McLaren has completely eliminated its infamous “matrix” management structure and will have a traditional Formula 1 leadership arrangement under new team principal Andreas Seidl. The British team adopted the aerospace-inspired matrix set-up in Ron Dennis’s time, with McLaren’s former CEO Martin Whitmarsh the architect. It avoided the traditional divisions of responsibility in the racing team

Rich Energy has announced that it has terminated its title sponsorship contract with the Haas Formula 1 team, citing “poor performance”. In a statement posted on Twitter on Wednesday, the drinks company also claimed that the “politics and PC attitude” of F1 is “inhibiting our business”. A Haas spokesman declined to comment when asked to

Over the last few seasons, McLaren has struggled to haul its way up Formula 1’s competitive order, but a change to its fortunes has taken place in 2019. Currently standing on top of the ever-tight battle for supremacy within the midfield, McLaren has made a number of changes behind closed doors to its team framework,

Renault Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo says rival team McLaren currently has “the kind of package that we’re looking for”. Renault hoped its French GP update package would leave the RS19 as the clear fourth-fastest car in F1, but this has not materialised, and its showing at the Red Bull Ring – with both cars

The controversial Formula 1 DRS zone that included the first two sweeps of the Silverstone circuit has been dropped for this year’s British Grand Prix. Silverstone will return to having just two areas where drivers can activate the drag reduction system, after an experimental addition of a third zone last year from the exit of

Ferrari recently tried and failed to get Formula 1 to revert to 2018-specification Pirelli tyres in a bid to close Mercedes’ advantage this season. Ferrari pushed for the switch in the middle of a disappointing and so far winless 2019 campaign, suggesting that the change was for the good of the championship in a year

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andreas Seidl says the championship’s incoming budget cap is “the only way” his outfit can fight with Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull again. The British team has not won a race since 2012, its last championship success was Lewis Hamilton’s inaugural title in 2008 and it has undergone a major

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andreas Seidl targeted the development of a new windtunnel “from day one” of his new role. Ex-Porsche LMP1 head Seidl joined McLaren at the start of May and the team’s commitment to building a new windtunnel was announced less than two months later. McLaren currently uses Toyota’s facility in Cologne

Pierre Gasly is still yet to overcome a difficult start to life at Red Bull’s senior team after nine grands prix at the start of the 2019 Formula 1 season. Gasly has only beaten Max Verstappen once in qualifying so far this year, and finished the most recent race in Austria a lap down on

Formula 1 teams are not equipped for the championship to revive a tyre war and believe it would be worse for racing than having a single supplier. F1 has had one tyre supplier since 2007, with Pirelli taking over the responsibility from Bridgestone from 2011. Pirelli’s F1 era has been dominated by a demand for,

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes rival Ferrari lost important “momentum” in Formula 1 with its defeat in Bahrain after Charles Leclerc suffered late-race heartache with an engine problem. Ferrari came into the 2019 season as the favourite after showing strong pace in winter testing, but it has yet to win a race in 2019. Fans

Kimi Raikkonen reckons the debate over whether Formula 1 has become less difficult is skewed because “the memory plays games” when looking back at previous years. Amid the plan to drastically change multiple elements of F1 for 2021, some drivers – including five-time world champion Lewis Hamilton – have called for the physical challenge to

Carlos Sainz Jr believes McLaren’s Spanish Grand Prix upgrade package is now showing its strength in high-speed corners and means it can head to Formula 1’s British Grand Prix confident. Sainz believes McLaren’s strong showing in the French and Austrian Grands Prix – scoring 22 points at the two venues – means the package is

McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andreas Seidl says it is “pretty difficult to imagine” any new entry investing the money currently required to be successful in the championship. F1 is pursuing prospective teams and engine manufacturers, with Honda the only supplier to join since the V6 turbo-hybrid engine rules were introduced in 2014. Resource restrictions

The major upgrade package Renault recently brought to its Formula 1 car has not had the impact that was was expected, according to the team’s drivers. Renault promised a “substantial” upgrade for its home race in France last month and brought a new front end and new floor to Paul Ricard, along with a selection

