Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The new Racing Point Force India team has been granted an official Formula 1 entry by the FIA in place of Force India, starting from this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. As revealed by Autosport on Wednesday, the FIA and the owners of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s latest official computer game launches this week, with Codemasters again doing more than simply adding a lick of paint to the series for its annual release. While F1 continues to restrict the features of its own game in too many

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India could run under a new identity in Formula 1 this season if the FIA is satisfied that relevant legal issues have been properly addressed. It is understood that the team may be allowed by the FIA to run under its

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 2 frontrunner Alexander Albon believes he can fight for a Toro Rosso Formula 1 seat in 2019, but accepts he must convince sceptical Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko. Albon was dropped by the Marko-run Red Bull junior programme in 2012

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes promoting Pierre Gasly is a result of the same philosophy that brought the likes of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen into Formula 1. Gasly has been chosen to replace Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull next

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 commercial boss Sean Bratches says Fernando Alonso was right to say the championship has become too predictable, but insists the situation will change. In explaining his decision to not race in F1 in 2019, Alonso declared the predictability, and a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula E champion Jean-Eric Vergne says returning to Formula 1 is a possibility for the 2019 season after being approached by a team. Vergne was dropped by Red Bull at the end of 2014 after three seasons racing for its junior team

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pierre Gasly says the shock of being told he would replace Daniel Ricciardo at the Red Bull Formula 1 team for 2019 left him ‘running around shouting’. Though Gasly was generally expected to be promoted from Toro Rosso once Ricciardo’s surprise Renault

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull has confirmed it will promote Pierre Gasly to its senior Formula 1 team next season in place of Daniel Ricciardo. Gasly currently drives for Red Bull’s junior team Toro Rosso, where he made his F1 debut at the 2017 Malaysian

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren reserve driver Lando Norris will make his Formula 1 grand prix weekend debut appearance when he drives in the first free practice session at the 2018 Belgian Grand Prix. The 2017 Formula 3 European champion, who will replace Fernando Alonso in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lance Stroll believes that Formula 1 drivers make “easy targets” for blame, amid Williams’s poor run of form in 2018. Williams has finished in the top five of the constructors’ championship for the past four seasons but is enduring a painful performance

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes and its Formula 1 fuel and lubricants supplier Petronas have been discussing how they can work together in other areas of motorsport using alternative fuels. The two companies have worked together in F1 since 2010, with Petronas becoming more prominently involved

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nico Hulkenberg says he takes some pride in having “survived” for nearly a decade in Formula 1 despite the ever-growing threat posed by pay drivers. The highly-rated Hulkenberg, who once came close to a Ferrari seat, has yet to take a podium

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Robert Kubica says his Formula 1 testing role with Williams has been a “good surprise” as he expected to find it more difficult to have to watch others race. The 33-year-old has driven on five test days for Williams this year, as

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso will “definitely” make a Formula 1 comeback if McLaren returns to the front in grand prix racing soon, former team-mate Jenson Button believes. Alonso, who rejoined McLaren for a second stint in 2014 but has been unable to add to

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean insists his decision to join Haas was never taken with a potential Formula 1 future at Ferrari in mind. Haas’s close ties with Ferrari, through a deal to take engines and as many chassis parts as permitted by F1’s rules,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 may need to ‘standardise’ some elements of its hybrid engine regulations to maintain “confidence” in rule enforcement, reckons Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul. The 2018 F1 season has featured ongoing speculation about Ferrari’s hybrid system, which the FIA has passed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Magnussen is trying to win a Formula 1 Class B title he has created in his mind this season. The Haas driver is eighth in the 2018 standings on 45 points, just seven behind Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg. Sixth-placed Max Verstappen has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault will introduce a new floor and other aerodynamic parts for the Belgian Grand Prix as it tries to maintain its place at the head of Formula 1’s midfield battle. In the close fight behind the top three teams, the French manufacturer

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault’s push to increase its works Formula 1 team’s headcount by 50% since rejoining the grid hurt its efficiency and “bang-for-buck” while developing its 2018 challenger. Since reclaiming ‘Team Enstone’ from Lotus ahead of the 2016 season, Renault has been on an

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says a lack of track action in Formula 1, rather than his and McLaren’s recent poor results, prompted his 2019 exit decision. The two-time champion announced earlier this week that he would not be competing in F1 in 2019, but

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Spanish authorities have blamed a mistranslation for fuelling incorrect media reports that injured Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher was poised to move to Mallorca. Widespread reports over recent days suggested that Schumacher’s family was poised to move away from it current residency

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon believes a Mercedes Formula 1 drive is “just a matter of time” and says his future lies with the German manufacturer regardless of his 2019 team. The Mercedes junior is halfway through his second year racing with its engine customer

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren is working on replacing Fernando Alonso with Carlos Sainz Jr as Pierre Gasly has emerged as Daniel Ricciardo’s likely successor at Red Bull, Autosport understands. Sainz drove for Red Bull’s junior team Toro Rosso for three seasons and is currently on

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault cannot afford to let its 2019 work compromise its ’18 car’s development because of the pressure it is under in Formula 1’s midfield battle, says chassis chief Nick Chester. The French manufacturer consolidated fourth in the constructors’ championship heading into the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The latest episode of The Autosport Podcast dives into Fernando Alonso’s decision not to race in Formula 1 next season and the wide-ranging consequences of the call. Autosport’s Andrew van de Burgt and Scott Mitchell join Edd Straw to discuss what Alonso

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One-time Formula 1 world champion Jody Scheckter believes people have overrated Fernando Alonso and says his divisive nature is “not the way to win world championships”. Alonso revealed on Tuesday that he will leave F1 at the end of the year but

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says he could return to Formula 1 after 2019 and has indicated his absence from the grid may only be temporary if McLaren’s form improves. The two-time world champion revealed on Tuesday that he will not be racing in F1

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The overhaul of Formula 1’s front wing rules for next season makes it tough for teams to judge aerodynamic targets for their 2019 cars, according to Williams chief Paddy Lowe. Williams (pictured above), Force India and Red Bull provided a first on-track

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Charles Leclerc reckons Sauber’s “huge” progress this season has looked even bigger than it is because it took him a few races to get comfortable in Formula 1. Leclerc and his team-mate Marcus Ericsson started the season on the ninth row of