Ferrari has admitted that it “forgot” to tell Charles Leclerc about the five-second penalty handed down to Sebastian Vettel in the Canadian Grand Prix. Vettel was given the punishment for not rejoining the track safely after he had made a mistake and cut across the first chicane, and forced Lewis Hamilton to slow to avoid

Mercedes did not know if Canadian Grand Prix winner Lewis Hamilton would even start the race because his Formula 1 car was in “a million bits” on Sunday morning. Hamilton claimed his fifth victory in seven grands prix this season after a race-long battle with Sebastian Vettel, who won on the road but was dropped

Haas Formula 1 team boss Gunther Steiner says an unsuccessful race set-up gamble triggered the radio rant from Kevin Magnussen that forced the Haas boss to intervene. Magnussen started from the pitlane after his huge crash in Q2 led Haas to switch to the spare chassis and a new gearbox, obliging the crew to work

Renault Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo said he enjoyed “making life difficult” for Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in the Canadian Grand Prix. Bottas had only qualified sixth after a spin on his first Q3 run in Montreal, while Ricciardo secured the best grid spot of his Renault career so far in fourth. In the race the

The Ferrari Formula 1 team says it has notified the FIA that it intends to appeal the penalty that cost Sebastian Vettel victory in the Canadian Grand Prix. Vettel was given a five-second time penalty, as the stewards judged he had rejoined the track in an unsafe manner and forced Lewis Hamilton to take evasive

Valtteri Bottas says setbacks like his performance in the final Canadian Grand Prix qualifying session hurt more now he is in a Formula 1 title fight with team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Bottas spun on his first Q3 run, then had a poor lap on his second, and will start Sunday’s race sixth. Like Mercedes stablemate Hamilton

Toto Wolff believes Pirelli has been targeted by opportunistic lobbying to bring back its 2018 tyres in a bid end Mercedes’ dominant start to the Formula 1 season. During the Canadian Grand Prix weekend criticism from Mercedes’ rivals Ferrari and Red Bull has emerged over the thinner-treaded tyres introduced full-time for this season and the

Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen will start the Canadian Grand Prix from the pitlane as a consequence of his heavy crash in Montreal qualifying. Losing control of his car at the final chicane at the end of Q2, Magnussen brushed the wall on the exit before hurtling towards the pitwall on the opposite side

Lance Stroll will revert to his previous-specification Mercedes Formula 1 engine ahead of qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix after his fiery failure in final practice. The Racing Point driver was completing his installation lap on Saturday morning in Montreal when a burst of flames emerged from the rear of his car as he approached

Sebastian Vettel believes there is still “a reasonable gap” to Mercedes in Canada despite his Ferrari Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc topping Friday practice in Montreal. Leclerc led a Ferrari one-two after the first two practice sessions for the Canadian Grand Prix, with Valtteri Bottas heading Mercedes’ charge in third place, 0.134 seconds off the

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has described his Canadian Grand Prix practice crash as an “innocent mistake”, that left him feeling like he was “in the headmaster’s office”. Hamilton, who had set the pace in the opening Friday practice ahead of team-mate Valtteri Bottas, lost control on the exit of the Turn 8/9 chicane

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has confirmed his team will take part in the next series of Netflix’s Formula 1 documentary, despite admitting he initially “didn’t like” the inaugural show. The ‘Formula 1: Drive to Survive’ show attracted good reviews from fans when it was released earlier this year as it offered behind-the-scenes glimpses of life

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari needs to turn around its form before the summer break to have any chance of getting back into the Formula 1 title battle. Vettel is 55 points behind championship leader Lewis Hamilton after six races, while Ferrari trails Mercedes by 118 points in the constructors’ contest. Mercedes has won all six

The FIA will strongly reinforce instructions to marshals that they must not go on track without the permission of race control, following Sergio Perez’s near-miss at the Monaco Grand Prix. Racing Point Formula 1 driver Perez was lucky to avoid hitting two marshals who ran across the track in front of him in the Monte

Multiple Formula 1 teams have redefined their rear wing designs ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix in a quest to find more straightline performance at the Montreal circuit. Ferrari, Toro Rosso and Racing Point are just some of the teams to bring new rear wings to Canada, tailoring their aerodynamics to the demands of the

