Niki Lauda has revealed that Mercedes tried to sign Max Verstappen last year. Ultimately, Verstappen was retained by Red Bull, with Mercedes team chairman Lauda saying that onl...
Valtteri Bottas says he is not worried about car reliability ahead of the British grand prix. That is despite the fact that the reigning champions had an awful Austrian grand p...
Sebastian Vettel has questioned the FIA's decision to include fast corners in the new DRS zone at Silverstone. Normally, a DRS zone is a straight line simply to improve cha...
Claire Williams has admitted the once-great British team will struggle at Silverstone. Driver Lance Stroll has already called the 2018 car "slow", and deputy boss Wil...
McLaren has reportedly scrapped its plans to enter an Indycar team for 2019. The move was being planned by Zak Brown, but a performance and management crisis within the Woking ...
Kimi Raikkonen says he is happy to eventually accept Ferrari 'team orders'. In Austria, many were surprised when the Italian team did not order Raikkonen to let Sebasti...
Daniel Ricciardo now appears certain to be re-signing with Red Bull for 2019 and 2020. Earlier, the Australian was linked with moves to Ferrari, Mercedes or McLaren, but now it...
Christian Horner says Mercedes threw a key team member "under the bus" during last week's Austrian grand prix. With Lewis Hamilton complaining about a bungled str...
Zak Brown says "pressure" on McLaren led to the departure of team boss Eric Boullier. Amid McLaren's continuing performance crisis and rumblings of internal staff...
Gerhard Berger says Liberty Media has lots of work to do to keep the F1 show alive. The F1 legend, who drove for McLaren and Ferrari, told Auto Hebdo that a lot of what the spo...
F1 may revisit the rules about impeding other drivers in qualifying, according to FIA steward Derek Warwick. Warwick, a former F1 driver, was on the panel that decided to penal...
Robert Kubica says he will know in the next few months if his chances of returning to the grid in 2019 are realistic. The Pole is currently the reserve driver at Williams, but ...
Bernie Ecclestone has praised Ferrari's decision to resist imposing team orders in Austria. Sebastian Vettel could have extended his championship lead beyond a single point...
Christian Horner has admitted that Red Bull is getting close to re-signing Daniel Ricciardo for 2019. Earlier, the Australian was flirting with a switch to Ferrari or Mercedes,...
F1 is now on the cusp of finalising its rules for 2021. It is believed a meeting between Liberty Media, the FIA and the ten teams will take place ahead of the British grand pri...
After four years spent at McLaren, Eric Boullier resigned from his racing director role. The Frenchman joined the Woking based team from Lotus in 2014 and was in charge of the s...
Mercedes is hoping to avoid penalties this weekend at Silverstone. Last weekend, the reigning world champions suffered an ultra-rare double DNF, with Ferrari boss Maurizio Arri...
Bernie Ecclestone has questioned whether Liberty Media will be able to add Miami to next year's F1 calendar. F1's new owners are confident they will add the second US d...
Ferrari may now have overtaken Mercedes as the maker of the best engine in formula one. Red Bull competes with F1's third best engine, the Renault, whose boss Christian Hor...
Renault drivers say they could barely feel the effect of the new qualifying 'party mode' in Austria. The French supplier has lagged behind Mercedes and Ferrari in terms...
F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn says he hopes Fernando Alonso stays in F1. Rumours are growing stronger by the race that the Spaniard, who won Le Mans recently and last year raced ...
Daniel Ricciardo may be inching towards a new deal with Red Bull. The Australian has been linked with moves to Ferrari, Mercedes or McLaren for 2019, but Red Bull's Dr Helm...
Lance Stroll says Williams' car problems equate to up to a 30 horse power deficit. The British team is stuck in arguably its worst ever crisis, with the slowest car in form...
Team boss Maurizio Arrivabene has warned that Ferrari may struggle this weekend at Silverstone. Thanks to Mercedes' double failure, Sebastian Vettel left Austria on Sunday ...
There will be no German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in 2019. The circuit is hosting a race next month, but organisers have been unable to reach a new deal with F1 owner Liberty Med...
F1 looks poised to announce its new engine regulations for 2021. It is expected that the FIA and Liberty Media will simplify the rules and attract new manufacturers like Porsche...
McLaren has sidestepped reports that Kimi Raikkonen might be in the team's sights for 2019. It is already rumoured that Daniel Ricciardo is being lined up as a potential rep...
Dr Helmut Marko says Red Bull is getting "closer" to re-signing Daniel Ricciardo for 2019. The Australian has been linked with potential moves to Ferrari, Mercedes or ...
Charles Leclerc has admitted he hears the rumours about his future in Formula One. Many are tipping the 20-year-old reigning GP2 champion, under contract to Ferrari's driver...
Paul Ricard boss Stephane Clair sounds unsure about whether the French Grand Prix venue should axe its controversial 'Mistral chicane'. Many drivers called on the FIA a...
They may not be on the grid, but there will be 'girls' in Austria this weekend. Dietrich Mateschitz, the Red Bull magnate and owner of the venue of this weekend's Au...
Max Verstappen has admitted that the reaction of journalists to Sebastian Vettel's messy French grand prix made him "angry". In the official post-race press confe...
The Italian press has lashed out at Sebastian Vettel for his "amateur error" in the French Grand Prix. The Ferrari driver had a one point lead heading into the Paul Ri...
Red Bull will not re-brand its engines next year. Recently, the energy drink owned brand has worked with title sponsor Aston Martin and re-branded its customer Renault engines a...
