Haas will hand Formula 2 racer Louis Deletraz his first Formula 1 run in the post-season test in Abu Dhabi later this month. The Swiss racer, son of former F1 driver Jean-Denis, will pilot the team’s current-spec VF-18 on the second day of the three-day test – which is run by tyre supplier Pirelli. “I’m

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says fellow Formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso’s key career mistake was thinking he “controlled” the driver market when he left Ferrari. Hamilton and Alonso had an intense battle for the F1 title as McLaren team-mates in 2007, when they

Red Bull is now so confident in the Honda package that it has set a target of making Max Verstappen Formula 1’s youngest-ever world champion in 2019. Sebastian Vettel currently holds that record, having secured his first title with Red Bull in 2010 aged 23 years and 134 days. That means Verstappen, currently 21, has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton believes his Italian Grand Prix victory in September was the biggest mental blow Mercedes’ rival Ferrari experienced during the Formula 1 season. Ferrari headed to its home race on the back of an important win in Belgium, and locked out

Brendon Hartley says he has become more outspoken in Formula 1 because he has realised he needs to defend himself. The Toro Rosso driver’s future is uncertain given Red Bull has re-signed Daniil Kvyat to its junior team for next season and is keen on Alexander Albon for the second seat. Hartley has insisted he

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valtteri Bottas believes improving in qualifying is key to turning around Lewis Hamilton’s superiority in the Mercedes Formula 1 team. Though Bottas has secured a contract extension for 2019, he has been overshadowed by Hamilton through his time at Mercedes so far

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says his focus cannot slip after winning a fifth Formula 1 title because he has “no idea” why he has struggled in the last two grands prix. Hamilton won four races in a row to put himself on the brink

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pierre Gasly believes rules over how aggressively Formula 1 drivers can race each other are “quite weird” and “a grey area” after an incident with Esteban Ocon in Mexico. Toro Rosso driver Gasly tried to pass the Racing Point Force India around

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 cars’ floors are the latest area where teams have been exploring unique technical concepts. Ferrari first raised some eyebrows at the United States Grand Prix when it fitted a series of fins to the floor’s outside edge. These fins, and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists that his team’s decision to race without its cooling rear wheel rims did not contribute to its W09 behaving like “an F3 car” in the Mexican Grand Prix. Both Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas struggled with their

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen has admitted he was guilty of overdriving earlier this season and believes backing off has made him a faster Formula 1 driver. The Mexican Grand Prix winner was involved in a succession of incidents at the start of the year,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner has credited Renault with getting its sums right for the high altitude in Mexico and helping Max Verstappen to a dominant victory. Horner stressed that the unique conditions in Mexico put Renault on a par

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo was left feeling “helpless” and keen to hand over his “cursed” Red Bull Formula 1 car to Pierre Gasly after another mechanical problem robbed him of a podium in Mexico. Ricciardo, who will be leaving Red Bull at the end

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen talks exclusively to Autosport about the Shell House, the Shell & Scuderia Ferrari Partnership, and his experiences in Mexico City It’s been a remarkable week at the Shell House. Day one saw the unveiling of an exclusive piece of art

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Autosport visits the Shell Track Lab in the Scuderia Ferrari garage ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. This week at the Shell House in downtown Mexico City, Autosport has been learning all about the different aspects of the partnership between Shell and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams Formula 1 driver Lance Stroll has been cleared of rejoining the track unsafely in Mexican Grand Prix qualifying, the second such incident at the same corner this weekend. FIA race director Charlie Whiting had instructed all drivers that if they went

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo headed a Red Bull one-two to claim pole position for the Mexican Grand Prix as Formula 1 title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel completed the second row. Ricciardo overhauled team-mate Max Verstappen on the final runs in qualifying to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost thought his team would have “much more problems” with Honda this season and backs the engine manufacturer to close further on its Formula 1 rivals. Honda partnered with Toro Rosso for 2018 after splitting with McLaren and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault’s “misleading” strong pace in Friday practice ahead of Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix is down to top teams underperforming rather than the French outfit making gains, Carlos Sainz believes. Sainz finished third behind the two Red Bulls in both FP1 and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg believes it is hard for Formula 1 outsiders to understand how sensitive modern cars are in battle, following Sebastian Vettel’s downforce “hole” theory to explain his recent spins. Vettel’s world title hopes have faded in recent races thanks to a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull says its partnership with Honda is already “way stronger” than with Renault, as its excitement grows about what could be possible for 2019. Honda’s rapid progress with Toro Rosso in 2018 has raised interest from its rivals, and left Max

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Mexican Grand Prix stewards have given Mercedes the green light to use its controversial wheel design for the coming Formula 1 race weekend. Mercedes runs a spacer on its rear wheels with small holes and grooves added to reduce the heat

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari will test its new Formula 1 floor again at the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend, with Red Bull also set to run its own version of the concept. Ferrari has not been convinced by the new floor idea so far, having

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 investors stepping in to rescue ailing teams has “saved” Liberty Media from having to “scramble” to prevent teams disappearing from the grid, says Haas owner Gene Haas. Over the summer, a Lawrence Stroll-led consortium rescued Force India from administration and

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen believes his resurgent 2018 Formula 1 season has been down to things “running more smoothly” that have made the year “more fun”. Raikkonen will leave Ferrari at the end of the season to rejoin Sauber, bringing an end

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has left hospital more than two months after undergoing a lung transplant. Lauda had surgery at Austria’s AKH Vienna hospital at the start of August after falling ill while on holiday in Ibiza. On Wednesday,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 is no longer pursuing the glasses camera concept it trialled earlier this season, but has two serious alternative options as it closes on introducing a driver’s-eye-view onboard shot. Pierre Gasly gave F1’s camera glasses their first race weekend trial in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA race director Charlie Whiting believes Formula 1’s red-flag rules are an “easy thing to follow” and that Sebastian Vettel simply did not do a good enough job at Austin. Vettel picked up a three-place grid penalty for last weekend’s United States

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Dan Ticktum drove a Formula 1 car for the first time at Silverstone on Thursday as his prize drive for winning the 2017 McLaren Autosport BRDC Award. The 19-year-old Red Bull Junior won four times to finish runner-up in the Formula 3

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Sport Formula 1 president Jerome Stoll says the French manufacturer undertook an internal review after struggling in recent races to help it bounce back at Austin last weekend. Renault has come under increasing pressure from Haas in the battle for fourth