Formula 1

As Autosport launches the latest part of the Race of My Life podcast series, we remember the race Peter Gethin chose as the best of his career – the 1971 Italian Grand Prix at Monza, the scene of his sole Formula 1 victory Race: 1971 Italian GP, Monza Car: BRM P160 I started in Formula

Formula 1 managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn says the new development token system being introduced for 2020 had to be “flexible” owing to its late implementation. In an attempt to rein in spending, the development of some key elements of the car is to be frozen from the first race of the 2020 season

Daniel Ricciardo has made his Formula 1 testing return with Renault at the Red Bull Ring in Austria ahead of the 2020 season-opener in two weeks’ time. Renault announced last week that it would be holding a private test at the Spielberg circuit using its 2018 car, stepping up its preparations for the delayed start

As Autosport launches the latest episode in its Race of My Life podcast series, we revisit the race 1996 Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill chose as his best – the 1994 Japanese Grand Prix Race: 1994 Japanese GP, Suzuka Car: Williams FW16B There are lots of exciting races you have in a career in

As Autosport releases the latest episode in its Race of My Life podcast series, we look back on the race British icon Tony Brooks chose as his best race – the 1958 Formula 1 German Grand Prix 1958 German GP, Nurburgring Car: Vanwall The previous year the Vanwall had been diabolical at the Nurburgring, with

The high-speed nature of the new Bahrain ‘oval’ track that is being considered for a Formula 1 race later this year can be revealed in this onboard virtual lap of the track. With Bahrain potentially holding two races towards the end of the season, a plan has emerged for the second event to take place

Shanghai Sports Bureau boss Xu Bin has said the city government has not made any decision on whether to host two Formula 1 races this year despite having a proposal on the table. Following the announcement of the opening eight races on the first part of the revised 2020 calendar, F1 is pushing to finalise

Mark Webber reckons Sebastian Vettel will take a year out of Formula 1 in 2021, after his former Red Bull team-mate leaves the Ferrari squad. Last month, Ferrari announced that Vettel would be leaving at the end of the season, bringing the four-time world champion’s six-season spell at Maranello to an end. This has left

Antonio Giovinazzi says next year was not the right time for him to step up to Ferrari in Formula 1, having been overlooked by the team as Sebastian Vettel’s replacement. Alfa Romeo’s Giovinazzi is the most recent member of the Ferrari Driver Academy to graduate to F1, joining the field full-time last year. But the

The Algarve circuit in Portugal has revealed it is in “strong negotiations” with Formula 1 over holding races this year on a revised calendar as replacement for cancelled flyaway events. Friday’s formal confirmation of the cancellations of the Azerbaijan, Singapore and Japanese Grands Prix – with more long haul events set to join the list

Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas believes he is now “more complete as a driver” and at his physical peak following the delayed start to the 2020 Formula 1 season. As the COVID-19 pandemic forced the opening 10 events of the year to be cancelled, the new season will get underway on 5 July in Austria –

The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix is one of modern Formula 1’s most famous races, with Jenson Button’s winning after a last-lap pass on Sebastian Vettel. But was the Brit’s last-to-first victory a wet-weather masterclass – or just lucky? When counting down the greatest races in recent Formula 1 history, the chaotic Canadian Grand Prix is

Renault is to test a 2018 Formula 1 car at the Red Bull Ring next week in a bid to get itself ready for the season opener at the Austrian venue next month. Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon will drive one day each at the test, which takes place on 16-17 June, with Ricciardo driving

Formula 1 managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn has revealed details of how grand prix weekend procedures have been adjusted to deal with COVID-19 once racing restarts in Austria next month. The FIA, F1 and the teams have been working through all aspects of the race weekend in order to ensure compliance with new guidelines

Dutch-born Egbert ‘Eppie’ Wietzes, whose two Formula 1 race starts were seven years apart at Ontario’s Mosport Park, has died at the age of 82. One of his adopted country’s most enduring and versatile racers – his family had emigrated from Assen when he was 12 – Wietzes’ driving career spanned 30 years, from 1958

