Fernando Alonso says his reunion with a V8 engine in his unplanned 2013 McLaren run in Bahrain was “very special” and Formula 1 is missing noisier cars. Alonso made a surprise return to the cockpit of an F1 car in Bahrain on Monday, just 17 hours on from his farewell in the Abu Dhabi Grand

Daniel Ricciardo said goodbye to the Red Bull Formula 1 team on Friday with his final official visit to the team’s factory in Milton Keynes. The Australian made the shock decision after the Hungarian Grand Prix to reject an offer to stay with Red Bull in favour of switching to Renault for 2019. Ricciardo moves

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Force India name will disappear from Formula 1 next year with the team being renamed Racing Point F1. Following the takeover of the outfit by a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll, it retained its Force India moniker for its team and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Racing Point Force India has finally confirmed Lance Stroll’s expected move to the team to partner Sergio Perez in the 2019 Formula 1 season. Stroll graduated to F1 with Williams in 2017 as the reigning European Formula 3 champion and continued with

Carlos Sainz Jr says he has “a lot of information to analyse” after making his testing debut for the McLaren Formula 1 team earlier this week. Sainz was given permission to join McLaren early ahead of racing for the team in 2019, having concluded his Renault campaign in last week’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The

Valtteri Bottas has vowed to adopt a “drive like I stole it” attitude next year as he fights for his Mercedes future after a difficult 2018 Formula 1 season. Having ended this year without a win, Bottas has openly admitted that the season just gone has been his most disappointing in grand prix racing. With

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 has witnessed a “new” Lewis Hamilton after winning the final two races of the season following his title success, says his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. Hamilton notably lost the 2016 title to team-mate and rival Nico Rosberg after a lukewarm

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pirelli is hopeful it has addressed several key areas that impacted Formula 1 races negatively in 2018 after the teams gained experience with their ’19 tyre compounds this week. Abu Dhabi’s two-day tyre test was an opportunity for all 10 teams to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA race director Charlie Whiting says the kerb before the final corner in Abu Dhabi eliminated the need for “zero-tolerance” penalties that he believes “demean” Formula 1. While there was some controversy about the kerb’s height and the way it crumbled, drivers

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo admits that Red Bull’s surge of form in the latter part of 2018 was “confusing” as there was no obvious explanation for the improved pace of the RB14. Red Bull pinned its hopes on a good race in Mexico, because

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Racing Point Force India Formula 1 boss Otmar Szafnauer says mistakes in the last few races cost his team a shot at recovering to sixth place in the world championship. The Silverstone-based team lost the points it scored before its ownership change

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Multiple world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel believe Max Verstappen is ready for a Formula 1 title challenge, if Red Bull and Honda provide a package capable of winning. Verstappen bounced back from an error-strewn first six races of the season,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Brendon Hartley has spoken for the first time since he was dropped by the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team in favour of Alexander Albon for 2019. His exit was confirmed by the announcement of Albon on Monday and the Toro Rosso press

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen says he will not be made to “look like an idiot” when he completes his two days of ‘public service’ for the FIA. Verstappen was given the punishment for his post-race altercation with Esteban Ocon

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Honda has paid tribute to outgoing Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley and declared its Formula 1 engine’s progress was “accelerated” by the ex-Porsche LMP1 star’s feedback. Hartley has been replaced at Toro Rosso after one full season in F1, having been handed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen has returned to the wheel of a Sauber Formula 1 car for the first time in 17 years. The Finn will race for the Swiss team in 2019 after ending his second spell with Ferrari this season. Raikkonen, reunited with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso-Honda has announced that Alexander Albon will be Daniil Kvyat’s 2019 team-mate, filling what was effectively the final vacancy on next year’s Formula 1 grid. The news means 19 of the 20 seats have been revealed, with the official announcement of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alexander Albon is expected to be announced as a 2019 Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver in the coming days, having completed extracting himself from his Nissan Formula E deal. Albon was a Formula 2 title contender this season, although he slipped from

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA stewards at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix were “surprised” by Fernando Alonso’s repeated corner cutting in the closing stages, according to Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting. Alonso received three consecutive five-second time penalties for leaving the track and gaining

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA race director Charlie Whiting says Nico Hulkenberg’s halo did not compromise the Renault Formula 1 driver’s extraction following his first lap crash in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Hulkenberg’s came to rest upside down, leaning against the barrier at the outside

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jenson Button will join Sky Sports as a TV pundit for all 21 races of the 2019 Formula 1 season. Button worked for the broadcaster at this year’s British Grand Prix and will be a part of the channel’s presenting team full-time

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charles Leclerc will make his debut as an official Ferrari Formula 1 driver in next week’s Abu Dhabi test and believes it will be a “special” and “emotional” experience. Leclerc has tested for Ferrari before, including completing a run at Monza earlier

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen says Red Bull is looking into the tyre-temperature confusion that impacted his final run in qualifying for Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Verstappen and his team disagreed on the temperature of his hypersoft Pirellis in the last moments of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Haas Formula 1 team has submitted a notice of its intent to appeal the decision of the FIA stewards after its unsuccessful protest against Force India. The stewards dismissed the protest and asserted that Force India’s entry is legal and that

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A “surprising” gap between the hypersoft and the ultrasoft tyre at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix makes it unlikely the top teams will get through Q2 on the harder tyres, reckons Pirelli. The large speed advantage that Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The sausage kerb added to the exit of the penultimate corner of the Yas Marina Formula 1 circuit is being repaired after complaints following Friday practice. A long, 50mm high kerb was added between the final two corners ahead of this year’s

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 managing Cyril Abiteboul insists that Carlos Ghosn’s departure as the road car company’s chief does not pose an immediate threat to his team’s future. Ghosn, who was Renault’s CEO and chairman and a key figure in bringing it back

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Brendon Hartley says his Toro Rosso team-mate Pierre Gasly’s “nice speech” about team orders after the Brazilian Grand Prix rang hollow after he benefitted from them several times in 2018. When running behind the 11th-placed Gasly, Hartley requested that the team swap

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Haas Formula 1 team has protested Racing Point Force India ahead of this weekend’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Haas and Force India have both been summoned to report to the stewards on Friday morning ahead of first practice at Yas

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen insists he has “no regrets” over what he feels was a “normal” response of shoving Formula 1 rival Esteban Ocon after their Brazilian Grand Prix clash. Verstappen will have to carry out two days of ‘public service’ for the FIA