Formula 1

The Circuit of the Americas will close this winter for major work to address the bumps that Formula 1 drivers have complained about over the US Grand Prix weekend. There was a mixed reaction to the bumps, with Daniel Ricciardo saying the track was better for its undulations instead of being like a video game.

Ferrari’s dramatic loss of pace during the United States Grand Prix weekend increased speculation around what might be behind its straightline speed advantage in the 2019 Formula 1 season. Its rivals suspect a technical directive clarification from the FIA about the cars’ fuel-flow meters could have thwarted a trick Ferrari had come up with, and

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he had “demons” to face during an emotionally-draining title-winning season, influenced by the deaths of Niki Lauda and Anthoine Hubert. Mercedes driver Hamilton clinched his sixth world championship at the United States Grand Prix last weekend, at the end of a year in which the team’s non-executive director

Antonio Giovinazzi will remain in Formula 1 with Alfa Romeo for second full season alongside Kimi Raikkonen in 2020 after signing a new deal with the team. Giovinazzi had a difficult start to the year, but the Italian’s form improved in the middle of the year – allied to being highly rated by Ferrari after

Max Verstappen’s bid for victory in Formula 1’s 2019 United States Grand Prix was hurt by floor damage he picked up early in the race. Verstappen was Mercedes’ main challenger at Austin, but just missed out on being able to take second place back from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap as yellow flags at

Antonio Giovinazzi is set to remain at the Alfa Romeo Formula 1 team next season, with outgoing grand prix driver Nico Hulkenberg linked with a move to the DTM. Hulkenberg’s future has been uncertain since his Renault team signed Esteban Ocon to partner Daniel Ricciardo from 2020, and his next-best option Haas opted to retain

Valtteri Bottas says it “feels good” to deny team-mate Lewis Hamilton the chance to win the Formula 1 title with victory in the United States Grand Prix. Poleman Bottas passed Hamilton on track with five laps remaining at Austin after falling behind because he committed to a two-stop strategy while Mercedes kept Hamilton on a

The FIA is considering a change for 2020 to the missed weighbridge regulation that forced Sergio Perez to start from the pitlane in the Formula 1 race at Austin. Perez missed the red light at the end of FP2, but was given the instruction to visit the weighbridge by his engineer over the radio. The

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff both believe Ferrari has lost straightline performance at Austin, but stopped short of attributing that to the FIA’s fuel-flow directive. The governing body has issued a technical directive in response to an enquiry from Red Bull Racing that explored possible loopholes in the measurement of

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel says he regrets being so conservative on his first United States Grand Prix Q3 run after losing pole to Valtteri Bottas by 0.012 seconds. Vettel finished the first Q3 attempts just behind his Mercedes rival, but was confident of doing better on the final run because he had taken

Max Verstappen topped final practice for Formula 1’s United States Grand Prix, as Lando Norris posted a surprise third-best time for McLaren and Charles Leclerc stopped with a problem. Red Bull driver Verstappen bested Sebastian Vettel by 0.218 seconds in Saturday morning’s session at Austin, but Vettel ended up the only Ferrari driver to set

The bumpy Austin track has been defended by several Formula 1 drivers at the United States Grand Prix, including Daniel Ricciardo saying “perfect” circuits feel like driving in video games. World champion Lewis Hamilton said he was left with a “massive headache” after Friday’s opening practice session at the Circuit of the Americas, as others

Kevin Magnussen tried the Haas Formula 1 team’s latest front wing in second United States Grand Prix practice, but the new part will not be seen again this weekend. Magnussen stressed that the part was very much a test item as the team looks towards 2020, and that the idea was to get some correlation

Max Verstappen set the fastest time in the opening Formula 1 practice session for the United States Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton was only eighth in the lead Mercedes. Verstappen was 0.169 seconds faster than Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in the first 90-minute session on Friday, with Alex Albon backing up his Red Bull team-mate in

What Formula 1 can learn from NASA is the question asked in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast, inspired by a visit to the Johnson Space Centre in Houston. While it might sound like a tenuous link, Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell make a compelling case and explain the similarities between NASA and grand

