Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA is attempting to clamp down on Formula 1 teams using steering angle to gain an aerodynamic advantage via the use of clever front suspension systems. A technical directive sent by the FIA’s Charlie Whiting last week made it clear

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon says he asked Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff for advice on dealing with Force India Formula 1 team-mate Sergio Perez after their on-track clashes in 2017. The duo came together twice at Spa, with Ocon claiming Perez “tried to

Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul says Sergey Sirotkin would be worthy of a race seat in Formula 1 should Williams opt to pair the Russian alongside Lance Stroll in 2018. Sirotkin has emerged as the leading contender to take the final vacant seat on next season’s F1 grid, after a successful test with Williams in

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda has taunted Red Bull’s Helmut Marko for being needlessly rushed into re-signing Max Verstappen to a long-term Formula 1 deal. Appearing together in a show on Austrian broadcaster Servus TV, Lauda said Mercedes “never talked” to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa was a consistently great reference point to ensure Williams was getting the most out of its 2017 Formula 1 car, says chief technical officer Paddy Lowe. Massa came out of retirement to race for Williams for a fourth year

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Outgoing Honda F1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa says the Japanese manufacturer can be proud of its engine development rate during the 2017 Formula 1 season. Honda opted to change its F1 engine concept over the winter, but ran out of time to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Ferrari F2004 – one of the most dominant cars in Formula 1 history – is set to take pride of place on the main Ferrari feature at Europe’s biggest pre-season motorsport show, Autosport International. Winning 15 F1 races throughout the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull could be the favourite for the 2018 Formula 1 world championship if it can avoid another slow start to the season, says Daniel Ricciardo. The overhaul of the technical regulations for 2017 was expected to favour Red Bull but

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA has changed Formula 1 superlicence rules for 2018, to make it tougher for drivers to participate in grand prix free practice sessions. Previously, drivers only had to complete 300km (186 miles) in a “representative Formula 1 car” over two

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Scuderia Toro Rosso F1 boss Franz Tost is not resigned to a season of grid penalties with Honda next year, despite even tighter restrictions on power element use. In 2018 drivers will only be allowed three combustion engines, turbos, and MGU-Hs,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Renault Formula 1 team has quantified how much lap time it gained from developing an all-new engine for the 2017 season. Renault substantially overhauled its F1 engine for this year, having decided the previous specification had run out of development

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes his team’s double Formula 1 world championship win in 2017 was just as impressive as its first triumph in 2014. Mercedes won the double at the start of the V6 hybrid turbo era in 2014

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams driver Lance Stroll has pinpointed his performance in qualifying as an area he needs to work on ahead of the 2018 Formula 1 season. Stroll had some strong races in his rookie year, including a podium in the Azerbaijan Grand

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The latest edition of The Autosport Podcast focuses on our top 50 drivers of 2017, answering reader questions such as why Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton is number one. As well as explaining the methodology behind the list, and some

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari president Sergio Marchionne has warned people who think he is “bluffing” about potentially pulling his team out of Formula 1 that they are “playing with fire”. Marchionne has made it clear that he is prepared to withdraw Ferrari from F1

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari will launch its 2018 Formula 1 car on February 22, four days before pre-season testing starts at Barcelona. The Italian team enjoyed a resurgence in fortunes this year, bouncing back from a disappointing, winless 2016 campaign to take five grand

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes is close to to producing a Formula 1 engine that can deliver a power output of 1000bhp, according to its engine boss Andy Cowell. Mercedes has dominated F1’s V6 turbo hybrid era, clinching four successive double world championships. Power unit

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The ways in which the Formula 1 halo will be developed by teams for aerodynamic reasons in 2018 are revealed in the latest video from Motorsport.tv’s The Flying Lap. Technical analyst Craig Scarborough interviews grand prix winning aerodynamicist Willem Toet, who

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Max Verstappen’s capacity to cope with difficult moments was the most impressive aspect of the Dutch driver’s 2017 Formula 1 season. Verstappen endured a run of poor reliability that cost him several potential podium finishes

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault Formula 1 advisor Alain Prost says that the French marque’s deal to supply McLaren engines in 2018 will create “positive pressure” on the works team. Some observers have questioned why Renault would want to supply its power unit to another

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari driver Kimi Raikkonen says he still has the hunger to win again in Formula 1 as he starts to prepare for his 16th season. The 2007 F1 world champion has not won a race since the 2013 Australian Grand Prix,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull Formula 1 advisor Helmut Marko says Daniil Kvyat was more naturally talented than new Toro Rosso drivers Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly but “lost his speed”. Kvyat was dropped from the Red Bull driver programme and Toro Rosso before

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams will wait until January to make an announcement on the identity of Lance Stroll’s team-mate for the 2018 Formula 1 season, Autosport has learned. Sergey Sirotkin is the favourite to get the drive, having fended off competition from Robert Kubica,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon says he made a “massive improvement” over the course of the 2017 Formula 1 season as he pushed experienced Force India team-mate Sergio Perez close. Ocon scored points in 18 of the 20 grands prix and finished just one

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ex-Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa says his former team Williams is on a ‘financial path’ with the decision over its 2018 driver line-up. Massa announced his retirement for the second year in a row towards the end of the 2017 season,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault must avoid putting itself in situations where so much is at stake in the final race of the season in future, claims its Formula 1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul. The French manufacturer moved ahead of Toro Rosso to claim sixth

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso technical director James Key says the switch from Renault to Honda Formula 1 engines for 2018 is not straightforward because of the way the two power units are designed. The different locations of the turbo compressors mean that fitting

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Felipe Massa would have won Formula 1’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix if a failure on the damper system had not locked his Williams car’s rear suspension solid, according to Paddy Lowe. Massa was running third in June’s race, having started ninth, when

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Eric Boullier admits he was concerned staff would leave McLaren when it became clear in pre-season Formula 1 testing that Honda would struggle for third successive year. Honda had revamped its engine design over the winter, but a problem with the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Leading female racing drivers have called the appointment of former Lotus Formula 1 development driver Carmen Jorda to the FIA’s Women in Motorsport Commission “incredibly disheartening” and “a backwards step”. Jorda had recently attracted controversy with comments to the effect that