Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has indicated the manufacturer is open to forging closer technical links with its customer Formula 1 teams in the same manner that Ferrari works with Haas. Mercedes currently supplies its gearbox and complete hydraulic systems to Force

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Magnussen says he has apologised to Pierre Gasly “many times” over their Azerbaijan Formula 1 clash, while clarifying remarks suggesting he is willing to “die” in a racing car. Gasly accused Magnussen of being the “most dangerous” racer he had competed

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull’s hesitance to act before its Formula 1 drivers crashed in Azerbaijan suggests the team supports Max Verstappen over Daniel Ricciardo, according to guests on Motorsport Show. The team-mates were eliminated from the Baku race in spectacular fashion when Ricciardo rear-ended

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sauber’s technical director Jorg Zander has left the Formula 1 team with immediate effect. It comes just weeks after the Swiss team hired a new head of aerodynamics and is in the process of an internal restructure as it bids to move

Formula 1 sporting chief Ross Brawn believes Daniel Ricciardo was “a passenger” in his accident with Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen because of the aerodynamic rules currently in place. Ricciardo ran into the back of Verstappen under braking for the first corner in Baku, with Red Bull scorning both drivers for their roles in the

More than two decades have passed since Ayrton Senna’s death in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix, but he remains one of the most famous Formula 1 drivers of all time. Senna’s 10-year F1 career was action packed, winning championships, setting records, and being part of rivalries that took the pinnacle of the sport to

Get unlimited access You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Pirelli has unveiled Formula 1 teams’ tyres selections for the 2018 Spanish Grand Prix, with Williams on a vastly more aggressive strategy than any of the other outfits. F1’s tyre supplier has opted to go a step softer with its picks for the

The F1 Commission has voted through last-minute changes to the 2019 Formula 1 aerodynamic package to aid overtaking, despite opposition from several teams. A proposal to change front wing endplates to help cars follow each other, along with a bigger rear wing flap and therefore a stronger DRS effect, has been passed. An extra package

Red Bull raised concerns about the prospect of Formula 1 team-mates Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo colliding before the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. It wants to continue to let them race each other despite their Baku tangle, but will review its approach ahead of the next race in Spain. “We’ve discussed it at length on many,

Lewis Hamilton believes other Formula 1 drivers would celebrate an inherited victory more than he did in Azerbaijan on Sunday, because he is “wired differently”. Hamilton took the lead in the closing laps after Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas suffered a right rear puncture, and he delayed the podium ceremony to seek out the Finn to

Force India Formula 1 driver Sergio Perez has kept his third-place finish in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, having escaped punishment following a stewards’ investigation into a possible DRS irregularity. Perez delivered his and Force India’s first F1 podium since the same event in 2016, recovering from an opening-lap hit from Sergey Sirotkin to bring the

Red Bull Formula 1 drivers Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo have both been given a reprimand by the FIA for their part in the collision that put them out of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The team-mates were summoned to see the race stewards immediately after the race in Baku to examine whether either of them

Lewis Hamilton stole Azerbaijan Grand Prix victory from Valtteri Bottas after a safety car caused by the Red Bull Formula 1 drivers colliding set up a dramatic Baku finish. Sebastian Vettel was on course to score a comfortable win before the race was changed when Daniel Ricciardo rear-ended team-mate Max Verstappen at Turn 1 in

The Williams Formula 1 team is not under the illusion it has made the progress its Azerbaijan Grand Prix qualifying performance suggests, according to chief technical officer Paddy Lowe. Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin were 11th and 12th fastest in qualifying and will both gain a position from Nico Hulkenberg’s five-place gearbox penalty. Stroll ended

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has described Bernie Ecclestone’s comments questioning Lewis Hamilton’s desire as nothing more than a “hand grenade” from the ex-F1 supremo. Ecclestone told Sky Sports he feels Hamilton is “not the racer he was”, suggesting he could be “getting a little bit tired of travelling and he’s fed up with

