Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The Renault Formula 1 team has rubbished talk the legality of its blown rear wing could be questioned, because it has no doubts the aggressive concept complies with rules. The manufacturer’s RS18 and the way its exhaust is angled to direct

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton says Red Bull could pose a “real challenge” to four-time reigning champion outfit Mercedes this season. Mercedes technical director James Allison said there was “no doubt” Red Bull had emerged as a title threat after

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen says he does not consider McLaren and Renault as major rivals for Red Bull in 2018, amid growing optimism about the pace of his RB14 Formula 1 car. Red Bull has had a strong pre-season testing programme so far,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean believes some Formula 1 restarts in 2018 could descend into chaos if drivers have to stick with old tyres after a red flag. F1 races this year may feature standing starts after red-flag periods, with the cars being led

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Fernando Alonso says he “doesn’t need” the final day of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona, despite McLaren’s lack of running so far this week. Team-mate Stoffel Vandoorne managed only 38 laps on the first day of the second and final pre-season

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren insists the various reliability problems that have struck its Formula 1 car during the second week of pre-season testing are unrelated and not indicative of a flawed design concept. The new MCL33 caused two red flags during Tuesday’s running at

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The FIA conducted a test of Formula 1’s new standing restart procedure at the end of Tuesday’s Barcelona running, with Mercedes, Ferrari, Red Bull, Haas and Williams choosing to participate. This year, races will feature standing starts after safety car periods,

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren is set to modify the internal cooling of its Formula 1 car after suffering minor bodywork burning problems during testing. The McLaren MCL33 is running with three additional cooling slots towards the rear of the engine cover at this test

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. GP3 racer Tatiana Calderon could test a Formula 1 car for the first time this year as part of an expanded role with the Sauber team. Calderon, 24, was named Sauber development driver last year, although her role was restricted to

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. The halo represents not just a structural challenge to the teams to incorporate it onto their cars, but it has opened up new aero development paths too. As part of the rule package that has come with the mandatory use of

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Claire Williams has denied suggestions that her team played a role in persuading the FIA to clamp down on Formula 1 customer engine parity this season. In the wake of a technical directive issued by Charlie Whiting in January, Red Bull

Upgrade for free today You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1’s move to ban monkey seats and change the rules regarding exhausts for 2018 was meant to close off potential benefits from blowing wings with exhaust gases. However, the latest car designs and concepts that emerged in pre-season testing last