Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel says the Ferrari Formula 1 team had no option but to make the pitstop that cost him a Spanish Grand Prix podium.

 Having jumped Valtteri Bottas at the start, Vettel looked set to finish runner-up to F1 world championship rival

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo has expressed frustration at being so far off the pace of the Mercedes drivers in qualifying for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. The Australian qualified sixth, behind Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen and at the back of the group of

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toto Wolff has rubbished the suggestion that Pirelli’s decision to bring tyres with thinner treads to Barcelona was influenced by Mercedes. The modified tyres were specified by Pirelli after F1 teams experienced overheating problems on the resurfaced Barcelona track in winter testing.

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Mercedes Formula 1 team needed a front-row lockout in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix to relieve “nerves” over recent underperformance, reckons Lewis Hamilton. After Hamilton’s dominant pole position in the Australia season-opener, Ferrari defeated Mercedes in three consecutive qualifying shoot-outs

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari will change the engine in Kimi Raikkonen’s car after the problem he suffered in the second practice session for Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix. Raikkonen’s Ferrari emitted a puff of smoke on the run to the Turn 10 hairpin and he

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says the upgrades brought by McLaren for the Spanish Grand Prix have made its Formula 1 car “much better”. McLaren has introduced several new parts for the Renault-powered MCL33 at Barcelona, including a striking new nose that has caught attention

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull introduced a major Formula 1 upgrade package during Spanish Grand Prix free practice, including revised sidepods, bargeboards and floor. The bargeboards have a new forward footplate, while the angled outwash vanes have also been revised. This is supplemented by a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Plans for a Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix in 2019 have taken a step forward after a motion to support the race was unanimously approved by the city’s commission. A resolution in support of the race, sponsored by Miami mayor Francis Suarez

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault is enforcing a May deadline for a new supply deal with Red Bull because it needs to firm up parts orders with suppliers before the end of the month. Red Bull is weighing up whether to continue with long-time engine partner

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso believes extra access to the paddock enjoyed by fans attending World Endurance Championship races would not work in Formula 1. McLaren F1 driver Alonso took victory on his WEC debut for Toyota at Spa last weekend and experienced the inner

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Plans for a Formula 1 grand prix in Miami should take a crucial step forward on Thursday with a city commission vote looking like a formality. A resolution supporting the race, sponsored by Miami mayor Francis Suarez and three of the five

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Force India Formula 1 team remains cautious about its upgrade package for this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. After a difficult start to the 2018 F1 season, Force India bounced back with a third place for Sergio Perez last time out in

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 will introduce new data into the halo television graphic that made its debut over the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend and experiment more with what information fans are given. The aesthetics of the new-for-2018 controversial driver protection device have irritated some

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. This week’s Motorsport Show explores how the Spanish Grand Prix offers the perfect opportunity to examine the different styles between Formula 1 drivers. In his track guide, host Peter Windsor declares that the top drivers are “really on it” through the sweeps

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly says Honda’s Formula 1 engine is not solely to blame for the team’s lack of performance in the previous two grands prix. The outfit starred at the second round of the season, where Gasly scoring a sensational

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has dismissed the Williams Formula 1 team’s request for a review into several Azerbaijan Grand Prix incidents and issued a 10-point response outlining its reasons why. Williams asked the FIA to examine the Baku incident that earned Sergey Sirotkin a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams has requested a review of several Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix decisions, including Sergrey Sirotkin’s grid penalty, and questioned Fernando Alonso’s recovery of his damaged McLaren to the pits. Sirotkin was given a three-place grid penalty for a collision with Force

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault junior Jack Aitken will make his debut in a contemporary Formula 1 car when he drives for the outfit in the post-Spanish Grand Prix test at Barcelona. Aitken is a member of the Renault Sport Academy and was promoted to the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Azerbaijan Grand Prix star performer Charles Leclerc has urged his Sauber Formula 1 team to investigate its 2018 car’s relative lack of performance in low-fuel trim. Leclerc’s breakout sixth-place finish in Baku took Sauber to 10 points from the first four races,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Valtteri Bottas says the heartbreak of losing a near-certain first win of the 2018 Formula 1 season in Baku has only served to make him stronger. The Finn was leading in Baku with only three laps to go when he suffered a

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes believes working out how to give multiple drivers Formula 1 seats next season is a “good problem to have”, according to its motorsport boss Toto Wolff. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas both need new deals beyond the end of this season

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 should make its technical terms easier for fans to understand so it does not risk boring them with complicated vocabulary, according to this week’s Motorsport Show panel. F1 has not been immune to the electrification of the automotive industry, with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Guenther Steiner says Haas will probably have to change its R&D strategy to deal with the new-for-2019 front and rear wing Formula 1 rules that were passed last week. Haas is understood to be one of several teams that voted against the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. A budget cap will not work in Formula 1, according to British Touring Car Championship supremo Alan Gow. In the latest episode of Motorsport.tv’s Motorsport Show, which looks back at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Gow suggests that technical regulations are the best

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 chiefs say the success of the NFL Draft is prompting them to think of ways to spice up grand prix racing’s off-season. With F1’s current calendar running from March to November, the series has suffered from a big fall interest

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The first images of the planned Miami Formula 1 track layout have been revealed, showing it using an area previously incorporated into IMSA, CART and Formula E circuits. Plans for the event, scheduled to start in October 2019, will be considered at

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 should review the safety of mirrors on the current cars and consider adopting rear-facing cameras as an alternative, according to the Motorsport Show. In this clip from their review of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, host Peter Windsor and technical pundit

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Magnussen’s disappointing Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend has cost him the top spot in Autosport readers’ Formula 1 driver ratings. The Haas driver topped the rankings based on average scores from the first three races of 2018, but his score of just

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Chase Carey insists Formula 1 will not turn its back on Europe, despite its push for new races in places like Miami. Plans for a second race in the United States moved forward this week when it emerged the city of Miami’s

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes claimed its first win of the 2018 Formula 1 season last weekend in Azerbaijan, where it brought a special rear wing to handle the Baku circuit’s unique demands. Straightline speed is essential on the 2.1km flat-out blast from Turn 16 to