The Canadian Grand Prix often serves up a thrilling race, but will Mercedes bring a new specification engine to retain its stranglehold on Formula 1 in 2019? In this video, Julia Piquet explains three things to look out for this weekend as the F1 grid heads to North America and the city of Montreal. Ferrari

Ferrari dominated the 2004 Formula 1 season with its F2004, crushing its rivals by winning 15 of that year’s 18 races and sealing both world championships early. Such dominance seemed inevitable by the time the season was in full swing, but the F2004’s leap in performance compared to its predecessor was so big that Ferrari

Daniel Ricciardo says there is “some substance” to the Renault Formula 1 team’s optimism that it can make a big step forward with its French Grand Prix update. Renault has had a difficult start to 2019, which has been impacted by early season reliability concerns forcing it to hold back on engine performance. But a

McLaren Formula 1 team boss Andreas Seidl says knowing the shape of the 2021 regulations is important for knowing how to adjust the structure of his squad. Most discussion of the timing of the release of the regulations has revolved around whether an early start on R&D for 2021 would favour the established top teams,

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says a shift in car philosophy away from pure straightline-speed performance has been a key factor in maintaining its status as Formula 1’s lead outfit. Mercedes’ engine held a substantial power advantage in the opening years of the V6 turbo hybrid era, but over recent seasons the manufacturers have gradually converged.

Ferrari’s Formula 1 performance this season is being hindered by the main challenge of Pirelli’s 2019 tyres being the opposite of last year’s rubber. Pirelli opted to reduce the tread thickness of all its compounds by 0.4mm after successfully running thinner-gauge tyres at three races in 2018. The objective of this change is to protect

Renault will bring a “substantial” revamp of its Formula 1 car to the French Grand Prix after managing to clear a backlog of new parts that had stalled its early-season development. The manufacturer has been hampered by engine reliability problems caused by a conrod failure and it has had further problems caused by being unable

Formula 1’s final 2021 car regulations will be “nowhere near” what is expected to be signed off this month, according to Red Bull boss Christian Horner. The negotiations about the championship’s next rules overhaul are close to completion and, despite some teams pushing for their sign off to be delayed until October, Horner said earlier

Ferrari does not expect to be able to improve its 2019 Formula 1 car in any “significant” way “for the time being”. The team has gone from setting the pre-season testing pace to failing to win any of the year’s first six grands prix, leaving it 118 points behind Mercedes already. Ferrari brought aerodynamic upgrades

McLaren says it is starting to see hints in its team of the qualities that have made Mercedes so dominant in Formula 1. Following a major restructuring, which has included the recent arrival of Andreas Seidl as team principal, McLaren has currently established itself in fourth place in the F1 constructors’ standings. McLaren CEO Zak

Lewis Hamilton believes he can “definitely” race for another five years in Formula 1, as he fears he would “squander” the opportunity to improve his record if he stopped earlier. Hamilton was speaking to US chat show host David Letterman before the start of the 2019 season during an episode of the second season of

The Williams Formula 1 team’s Heritage arm ran its inaugural client trackday at Jerez early last month. The privately owned cars that ran included Keke Rosberg’s 1983 Monaco Grand Prix-winning FW08C, Nigel Mansell’s legendary 1992 FW14B and one of the FW17s that took pole position at 12 out of 17 races in 1995 in the

Renault is considering building a ‘qualifying’ car for 2020 as part of its effort to move up the order in Formula 1. Although it has faced a difficult start to the current campaign, the team is convinced that the baseline of its 2019 challenger is good enough to help it break free of the midfield

Formula 1 championship leader Lewis Hamilton believes his start to the season has been “quite an average performance from myself”, despite winning four of the six races so far. Hamilton’s Monaco Grand Prix victory moved him 17 points clear of Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the title battle. It came after only his second pole

Racing Point technical director Andy Green believes the current Formula 1 engines are “too incredible” and reckons F1 could benefit from a simpler power unit. The current hybrid V6s, introduced in 2015, have been labelled as an “incredible piece of engineering” and the Mercedes powerunit became the most efficient engine ever by passing 50% thermal