Honda is optimistic its latest Formula 1 engine is capable of lasting seven grands prix, which would mark an important step in its bid to produce a title-challenging product. The Japanese manufacturer introduced its second-spec engine ahead of the fourth round of the 2019 season in Azerbaijan, after successfully bringing a reliability-focused upgrade forward. After

Formula 1 races into the French Grand Prix this June for what is sure to be an action-packed weekend – and one that won’t break the bank. Motorsport Live looks at why the French Grand Prix is excellent value for money. France returned to the Formula 1 calendar in 2018 and has already established itself

The organisers of the Spanish Grand Prix, the RACC, have urged the government to step in and find a solution “urgently” in order to save the Formula 1 race. The Barcelona-based race has been on the F1 calendar since 1991 and its future is now in doubt as its contract comes to an end this

Porsche has built and tested an engine that would have been Formula 1 compatible and formed the basis of a 2021 entry had it committed to joining the world championship. The German manufacturer was known to be considering an F1 programme, its first for almost three decades, as it joined the process establishing new engine

Niki Lauda’s remarkable Formula 1 career is the subject of the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast, which evaluates where he stands among the all-time greats. Kevin Turner and Edd Straw delve into the qualities that made the remarkable Lauda so successful and discuss some of the strengths that are sometimes overlooked when the Austrian’s

The Williams Formula 1 team has a major upgrade planned it hopes will bring “significant performance” to its car over the middle part of the 2019 season. Williams has started the season at the back of the pack after various setbacks for its new challenger, including a late start to testing and modifications to ensure

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes’ first Formula 1 engine upgrade of the season is among the improvements he expects to see for the next race in Canada. Mercedes has dominated the start of the 2019 season, winning all six races and scoring two podium finishes at every grand prix. Hamilton won the previous race in Monaco

Mercedes remains unbeaten six races into the 2019 Formula 1 season, but is the only engine manufacturer yet to have introduced an upgraded specification. Lewis Hamilton has claimed four of Mercedes’ six victories – which also includes five one-two finishes – and the world championship is expecting to get his hands on a more potent

Williams Formula 1 driver Robert Kubica believes he silenced any sceptics who thought he “would not even be able to turn the steering wheel” in the Monaco Grand Prix. Kubica was absent from the F1 grid for more than eight years after his right arm was almost severed in a rallying crash in early 2011,

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes falling behind in the 2019 Formula 1 world championship battle will “annoy the hell out of” Valtteri Bottas and prompt a fightback. Bottas led the standings after beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton in Azerbaijan at the end of last month. But defeat in Spain and then only finishing fourth in

Sebastian Vettel thinks Ferrari’s Formula 1 car is not as bad as it looks, despite Mercedes taking its sixth straight victory at the start of 2019 at Monaco last weekend. Vettel finished runner-up to Lewis Hamilton, but only after a penalty was applied to Max Verstappen’s race time, following a pitlane incident with Valtteri Bottas

From a needless FP3 crash in 2018 to a patient challenge for victory this year, the two most recent Monaco Grands Prix typify just how much Max Verstappen has matured. The Monte Carlo race was the nadir of Verstappen’s 2018 campaign, as a crash in final practice – amid a run of high-profile incidents at

The Monaco Grand Prix was yet another difficult weekend for Ferrari and, even before Charles Leclerc’s qualifying and race disasters, a chasmic Formula 1 performance deficit to Mercedes remained obvious. Ferrari has openly admitted it is working to address its problem but, as Scott Mitchell and Edd Straw discuss in our latest video, identifying whether

Williams Formula 1 driver George Russell says he thought he was in the fight for sixth place at one stage during Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Russell outqualified Robert Kubica, taking the penultimate slot on the grid, but fell behind his team-mate on the first lap. He then pitted for hard tyres – which meant he

Kevin Magnussen was so frustrated with his disappointing Monaco GP that he was hoped the “engine would blow up”, but does not blame his Haas Formula 1 team. Magnussen started fifth and best of the midfield teams in Monaco, but lost a place to Daniel Ricciardo at the start. Like Ricciardo, Magnussen then fell down