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl wants his team to embrace a more “risky” approach to Formula 1 car development in its bid to move further up the grid. The McLaren team finished sixth in the constructors’ championship in its first campaign using Renault engines but finds itself fourth this year after another race in which both

Racing Point’s enduring struggles in the 2019 Formula 1 season are a “bit of a legacy” of its financial difficulties in its former Force India identity. The Canadian-owned team was a ‘new entry’ to the championship last year after Force India went into administration. Force India’s troubles meant the team’s progress with its 2018 car

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has suggested there is an “agenda” behind ongoing rumours that he is being lined up to replace Chase Carey as a future Formula 1 chief. Wolff’s success at Mercedes has led to him being linked to a future role running F1, with Formula E chief Alejandro Agag, Lamborghini CEO Stefano Domenicali

Red Bull and Honda were “surprised” to score their first Formula 1 win together in Austria because Mercedes being “almost perfect” meant the season started tougher than expected. Max Verstappen’s victory in Austria, at Red Bull’s home race and in front of senior Honda personnel, was a timely triumph as discussions continue over the manufacturer’s

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff thinks Formula 1 should not talk itself down and should remember the Austrian Grand Prix the next time there is “polemic” criticism about racing. An entertaining Red Bull Ring race came one week after an uneventful grand prix at Paul Ricard that provoked condemnation. Wolff compared that reaction to comments made

Pierre Gasy needs a mental “Control-Alt-Delete” reset in a bid to recover his Formula 1 season, reckons his Red Bull boss Christian Horner. Gasly has had a difficult start to the campaign, and his misery continued in the Austrian Grand Prix when he was lapped for a third race in a row, while team-mate Max

Mercedes has revealed the cooling problems that made its Austrian Grand Prix “painful” were a legacy of the fundamental design of its Formula 1 car being too “optimistic”. Valtteri Bottas finished third while championship leader Lewis Hamilton finished off the podium for the first time this season in fifth, as Mercedes 100% winning start to

The world’s only twilight race returns to the Yas Marina Circuit. After a decade on the Formula 1 calendar, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has established itself as the season finale. With time running out to secure a seat at the showdown and packages starting from £999, this is a race you won’t want to

Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne deserve a “lot of credit” for helping McLaren develop a much better Formula 1 car this year, says its new team boss Andreas Seidl. Although both drivers endured frustrations with McLaren’s lack of competiveness over recent years, Seidl thinks that the job they did in steering the team down the

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl says teams and drivers cannot complain that there are too many rules in Formula 1, because they pushed for them in the first place. For the third time in three races, F1 had a penalty controversy in Austria after Max Verstappen’s race-winning move on Charles Leclerc in Austria prompted an investigation

McLaren engineering director Pat Fry is understood to have been put on gardening leave after indicating that he wants to leave the Formula 1 team. Fry had rejoined McLaren after eight years away on a short-term contract while it awaited the arrival James Key, who had been recruited from Toro Rosso as technical director but

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi says the FIA is trying to avoid bogging the championship down with pedantic punishments. Masi took on the FIA F1 race director role following the shock death of Charlie Whiting on the eve of the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Stewards’ decisions have been in the spotlight lately following the

Red Bull’s victory in the Austrian Grand Prix could be decisive in determining Honda’s Formula 1 future, amid ongoing high-level talks over whether the manufacturer will continue beyond 2020. Max Verstappen’s triumph at the Red Bull Ring ended a Honda victory drought that stretches back to 2006, and is its first win since it returned

Max Verstappen suspects “a few doubts are going away” after Red Bull claimed its first Formula 1 win with a Honda engine in the Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen qualified third-fastest at the Red Bull Ring and started second, but dropped to eighth on the opening lap after his anti-stall kicked in as the race began.

Lando Norris says he could take more risks than Formula 1 title challenger Lewis Hamilton when he went around the outside at the first corner of the Austrian Grand Prix. After lining up fifth on the grid, Norris moved up one place at the start after Max Verstappen nearly stalled, and then he muscled his