Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The risk of a post-race protest from Ferrari prompted Mercedes to make modifications to its radical wheel rim design ahead of the United States Grand Prix, Autosport has learned. As Mercedes seeks answers to its tyre temperature struggles in the Austin race,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso could trial a new driver’s-eye-view style of onboard camera before the end of the season as part of his Formula 1 farewell. Formula 1 is developing several different onboard camera ideas and wants to introduce a shot that gives viewers

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari took too long to wake-up to the fact that it had lost its way with recent car developments in Formula 1. Ferrari’s decision to abandon recent updates and roll back to older specification concepts at the United States

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel reckons he had the speed to win the 2018 United States Grand Prix, had he not lost ground on the opening lap after a collision with Daniel Ricciardo. The Ferrari driver went into the Austin race with a three-place penalty

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes has changed the water pumps on both its Formula 1 cars ahead of the United States Grand Prix after identifying problems after qualifying. Championship leader Lewis Hamilton will start the Austin race from pole position, with team-mate Valtteri Bottas lining up

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes the United States Grand Prix stewards had no choice but to give Sebastian Vettel a grid penalty for Sunday’s Formula 1 race. Ferrari driver Vettel should be lining up alongside title rival Lewis Hamilton at Austin but

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 drivers Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Ocon have escaped punishment after being investigated for driving unnecessarily slowly on their inlaps in United States Grand Prix qualifying. Mercedes driver Bottas qualified third for the Austin race, while Ocon put his Racing Point

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso insists McLaren’s decision not to compete full time in IndyCar next year changes nothing for him, as he never wanted to complete the whole season in the first place. Speculation about Alonso’s possible move to IndyCar has been rife since

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 teams have been told that they will not be given special dispensation to run 2019’s new front wings during the post-season Abu Dhabi test. F1’s aero regulations are changing next year, with simplified front wings and further bodywork restrictions being

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pirelli has revealed its range of 2019 Formula 1 tyres and confirmed the three colours that will be used at each race next season. Although there will be a range of between five and six compounds for the entire season, Pirelli will

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Gene Haas feels his team in racing is ‘Formula 1.5’ because the advantage of the top three outfits makes them seem like they are in another category. Although Haas is battling with Renault for fourth place in the constructors’ championship, the team

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 chiefs have ruled out the idea of experimenting with a ‘super weekend’ format change this season, if the world championship battle is settled early. With Lewis Hamilton on course to grab his fifth world championship title, potentially at this weekend’s

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. An automotive engineering student has won the opportunity of a lifetime with the Infiniti Engineering Academy to pursue a career in Formula 1. Sabre Cook, 24, a Mechanical Engineering student from Colorado University was announced as the Infiniti Engineering Academy 2018 USA

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says he is pleased his sometime title rival Lewis Hamilton is set to become the first of his generation to match Juan Manuel Fangio’s five Formula 1 championships. If Hamilton outscores fellow four-time champion Sebastian Vettel by eight points in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton goes into 2018’s title-deciding grands prix with a commanding lead in Autosport readers’ Formula 1 driver ratings as well as the world championship, while Sebastian Vettel has slumped. Having moved to the top of the table following the Italian Grand

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has given the all-clear to Mercedes’ Formula 1 wheel hub rim design, after Ferrari requested clarification. Sources have revealed that Ferrari approached the FIA in regards to the rear wheel rim and hub design that its title rival had used

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost says it is ‘nonsense’ to suggest a cost cap will not work in Formula 1 on the grounds it will be too hard to police. F1 owner Liberty Media is working on a costs cap as part

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren sporting director Gil de Ferran says he must keep a lid on his competitive spirit, which is making him “angry” amid the Formula 1 team’s struggles. De Ferran took his sporting director role in the summer after a leadership shake-up at

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 drivers have loaded up on hypersoft tyres for next weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix, with title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel making identical choices. Sole supplier Pirelli has nominated the new-for-2018 hypersoft, ultrasoft and supersoft compounds for the event at

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nissan Formula E driver Alexander Albon has emerged as favourite to partner Daniil Kvyat at Toro Rosso for the 2019 Formula 1 season. It’s understood that Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko is negotiating with Nissan for the release of the 22-year-old,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The tyre blistering Formula 1 drivers have had to manage at several grands prix this year has felt like they are “completely cruising round”, says Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas. Blistering occurs when part of a tyre overheats, causing rubber to soften and break

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sean Gelael will have his first Formula 1 practice outing of 2018 with Toro Rosso at this weekend’s United States Grand Prix. Gelael has been affiliated with Toro Rosso since 2017 and participated in four practice sessions at grands prix through the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Newly-confirmed 2019 Williams Formula 1 driver George Russell says he kept faith he could earn his grand prix debut next season amid fellow Mercedes protege Esteban Ocon’s “very bizarre situation”. The Formula 2 title favourite will step up to F1 next year

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says McLaren’s 2007 meltdown is an example of why his team cannot afford to relax and think the 2018 Formula 1 championship battle is over. A run of four consecutive victories for Lewis Hamilton has left him 67

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen says he would want to be able to “kick some butt” if he returned to racing, having thought “quite a lot” about the prospect. Hakkinen left F1 after the 2001 season on a sabbatical that

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says every race since he decided he would leave Formula 1 at the end of the season has been “a celebration” for him. The McLaren driver will walk away from F1 for 2019 after a topflight career that started with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso team boss Franz Tost says he would “absolutely refuse to go below 20 races” on the Formula 1 calendar. F1 is considering new races in Miami and Vietnam, despite concerns over the size of a calendar that already comprises 21

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. “How would you like to do a lap with George?” said the man from Mercedes. Given that the George in question was Formula 2 star Russell, and we were at Suzuka, saying no was not an option. I’ve been going to the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa says Formula 1’s old V8 engines lack the power and ‘aggression’ of the current turbo hybrid power units, after driving some of his former Ferrari cars last weekend. The Brazilian was invited to the Japanese Grand Prix to take part

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says Formula 1 should consider a ‘super weekend’ shake-up of formats during the year to stop the series becoming too predictable. While F1’s current focus has been on changes to qualifying to mix up the grid, the world championship leader