Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 chiefs need to find a ‘fairer’ way to stop talented young drivers losing out in the battle for seats, says future Red Bull racer Pierre Gasly. The possibility of the highly-rated Esteban Ocon being left without an F1 drive in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams has admitted it was “blindsided” about its need to change by the strong form it showed at the start of Formula 1’s turbo hybrid era. Currently last in the 2018 F1 constructors’ standings, Williams is undertaking a deep analysis of its

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Losing Esteban Ocon from the grid in 2019 would be a “complete shame for Formula 1”, believes DTM boss Gerhard Berger. With his Force India seat in jeopardy due to Lance Stroll’s father Lawrence’s role in the team’s recent rescue, Mercedes protege

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Robert Kubica will pursue alternative racing options if he does not land a Formula 1 drive in 2019. The Pole has not started an F1 race since the 2010 Abu Dhabi GP because of the rally crash early in ’11 that left

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen’s return to Sauber – his first Formula 1 team back in 2001 – was the surprise byproduct of the confirmation of Charles Leclerc’s 2019 Ferrari move. In this video Autosport’s Glenn Freeman, Andrew van de Burgt and Ben Anderson discuss

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 will face the “real problem” of only having a few manufacturers capable of winning races if it does not prevent the use of ‘servant’ teams, says Renault technical chief Nick Chester. A potential budget cap in F1 from 2021 has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren is expecting its recent struggles to continue for the rest of the Formula 1 season because rival teams have outdeveloped its “extremely poor” car. The Belgian and Italian Grands Prix have exposed McLaren’s top-speed deficit to its rivals and it qualified

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. This weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix marks the return of the proper downforce battle in Formula 1 after the low-drag challenges of Spa and Monza. Red Bull will be buoyed by its dominant form around low-speed Monaco earlier this year, while Ferrari has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The late Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne told FIA president Jean Todt he felt “positive” about the future direction of Formula 1 after a final meal they had together in June. Marchionne had spoken out several times, questioning Liberty Media’s revamp of F1,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A pitch from Formula 1 chiefs Chase Carey and Sean Bratches convinced Mercedes to back the 2019 German Grand Prix. Mercedes was announced last weekend as the title sponsor of next year’s race, after Hockenheim concluded a one-year extension with Liberty. Wolff

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas boss Gunther Steiner says its Formula 1 rivals have resorted to legal means to try to halt its charge because they cannot beat it on track. In the wake of Renault protesting Romain Grosjean’s car after the Italian Grand Prix, Haas

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes says it is turning its Formula 1 car and engine factories “upside down” in the bid to keep adding performance in its fight against Ferrari. With Lewis Hamilton recently increasing his world championship lead despite Ferrari currently having a faster car,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt says suggestions that Formula 1 will need to go fully-electric in the future are “nonsense”. The growing interest in Formula E, among both fans and car manufacturers, has led to claims that F1 may need to consider an

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Haas Formula 1 team has lodged its formal appeal with the FIA over the exclusion of Romain Grosjean from the Italian Grand Prix, Autosport has learned. Grosjean was stripped of his sixth place finish in Italy following a protest from Renault

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Jr says he always felt Daniil Kvyat would return to Formula 1, with the Russian set to earn a third shot with Red Bull and Toro Rosso. Kvyat was dumped by Red Bull before the end of the 2017 season

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt claims Formula 1 and other categories would be at risk of being banned if drivers were injured or killed in the kind of accidents witnessed recently. After Charles Leclerc’s Belgian Grand Prix escape, after his halo was struck

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton has reclaimed the lead from Sebastian Vettel in Autosport readers’ Formula 1 driver ratings for the 2018 season so far. Vettel’s victory in the Belgian Grand Prix put him back ahead of his championship rival based on the scores given

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren outcast Stoffel Vandoorne says doubters are too quick to pass judgment on Formula 1 drivers from one race to another. Vandoorne will lose his McLaren seat in 2019 to rookie Lando Norris, on the heels of two seasons in which the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Italian Grand Prix highlighted a design lead the Toro Rosso-Honda Formula 1 team has pursued to help its straightline speed. Like sister team Red Bull with Renault, Toro Rosso’s power deficit has encouraged it to do all it can with wing

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA president Jean Todt does not expect any new manufacturers to join Formula 1 from 2021, despite the proposed new engine rules having been developed with newcomers in mind. The revamp that will make engines louder, cheaper and less complicated could be

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Newly-confirmed 2019 McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris believes his chance with the team is “very different” to that of Lewis Hamilton, who the rising star has been compared to. Norris is only in his fourth year of single-seater racing but has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. FIA Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting says Sauber’s Italian Grand Prix DRS problems will be discussed at a meeting with team technical directors on Thursday. Marcus Ericsson had a huge crash during practice at Monza when he lost control under braking

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel does not want Ferrari to impose team orders on Kimi Raikkonen, despite Formula 1 title rival Mercedes’ Italian Grand Prix instructions to Lewis Hamilton’s team-mate Valtteri Bottas. Mercedes left Bottas out on a long first stint at Monza and instructed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lando Norris says he would probably not be preparing for his Formula 1 debut in 2019 without his McLaren Autosport BRDC Award win two years ago. Norris sealed a McLaren affiliation as part of his 2016 prize, which included paid simulator work

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen does not think fans should boo their favourites’ opponents after the partisan Monza crowd targeted Mercedes and Italian Grand Prix race winner Lewis Hamilton. Both Hamilton and his team-mate Valtteri Bottas were subjected to boos post-race,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren CEO Zak Brown believes Stoffel Vandoorne would be an ideal signing for Red Bull’s junior Formula 1 team Toro Rosso. Vandoorne is a free agent for 2019 after McLaren announced it would part company with the Belgian at the end of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes says it does not know why Ferrari’s straightline speed advantage disappeared during Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix weekend. Ferrari has a slight power advantage currently, and its performance has been further boosted by an energy deployment characteristic that allows it to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Despite the complexity of Formula 1’s rulebook, and the intense battle between teams, it is quite rare for post-race protests to take place these days. That is why there was surprise after the Italian Grand Prix when Renault protested the Haas car

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pierre Gasly has criticised Fernando Alonso after their clash in the Italian Grand Prix, claiming that the Spaniard has become “even more aggressive” since announcing his Formula 1 exit. Alonso drew the ire of Kevin Magnussen earlier in the weekend by trying

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean was disqualified from the Italian Grand Prix because Haas knowingly used a floor design on its Formula 1 car already deemed illegal by the FIA’s technical department. The FIA stewards deemed Grosjean’s floor contravened Article 3.7.1.d of the technical regulations