Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Force India goes into next season with greater understanding of its new car than ever before thanks to work done during the 2017 Formula 1 season. Technical director Andrew Green, in an interview with Motorsport.tv’s The Flying Lap, said the same

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Pascal Wehrlein has delivered “exceptional” performances and deserves a place in Formula 1, according to Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff. Mercedes protege Wehrlein is unlikely to be on the F1 grid next year after losing his Sauber seat to Formula 2

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Former Honda Formula 1 chief Yusuke Hasegawa says it is a relief his firm’s troubled partnership with McLaren is over. McLaren grew increasingly frustrated this season as Honda struggled with performance and reliability in the third year of their deal. The

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Brendon Hartley admits he “crumbled” when he had his first shot at Formula 1 with Red Bull. Hartley, who made his grand prix debut this year and will race for Toro Rosso full-time next season, was

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sergey Sirotkin has emerged as the favourite to drive for Williams in 2018, with Robert Kubica no longer in the frame, Autosport has learned. Williams has spent the last week evaluating data gathering from the Abu Dhabi Pirelli test at Yas

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Axed Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat put himself under “unnecessary pressure” by taking too many risks during grand prix starts, according to team boss Franz Tost. Kvyat was demoted from the main Red Bull team to Toro Rosso last

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s tyre supplier Pirelli has announced the compounds that will be available for opening three grands prix of the 2018 season. From next year, Pirelli will choose from an expanded range of seven dry compounds, having added the hyper-soft and

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has conceded Force India outdeveloped his team after losing out in the battle for fourth in the 2017 Formula 1 constructors’ championship. Last year, Williams was ahead of Force India in fourth until September’s Italian

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel says those who moan about a lack of overtaking should calm down and accept that some Formula 1 grands prix will be boring. This week, Pirelli released data that showed the 2017 campaign was the worst for overtaking

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Nigel Mansell and the Williams FW14B delivered one of the most dominant seasons in Formula 1 history in 1992. Mansell won nine out of 16 grands prix, clinching the drivers’ title with five races to spare, while Williams also dominated the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton says he expects to continue racing in Formula 1 until at least the end of 2020. The Mercedes driver fended off a stern challenging from Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel to clinch his fourth F1 world title with two races to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Oliver Rowland’s management says it is in talks with Williams regarding a race seat for 2018, but the Formula 1 outfit denies that is the case. Williams is currently assessing its options for the second seat alongside Lance Stroll in 2018,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says he vowed after the Hungarian Grand Prix never to let Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas get ahead of him again. Hamilton was outqualified by Bottas at the Hungaroring, but was allowed to overtake in the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jean Todt has been re-elected as president of the FIA for a third and final term at the organisation’s General Assembly in Paris. The Frenchman, who first took up the role in 2009, stood unopposed and will now govern until the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull boss Christian Horner believes teams may go through two more years of falling prize money before an upswing in commercial benefit from Formula 1’s new owners Liberty Media. Liberty’s recent revelation that the prize money pot for teams had

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel hopes being “a bit wiser” will help him improve as a driver and add to his tally of four Formula 1 world championships in the future. The Ferrari driver led the standings going into the summer break but ultimately

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Antonio Giovinazzi has been told by his Ferrari bosses he remains firmly in the frame for a future full-time Formula 1 seat, despite missing out on Sauber for 2018. Giovinazzi had been a contender for a drive at the rebranded Alfa

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton has comfortably come out on top in Autosport’s Formula 1 team principals’ top 10 drivers poll for 2017, with Esteban Ocon impressing at number five. In what has become an end-of-season tradition, Autosport asked all 10 F1 teams’ bosses

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Yusuke Hasegawa will leave his role as head of Honda’s Formula 1 project at the end of 2017 as part of a management structure overhaul. Hasegawa has faced growing pressure over the course of this season as Honda struggled with both

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The promoter of Formula 1’s Brazilian Grand Prix has been issued with a series of security recommendations in the wake of the problems surrounding this year’s race. At least three robbery attempts were reported during the Interlagos event and Pirelli cancelled

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s grid penalty system will be tweaked for next season in a bid to make things less confusing for fans, the FIA has announced. There has been growing unease about the extent of grid penalties this year, with F1 motorsport

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2017 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a good demonstration of why Formula 1 needs change, according to CEO Chase Carey. Valtteri Bottas led home Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton from start to finish at the Yas Marina circuit, which produced

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Autosport’s Grand Prix Editor Ben Anderson dropped into the Autosport Forums to answer Formula 1 fans’ questions about his driver ratings collated after every grand prix. Anderson answered questions including how close he came to awarding a driver a one out

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The 2017 Formula 1 season represented the worst year for overtaking in the DRS era, as the number of completed passes was almost halved compared to last year. Pirelli released analysis data from the 2017 campaign – the first season for

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Esteban Ocon believes Force India needs to be “perfect everywhere” next season to have a chance of staying ahead of McLaren and Renault in Formula 1. Ocon and team-mate Sergio Perez ensured Force India held onto fourth place in the constructors’

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 is extremely competitive off-track as well as on it, so trying to find a job in such a challenging and demanding industry will always be a struggle. It may look out of reach for the vast majority, but with

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo has admitted there is “a lot at stake” over his future Formula 1 contract talks, and insists he will not be pressured into a premature decision. Ricciardo’s current deal with Red Bull runs out at the end of the

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari’s threat to pull out of Formula 1 after 2020 remains serious, says its president Sergio Marchionne, regardless of the decision to bring sister brand Alfa Romeo back with Sauber. Marchionne gave the green light last week for Alfa Romeo to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull ran a modified front wing during the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix free practice sessions and at the post-race Formula 1 test. F1 race-winning designer Willem Toet joins Craig Scarborough to discuss Red Bull’s changes to its nose design

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel will go head-to-head one more time in 2017 on Sunday night as the winners of the Autosport Awards are revealed live from London. The two four-time Formula 1 world champions head the nominations for the prestigious