Lewis Hamilton has backtracked after enthusiastically hailing the return of F1 'grid girls'. Despite new F1 owner Liberty Media having banned 'grid girls' for 20...
A McLaren junior driver has backtracked after saying Zak Brown has promised him he will move into F1 next year if he wins the Formula 2 title. Nyck de Vries had told a Dutch pub...
Pierre Gasly says that he never expected to finish inside the top five at the Bahrain Grand Prix, after claiming P4. The young Frenchman displayed a dazzling performance fo...
Max Verstappen has blamed Lewis Hamilton for the contact that occurred between the pair on lap 2 of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The duo battled into Turn 1, with Verstappen attempti...
Sebastian Vettel has taken victory at the Bahrain Grand Prix, holding off Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas. Vettel led the race from the very first lap, and altered his strategy to...
Daniel Ricciardo believes that fighting Ferrari in the Bahrain Grand Prix is not impossible. The Australian will line-up in fourth place for the start of the race, alongside Val...
Pirelli has stated that a two-stop strategy is the fastest way to complete the Bahrain Grand Prix. Following the calm one-stop strategies in Melbourne two weeks ago, it was expe...
Toto Wolff says Ferrari's pace in Bahrain vindicates his pre-season claim that Mercedes will struggle to win another title in 2018. Prior to Melbourne, where Mercedes' n...
McLaren figures have been left red-faced after being outperformed by their old Honda engines in Bahrain. Newly Honda-powered Toro Rosso's Pierre Gasly will start the race fr...
An emergency meeting in Bahrain to improve the overtaking situation in Formula 1 broke on Saturday without a solution being agreed. Technical directors got together at the Sakhi...
Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix on Saturday, beating his teammate Kimi Raikkonen to the top spot. The Ferrari pair will lead the field off the lin...
The Monaco Grand Prix boss Michel Boeri has lashed out at F1's new safety concept. Already in the past days, Boeri said he will buck the new 'grid girl' ban and feat...
Brendon Hartley claims that the upgrades Toro Rosso has brought to Bahrain are working better than expected. The Red Bull junior team stunned the paddock on Saturday when Hartle...
Pierre Gasly impressed to finish sixth in the Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying session. Given Lewis Hamilton five-place penalty, the young Frenchman will start the Bahrain Gra...
Sebastian Vettel scored his 51st pole position in the Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying session with an excellent lap time of 1:27.958, a tenth and a half faster than teammate Kimi ...
Max Verstappen has explained that a software glitch caused his crash during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Dutchman says that a 150bhp power surge was the reason for...
Lewis Hamilton says that he is facing a big challenge for the Bahrain Grand Prix, as he will attempt to make a comeback to the front. The Briton will start the race from ninth p...
McLaren admits that it is astonished after qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, as both cars exited ones again in Q2. The two papaya cars will line-up fourteenth and fifteenth...
Sebastian Vettel has taken pole position for the Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari's first in the Sakhir desert since 2007. The German's fastest lap was a 1:27.958, which was ...
Toto Wolff admits that Mercedes look to be in a bit of trouble heading into qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Silver Arrows have struggled so far this weekend in Bahrai...
Kimi Raikkonen has ended the final practice session from Bahrain on top, getting the better of both Mercedes' and Red Bulls. The Finn's best lap time was a 1:29.868.&nbs...
McLaren's Fernando Alonso says the team is aiming to finish inside the top ten during qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Two weeks ago, the Woking-based squad failed to ...
The inaugural race of the FIA Formula 2 championship saw Lando Norris take victory for Carlin. The British driver had a magnificent qualifying session and set the fastest ...
Ferrari was silent after Liberty Media announced in Bahrain that it is pressing ahead with new engine rules and a budget cap for 2021. Earlier, president Sergio Marchionne - who...
Carlos Sainz says that he was very surprised with the lack of pace his former team Toro Rosso showed in Melbourne a fortnight ago. The Red Bull junior squad looked to have posit...
Pirelli looks set to modify the design of its 2018 tyres, following a proposal by world champions Mercedes. Auto Motor und Sport reports that Mercedes' request followed Barc...
Lewis Hamilton is set to receive a five-place grid penalty at the Bahrain Grand Prix as Mercedes will change his gearbox. On Friday evening, the FIA revealed that the Brito...
Daniel Ricciardo says that he doesn't want Valtteri Bottas to receive a penalty for impeding. The Finn interrupted Ricciardo's fast lap during the second practice sessio...
Sebastian Vettel reported that he was happier with his Ferrari following the opening day of running in Bahrain. In Australia two weeks ago, it was revealed that the four-time wo...
Kimi Raikkonen has avoided a grid penalty for the Bahrain Grand Prix after he was released unsafely during the second practice session. Ferrari was practising a pit-stop towards...
Toto Wolff says that despite Kimi Raikkonen fast lap in free practice two being "good", he has played down the speed difference between Ferrari and Mercedes. Ferrari t...
Kimi Raikkonen ended the second practice session from Bahrain on top, leading his teammate Sebastian Vettel for a Ferrari one-two. The Scuderia duo were separated by just eleven...
Christian Horner has urged Liberty Media to be ambitious with its timeframe for laying out the exact details of the new regulations for 2021. On Friday morning in Bahrain, teams...
Marcus Ericsson says that he is pleased with Sauber's straight-line speed in 2018, saying it is a big difference from last year. During the 2017 season, the Swiss team ran w...
