Daniel Ricciardo says he is not happy with his Red Bull in qualifying trim after the first day of Formula 1 practice ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix. The Australian ended the afternoon session down in ninth position, one second off the pace, which he put down to not being able to find time when

Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull is not operating at the same level as Ferrari and Mercedes, adding that the team has not lived up to its pre-season testing form. Red Bull came into the 2018 season with high hopes after finishing last year strongly, but it is yet to offer a serious threat to the

Daniel Ricciardo believes his Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen was “a little too greedy” and squeezed Lewis Hamilton too much in their controversial Bahrain Grand Prix clash. Verstappen dived inside Hamilton at Turn 1 at the start of the second lap and was almost clear of the Mercedes before his left-rear wheel made contact with

Romain Grosjean says Toro Rosso-Honda’s surprise form is “amazing” for Formula 1, because it proves new manufacturers can come in and be successful. After a difficult first race of 2018 in Australia, Pierre Gasly was best of the midfield F1 runners in the Bahrain Grand Prix, recording Honda’s best result since it returned in 2015

Last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix offered the first proper look at how McLaren plans to start making strides up the order by developing its Formula 1 chassis. The front wing used by both drivers in Bahrain featured revised supports near the tips, as the designers looked to reduce the flutter generated at high speed as

Take a closer look at the Shanghai International Circuit ahead of Formula 1’s 2018 Chinese Grand Prix with our exclusive track animation. Our video takes you around the 16-corner track in detail, exploring the most challenging parts of the layout and recalling a famous moment that took place on a corner that isn’t part of

Following its unexpected victory in the opening race of the 2018 Formula 1 season, Ferrari brought aerodynamic updates to its car for Bahrain to make it more of a match for Mercedes. Heading to Australia, the team had lingering doubts leftover from pre-season testing and so decided to use some of its free practice time

Mercedes has admitted that it lost its chance to beat Sebastian Vettel to victory in the Bahrain Grand Prix because it was too slow to realise the Ferrari driver would try a one-stop strategy. The Brackley-based outfit spent the middle phase of the Sakhir race convinced that Valtteri Bottas was well-placed to triumph because it

Red Bull’s motorsport boss Helmut Marko has demanded a “fast and reliable engine” after the Renault failure that ended Daniel Ricciardo’s Bahrain Grand Prix after one racing lap. The team believed that it had a shot at victory in the second round of the Formula 1 season but a suspected energy store failure forced Ricciardo

Honda will step up the development of its Formula 1 engine’s performance after scoring the best result since it returned to F1 in 2015 last weekend. Pierre Gasly’s fourth place for Toro Rosso in Bahrain was better than anything McLaren managed in three trouble-hit years with Honda power before swapping engine suppliers with the Red

Max Verstappen has shrugged off four-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton’s post-race comments about him ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix podium ceremony. Hamilton was heard calling Verstappen “a dickhead” in the drivers’ room after watching back an incident between himself and the Dutchman early in the race. The two collided on the exit

Formula 1 championship leader Sebastian Vettel felt “healthier” in his Ferrari in Bahrain but insists the team must improve despite winning the opening two grands prix of the season. Vettel followed up a fortunate victory in the Australian Grand Prix by qualifying on pole in Bahrain and holding off Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas for the win

A dejected Daniel Ricciardo has admitted the implosion of Red Bull’s Bahrain Grand Prix within the first two laps shows how Formula 1 “can rip your heart out”. Max Verstappen picked up a puncture while passing Lewis Hamilton at the start of the second lap, which caused gearbox damage that led to his swift retirement,

Formula 1 stewards have penalised Sergio Perez and Brendon Hartley 30 seconds each for not following correct procedure on the Bahrain Grand Prix formation lap. The pair shared the sixth row of the grid and collided on the first lap when Hartley’s Toro Rosso spun Perez’s Force India around at Turn 4. Hartley received a

Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly’s drive to fourth place in the Bahrain Grand Prix “made a man out of him”, according to Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko. Gasly, in only his seventh F1 race, gave the Toro Rosso-Honda partnership its first points of the season, having started the race in fifth place

