.

The idea seemed even more of a logical option for Ferrari with the field being so competitive in Italy and a tiny advantage from a tow potentially having a big impact in the fight for the top spot.

Hamilton himself had even suggested in the build up to the weekend that he would be open to the idea if it meant helping Leclerc to the front.

“It’s not been discussed,” he said. “But if it meant getting Charles there, then I would be happy to play that role.”

But despite the opportunity that was clearly on the table as Leclerc matched eventual pole position man Max Verstappen in the first Q3 runs, Ferrari elected not to impose it for the second efforts – with Leclerc holding track position in front of Hamilton throughout.

While Leclerc was happy with the lap he delivered, he admitted not getting the perfect tow from those ahead of him perhaps compromised him as he ended up 0.215 seconds behind Verstappen at the end.

“I’m happy in a way that I think we’ve maximised the package that we had today, and I think I did a really good first lap in Q3,” he said.

“Unfortunately on the second lap of Q3 I was a little bit in the front with nobody – or just Yuki [Tsunoda] – in front. That makes a big difference here, so there wasn’t much more that we could have done.

“But I think we did a good job maximising the result. I think the gaps show that McLaren and Red Bull are a bit too far ahead.”

Asked if the slipstream should have been discussed, Leclerc said: “It’s something we’ll discuss with the team now.

“It’s always tricky to get it perfectly right and Lewis is still fighting to be starting as far up as possible. So we’ll discuss about it, but I don’t think it’s the main point of today.”

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur was pretty clear after the session that while there were theoretical gains to be had from the slipstream, there were too many downsides to doing it.

With the way that cars have to run at a minimum speed throughout the lap, it would mean needing to totally sacrifice the car in front from being able to do a competitive lap.

Speaking to F1 TV after qualifying about why Ferrari did not go for the tow tactics, Vasseur said: “Because with this story of maximum lap time, if you do it, you have to sacrifice one car, and it’s important for the team and for the two drivers to be in a positive mood.

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“For sure, it could work, but also could not work at all, even for Charles, because you are much more focused then on the tow, the gap with the car in front of you, than on the tyre preparation. And the tyre preparation is so important today that we decided to be focused on your own pace.”

Vasseur added that his conclusion was Ferrari had done the right thing in focusing more on the tyre work – but did concede that things could have been different had Hamilton been totally out of the picture in terms of a grid position.

“We decided to do it this way, without sacrificing anyone,” he added. “Seeing Leclerc’s gap, I don’t think he would have taken pole anyway. Charles understood and didn’t ask for it. It would have been different if Lewis had started from the pitlane.”

Hamilton, who qualified fifth but starts 10th because of his grid penalty, said that the slipstream had never been considered because of the risks involved of getting it wrong.

“It’s not something that’s been in any of my other teams,” he said. “Ultimately, you potentially end up sacrificing one of the drivers. And I’ve already got a five-place penalty, so points wise I needed to be as high as I could.”

Bitter feeling

Leclerc said that being happy with a lap that ended up only being good enough for fourth on the grid was not something to be overjoyed about.

Asked if there was a bittersweet feeling, he said: “It’s also bitter when you are fighting for fourth and third place. So maybe.

“In the end it’s kind of what we expected. But we shouldn’t be satisfied, we should be pushing as much as we can to try to turn that situation around. It’s what we are doing.

“At the end of the day, I did the lap that I wanted, I put everything together, I’m very happy with my lap actually and I don’t think there was much more possible. So on that side I’m positive. But obviously starting fourth isn’t great.”

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Demián Bichir, André Holland, More

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Amazon has announced the cast for Delphi, its new TV series out of the Creed universe, from Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society.

Series regulars include Benji Santiago (Broadway’s The Notebook), Juan Castano (Rob Peace), Demián Bichir (Land), André Holland (Love, Brooklyn), Andre Royo (The Punisher: One Last Kill), Sofia Black-D’Elia (Remarkably Bright Creatures), and Victoria Vourkoutiotis (Elsbeth).

