Formula 1

Williams Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica says water thrown up from a kerb by Kevin Magnussen triggered his heavy crash in second Brazilian Grand Prix practice. Kubica was on his first flying lap of the Interlagos weekend, having given his car to Nicholas Latifi for practice one, when his car snapped out of control in

Daniil Kvyat’s off at the end of Friday practice at the Brazilian Grand Prix was caused by a ‘complete shutdown’ of his Honda-powered Toro Rosso Formula 1 car. Kvyat and his team-mate Pierre Gasly both suffered failures in FP2, with Gasly grinding to a smoky halt and Kvyat sliding off and nudging the barrier at

Red Bull driver Alex Albon set the fastest lap in opening practice for Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix before crashing, while Lewis Hamilton failed to set a time. Albon was quickest after the intermediate tyre runs but shunted with fewer than three minutes remaining while preparing for a late flying lap on slicks. The session

Lewis Hamilton says he is not looking forward to “another stressful moment” of contract talks with Mercedes next year, as he ponders his next step in Formula 1. The world champion’s current contract runs out at the end of 2020, but it is thought highly likely that he will extend his stay at the team

Formula 1 teams have been asked to supply information about the use of lubricants in their engines, the latest move to ensure oil is not being burned for performance gains. Ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix weekend, the governing body has issued a technical directive reiterating previous instructions that outlaw burning liquid to improve performance.

Valtteri Bottas says he has a secret “plan” for beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the 2020 Formula 1 season, but is “bored” with being urged to try mind games. Bottas remained in title contention until the United States Grand Prix a fortnight ago, but Hamilton’s second place was enough to secure his sixth F1

Brazil has a greater Formula 1 heritage than most other grands prix, but the glory days of Emerson Fittipaldi, Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna are now a long time ago. The Interlagos fans haven’t had a world champion to cheer since Senna’s last title in 1991 or a race winner to support since Felipe Massa

Who is your Formula 1 driver of the year? Which team has the best car and who has been the best rookie? Once again, F1 Racing magazine is conducting an online vote to decide the winners of the annual F1 Racing awards. Last year thousands of fans worldwide took part in the vote to decide

Renault Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo says he has honed his lap one racecraft through being involved in the fraught midfield battle with Renault in 2019. Ricciardo explained that because incidents are more likely when battling in the pack as he has with Renault this year than when with frontrunner Red Bull, he has learned

The FIA admits Formula 1 cars are unlikely to retain as much downforce as its 2021 research suggests, but hopes the new rules will still produce a “very big step”. At the unveiling of new technical, sporting and financial regulations last month, the governing body and F1 chiefs revealed how new aerodynamic rules will target

Toto Wolff says there are no guarantees Mercedes will stay in Formula 1 after 2021, but insists all indications suggest it will remain. Discussions between Mercedes and F1 owner Liberty Media over new terms for a commercial rights deal are ongoing, and Wolff says that Mercedes parent company Daimler is weighing up many aspects about

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc will take a new engine for the penultimate round of the Formula 1 season in Brazil, taking a grid penalty as a result. Leclerc had suffered an oil leak during third practice at the preceding United States Grand Prix, which forced him to revert to an older specification of the engine

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff will miss his first Formula 1 race since 2013 when he skips this weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix now that the championships have been won. Wolff has been ever-present during Mercedes’ impressive run of six consecutive F1 title doubles, but amid the backdrop of other important matters – including future rules and

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Alain Prost says his Renault team needs a “morale” boost at the end of a “very tough season”. Prost is a non-executive director at the Renault factory squad. In recent weeks the team’s focus has shifted from challenging McLaren for fourth place in the constructors’ championship to securing fifth, in

Four-time Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel believes the series would be “stupid” to “neglect” the current world issues surrounding climate change. On Tuesday, F1 will announce a major new sustainability push – highlighting the often overlooked efficiency of the current hybrid engines and emphasising the championship’s move towards synthetic fuels in 2021 and beyond.

Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul says his team has no answer as to why it consistently trails its customer squad McLaren in qualifying this season. McLaren has had at least one car start higher on the grid than a Renault in 15 of the 19 races so far this season. Fifth-placed Renault is currently

Ferrari’s Formula 1 car development has “exceeded expectations” this season and the amount of downforce it has added has had knock-on effects, says team boss Mattia Binotto. The team started 2019 with a car that had less peak downforce than its chief rival Mercedes as Ferrari pursued a lower-drag concept to give it a straightline

The FIA hopes ‘liberating’ areas of Formula 1’s 2021 technical rules that were set to be more prescriptive will support the “romantic” ideal of teams creating different-looking cars. Prior to the unveiling of F1’s 2021 rules, some teams were concerned increased the governing body was restricting too many areas of development and critics suggested it

Former Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa says he would not rule out Charles Leclerc winning the drivers’ championship before Max Verstappen. The 2008 F1 runner-up, who took 11 victories for Ferrari during an eight-year stint at Maranello, said he has been hugely impressed by the way that Leclerc has settled in at his long-time team.

Sebastian Vettel believes Formula 1’s rule restricting drivers from changing their crash helmet designs more than one is “major BS”, a sentiment shared by Max Verstappen. Since 2015, the FIA’s sporting regulations have required drivers to have their crash helmets “presented in substantially the same livery”, with dispensation for a single one-off colour change each

Lewis Hamilton says the idea of staying with Mercedes beyond racing in Formula 1 and being more involved with its parent company Daimler is “quite attractive” to him. Last weekend Hamilton clinched his sixth world title, all with Mercedes power, and his fifth with the Mercedes works team, which he joined in 2013. He has

McLaren’s newly-signed young IndyCar drivers Patricio O’Ward and Oliver Askew could be called up for Formula 1 tests in 2020. The team caused a stir this week when it announced it was dropping James Hinchcliffe from its new Arrow McLaren SP IndyCar squad and would run the last two Indy Lights champions – 20-year-old Mexican

Lewis Hamilton says he can still improve as a Formula 1 driver because he is “working on a masterpiece” that is not finished, despite wrapping up a sixth title. Hamilton secured his fifth championship with Mercedes in six seasons last weekend at the United States Grand Prix and is on course for his best-ever campaign

Formula 1’s 2021 technical rules overhaul promises a revolution in the on-track action, but the biggest reason for the top three teams’ current dominance is yet to be addressed. The current financial model – a legacy from the Bernie Ecclestone era – disproportionately rewards certain teams more than others, leading to huge frustration among those

Formula 1 has now released its plans for an overhaul in 2021, but as ever the devil is in the detail. Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell go through the inner workings of F1’s 2021 plans, including the key topic of ‘raceability’ with F1 claiming its current cars only have 55% maximum downforce when one car

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says he can handle Valtteri Bottas’s contractual situation “better” in the future after the Finn called his career-long uncertainty “a pain in the ass”. Bottas has been retained by Mercedes for 2020, which will extend his spell with the team to at least four seasons, but was made to

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff believes any breach of the rules addressed in the FIA’s latest technical directive on fuel-flow systems would amount to “foul play”. At last weekend’s United States Grand Prix the FIA responded to an enquiry from Red Bull about fuel-flow sensor systems, which suggested it was possible to pulse fuel

The McLaren Formula 1 team will work on its pitstop procedure and equipment over the winter break in order to improve its efficiency and eliminate the risk of errors. Lando Norris was badly delayed by a glitch at the Mexican Grand Prix and ultimately retired because it left him so far behind, while his team-mate

Honda Formula 1 technical director Toyoharu Tanabe says it is “clear” Ferrari had a reduced speed advantage at the United States Grand Prix but is cautious of drawing premature conclusions. Ferrari was at a loss to explain its lack of race pace last weekend, but defended itself aggressively as some – including Red Bull driver

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says that his team making fewer mistakes than its rivals was key to it winning its sixth consecutive title double. Lewis Hamilton sealed the drivers’ championship at the United States Grand Prix in what was one of Mercedes’ strongest performances since the summer break, as both Ferrari and Red