Mercedes has explained why it was so far off the pace during qualifying at the Turkish Grand Prix before Lewis Hamilton stormed to victory on race-day. Drivers were forced to... read more »

Having a challenging, low-grip track surface throughout the Turkish Grand Prix weekend was "no bad thing", according to Formula 1 Managing Director Ross Brawn.... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo is hopeful Renault can avoid a repeat of its lacklustre Portimao performance but fears it could again be on the back foot due to the circuit's freshly... read more »

Bitumen. Asphalt. Vehicle Dynamics.  read more »

Formula 1 drivers have welcomed the planned changes to Spa-Francorchamps that will result in asphalt run-off areas being replaced with gravel traps at several key corners for 2022 read more »

The 2020 World Rally Championship will now conclude in early December with the addition of Rally Monza to the schedule. The asphalt event will take place on 4-6 December and... read more »

Ex-Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi wants to see strict penalties introduced for drivers who speed in asphalt run-off areas. read more »

Grand Prix Drivers' Association chairman, Alex Wurz, a long-time critic of asphalt run-offs, has urged the sport to look at alternatives. read more »

Formula 1 tracks should seek better ways of blending asphalt runoffs and gravel traps at different parts of corners, reckons Grand Prix Drivers' Association chairman Alex Wurz read more »

Charles Leclerc was critical of the grip levels of the asphalt on the run-off at turn sixteen in Germany, but he still took full responsibility for the accident that took him... read more »

Charles Leclerc says the low-grip asphalt beyond Hockenheim's final corners where the Ferrari driver crashed out of Formula 1's German Grand Prix is... read more »

The new asphalt has only been laid very recently, so it's going to be interesting to see what the effect of this will be in competition. It could make a circuit that is... read more »

Williams finally made it onto the Circuit de Catalunya asphalt on a third day of pre-season testing that suggested Alfa Romeo have made strong progress for 2019. Kimi... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says it is wrong that the Sochi circuit has been partially resurfaced in a way that means the first three Formula 1 grid slots are positioned on newer asphalt read more »

After fresh asphalt was laid at the beginning of 2018, the owners of the Silverstone Grand Prix track may be forced to resurface the circuit again to safeguard the future of... read more »

"Most of the difference today is due to the new asphalt and... the amazing English summer!" says Vettel. read more »

The new asphalt results in faster lap times putting more energy through the tyres. This is why we have not gone any softer than last year. read more »

New asphalt and an extended DRS zone are among the changes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for the Gran Premio de Espana Emirates. read more »

Fernando Alonso feels the asphalt on the Start/Finish straight at Monza is not up to the standards required for Formula 1 after issues with it during qualifying on Saturday. read more »

Fernando Alonso believes the new asphalt laid on the start/finish straight of the Monza circuit is not up to Formula 1 standards read more »

The asphalt of the Hungaroring, the most famous race track of the East-European country was tested by a myriad of horse power of various Ferrari road and sportscars as the... read more »

Red Bull earned a surprising victory in the wild thriller of the Aserbaijan GP last weekend with Daniel Ricciardo behind the wheel, the energy drink company heads for a race to... read more »

The seventh round of the 2017 Formula One World Championship began with two practice sessions on Friday at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, as teams prepared for the... read more »

SOCHI, Russia -- Marcus Ericsson says the combination of the smooth asphalt of the Sochi Autodrom and Pirelli's new 2017 tyres have set up a dilemma about how teams... read more »

Jenson Button believes McLaren-Honda haven't got the long-race pace that they need yet after the opening day of practice for the Malaysian Grand Prix. read more »