Aston Martin has reacted positively to Liberty Media's plans for Formula 1's future, with CEO Andy Palmer stating that the British manufacturer is "extremely please...
Daniel Ricciardo has topped the first practice session from Bahrain, setting a lap time of 1:31.060. The Australian was over three-tenths of a second ahead of the rest of the fi...
The 2018 Formula 1 season has just started, but the silly season for 2019 has already kicked off. Three of the six seats at Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari will be free following...
Liberty Media held a meeting in Bahrain on Friday to present to the teams how the future of Formula 1 will look. Liberty was expected to showcase the finalised engine rules for ...
Monaco and Russia look set to buck the trend and bring 'grid girls' back to formula one. Before the 2018 season began, F1 owner Liberty Media said grid girls will be ban...
Lance Stroll says he remains unfazed by Jacques Villeneuve's constant criticisms. After fellow French Canadian Stroll made his 2017 debut, 1997 world champion Villeneuve sai...
F1's future is speeding ahead in Bahrain. Some are predicting Friday fireworks, when Liberty Media presents its potentially explosive financial and engine plans for 2021 to ...
Max Verstappen says he does not agree that Mercedes' so-called 'party mode' engine setting should be banned. The Dutch driver's Red Bull team boss, Christian Hor...
Haas F1 team has changed up the roles of its pit crew for this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, following the heartbreak it suffered two weeks ago at Melbourne. Haas was on for...
Drivers are confident this weekend's grand prix in Bahrain will be more exciting than Melbourne. While Liberty Media works on making the cars easier to overtake for 2021, th...
Liberty Media is struggling to launch F1's new live streaming service. Before Australia, the new F1 owner announced that limited countries would have access to the service -...
Toto Wolff says Lewis Hamilton's new contract is "as good as done". The Mercedes chief had hoped to get the signatures on paper prior to Melbourne, but amid rumour...
Bahrain International Circuit hosts the Grand Prix of Bahrain this weekend. As a preview a video of a lap around that track onboard with Pascal Wehrlein. ...
Bernie Ecclestone thinks Ross Brawn is eyeing the top job in F1. Before being ousted as F1 supremo, Ecclestone said he did not want to work alongside the former Ferrari and Merc...
Sauber technical boss Jorg Zander says FIA personnel should be free to move to F1 teams. Recently, the moves of engineers Marcin Budkowski and Laurent Mekies from prominent FIA ...
The DRS zone on the start-finish straight in Bahrain has been lengthened for this weekend's Grand Prix in order to boost overtaking. At the season-opening Australi...
Dr Helmut Marko says he wants Daniel Ricciardo to stay at Red Bull. Actually, Australian Ricciardo has gone onto the driver market for 2019, and is already linked with a move to...
Esteban Ocon insists there is "no panic" after a bad start to the season for Force India. The small Silverstone based team finished fourth overall in 2016 and 2017, bu...
Pierre Gasly has backed Honda to up its game in 2018. Following the McLaren-Honda split, Toro Rosso's hopes were high for its new engine partnership following a promising wi...
Carlos Sainz thinks victory for Renault may require a wait of up to three years. The Spaniard is actually 'on loan' to the French works team from Red Bull just for 2018....
Robert Kubica insists he does not see himself as a "teacher" at Williams. The British team has come under fire for its heavily sponsored and notably young and inexperi...
Bernie Ecclestone has backed calls for performance to be equalised in formula one. The former F1 supremo thinks the Mercedes-dominated 'power unit' era has been bad for ...
Sauber has confirmed that Jan Monchaux has joined the team, taking on the role of its Head of Aerodynamics. Monchaux has previous experience working with Toyota and Fe...
Sergey Sirotkin has played down claims Robert Kubica could campaign to derail his formula one career. Recently, 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve warned that as he advances...
This is the chatbox to discuss all the events from the Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit near Sakhir!
McLaren is tangling a tantalising carrot in front of its junior drivers in 2018. According to Dutchman Nick de Vries, McLaren executive Zak Brown has promised that if he or Land...
Liberty Media could be looking to shake up the grand prix weekend format. Auto Motor und Sport reports that a new 'qualifying race' could be held on Saturday that determ...
The famous Monaco grand prix layout could be tweaked by 2025. Forbes' F1 business journalist Christian Sylt said a EUR 2 billion project to reclaim 25 acres of land from the...
Eric Boullier, McLaren's racing director, admitted in an interview that he is encouraged by the Red Bull's pace at the Australian Grand Prix. Heading to Bahrain, the Fre...
Charlie Whiting has dismissed claims from teams who have suggested that Haas' 2018 car is illegal. The American team is in close contact with Ferrari, and have been buying a...
Four-time world champion Lewis Hamilton believes that Ferrari has not yet shown its true pace. At the season-opening Australian Grand Prix just over a week ago, Sebastian Vettel...
Former Formula 1 driver Paul di Resta will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in 2018 alongside United Autosports. The Scotsman will race in the prestigious event in the LMP2 class...
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says that the team was behind in pit stop practice for the Australian Grand Prix, which was the cause for its double retirement. The America...
Reigning Formula E champion Lucas Di Grassi has described the new Formula E car as "a huge step forward" after the first test he had at the Monteblanco circuit in...
Charles Leclerc says that Formula 1 is a big step up to what he's used to, expressing surprise at the number of buttons on an F1 steering wheel. The 20-year-old made hi...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says that the team is close to securing Lewis Hamilton's future, as it settles "the last topics". Hamilton's current deal that he sign...
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