Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost admits his Formula 1 team “hasn’t achieved our goals” with some of its major upgrades this season and is currently “behind expectations”. The squad introduced several aero updates during the Austrian and British Grand Prix weekends, including

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul admits that the manufacturer underestimated the development potential of the current engines and says it will take bigger risks to rectify this. F1 is in its fifth season using V6 turbo-hybrids, an era in which Mercedes

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul has warned that Formula 1 is falling behind schedule as it continues to firm up its 2021 engine regulations. The FIA and Liberty’s plans to introduce a simplified power unit without an MGU-H – outlined last October –

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Williams Formula 1 team is no longer feeling the “pain of failure” that it used to, according to former driver David Coulthard. Williams is in the middle of one of its worst ever seasons, sitting last in the constructors’ standings heading

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lance Stroll believes the difficult season he is enduring with Williams is part of a “love-hate relationship” with Formula 1. Stroll scored a podium and qualified on the front row during his rookie F1 season with Williams in 2017, but the team’s

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Experience is a priority for McLaren’s 2019 Formula 1 driver line-up because it needs a better car to “take a risk with two younger drivers”, according to CEO Zak Brown. Fernando Alonso is yet to confirm whether he wants to stay in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Alejandro Agag says Formula 1 would need Formula E’s permission if it wanted to go fully electric in the next decade. F1 sporting boss Ross Brawn has claimed that there is “nothing to stop” the championship switching to fully electric power in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa says he was upset to hear ex-Williams Formula 1 team-mate Lance Stroll did not feel he received guidance from him last year. Williams asked Massa to extend his F1 career by one more season so it could field the experienced

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault driver Carlos Sainz Jr believes his 2018 Formula 1 campaign has been “weird”, with results not matching the progress he thinks he has made. Sainz has had a solid opening half to the 2018 season, scoring in eight of the 12

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren wants Stoffel Vandoorne to beat Formula 1 team-mate Fernando Alonso more often as it weighs up whether to keep the Belgian for 2019. The 2015 GP2 champion and 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 runner-up has struggled to make an impact in F1

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull driver Max Verstappen believes it would be wrong to interpret Honda’s high rate of Formula 1 engine changes this season as poor reliability. Toro Rosso pair Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley have used more engine elements than any other driver

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas team boss Gunther Steiner says Mercedes’ customers cannot complain about Ferrari’s engine gains given the power advantage they have enjoyed in recent years. While Mercedes dominated the first few years of F1’s V6 turbo-hybrid era that began in 2014, Ferrari has

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 team boss Christian Horner says it wouldn’t be “the healthiest thing” for his outfit to pursue Fernando Alonso as the replacement for Renault-bound Daniel Ricciardo. Ricciardo, who has been part of Red Bull’s main F1 team since 2014,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey says that his organisation is “not afraid of risk” when it comes to taking a stake in the promotion of future grands prix. The Miami GP – now postponed to 2020 – will run on a risk-sharing

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey believes the championship will finalise its 2021 regulations and commercial package “in the coming months” once the “right compromises” are found. The 2021 engine regulations, which have already been delayed after the four manufacturers rejected what was

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari reserve Antonio Giovinazzi says it has been “really hard” not racing in 2018 and hopes he can prove “I’m not a simulator driver” by graduating to Formula 1. Giovinazzi finished a close second to Toro Rosso F1 racer Pierre Gasly in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India’s new ownership will allow it to press on with crucial upgrades that could be ready in time for the first race after Formula 1’s summer break. A consortium led by Lawrence Stroll, father of current Williams driver Lance, has agreed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says the rescued Formula 1 team feared it would suffer the same demise as Caterham and Manor after falling into administration. The Silverstone-based Force India team’s salvation was revealed on Tuesday (link) after its administrators

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The administrators for the Force India Formula 1 team have accepted a bid led by Lawrence Stroll. Force India has been in administration since the Friday before the Hungarian Grand Prix in a bid to protect it against the threat of a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Mercedes Formula 1 team is buoyant it has made progress with its weakness in high temperatures and will fare better in warmer races in the future. Mercedes has traditionally overworked its rear tyres more than rivals, leaving it vulnerable in races

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The process of finding a buyer for Force India is only the first challenge in a crucial few weeks for the Formula 1 team. Force India went into administration at the end of July with the administrators, from FRP Advisory LLP, now

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The hospital treating three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda has released more details about his condition following a lung transplant. Lauda is making good progress in Austria’s AHK Vienna hospital after undergoing surgery on August 2. The hospital confirmed that Lauda

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen feels like his Red Bull Formula 1 team has been “two races behind” on engine updates this season because it has not been a manufacturer’s main priority. The revival of Renault’s own team in 2016 complicated the French manufacturer’s relationship

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly says his tyre management has “improved massively” compared to his skill-level in Formula 1 feeder series GP2. Of Gasly’s three standout F1 results in 2018, the two in Monaco and Hungary were made possible by lengthy yet

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Carlos Sainz Jr would be high on McLaren’s list of Formula 1 options for 2019 if he emerges as a free agent, according to the team’s boss Zak Brown. McLaren is yet to confirm either of its drivers for next season, with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault-bound Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo says he is “sad” to be ending his long-standing relationship with Red Bull, but insists the timing was right to make a change. The Australian has been on Red Bull’s books since 2008, winning titles in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer says the team will be able to bring updates to its Formula 1 car as soon as its ownership situation becomes clearer. The team went into administration last Friday, ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo sent shockwaves through Formula 1 on Friday when news broke that he will leave Red Bull to join Renault for 2019. His decision is understood to have even come as a shock to Red Bull, which still believed it was

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo’s shock move to the Renault Formula 1 team is discussed in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. The Australia was widely expected to re-commit to Red Bull, but has blown the F1 driver market wide open by making a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One of the doctors who operated on three-time Formula 1 world champion Niki Lauda says he is making good progress in a Vienna hospital after his lung transplant on Thursday. Lauda underwent surgery in Austria after falling ill while on holiday in