McLaren believes that the upcoming Chinese Grand Prix will show the weaknesses of its MCL32 much more effectively than the opening race of the year in Australia. Having endured...
Valtteri Bottas has explained why he was dissatisfied with his Mercedes debut in Australia, saying that it was because he always expects to achieve the high targets that he sets...
Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko has said that he hopes the team's RB13 car will be a winner by the time of its home Grand Prix in Austria in early July. Its rivals Mercedes ...
Stoffel Vandoorne insists he is staying upbeat, even though he is making his full-time F1 debut in arguably the slowest car overall in 2017. "We are last, that is the reali...
Pascal Wehrlein will return to the cockpit of his Sauber this Friday in Shanghai. That is the claim of the Italian media, after the German apparently voluntarily withdrew from t...
Spectator interest in F1 is picking up as the sport begins its new era. That is the view of Dr Helmut Marko, a top motor racing official for Red Bull, the owner of two F1 teams ...
Rubens Barrichello's son is now beginning his own single seater adventure. Already, the son of Barrichello's former Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher - 18-year-old Mic...
Max Verstappen has backed F1's move to simpler engine technology for 2021 and beyond. Last Friday, the manufacturers already on the grid met with the FIA in Paris to discuss...
Felipe Massa doesn't think that his former teammate Fernando Alonso will quit McLaren early, despite the clear and current state of unhappiness Alonso is in. The 35-yea...
Romain Grosjean has expressed his surprise at the lack of start-line drama at the Australia Grand Prix last weekend, following a change in the clutch regulations. In a bid to m...
Fernando Alonso has so far endured a horrible year in 2017, as his McLaren-Honda has looked quite slow. The car also broke down multiple times during pre-season testing but...
Max Verstappen was getting accustomed to the Australian slang last weekend for the season opener in Melbourne. Driving alongside an Australian driver, one would imagine that Ver...
Sporting Director of Formula 1 Ross Brawn says that he wants to see only the best drivers in F1, pointing to prodigy Max Verstappen as an example of who drivers in lower ca...
Sebastian Vettel admits that it is a relief to return to winning ways after the German took the chequered flag in Melbourne for his first victory since Singapore 2015. Vet...
Kevin Magnussen still has faith and belief that his Haas is a very quick car, despite the reliability issues the team suffered in the season opener in Melbourne last weeken...
Circuit of the Americas chairman Bobby Epstein believes that new F1 owners Liberty Media should own some of the tracks that appear on the calendar throughout the year. When Lib...
F1's new era began with the introduction of the hotly-anticipated revised cars in Melbourne last Sunday, and these have been praised by the drivers as more fun and invo...
After a promising pre-season test, Jolyon Palmer was left with a troublesome Australian Grand Prix weekend, with a crash and multiple car issues. The Brit was left frustrated an...
Formula 1 is set to revise its engine spec from 2021 onwards, as many have been calling for the current 1.6-litre V6 Hybrid to be abandoned. The fans have been complaining about...
Niki Lauda thinks that Valtteri Bottas drove a "sensational" Australian Grand Prix, as the Finn finished third on his debut for Mercedes. Bottas was brought into the t...
Antonio Giovinazzi will once again be in the Formula 1 paddock in China, waiting in the wings with Sauber in case Pascal Wehrlein is deemed unwell to race. The 2016 GP2 runner-u...
Team principal of Haas Guenther Steiner believes that Mercedes' dominance in terms of engine power is over, with Ferrari on par with the Silver Arrows. It does seem after th...
Lewis Hamilton says that his personal life does not affect his on-track concentration or determination as he prepares for a season-long fight for the title. Hamilton's life...
Renault has added two new faces to their young driver academy, with the signings of Christian Lundgaard (15) and Marta Garcia (16). Both drivers enjoyed successful yea...
McLaren is doing everything it can to ignore rumours of a rift with Honda, as well as its weak showings on the circuit, to work hard on devising a solution to its many mechanica...
Team boss at Ferrari Maurizio Arrivabene admits that he will not open contract talks early in the season, as he feels it will distract their drivers as they prepare to mount a t...
2016 GP2 champion Pierre Gasly was today testing in Fuji for the upcoming Super Formula season, where he will compete with Team Mugen. The Frenchman is only one of the six non-J...
Antonio Giovinazzi, who made his F1 debut standing in for Pascal Wehrlein at Sauber last weekend in Melbourne, has said that he will seize another opportunity to race this seaso...
Haas have made the biggest leap from 2016 to 2017, or so show the initial statistics as below is a table drawn up of the times gained from the 2016 qualifying session ...
Former Grand Prix driver Mark Webber believes that the new and revamped 2017 cars mean that Sebastian Vettel is back to a strong mentality after a couple of tough years. V...
Red Bull was predicted to be the team to turn up the pace for this season and take a title challenge to Mercedes. However, if the Australian Grand Prix weekend is anything to go...
Felipe Massa only a couple of months ago believed he would be lounging on a beach somewhere with his wife and son, enjoying the rest of what life has to offer other than Fo...
Team principal at Sauber Monisha Kaltenborn says that she is not open to a move for a new engine deal with Honda this season, as the Japanese manufacturer looks on the verge of ...
James Allison has hailed Ferrari's return to winning form but vowed to hit back at his former employer. The highly respected engineer ended his stint as Ferrari's techni...
Felipe Massa has tipped his rookie teammate Lance Stroll to bounce back after a tough start to the teenager's F1 career. Having secured his Williams debut amid suggestions o...