Lewis Hamilton had to fend off attacks from Max Verstappen amid major tyre worries to take his third victory in Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix. Winning under big pressure in Monte Carlo earned comparisons to Ayrton Senna resisting Nigel Mansell in a similar manner in 1992, but in the post-race Autosport podcast Scott Mitchell and

Kevin Magnussen has been given a post-race penalty by the Monaco Grand Prix Formula 1 stewards for jumping the chicane while battling Sergio Perez. Magnussen joins Max Verstappen, Romain Grosjean and Lance Stroll in receiving penalties that shuffled the on the road finishing order. Haas driver Magnussen was holding off Perez when the Mexican launched

Lewis Hamilton survived late contact with Max Verstappen to win Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix, as an incident in the pitlane with Valtteri Bottas ultimately cost Verstappen second place. Hamilton resisted more than 60 laps of pressure from Verstappen to hold on to victory despite having to manage softer tyres than his pursuers. As Verstappen

The Monaco Grand Prix will be “a great pain” for the Racing Point Formula 1 team without rain, says Sergio Perez. Both Racing Point drivers have been short of pace throughout the weekend in Monte Carlo, resulting in Perez and Lance Stroll exiting qualifying in Q1. They ended up 17th and 18th on the timesheets

Ferrari has admitted it made a mistake and took a risk that was “not worthwhile”, after Charles Leclerc was a shock early elimination from Formula 1 qualifying in Monaco. Leclerc will start his home race from 15th on the grid after being knocked out in Q1 when Ferrari failed to send him back out for

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes does not “take many risks” like the one that knocked Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc out of the first part of qualifying for Formula 1’s Monaco Grand Prix. Leclerc was knocked out of Q1 by several late improvements and was unable to respond because Ferrari kept him in the pits in the closing

Formula 1 has called off its expected switch to standard gearbox cassettes in 2021, following a World Motor Sport Council vote to retain freedom of gearbox supply in the championship. F1 issued an invitation to tender for a single supplier for gearbox cassettes in February for its next technical regulations cycle from 2021-24. It was

After a difficult start to the 2019 Formula 1 season, Renault has revealed details about its struggles so far this term. The team was expected to not only consolidate its fourth place in the constructors’ championship, but bridge the gap to F1’s ‘big three’ teams in 2019. Yet it currently lies eighth in the standings,

Kimi Raikkonen is certain he would not still be racing in Formula 1 had he not taken two years out to compete in rallying. The Alfa Romeo driver is contesting his 300th grand prix weekend in Monaco, although it will only be his 297th start. He did not take the start of the 2001 Belgian

Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul has revealed that a conrod reliability issue handicapped the firm’s engines in the first part of the 2019 season, but has now been addressed. While it was well known that Renault had suffered some MGU-K issues this year, the fundamental problem with its V6 had hitherto been kept under

The Mercedes Formula 1 team admits it has a tyre warm-up “concern” for Monaco Grand Prix qualifying, despite its imperious form in the two Thursday practice sessions. The champion team arrived in Monte Carlo as a strong favourite following its five successive one-two finishes and its pace advantage in low-speed corners in the last event

Debris caused the radiator leak that left Max Verstappen down in sixth place in second Formula 1 practice for the Monaco Grand Prix and cost Red Bull significant track time. Having been second fastest to Lewis Hamilton in the morning session, Verstappen completed just 17 laps in the afternoon – fewer than half of the

Carlos Sainz Jr says McLaren’s struggles in the part of the Barcelona Formula 1 track most relevant to Monaco were accentuated by a problem that only emerged in testing. McLaren had hoped that a major upgrade it introduced for the Spanish Grand Prix would put it at the forefront of the tight midfield pack, but

Niki Lauda famously produced two successful Formula 1 comebacks during his grand prix career. After his near-fatal crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix, Lauda, who died on Monday, returned to finish fourth at the Italian GP for Ferrari three races later and recovered to win the 1977 world title for his second triumph. He

Red Bull has ditched its nose scoop for the 2019 Monaco Grand Prix in favour of a more conventional Formula 1 design, along with small updates to the floor. The scoop first appeared on Red Bull’s RB13 in 2017, and appeared to be an attempt to satisfy the FIA’s regulations regarding the front crash structure,