Formula 1

Pirelli is planning to stop Formula 1 teams from making tyre selections for each grand prix and issue a standard allocation of compounds once the 2020 season begins. The opening 10 races of the 2020 season have been called off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but plans are in place to begin the

Singapore GP organisers says they are in “an open dialogue” with Formula 1’s management amid suggestions that the event’s place on the 2020 calendar is under threat. As reported this week F1 is currently working to a calendar with the Singapore race missing, with the postponed race in Azerbaijan moved to its original September 20

Fernando Alonso took his 29th Formula 1 victory and one of the best in his career at the 2012 European Grand Prix at Valencia. But it was also the race that marked the final time Michael Schumacher would stand on the podium The 2012 European Grand Prix is rightly remembered as one of the most

McLaren Formula 1 boss Zak Brown says Sebastian Vettel was not considered as a possible 2021 driver because Daniel Ricciardo was already the prime candidate to replace Carlos Sainz Jr. Brown also believes that there could be more “fireworks” in the Ferrari camp involving Vettel and team-mate Charles Leclerc when this season’s action finally gets

Join Stuart Codling for the seventh Autosport Formula 1 Pub Quiz. To play along, get your pens and paper at the ready and don’t forget to write your answers in the comments too! There will be five rounds of 10 questions, ranging from simple to super hard (those should be the new tyre compounds!), designed

Williams driver George Russell says he can’t help but be “a little bit jealous” that several of his close friends are now in competitive Formula 1 seats. Russell says that today’s dramatic driver market moves make sense as teams position themselves for the future by hiring young talent, and he believes that Daniel Ricciardo’s arrival

Ferrari Formula 1 chief Mattia Binotto says recent talks with Sebastian Vettel over a new contract revealed they no longer shared the same goals. Ferrari announced on Tuesday that four-time world champion Vettel would be leaving the team at the end of the season, ending his six-year stint at Maranello. Carlos Sainz Jr was named

Ferrari sent shockwaves through the Formula 1 world when it announced on Tuesday that four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel would be leaving at the end of the season. It brings to an end a six-year relationship that was heralded as being a game-changer back in 2015, when Vettel joined with aspirations of emulating his hero,

Renault Formula 1 chief Cyril Abiteboul has stressed the importance of “unity and commitment” after confirming Daniel Ricciardo’s departure from the team at the end of the season. Ricciardo will leave Renault after two years after signing a deal with McLaren for 2021, replacing Carlos Sainz Jr as the Spaniard moves up to Ferrari in

Daniel Ricciardo is understood to have agreed a McLaren deal for 2021 and he is expected to be announced by the Woking outfit this week. The Australian will replace Carlos Sainz Jr, whose departure for Ferrari will be confirmed in parallel. Both drivers will come to the end of their initial two-year deals at the

Formula 1 looks set to begin the season with two double-header rounds in Austria and at Silverstone, as a provisional support category timetable hints at 2020’s condensed European leg. Autosport has learned that teams from FIA Formula 2 and Formula 3 were given a draft provisional calendar in an online meeting on Monday of this

Carlos Sainz Jr is set to replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari for the 2021 Formula 1 season, with an announcement expected later this week. Ferrari confirmed on Tuesday morning that four-time world champion Vettel would be leaving at the end of 2020 after both parties agreed to break off talks over a new contract. Ferrari

Motorsport Heroes, the feature-length documentary available to watch on Motorsport.tv, follows the incredible racing careers of five icons of the sport. In this preview clip of the film, double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen remembers his first grand prix victory at the season-ending European Grand Prix at Jerez in 1997. From the director behind

Max Verstappen does not expect former Red Bull Formula 1 team-mate Daniel Ricciardo will replace Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari, predicting Carlos Sainz Jr. will get the seat for 2021. Ferrari announced on Tuesday morning that four-time world champion Vettel would be leaving the team at the end of the season after talks over a new