Bernie Ecclestone will attend his first race of the 2017 season in Bahrain next month. It is not unusual for the 86-year-old to skip some of the early-season 'flyaway' g...
Jean Alesi thinks his former F1 team, the great Maranello marque Ferrari, is finally ready to challenge for the title. The Frenchman, whose only win for the Italian team was in ...
Former F1 drivers will find it much easier to attend grands prix in future. In the Bernie Ecclestone era, even though they had entertained the spectators as the 'gladiators&...
Felipe Massa does not think his old Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso is poised to quit McLaren-Honda and F1. Spaniard Alonso is obviously frustrated amid the current McLaren-Hon...
Team boss Gunther Steiner has defended Haas' 2017 driver lineup. Ahead of the season, the new American outfit replaced ousted 2016 driver Esteban Gutierrez with Renault refu...
Jacques Villeneuve has tipped a bright future for Mick Schumacher if the young German can "deal with the pressure". The 1997 world champion has a unique perspective on...
Felipe Massa thinks F1 drivers will be tested physically in 2017. That is despite the fact that the sport's new era, characterised by the much faster cars of 2017, kicked of...
Audi will not be the only manufacturer not already competing in F1 that will be present for a meeting in Paris on Friday.We reported earlier that the German marque intended to s...
Ferrari has decided to make its official reserve driver available to Sauber for the forthcoming China-Bahrain double header. That is the claim of the authoritative Italian daily...
Felipe Massa thinks F1's controversial drag reduction system (DRS) is the only thing providing a glimmer of hope about overtaking in 2017. Renault's Nico Hulkenberg said...
Toto Wolff says it was mainly a contractual issue that halted negotiations between Mercedes and Fernando Alonso ahead of the 2017 season. With McLaren-Honda now deep in crisis, ...
The chance Sebastian Vettel will stay with Ferrari beyond 2017 stepped up a notch in Melbourne. That is the view of former Mercedes chief Norbert Haug, not long after his succes...
The Volkswagen brand Audi will attend a forthcoming meeting about the future of F1's engine regulations. That is the claim of the German-language Spox.com, which says the me...
Two F1 pundits have played down reports McLaren could be about to sensationally dump Honda. Given the great British team's disastrous start to its third season with the Japa...
Another win for Sebastian Vettel could set up a very difficult season for his Ferrari teammate. That is the view of Niki Lauda, who said the gap between Melbourne winner Vettel ...
Lance Stroll says he is sure he will have more difficult races as he gets up to speed in F1. The teenage rookie had a mistake-strewn winter, and he then crashed in Melbourne pra...
Bridgestone is not looking to return to F1 any time soon. The Japanese marque was synonymous with the sport in both the 'tyre war' and single supplier eras until 2011, w...
As far as the F1 pecking order is concerned, Jean Todt says he likes what he has seen so far in 2017. "It's good," he told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, &qu...
Mick Schumacher has broken his long public silence about his father, admitting the F1 legend and former Ferrari and Mercedes driver is "my idol". Schumacher, who has j...
Niki Lauda has dodged speculation Mercedes could step in to help McLaren solve its performance crisis. Rumours swept the Melbourne paddock last weekend that, now into its third ...
McLaren would be willing to sign up Fernando Alonso for five more years, new team executive Zak Brown has hinted. The Spaniard has been with McLaren-Honda since he left Ferrari ...
Valtteri Bottas is being praised from all sides after his solid Mercedes debut in Melbourne. "Initially he was a Calimero," joked Italian journalist Giorgio Terruzzi, ...
Max Verstappen says he must be patient amid Red Bull's push to catch top two F1 teams Ferrari and Mercedes in 2017. While some thought the energy drink-owned team was bluffi...
Antonio Giovinazzi has put himself in pole position for a Ferrari race seat. That is the view of the great Maranello marque's former boss Cesare Fiorio, after Italian Giovin...
Lewis Hamilton says he is looking forward to battling Sebastian Vettel for the world championship in 2017. Since 2014, with Mercedes basically alone at the front of the field, H...
We may only be one race into the 2017 season, but Mercedes is already warning that the new rules could be making overtaking on track impossible for the drivers. Speaking to F1&...
The F1 world and beyond is now looking forward to an intense inter-team battle for the 2017 world championship. For the first time in the 'power unit' era, Mercedes look...
Williams' new Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe is pleased with his new team's display in Australia on Sunday, following Felipe Massa's sixth place finish. It ...
Jean Todt has made clear the FIA will continue to make the rules in formula one. As the Liberty Media era begins in earnest, new F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn said in Melbourne he...
Team boss Christian Horner has denied losing its 'trick' suspension system is the reason Red Bull struggled in Australia. Many observers are surprised that, with the rul...
Fernando Alonso is not the only team driver who is highly critical of former F1 grandee McLaren-Honda's current predicament. Many observers have interpreted Alonso's pos...
Ferrari Team Principal Maurizio Arrivabene has said that the Scuderia needs to "avoid distractions" throughout the coming season if it wants to maintain momentum follo...
Antonio Giovinazzi says he will be back in red gear when he returns to the F1 paddock in two weeks. Ferrari's new reserve driver got a shock call-up to the race grid in Aust...
Officials are investigating the invasion of the Albert Park circuit by spectators while F1 cars were still completing their post-race in-laps on Sunday. Winner Sebastian Vettel,...
Daniel Ricciardo is leaving Melbourne a very disappointed man, having endured a nightmare Australian Grand Prix. After his crash in Q3 on Saturday, the Red Bull driver was ...
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