Hans Mezger, the architect of a line of successful racing engines at Porsche including the TAG-badged Formula 1 twin-turbo V6, has died at the age of 90. Mezger oversaw development of the flat-12 that powered the Porsche 917 to a pair of Le Mans 24 Hours victories in 1970 and ’71 and the flat-sixes for

Lewis Hamilton reported feeling no rustiness upon his return to Formula 1 test action with Mercedes on Wednesday, saying it “didn’t feel like I’ve ever left the water”. After seeing team-mate Valtteri Bottas complete running with the 2018 championship-winning Mercedes W09 car on Tuesday at Silverstone, Hamilton enjoyed his first F1 run-out since the end

Valtteri Bottas says he has been told by Mercedes it is not considering signing Sebastian Vettel for the 2021 Formula 1 season. Ferrari announced last month that four-time world champion Vettel would be leaving the team at the end of the year, replacing the German driver with McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jr. It has left Vettel

In the latest of Autosport’s My Job in F1 series, Haas chief mechanic Matt Scott explains why his role involves less hands-on work than one might expect, and the importance of good motivation When the checkered flag falls at the end of a grand prix, for most people in the Formula 1 paddock it means

Mercedes ended Formula 1’s coronavirus-enforced hiatus, running a two-year-old W09 car at Silverstone for Valtteri Bottas in anticipation of the expected Austrian Grand Prix next month. The stated object of the two-day test is to trial new COVID-19 protocols for the start of the World Championship in Austria next month, but the track running also

Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes learned plenty from its first test running under Formula 1’s new closed-event protocols at Silverstone on Tuesday, calling the day “very helpful”. In order to step up preparations for the delayed start to the new F1 season on 5 July in Austria, Mercedes is completing two days of private test running

OPINION: Lewis Hamilton’s willingness to speak his mind has long been a credit to his character. In response to his calls for racial equality – and the part he is playing in the Black Lives Matter movement – his leadership deserves our full support at and away from Formula 1 races Eighty-four times Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes Formula 1 technical director James Allison doesn’t believe the FIA thought the team could make its Dual-Axis Steering (DAS) device legal after the concept was initially rejected. Mercedes created a stir at Barcelona testing earlier this year when onboard TV images showed the drivers moving the W11’s steering wheel back and forth, and the

Formula 1 has an action plan to address a lack of diversity in the sport starting at a grassroots level, according to managing director Ross Brawn. Amid worldwide protests against racial injustice following the murder of George Floyd, reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton criticised his F1 peers for “staying silent” and that he stood alone

As Autosport launches the latest podcast in its Race of My Life series, we look back at the race five-time Formula 1 world champion Juan Manuel Fangio chose as his greatest – the 1957 German Grand Prix 1957 German Grand Prix, Nurburgring Car: Maserati 250F In my life there have been so many great races,

What have BTCC Volvos, badly funded F1 cars, Audi LMP1 machines and the Olympics got in common? All have featured in the chequered career of Graham Taylor “OK, this sounds a bit madcap…” That was Graham Taylor’s original response when, in 2005, he heard about the Super Aguri Formula 1 plan. Already a title-winning engineer

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff thinks it’s positive for his team and Formula 1 that Lewis Hamilton has been so vocal in taking a stand against racism. Hamilton has posted some strong messages on social media in recent days saying he has been overcome by “rage” about the events in America following the murder of George

Heikki Kovalainen says a bet Lewis Hamilton won in 2009, in which he was the first to go flat through Eau Rouge out of the pits, proved his class. Reflecting on his time as Hamilton’s team-mate at McLaren in 2008 and 2009, Kovalainen says that he found himself always having to “stretch” to try to

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff accepts revised aerodynamic testing restrictions for 2022 as the first form of success handicapping, contrasting it with the “baseball bat” approach of reversed grids. The Aerodynamic Testing Restrictions (ATR) regulations have been adjusted with a sliding scale that gives less windtunnel time and CFD usage to the teams at

Williams says the arrival of Simon Roberts as its new managing director of its F1 operations completes its planned major technical signings for the short term as it bids to move up the grid. Roberts, who earned his reputation during a lengthy career at McLaren, has been drafted in to help bolster Williams in its