Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren and Renault will pose a “significant” threat to Force India in the 2018 Formula 1 constructors’ battle, according to the team’s deputy team principal Bob Fernley. Force India secured fourth in the constructors’ championship for the second successive year in

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s team of specialists tasked with shaping the future direction of the championship are focusing on improving three areas of car performance – aerodynamics, engines and suspension. F1 is keen to boost its audience and increase engagement with fans, and

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Haas probably hurt itself in the 2017 Formula 1 season by switching focus to its ’18 car too early, team principal Gunther Steiner has admitted. At the championship’s halfway point, Haas sat seventh in the constructors’ standings – four points behind

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Formula 1 Strategy Group has at last come up with a sensible solution to the problem of a driver’s weight with a ballasted minimum weight of 80kg. This is something I have been advocating for years because it just isn’t

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 teams have agreed to push through bodywork changes for 2019 aimed at giving them better space for sponsorship logos. In recent seasons sponsorship considerations have become more of a factor in discussions about bodywork. At last week’s Strategy Group

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams expects new Formula 1 signing Sergey Sirotkin to be with the team for “many years ahead” following the multi-year deal that landed him a race seat for 2018. Sirotkin beat several contenders – including grand prix winner and now-Williams reserve

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA is finalising plans for the introduction of a minimum F1 driver weight in 2019, ensuring heavier drivers are no longer penalised. A minimum of 80kg will be established for the driver and his seat, including specially marked ballast that

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pairing Valtteri Bottas alongside Lewis Hamilton has changed the way the Mercedes Formula 1 team thinks about internal rivalries between its drivers, according to team boss Toto Wolff. Mercedes had a difficult time managing the dynamic between Hamilton and 2016 F1

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. IndyCar racer and ex-grand prix driver Sebastien Bourdais has hit back at claims by Haas Formula 1 team boss Gunther Steiner that there are no American drivers ready to compete in Formula 1. American team Haas joined the F1 grid in

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Motorsport legend Sir Stirling Moss has announced that he is to retire from public life at the age of 88 following the serious illness he suffered in 2016. Moss – widely renowned as the best driver never to win the Formula

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended his Formula 1 team’s policy surrounding staff contracts following criticism from Renault counterpart Cyril Abiteboul. Abiteboul said last year Mercedes is being “unfair” in the way it locks down staff to lengthy gardening leave

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner reassured him he will have a fair fight with Max Verstappen in the 2018 Formula 1 season after favouritism concerns. Shortly before Verstappen penned a new deal to remain at Red Bull

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Long-time Formula 1 engine builder Cosworth says it would like to work with Aston Martin on a potential F1 project and has had discussions about joining forces. Aston is keeping a close eye on developments with F1’s 2021 engine rules, and

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 experienced an eSports revolution in 2017, and its gaming involvement could leap forward again this year – as JONATHAN NOBLE explains It is hard to believe that little more than one year ago, F1’s only real interest in gaming

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The reasons Sergey Sirotkin landed a Williams Formula 1 seat for 2018, and Robert Kubica didn’t, are discussed in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. Kubica landed a reserve and development driver role at Williams and there is still hope

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams can still succeed in the 2018 Formula 1 campaign with Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin as driver inexperience is no longer a handicap, says 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell. Sirotkin and Stroll are the youngest pairing on the F1 grid,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren technical director Tim Goss is confident his team has successfully overcome packaging headaches caused by Renault’s engine architecture without having to compromise its 2018 Formula 1 chassis design. Although switching from Honda to customer Renaults should provide a power boost

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is to return to a role in Formula 1 after accepting a temporary consultancy position with the FIA, Autosport can reveal. Whitmarsh left F1 in 2014 after being ousted as McLaren’s CEO at the end

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Toro Rosso Formula 1 team will face a reshuffle of its aerodynamic department following the departure of Brendan Gilhome, its head of aero. Gilhome joined Toro Rosso in July 2013, having previously also worked as principal aerodynamicist at Mercedes and

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 bosses will present their vision for the future to all current race promoters at a conference in London on Wednesday, Autosport has learned. Since completing its takeover of F1 in January last year, Liberty Media has held discussions with

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 experts Gary Anderson and Karun Chandhok debate the major topics heading into the 2018 season in a special episode of the Autosport Podcast recorded live at Autosport International. The grand prix-winning designer and racer-turned-TV expert joined Autosport’s Edd Straw

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sergio Perez admits his performance in the 2018 Formula 1 world championship is crucial in determining whether he will get another shot with a big team. Perez’s future in F1 was threatened after a difficult year with McLaren in 2013, but

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell believes McLaren will find it tough to go up against Red Bull and the works Renault team with the same engines in 2018. Mansell, speaking in an interview with Motorsport.tv at Autosport International, hopes

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. American motorsport legend Dan Gurney has died today, aged 86, from complications related to pneumonia. Virtuoso Gurney won at the sport’s very highest echelons in Formula 1, Le Mans, IndyCar and NASCAR. He also ran a racing car manufacturer team, All

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Indianapolis 500 winner and multiple Champ Car champion Gil de Ferran says Haas’s belief that there are currently no American drivers who could step up to Formula 1 is unfair. Haas has made no secret of its desire to run an

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 cannot just rely on a budget cap as the answer to bring down costs in grand prix racing, reckons FIA president Jean Todt. Although a defined limit on team spending is being pursued by F1’s owners as a key

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Nigel Mansell’s first appearance on the main stage at Autosport International 2018 included a surprise visit from double amputee racer Billy Monger. Monger, who had one leg amputated above the knee the other below after a British

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Robert Kubica is in talks with Williams about taking a supporting role with the Formula 1 team in 2018, Autosport understands. Sergey Sirotkin is the favourite to get the race drive alongside Lance Stroll, having fended off competition from Kubica, Daniil

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says the Donington Park circuit he raced on during his junior single-seater career contains driving challenges that are “way harder than all the corners in F1”. Formula 1 is currently investigating whether grand prix circuits need to change to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Gunther Steiner says Haas wants to place an American driver in one of its Formula 1 race seats but does not feel there is anyone currently ready to step in. There have been suggestions that to boost F1’s popularity in the