Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says he is continuing to work with teams and drivers to address the “shades of grey” in the FIA’s interpretation of driving standards. Masi was instrumental in bringing back the use of the black and white warning flag, F1’s equivalent to a yellow card, and it was deployed for
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Tyrrell shocked the Formula 1 world when it launched its six-wheeled P34 in the 1976 season, and it managed to take victory in that year’s Swedish Grand Prix. Giorgio Piola, who counts the Cosworth-powered P34 as one of his all-time favourite F1 cars, was granted a high level of access to the car during its
Formula 1 drivers are ‘100% united’ on the changes they want to see the championship’s bosses make instead of experimenting with ideas like reversed grids. Teams remain in talks with F1 owner Liberty Media and the FIA about trialling reversed-grid qualifying races at select grands prix in 2020, but that proposal has not been well
The Haas Formula 1 team wants both Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen to use its Melbourne-spec car for the Russian Grand Prix as it seeks a solution to its struggles. Grosjean was moved across to the hybrid version of the car in Singapore, which features the floor, bargeboards and rear wing that it started the
Motorsport Live is offering to do all it can for any Thomas Cook customers at risk of missing out on Formula 1 grand prix trips following the travel firm going into administration earlier this week. Its sports arm, Thomas Cook Sport, provided tickets and travel packages to all races on the F1 calendar. Motorsport Live,
Ferrari’s speed at Formula 1’s 2019 Singapore Grand Prix was largely the result of the development upgrades it successfully introduced at the race. But that success has not been the case with all the new parts Ferrari has tried during the current campaign, one in which it had been expected to fight closely for the
Lewis Hamilton believes the Singapore Grand Prix should turn its final corner into a tight hairpin to improve the racing, after questioning the Formula 1 race’s excitement. Early race leader Charles Leclerc backed the field up to help preserve his tyres, meaning the field lapped several seconds off the pace in a queue of cars.
Formula 1’s managing director of motorsports Ross Brawn has responded to comments about potential changes to grand prix weekend formats for 2020 by stressing any adjustments will be experimental. F1 owner Liberty Media remains in discussions with teams and the FIA about trialling reversed-grid qualifying races at select events for 2020 to improve the spectacle.
Lewis Hamilton says every member of the Mercedes Formula 1 team should be “feeling the pain” of its defeat in the Singapore Grand Prix. Mercedes holds a 133-point advantage over Ferrari in the constructors’ championship, but its rival has won three races in a row and Hamilton’s championship lead is now 96 over nearest non-Mercedes
Charles Leclerc will seek more information from his Ferrari Formula 1 team in future races and understood his “very frustrating” Singapore Grand Prix defeat “a lot more” afterwards. Leclerc lost a third straight F1 win after Ferrari pitted team-mate Sebastian Vettel first in the Singapore GP, to try to get Vettel ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff admitted the team did not feel good about asking Valtteri Bottas to back off to avoid undercutting Lewis Hamilton during the Singapore Grand Prix. Bottas had been pitted earlier than Hamilton as the team tried to find a way to get past the leading Ferraris while also battling with
Haas has revealed that a plastic sandwich bag lodged in Kevin Magnussen’s front wing was the cause of his pace drop off in Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix. Magnussen had looked on course for an eighth-place finish at the Marina Bay circuit but it all went wrong after the final safety car period when a
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff expects it to be “really difficult” to overtake Singapore Grand Prix polesitter Charles Leclerc without an “enormous” pace difference. Leclerc surprised Mercedes and Red Bull by putting his Ferrari on pole position, although Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton will line up alongside him. Hamilton has hounded Leclerc in the past
Daniel Ricciardo has been excluded from Singapore Grand Prix qualifying after his Renault Formula 1 car was found to have operated in breach of the rules related to the MGU-K. Ricciardo was placed under investigation after the MGU-K unit on his car was found to have delivered more electrical energy than allowed by the rules
Daniel Ricciardo is at risk of being thrown out of Singapore Grand Prix qualifying after his Renault was found to be in breach of Formula 1’s MGU-K technical regulations. The Australian had qualified eighth at the Marina Bay circuit, where Renault hopes to continue a run of form that has helped it close in on
Romain Grosjean says he would have pushed for a move to the DTM, possibly in conjunction with a Formula E programme, had he not secured another year in Formula 1. Grosjean has been retained by Haas for 2020, extending his time with the team to a fifth season. Haas opted for Grosjean over signing outgoing
The FIA will incorporate lessons from the Spa Formula 2 accident involving Anthoine Hubert and Juan Manuel Correa into next year’s Formula 1 technical regulations, with further developments for 2021. The investigation into the accident has established the unprecedented scale of the forces involved in the collision between the two cars at the top of
Kevin Magnussen thinks Formula 1 rival Sergio Perez knows he was at fault for their clash in Singapore Grand Prix practice and has rejected the suggestion he broke a gentleman’s agreement. Perez suggested Magnussen had not stuck to an unwritten rule between F1 drivers in second practice on Friday, after Magnussen tried to pass Perez
Nico Hulkenberg says a Formula 1 future in 2020 is still possible but remains out of his hands, after missing out on Renault and Haas seats for 2020. One of Hulkenberg’s few remaining options – after his current employer Renault elected to replace him with Esteban Ocon – was a seat at Haas, but such