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...
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...
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...
Arjun Maini will continue as a Haas F1 Team development driver in 2018 while simultaneously competing in his first full season in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Team Triden...
Renault Sport Formula One Team is pleased to confirm a timely continuation of its partnership with Bell & Ross, marked by the launch of three new Renault R.S.18-inspired chr...
Pierre Gasly says that he is solely focusing on his tasks at Toro Rosso, and is not thinking about any possible future with Red Bull. The Frenchman is competing in his first ful...
Ex-Formula 1 driver Jean-Eric Vergne says that Red Bull's decision to bring back Brendon Hartley to the squad "makes me laugh". Hartley made his debut at the US Gr...
Pirelli has confirmed that the new hypersoft tyre will debut at Monaco later this year. For the 2018 season, Formula 1's tyre supplier introduced two new compounds - the sup...
Force India says it is still working on its 2018 car, after a difficult start in Melbourne. Despite finishing fourth overall in 2016 and 2017, the Silverstone based team has fal...
Gunther Steiner has hit back with fury at suggestions Haas is using a carbon copy of last year's Ferrari in 2018. Force India is calling for an investigation into whether wh...
Sebastian Vettel has admitted he does not yet feel at home at the wheel of this year's Ferrari. As in 2017, the German kicked off his new championship campaign with a win --...
Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has confirmed that Santino Ferrucci will retain his role as Haas' development driver for the 2018 season. When the American team joined ...
Australian grand prix organisers say they are open to tweaking the layout of the Melbourne circuit. Australian Grand Prix Corporation chief Andrew Westacott's comments come ...
Force India is in a race for mere survival, its deputy boss Bob Fernley has admitted. Amid owner and boss Vijay Mallya's ever deepening legal troubles, his deputy Fernley ha...
Valtteri Bottas' sponsor thinks the Finnish driver will continue to race with a top team beyond 2018. Bottas had a bad start to his season in Australia with a qualifying cra...
Toro Rosso-Honda has the "potential" to improve in 2018. That is the view of the team's rookie driver Pierre Gasly, after a disappointing first outing for the newl...
Bahrain will set the scene for the next round of tensions between F1 owner Liberty Media and angry top teams Ferrari and Mercedes. The top teams are already threatening to quit ...
F1's race director Charlie Whiting says that upcoming circuits on the calendar could feature additional DRS zones in a boost to aid overtaking. At the Australian Grand Prix ...
The main headline at Albert Park was Sebastian Vettel getting ‘lucky’ to win the first race of the new Formula 1 season by leapfrogging, expected championship rival,...
Red Bull's team principal Christian Horner has suggested that qualifying engine modes should be a part of parc ferme regulations. After the cars leave the garages at the sta...
Formula 1's managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn says that the sport's current overtaking problem can't be solved until 2021. At the Australian Grand Pri...
Dieter Zetsche says Ferrari's win at the 2018 season opener is "good for the championship". He is chairman of Daimler, the parent of Mercedes who have won the past...
Alex Wurz has weighed into the debate about Mercedes' supposed engine "party mode". After Lewis Hamilton dominated qualifying in Melbourne, some said it was becaus...
Ferrari may not have the best car, but it is in the running for the 2018 world championship. That is the view of the Italian press after the Melbourne season opener. Sebastian V...
Niki Lauda has hit out at the FIA for being too hard on Daniel Ricciardo in Australia. Local hero Ricciardo was penalised three places on the grid, after falling foul of a compl...
Gunther Steiner says Haas will line up with the same set of mechanics next weekend in Bahrain. Although it looked like technical glitches, the American team's boss confirmed...
Robert Kubica is reluctant to comment on Williams' poor start to the 2018 season. There are already rumours that the Pole and reserve driver could eventually step in to repl...
Bernie Ecclestone will be back in court next year as the bribery scandal returns. In 2014, the now former F1 supremo escaped jail over corruption charges after paying $100 milli...
The 2018 Formula 1 season got underway on Sunday, with Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari taking the first win of the season. There was heartbreak for Haas, who missed out on big poin...
Mercedes has played down a conspiracy theory relating to Sebastian Vettel's surprise win in Melbourne. The reigning champions are investigating how the virtual safety car pe...
Nico Hulkenberg says the challengers to F1's top three teams have "a lot of work to do" to catch up. Like other hopeful midfield teams including McLaren, Renault e...
Questions remain unanswered after Sunday's 2018 season opener in Melbourne. Max Verstappen, for instance, wonders if viewers might be in for a particularly painful season, g...
Lance Stroll has fired some rare criticism at his F1 employer. Williams has had a tough start to the 2018 season, amid criticism for not signing Robert Kubica as race driver and...
Daniel Ricciardo believes that Red Bull can now fight fair and square with Ferrari after showcasing its pace at the Australian Grand Prix. Ricciardo was involved in a battle wit...
1997 Formula 1 world champion Jacques Villeneuve believes that 2018 has the potential to be Kimi Raikkonen's year in Formula 1. Raikkonen has played second fiddle at Ferrari...
Sergio Perez has reflected on a tough opening weekend for Force India, with the team coming away from Melbourne without a point for the first time since 2009. The team who has b...
Fernando Alonso says that after an encouraging result at the Australian Grand Prix, McLaren must now focus on catching Red Bull. Alonso crossed the line at Albert Park in fifth ...
Max Verstappen has explained his lack of pace during the Australian Grand Prix and inability to pass first Kevin Magnussen and then Fernando Alonso on something breaking off the...
Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has been left to reflect on a "heartbreaking" result at the Australian Grand Prix. Before the pit-stop phase of the race, Magnussen and tea...
Sergey Sirotkin was left disappointed following his debut in Formula 1. The Russian failed to see the chequered flag after a rear brake issue forced him to retire early on ...
Carlos Sainz has explained the reasoning behind his radio messages to his team, when he was heard saying that he was feeling nauseous. The Spaniard suffered from a water pump is...
Sebastian Vettel admits that he got lucky at the Australian Grand Prix, which delivered a win for the German. Vettel started the race from third after qualifying over six tenths...
Lewis Hamilton says that he is in disbelief over his loss of the Australian Grand Prix. The four-time world champion was leading comfortably for the first half of the race,...
Sebastian Vettel took the chequered flag at first race of the 2018 season in Melbourne, holding off rival Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton led the Grand Prix until a virtual safety...
Mercedes has confirmed that it has installed a new energy store and control electronics into Valtteri Bottas' car as a precaution. The Finn exited qualifying on Saturday in ...
Otmar Szafnauer has confirmed that Force India will keep its name throughout the 2018 season. Earlier, it was expected the team would drop the word 'India' from its name...
Heads are scratching as to the true pecking order in 2018. Mercedes went into the Melbourne season opener as the favourite, with most thinking Red Bull and then Ferrari trailed ...
The 2018 Formula 1 season kicks off later today, and it was Lewis Hamilton who stormed his way to pole position on Saturday. The Briton set a stellar lap in the final part of qu...
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