After contract negotiations broke down, Sebastian Vettel will depart Ferrari at the end of the year. With options limited and retirement now a real possibility, just what could his next move realistically be? The news that contract talks between Sebastian Vettel and Scuderia Ferrari broke down emerged last night, and it has now been confirmed

Sebastian Vettel is set to leave Ferrari at the end of the 2020 Formula 1 season after talks over a new contract broke down, according to sources. Four-time F1 world champion Vettel has been locked in negotiations with Ferrari over a new deal after entering the final season of his three-year contract in 2020. But

In the latest edition of the ‘Banned’ series, Autosport looks back at some of the attempts made by Formula 1 teams to work around the minimum weight rules Back in 1982, turbocharged engines had started to run riot in Formula 1 and were leaving the naturally aspirated teams, most of which relied on the venerable

Streaming sim racing and video games has helped Formula 1 drivers show their true colours and come together more, according to Williams’ George Russell. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the opening 10 races of the 2020 F1 season being called off, as well as putting a stop to all other real-world racing series. A

Formula 1 is in discussions with the British government about the implications of a quarantine on those arriving from overseas, which is set to be imposed in the coming weeks. Unlike many other countries, the UK has imposed no restrictions on arrivals since the start of the coronavirus crisis. However, last week it emerged that

Formula 1 has placed talks with teams over a new Concorde Agreement “on the back burner” as it contends with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Prior to the pandemic causing the opening 10 races of the 2020 season to be called off, F1 chiefs had been nearing the end of talks over a new

George Russell believes it will be important for Williams to capitalise on any early mistakes made by its rivals when the Formula 1 season begins after an extended break. While the COVID-19 pandemic has forced the opening 10 races of the 2020 season to be called off, F1 is formulating plans to get the campaign

What is likely to be Kimi Raikkonen’s final Formula 1 victory at the 2018 US Grand Prix is being live-streamed by F1 today. The high point of a disappointing second spell at Ferrari, it nonetheless gave the 2007 world champion a chance to prove a point When Kimi Raikkonen crossed the line to win the

Mercedes Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says the last-minute cancellation of the Australian Grand Prix due to the coronavirus crisis was a “shock to the system”. On Thursday in Melbourne Hamilton questioned why the F1 circus had travelled to Australia as the coronavirus crisis began to take hold, but nevertheless he hadn’t expected the

Continuing the series celebrating 70 years of Formula 1, Autosport picks out the 10 moments that defined the 1980s, with the help of the extensive Motorsport Images archive It’s onto the era of big hair and turbos as we continue our look through the defining moments of Formula 1 history with the Motorsport Images archive.

Join Stuart Codling for the sixth Autosport Formula 1 Pub Quiz. To play along, get your pens and paper at the ready and don’t forget to write your answers in the comments too! There will be five rounds of 10 questions, ranging from simple to super hard (those should be the new tyre compounds!), designed

Formula 1 boss Chase Carey says it won’t be “handing out candy” when dealing with the teams and its other partners in regards to financial aid during the coronavirus crisis. F1 is in the difficult position of being under some pressure to offer financial support to the teams in order to help them through the

Chase Carey has confirmed Formula 1 is considering adding venues that were not on the original 2020 calendar and admitted this year’s schedule could run into next year. The current season is on hold until at least July, after the coronavirus pandemic forced the postponement and cancellation of races from Australia through to the French

Claire Williams fears Formula 1 could lose “an awful lot of teams” if it is unable to race this year as plans evolve to get the season started. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the opening 10 races of the 2020 season to be called off, which is set to hit teams hard through a loss

Front-running Formula 1 teams should offer customer cars for free if they are serious about the practice as a cost-saving measure, according to McLaren chief Zak Brown. F1 teams are currently working on ways to cut costs ahead of the anticipated economic crisis following the COVID-19 pandemic, which has already forced the opening 10 races

Following a series of incidents in the final few laps of the IndyCar iRacing Challenge last Sunday, the chatter in the sim racing world has been fierce about what consequences the drivers involved should face. Santino Ferrucci was quick to defend his actions after taking out Oliver Askew to deny the McLaren driver victory, saying