Adrian Newey has scoffed at rumours that suggest he could switch to Renault. The Red Bull technical boss, who is arguably the most famous F1 designer of all time, told Auto Bild...
Kimi Raikkonen has denied that he desperately needs a Grand Prix win. The 38-year-old Finn is not commenting on widespread speculation that Ferrari intends to replace him for 20...
Mercedes now appears ready to announce its 2018 driver lineup. At Paul Ricard, Lewis Hamilton gave the strongest indication yet that his long-delayed new contract with Mercedes ...
Zak Brown has admitted that Fernando Alonso might not race an orange car in Formula One next year. Spaniard Alonso won Le Mans recently, and he now wants victory at the Indy 500...
Red Bull Racing will not use a new 'MGU-K' unit supplied by Renault this weekend in Austria. Marca reports that Renault has been using the 2017 version of the energy rec...
Stoffel Vandoorne has played down an apparent 'crisis meeting' that took place in the McLaren motor home on Sunday. Reports suggest the beleaguered team's entire rac...
Carlos Sainz says he would be happy to stay at Renault in 2019. Actually, the Spaniard is merely 'on loan' to the French team this year, as Red Bull has contractual cont...
Niki Lauda thinks the FIA let Sebastian Vettel escape with a lenient penalty after a first lap crash at Paul Ricard. Vettel and Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas collided at the s...
The third free practice was difficult for the drivers due to harsh weather conditions, as five drivers remained in the pit lanes, among them was Verstappen. Valtteri Botta...
Kevin Magnussen says he is not focusing on a court case involving his former manager. The Danish press is full of reports about a case brought by Dorte Riis Madsen, who is claim...
Daniel Ricciardo has not denied that McLaren has offered a whopping $20 million a year for him to switch to the beleaguered British team. "Daniel is the king of the market...
Max Verstappen sounds enthused about Red Bull's Honda-powered future. That is despite the fact that many in the paddock are wondering why a top team would sign up with a Jap...
Charlie Whiting has played down concerns about Paul Ricard's 'patchwork' track surface. Although the French venue has prepared itself for the first Grand Prix in the...
Lewis Hamilton may be facing the next several Grands Prix without Mercedes' new specification engine. That is despite the fact that, following the delay in Montreal, other M...
Lewis Hamilton has given a strong sign that he is motivated not only to win this year's world championship, but then keep racing beyond 2018. The long delay in the Briton...
Fernando Alonso's manager has played down speculation the Spaniard is weighing up between Formula One or Indycar for 2019. After winning Le Mans, the double world champion o...
New world championship leader Sebastian Vettel says he is confident ahead of the first French Grand Prix in a decade. Having captured the lead in the drivers' title standing...
Esteban Ocon is still on standby for a future at the Mercedes works team. Currently, the talented Frenchman is at Mercedes-powered customer Force India, but on standby should Me...
Cyril Abiteboul says he understands why Red Bull decided to drop its supply of Renault engines. The energy drink owned team announced this week that it will instead use Honda po...
The McLaren Formula 1 team is interested in signing Daniel Ricciardo for the next season and offers over 20 million dollars. The Australian driver has said previously that he is...
Dr Helmut Marko says Renault forced Red Bull into making an early call about its 2019 engine supplier. Red Bull wanted another race to assess existing supplier Renault's new...
A source close to Vijay Mallya has denied the latest wave of speculation about his F1 team Force India. Recently, the boss of British energy drink Rich Energy said it has agreed...
Toro Rosso will not lose its works status now that senior team Red Bull has signed up to also be powered by Honda engines from 2019. That is the news from Honda's F1 general...
Fernando Alonso says tackling the Indy 500 yet again is now a "high priority". When the Spaniard announced he was going to contest last year's fabled US-based oval...
Honda and Red Bull Group have signed an agreement whereby Honda will enter into a partnership with Red Bull Racing to supply it with power units for two years from the start o...
Dr Helmut Marko has admitted he considered ousting struggling Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley. In past weeks, rumours abounded that the Red Bull consultant was shopping around...
Red Bull has joined fellow top teams Ferrari and Mercedes in expressing concerns about Liberty Media's vision of the future beyond 2020. Team official Dr Helmut Marko said ...
Former team boss Martin Whitmarsh has offered to step in amid a reported staff revolt at McLaren. The Daily Mail reports that some McLaren staff, upset about the great British t...
F1's popular Belgian Grand Prix is staying on the calendar. With Liberty Media pushing further into the US and elsewhere, there had been fears some races in Europe might be ...
Red Bull's choice of fuel supplier means it is not maxing out the power of the Renault engine. That is the claim of Cyril Abiteboul, as the long and often troubled Red Bull-...
Adrian Newey has declined to confirm or deny rumours he is looking to leave Red Bull. Rumours suggest the famous F1 designer is contemplating an offer from Renault to join the F...
Renault CEO Carlos Ghosn says the French manufacturer intends to win in Formula One without the biggest budget. Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul recently acknowledged that the ...
Red Bull is not caving in to Renault's pressure to immediately make its choice of engine supplier for 2019. The energy drink owned team wants to finally choose between Rena...
With uncertainty looming over Red Bull's next move, Renault looks to have kept up with Honda's rate of progress. Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko said after Montreal that...
Hankook has entered the frame as F1's potential next sole tyre supplier. In 2013, it was reported that the South Korean tyre marque had "several meetings" with th...
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes may finally be ready to announce the continuation of their marriage. A deal has long been delayed, amid rumours the British driver is seeking more m...
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