Formula 1 teams will have their bodywork specifications frozen on Friday mornings and have to commit to major set-up decisions before final practice from 2021. As was suggested earlier this year, a new three-day format will cut back the need for certain personnel to be at tracks on Thursday ahead of a race and restrict

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen says Lewis Hamilton’s comments echoed by Sebastian Vettel about Verstappen’s aggressive Formula 1 style after Mexico is a positive, because it shows he’s “in their heads”. Hamilton and Verstappen were involved an on-track scuffle through the opening sequence of corners in the Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen’s race was later compromised for

Ferrari does not share the desire of Mercedes and Red Bull to delay Formula 1’s rules overhaul and hopes it will be voted through even if it is incomplete. The FIA World Motor Sport Council will vote on Thursday to accept or reject the proposed technical, sporting and financial regulations for 2021, which are intended

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has dismissed concerns that teams can circumvent F1’s incoming cost cap, as 2021’s rules will be ratified this week. Ahead of Thursday’s FIA World Motor Sport Council vote, where the draft technical, sporting and financial F1 regulations have been put forward for approval, Carey discussed the ramifications of the new

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey has downplayed the existence of any specific deadline for the 10 teams to sign a new Concorde Agreement. Carey’s comments come as the October 31 deadline for the FIA regulations confirming F1’s new direction set to come into force for 2021. The teams received a draft of the new Concorde

The proposed 2021 Miami Formula 1 race now requires a further public hearing in December, after the proposal faced major local opposition during a county commissioners’ board meeting on Tuesday. The new F1 track is proposed to be built using both public roads and the parking area of the Hard Rock Stadium, home of the

Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton says he hopes Red Bull doesn’t ‘spit out’ Alex Albon as he has a “bright future” in Formula 1 after the duo battled in Mexico. Albon graduated from Formula 2 into a Toro Rosso seat for this year – having initially signed a Formula E deal with Nissan – and then replaced

The FIA will review the placement of the Tecpro barrier in the Mexican Grand Prix following Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas’s qualifying crash, says Formula 1 race director Michael Masi. Bottas ran wide and hit the concrete wall, sliding along it before making a heavy impact with what the Mercedes driver described as the “nasty” blunt

Formula 1’s motorsport managing director Ross Brawn says last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix is evidence the championship’s 2021 aero regulations cannot be introduced soon enough. Last weekend’s race looked set for an exciting climax as different strategies among the frontrunners unfolded, with Lewis Hamilton leading Sebastian Vettel, Valtteri Bottas and Charles Leclerc. However, in the

Ferrari’s perceived Formula 1 engine advantage has been a major topic of conversation since the team found its form and started winning races after the 2019 summer break. Questions over what Ferrari is doing to be so fast on the straights has led to its rivals writing to the FIA to ask for clarification to

Max Verstappen lost pole for Formula 1’s 2019 Mexican Grand Prix for failing to slow for yellow flags brought out by Valtteri Bottas crashing his Mercedes three-and-a-half hours after qualifying. Given his penalty was “in the stewards’ guidelines” and “has been for a long time”, per FIA race director Michael Masi, the lengthy wait was

Max Verstappen did not win Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix for a third straight year, but he found himself at the centre of controversy and intrigue all weekend. Autosport Podcast host Edd Straw is joined by Scott Mitchell and Jack Benyon to discuss the events of Mexico City, starting with a difference of opinion over

McLaren has escaped an unsafe release penalty following the Formula 1 Mexican Grand Prix, the FIA ruling it was “not possible to determine” whether the team had broken the regulations. Lando Norris was forced to bring his McLaren MCL34 to a halt at the pitlane exit during the race after making his sole pitstop, with

Ross Brawn says that the failure of teams to agree to reversed-grid experiments next year demonstrates a ‘classic problem’ of too much self-interest in Formula 1. The idea to hold three reversed-grid qualifying races in 2020 was aimed at delivering an answer on whether or not the format was something that could be kept for

Lewis Hamilton says he was messaging Peter Bonnington for set-up advice before Mexican Grand Prix qualifying but has hailed the performance of his regular Formula 1 race engineer’s replacements. Bonnington has engineered Hamilton to all four of his drivers’ titles with Mercedes and the pair are on the brink of a fifth together this year,