Claire Williams has denied speculation Williams would consider forging a closer relationship with Formula 1 engine supplier Mercedes and share components in the way Haas does with Ferrari. Reports have suggested that Lance Stroll’s father Lawrence is pushing for Williams to have a Haas-style ‘B team’ deal with Mercedes that would give it access to

Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly said he avoided a “spectacular” accident in Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice after an estimated 340km/h near-miss with Kevin Magnussen. Gasly was passed by Magnussen through the flat-out kinks of Turns 17, 18 and 19 in the opening practice session but drafted his rival back on the blast towards

Sebastian Vettel says his lack of pace in Friday practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was down to him not his Ferrari Formula 1 car. The F1 world championship leader was 10th and 11th fastest in the two practice sessions in Baku, prompting suggestions that his team had gone the wrong way with its car.

Force India has told Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez to avoid first lap incidents with each other – and advised them to compromise a rival instead, if they find themselves with a choice. Memories of last year’s controversial collisions between the pair were revived in China when Perez went off on the first lap after

McLaren is set for a major revamp of its technical operations on the back of its disappointing start to the 2018 Formula 1 season, with chassis chief Tim Goss understood to have already left his position. Although the Woking-based team has declined to confirm the departure of chief technical officer (chassis) Goss, it is understood

Lewis Hamilton says the Mercedes Formula 1 team has diagnosed its tyre management problem and will trial a first fix in Azerbaijan Grand Prix practice. But he admits there could be “five or 10” possible solutions to the issue. This year Mercedes has struggled with tyre management relative to main rivals Ferrari and Red Bull,

Williams’s push to give its Formula 1 car more downforce has eliminated its previous straightline advantage without gaining enough cornering speed, say its drivers. The British F1 team adopted a more aggressive design philosophy for 2018 but has zero points after the first three races of the season. Williams had the slowest top speed of

Mercedes protege George Russell is set to test for two Formula 1 teams this season alongside his Formula 2 championship challenge. The reigning GP3 champion, who made his grand prix weekend debut with the Force India team last year, is sharing Mercedes’ F1 reserve driver responsibilities with Pascal Wehrlein in 2018. Force India announced Nicholas

Lando Norris believes it “would be nice” to give McLaren a driver selection headache for 2019 but thinks Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne is currently a better Formula 1 pairing. Formula 2 championship leader Norris was named McLaren’s 2018 reserve driver after making his test debut for the team last year. He could emulate Charles

Formula 1’s chief technical officer Pat Symonds says Ferrari proved its only focus is Sebastian Vettel winning the drivers’ championship with Kimi Raikkonen’s compromised China strategy. Raikkonen stayed out seven laps longer than Vettel before his first stop and consequently dropped back from an initial fourth place to sixth. Later incidents meant Raikkonen eventually ended

Nico Hulkenberg and Carlos Sainz have made Renault’s Formula 1 car development “much easier” by being “completely aligned” in their feedback, according to the team’s chief technical officer Bob Bell. The drivers are in their first full season as F1 team-mates, with Hulkenberg arriving from Force India ahead of the 2017 season and Sainz joining

Haas believes its main Formula 1 rivals Renault and McLaren “are getting lucky” in the 2018 season so far. Though Haas has made an extremely competitive start to its third year in F1, it is only seventh in the constructors’ championship after the first three races. A potential double top-five finish in the Australian Grand

The FIA is imposing a fresh clampdown on trick engine modes that help exhaust blowing of rear wings in Formula 1, following fresh intrigue about the matter. With Renault’s blown rear wing having been under the spotlight during pre-season, and suggestions that Ferrari had been working on this area too, which was potentially linked to

Former Manor Formula 1 team boss John Booth has confirmed his departure from Toro Rosso, having worked as its director of racing since 2016. Following his exit from Manor’s F1 operation at the end of 2015, Booth briefly returned to F1 with Toro Rosso two years ago to help with its drivers and team operations.

Ferrari is at the centre of fresh Formula 1 technical intrigue with the appearance of a mystery new paddle on Sebastian Vettel’s steering wheel. The new element, which features only on the German’s car and is not being used by Kimi Raikkonen, has fuelled speculation about what the team could be using the paddle for.