Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s “B-team” set-ups have left McLaren and Williams in a “void” between those outfits and manufacturer entries, says former grand prix driver Martin Brundle. The two British teams are two of F1’s most successful, claiming 17 constructors’ titles and

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alain Prost says that the arrival of Daniel Ricciardo at Renault will help to take the team to “another dimension.” Prost, who is a special advisor to the French manufacturer, believes that the former Red Bull Racing driver will bring

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 has created “the world’s first overtaking simulation” in a bid to design circuits that feature more entertaining racing, according to Pat Symonds. F1 bosses have commissioned a series of working groups evaluating several ways to improve the quality

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver-turned-pundit Martin Brundle believes “things weren’t right” at Ferrari last season, in the wake of the removal of Maurizio Arrivabene as team principal. Vettel and Ferrari fought for the 2018 world championship but were defeated again by Lewis

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Jr is hopeful McLaren will “remember” how to win again because he has “a lot of trust” in Formula 1’s second-most successful team. McLaren has won 182 races and sits only behind Ferrari (235 victories) in the all-time

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Force India driver Esteban Ocon has tipped the new-look Formula 1 team to close the “massive gap” Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull enjoy over the midfield. Ocon helped Force India to fourth place in the constructors’ championship in 2017 as

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault should be “scared” of Formula 1 rival Haas in the future, reckons Romain Grosjean, after their season-long battle in 2018. The French squad beat Haas to fourth place in the standings by 29 points, in a battle that also

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 bosses should slash downforce levels by a “minimum of 40-50%” to improve the spectacle of grand prix racing, reckons Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost. F1 cars will have simplified front wings and bargeboards, along with other small changes,

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull believes it will be able to deploy a Formula 1 engine ‘party mode’ for the first time thanks to its new-for-2019 partner Honda. After spending all-but-two of its 14 seasons with Renault power, Red Bull has switched to

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Mercedes protege Pascal Wehrlein will work with the Ferrari Formula 1 team this season in a development role. Wehrlein, who spent two years racing in F1 in 2016 and ’17 with Manor and Sauber, split with long-time backer Mercedes

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams and McLaren’s struggles last season were proof that Formula 1 shows “no mercy” for teams that get things wrong, says its sporting chief Ross Brawn. Despite the two British outfits being among the most successful in F1 history, a

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maurizio Arrivabene’s departure as Ferrari team principal has been confirmed by the Formula 1 team, which has named Mattia Binotto as his successor. As reported by Autosport, Ferrari has brought an end to a long-running saga over the leadership of

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault signing Daniel Ricciardo for the 2019 Formula 1 season made its staff as upbeat as they were during the title-winning Fernando Alonso era, says Cyril Abiteboul. Ricciardo’s switch from Red Bull to Renault was one of F1’s biggest shocks

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Maurizio Arrivabene is to be replaced as team principal of the Ferrari Formula 1 team by its technical chief Mattia Binotto, senior sources have confirmed. Ferrari has continually denied that it was considering a major management reshuffle after its failed

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes’s Formula 1 non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has returned to the AKH Hospital in Vienna after contracting a flu infection during the Christmas break. Lauda was on a family holiday in Ibiza when he became ill. It is understood that

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ross Brawn say he is “impatient” to revamp Formula 1, but insists that the slower process of consulting teams on changes is the right thing to do. The championship winning technical director and team boss was drafted in by F1’s

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lance Stroll believes he improved the consistency of his Formula 1 performances this year, although his progress was shrouded by the lack of competitiveness of the Williams team. Stroll, who has moved to the Racing Point team for this season,

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso’s use of a complete Red Bull rear end in 2019 will be a “big advantage” for Honda as it prepares to supply two Formula 1 teams again. Red Bull is switching to Honda engines next year after its

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull must ensure Honda is connected to the reality of Formula 1 and has its priorities in order if the engine manufacturer is to succeed again, says Ross Brawn. Honda has convinced Red Bull it is capable of producing

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault says the gains it expects from its 2019 Formula 1 car and engine are the biggest it has ever made over a winter. The manufacturer ended the 2018 season at the front of the midfield, finishing fourth in the

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valtteri Bottas must perform at the same level as Lewis Hamilton in the 2019 Formula 1 season to keep his Mercedes race seat for next year, says boss Toto Wolff. Bottas had a disappointing 2018 campaign where, despite a strong

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Racing Point team owner Lawrence Stroll wants his outfit to use Formula 1’s planned 2021 overhaul to become “one of the greatest teams in the paddock”. Stroll led a consortium that bought Force India’s assets in the summer, following the

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Robert Kubica says it was “not easy” to say no to Ferrari’s offer of a Formula 1 development role in 2019. Kubica was understood to be in talks to take up a simulator position with Ferrari following the departure of

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Getting one person into Formula 1 is a memorable achievement for any family, but some families have had two or even three of their fold on the grand prix grid. While the Rosbergs and Hills produced father-and-son world champions, in

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s push to make races less predictable included the suggestion of stopping teams from testing different tyres in Friday practice, Williams technical chief Paddy Lowe has revealed. Last year’s United States Grand Prix suffered from heavy rain on Friday

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has described Michael Schumacher as the “founding father” of his team’s huge Formula 1 success, on the seven-time world champion’s 50th birthday. Schumacher came out of retirement to join the relaunched works Mercedes project in

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 teams have made a concerted effort to ensure the 2019 aerodynamic rules do not leave any loopholes that can be exploited, according to Williams technical chief Paddy Lowe. As a first push in Liberty Media’s bid to increase

Get unlimited access for free You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sauber’s “spiral” of good news over the last year in Formula 1 was key to giving Kimi Raikkonen the motivation to join the team, reckons Frederic Vasseur. In the summer of 2017 Sauber cancelled a planned Honda engine deal and

Lewis Hamilton’s off-track endeavours have taught Formula 1 managing director of motorsport Ross Brawn “a lesson” in how a driver can behave out of the car. Hamilton, who clinched a fifth world championship in 2018 alongside launching his own clothing line in collaboration with major US brand Tommy Hilfiger, has been criticised at times for

Lewis Hamilton’s current ability to perform at such a high level in Formula 1 is down to having found happiness in life off track, reckons Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff. Having achieved his fifth F1 world championship this season, with a campaign that many believed was his best ever, Hamilton was able to twin title