Meanwhile, Wood Harris (The Wire), Niles Fitch (Forever), Dasan Frazier (A Different World), Graham Patrick Martin (Catch-22), Brittany Adebumola (M.I.A.), Rene Moran (Cross), Okieriete Onaodowan (Hamilton), and Breanna Yde (School of Rock) are set for recurring roles.

Now in production in Los Angeles, Delphi follows a group of gifted young boxers in an elite academy fighting to achieve their dreams and reach the pinnacle of the sport.

Benji Santiago will play Santi Torres. Raised in East LA, Santi is a raw talent who has always lived in the shadow of his older brother.

Juan Castano will play Nico Torres. Santi’s older brother, he is a naturally gifted boxer whose personal setbacks have forced him to confront his innermost demons.

Demián Bichir will play Hector Torres. The Torres family patriarch, Hector was born in Mexico and now lives in Los Angeles, where he owns and operates a boxing gym in East LA. Worn and wise, he takes a tough-love approach to raising his sons — demanding the world from them while fiercely advocating on their behalf.

André Holland will play Teddy ‘T-Bone’ Parker. A boxing strategist and lead instructor at the Delphi Academy, T-Bone approaches boxing like chess — intellectual and calculated, with a sensitivity that belies the bloodsport to which he’s dedicated his life.

Andre Royo will play Elmer Tatum. An eccentric boxing encyclopedia, Bronx-born and effortlessly cool, he can predict a final outcome based on what the fighters had for breakfast.

Sofia Black-D’Elia will play Bobbi Weiss. An accountant with a dream of pursuing her true passion: becoming a trainer at an elite boxing academy. Bobbi has boxing in her bones — with extensive knowledge of the sport and a keen eye for talent despite never having stepped in the ring herself.

Victoria Vourkoutiotis will play Kai Katsaros. An introverted young boxer with incredible ability and skill who battles to overcome low confidence, high anxiety and stage fright in pursuit of her potential.

Wood Harris will play Little Duke. Son of Tony “Duke” Evers and the legendary trainer of Apollo Creed, he continues that legacy today by training the young talent from the Delphi Academy.

Niles Fitch plays Dante, with Dasan Frazier as Remy, Graham Patrick Martin as Jackson, Brittany Adebumola as Mina, b (You) as Didi, Rene Moran as Iggy, Okieriete Onaodowan as Freddie, and Breanna Yde as Ana.

Marking the first live-action series extension of the Creed film franchise, Delphi‘s showrunner is Marco Ramirez, who is exec producing alongside Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo via their Outlier Society, Winkler Films’ Irwin Winkler, David Winkler, Charles Winkler, Sebastian Winkler as well as William Chartoff, Philipp A. Barnett, Jennifer Johnson and José Padilha, who is directing the pilot.

Santiago is repped by CESD and Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman.; Castano by Gersh and Industry Entertainment; Bichir by CAA; Holland by WME, Anonymous Content, and Del Shaw Moonves; Royo by Buchwald, Entertainment 360, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Black-D’Elia by CAA, Brookside Artists Management, and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Vourkoutiotis by BRS/Gage, Noble Caplan Abrams, and Vision Entertainment; Harris by Gersh and Artists First; Fitch by Verve, Entertainment 360, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Frazier by Paradigm, Tassell Talent Group, and Fox Rothschild; Martin by Innovative Artists, Untitled, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Adebumola by CESD, Authentic, and Schreck Rose Dapello; b by Innovative and Authentic; Moran by Ellis Talent Group and Vault Entertainment; Onaodowan by Innovative and Rob Kolker Management; and Yde by CESD and Untitled.

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‘Lee Cronin’s The Mummy’ Comes to Digital, But When Will ‘The Mummy’ 2026 Be Streaming Free on HBO Max?

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Want to start your week off scared? Good news, then, because the 2026 The Mummy movie—aka Lee Cronin’s The Mummy—is coming to digital platforms to buy and rent tomorrow.