Force India will not race the new front wing trialled by Sergio Perez during Friday practice because it was not working as hoped. The Silverstone-based team had one version of the new front wing, which was given to Perez thanks to him being classified higher than team-mate Esteban Ocon in the world championship. But after

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admits his Formula 1 team is struggling with overheating tyres like last season, after Ferrari surprisingly locked out the front row for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton scored a comfortable pole position for the first F1 race of 2018 in Melbourne, but was 0.262s off the pace in Bahrain, with

Fernando Alonso says McLaren feared it would struggle at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix even before track action got underway. A lacklustre showing in qualifying at the Sakhir F1 circuit, with neither the Spaniard nor team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne making it through to Q3, has left the team searching for answers for such a poor performance.

In an effort to combat overheating issues, Pirelli will run a modified Formula 1 tyre at the Spanish, French and British Grand Prix, three races taking place on resurfaced tracks. For those events Pirelli will use tyres with a slightly thinner tread, in light of information learned during Barcelona testing. The tread for the three

Lewis Hamilton is set for a five-place grid penalty at the Bahrain Grand Prix as the result of a gearbox change. The FIA revealed on Friday night that Hamilton’s car would be fitted with a new gearbox from Saturday’s final free practice session. With this change coming before the mandatory six events are up, it

Daniel Ricciardo believes his Red Bull Formula 1 team can be “a lot better” at the Bahrain Grand Prix than it looked during a subdued showing in second practice. Ricciardo topped the first session in the daytime, beating the Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas by three tenths, but was only sixth and nine tenths off the

Liberty Media has unveiled a five-point plan for the future of Formula 1 after 2020, following a presentation to the teams at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The five key areas discussed were revenues, governance, sporting and technical regulations, power units and costs. Liberty intends to make the cars more raceable and improve overtaking, while putting

The FIA will meet with technical directors from all F1 teams in Bahrain to discuss ways of urgently increasing overtaking opportunities for the 2019 season. The gathering is a direct response to the lack of passing moves seen in the Australian GP, albeit at a track that rarely sees much action. There is some urgency

Mercedes believes Ferrari’s Formula 1 engine is now its equal with it in terms of power, according to Lewis Hamilton. Speaking on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel claimed Mercedes had a pace advantage of up to 0.4 seconds at the start of the season. Mercedes has been F1’s

Haas has reshuffled its pit crew and introduced an extra fail-safe system to try to prevent a repeat of its Australian Grand Prix pitstop blunders. Botched pitstops for both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean cost Haas a likely double top-six finish in the first race of the new F1 season, and team boss Gunther Steiner

This year’s Formula 1 eSports series will include an official entry from nine of the 10 world championship teams, with Ferrari the only outfit that will not participate. F1 launched its first eSports series last year and will continue to use the Codemasters-developed F1 2017 video game for this year’s contest. The format of the

The origin of Haas’s 2018 Formula 1 car came under fire during the Australian Grand Prix weekend, as critics queried the validity of its technical relationship with Ferrari. Force India and McLaren called for an investigation into the Haas-Ferrari collaboration to ensure the restrictions put in place on aerodynamic development are being adhered to. However,

Both Toro Rosso drivers will use updated Honda turbocharger and MGU-H components in the Bahrain Grand Prix after Pierre Gasly’s engine failure in the Formula 1 season opener. Toro Rosso’s partnership with Honda began well with strong reliability in testing but its competitive debut in the Australian Grand Prix was hit by an early engine-induced

Mercedes has explained how its Formula 1 engine’s different power modes work after it “proved a particularly hot topic” during the Australian Grand Prix weekend. Lewis Hamilton joked before the start of the season that the Mercedes engine’s qualifying specification “should be the party mode”, which triggered plenty of debate in Melbourne. Ferrari and Red

Renault’s progress since its return to Formula 1 as a factory team has been “a remarkable turnaround”, according to Williams deputy principal Claire Williams. The French manufacturer took over the struggling Lotus outfit ahead of the 2016 season, and scored just eight points in its comeback campaign to finish ninth overall. It improved its tally