Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Ferrari 500 carried Alberto Ascari to the marque’s first Formula 1 drivers’ title in 1952, although it was actually a Formula 2 car. This makes it a key car in Ferrari’s journey to becoming the most successful constructor in F1

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lance Stroll believes he has answered his critics by finishing his Formula 1 rookie season with a podium and 40 world championship points. The Williams driver, who graduated to F1 after winning the Formula 3 European championship, had a tough start

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. World champion Lewis Hamilton has described the 2017 Mercedes as “the toughest” to understand of Formula 1 cars he has driven during his grand prix career. Hamilton broke Michael Schumacher’s F1 pole position record with the Mercedes W08, and won nine

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Stoffel Vandoorne admits the early part of his 2017 Formula 1 season “wasn’t good enough” as he struggled to get up to speed amid McLaren-Honda’s reliability problems. After a decorated junior single-seater career, including the 2015 GP2 title and a successful

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa says Formula 1 ended its era of “grandmother” driving with its 2017 cars, which he likened to the 2006-08 V8-powered machines in which he was most successful. Massa won 11 grands prix for Ferrari between 2006-8, but ended his

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. It’s interesting to see the FIA is taking a stand on what constitutes an aerodynamic advantage by tackling the lowering of the front ride height with steering lock in Formula 1. The FIA is using a 5mm change from lock to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes aimed to produce what it has described as “a 90% car” for the 2017 Formula 1 season, as it was the first year of a new set of technical regulations. The dominant team of the V6 hybrid engine era managed

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valtteri Bottas admits he must be more consistently competitive to be able to take on Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate Lewis Hamilton and challenge for the world championship. The Finn scored the third victory of his first season with Mercedes in the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari’s 2018 Formula 1 car has successfully passed its FIA frontal crash tests, and is believed to be the first new model to do so. The car, known internally as the 669, passed the tests at the FIA-approved CSI facility at

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The aftermath of his controversial collision with Lewis Hamilton in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was Sebastian Vettel’s “worst feeling” of the 2017 Formula 1 season. Vettel was penalised and widely condemned for deliberately driving into Hamilton’s Mercedes as they prepared for

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA is attempting to clamp down on Formula 1 teams using steering angle to gain an aerodynamic advantage via the use of clever front suspension systems. A technical directive sent by the FIA’s Charlie Whiting last week made it clear

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon says he asked Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff for advice on dealing with Force India Formula 1 team-mate Sergio Perez after their on-track clashes in 2017. The duo came together twice at Spa, with Ocon claiming Perez “tried to

Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul says Sergey Sirotkin would be worthy of a race seat in Formula 1 should Williams opt to pair the Russian alongside Lance Stroll in 2018. Sirotkin has emerged as the leading contender to take the final vacant seat on next season’s F1 grid, after a successful test with Williams in

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has taunted Red Bull’s Helmut Marko for being needlessly rushed into re-signing Max Verstappen to a long-term Formula 1 deal. Appearing together in a show on Austrian broadcaster Servus TV, Lauda said Mercedes “never talked” to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa was a consistently great reference point to ensure Williams was getting the most out of its 2017 Formula 1 car, says chief technical officer Paddy Lowe. Massa came out of retirement to race for Williams for a fourth year

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Outgoing Honda F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa says the Japanese manufacturer can be proud of its engine development rate during the 2017 Formula 1 season. Honda opted to change its F1 engine concept over the winter, but ran out of time to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Ferrari F2004 – one of the most dominant cars in Formula 1 history – is set to take pride of place on the main Ferrari feature at Europe’s biggest pre-season motorsport show, Autosport International. Winning 15 F1 races throughout the