Written and directed by Lee Cronin (known for 2023’s Evil Dead Rise), this version of The Mummy stars Jack Reynor as a journalist whose daughter Katie (Natalie Grace) went missing eight years ago. When Katie unexpectedly turns up and is returned to her family, her parents are overjoyed. But the joy doesn’t last, as they quickly realize this is not the daughter they remember. Katie spent too long in a 3,000-year-old sarcophagus and came back very, very wrong.

Also starring Laia Costa, May Calamawy, and Verónica Falcón, Lee Cronin’s The Mummy is yet another re-imagining of The Mummy franchise, which dates all the way back to Boris Karloff in 1932, but is probably best remembered by the 1999 Brendan Fraser adventure film. This new The Mummy movie forgoes the adventure part, and is instead pure horror. If you didn’t get a chance to see the movie on the big screen, you’ll soon be able to buy and rent it on digital. But before you do that, you should know that we expect to see The Mummy 2026 streaming free on HBO Max before the end of the year.

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Where to watch The Mummy 2026 movie on streaming:

The Mummy 2026 will be available to buy or rent on digital platforms on Tuesday, May 19 at 12 a.m. Eastern Time (which is also 9 p.m. Pacific Time on May 18). You’ll be able to buy and rent digitally on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, and more. The price may vary depending on which platform you use to purchase the film, but on Amazon Prime the movie will cost $24.99 to buy, and $19.99 to rent. If you rent the movie, you’ll have 48 hours to view after hitting “play.”

The Mummy 2026 movie will also release on 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on July 14. Both the digital and physical releases of The Bride movie will come with bonus features, including making-of featurettes, deleted scenes, and a commentary with writer/director Lee Cronin. (Bonus content may vary depending on which retailer you use to purchase the film.)

The Mummy 2026 is not yet available on a subscription-based streaming service, but we do expect to see The Mummy 2026 movie streaming on HBO Max, free to HBO Max subscribers eventually, because The Mummy is a Warner Bros. movie, and HBO Max is the streamer owned by Warner Bros.

If you’re new to HBO Max, you can sign up for as low as $10.99/month with ads, but an ad-free subscription will cost $18.49/month.

If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the discounted Disney+ Bundles with Hulu and HBO Max. With ads, the bundle costs $19.99/month and without ads, $32.99/month.

When will The Mummy 2026 movie be streaming free on HBO Max?

You might see The Mummy 2026 streaming free (to subscribers) on HBO Max in about one month, around mid-May 2026.

All the new WB theatrical movies end up streaming on Max, though the wait period has varied by title. The Bride, for example, was released on PVOD about a month-and-a-half after opening in theaters, and will begin streaming on HBO Max about two-and-a-half months after it was released in theaters. If The Mummy follows a similar release pattern, you may see The Mummy 2026 streaming on HBO Max around mid-July 2026, presumably after the DVD release date on July 14.

But that’s pure speculation. The Warner Bros. home releases have varied by title. In the meantime, you can always watch The Mummy 2026 movie by buying or renting the movie online.

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More than 200 flights canceled at DFW International Airport

Jordan Parker is the aviation beat reporter for The Dallas Morning News. He covers how air travel affects North Texas and much of his time is spent chronicling the impact Southwest Airlines, American Airlines, DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field Airport are having on the region.

Prior to his arrival in Texas, Jordan had a three-year stint as a breaking news reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle, where he covered general news, such as labor issues, transportation, the emergence of driverless cars, crime and wildfires. In 2024, the San Francisco Press Club honored him and a colleague with a breaking news award after a woman was struck and dragged by a Cruise robotaxi on the streets of San Francisco.

Before he joined the Chronicle, Jordan attended Sacramento State University where he earned his Bachelors degree in journalism.

At Sacramento State he became the first Black editor in chief of The State Hornet, the award-winning student-run campus newspaper. He led a staff of over 60 editors, reporters, broadcasters, and photographers, and served as the public face of the newsroom. Under his leadership, the paper enacted its first-ever diversity initiative, which focused on covering underrepresented communities on campus and won its first Online Pacemaker Award from the Associated Collegiate Press.

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