A discarded sandwich wrapper that got inside his rear brake duct ended Fernando Alonso's hopes of a possible points finish in Bahrain. read more »

A stray sandwich wrap that became lodged in the brake ducts of Fernando Alonso's Alpine car caused his retirement on his race return to F1 at the Bahrain GP. read more »

Fernando Alonso's return race to Formula One was ended prematurely by a sandwich wrap getting stuck in the brake ducts of his Alpine car. read more »

Fernando Alonso said he "had fun" on his return to Formula 1 racing, despite not being able to finish the race due to brake issues. read more »

For in a year that had the risk of being a stale repeat of 2020, with teams carrying over their chassis, the performance swings shown at the Bahrain season opener have been... read more »

Nikita Mazepin lost control of his Haas on a couple of occasions in Q1 at the Bahrain Grand Prix, citing a "brake-by-wire" issue. read more »

Sebastian Vettel has been summoned to the stewards over an alleged breach of yellow flag rules when Nikita Mazepin spun during qualifying in Bahrain. Mazepin suffered a... read more »

The FIA introduced a raft of measures over the winter targeted at slashing downforce to put less strain through the tyres.The new regulations included cutting away a section of... read more »

But while the focus for many outfits has been on the floor area, and some clever ideas have already appeared, McLaren appears to have stolen a march on rivals with a unique... read more »

The Scuderia Ferrari Mission Winnow team has announced the continuation of its relationship with Brembo, its brake supplier and with the Japanese Radiobook brand. read more »

AlphaTauri has unveiled its new 2021 Formula 1 challenger, the AT02. The Faenza-based team revealed the Honda-powered car on Friday morning as it became the second team after... read more »

Otmar Szafnauer continues to insist the penalties handed out to Racing Point early on during the 2020 season for 'illegal' use of 'Mercedes-designed' brake... read more »

Racing Point team boss Otmar Szafnauer will take lessons away from the 2020 season, but the illegal brake duct ruling still "grates" him. read more »

Many innovative ideas have been used to improve F1 cars since the Hybrid Era began, but what about the ideas that the FIA said No to? From 2018's complex front wings, to... read more »

Today we had a decent race and stayed on top of the tricky balancing act of managing tyre and brake temperatures. read more »

McLaren's Carlos Sainz conceded his disappointment turned to anger in Bahrain after a tyre-destroying spin in qualifying ruined his strategy options for the race. read more »

Carlos Sainz admitted he was "very angry" after a brake failure knocked him out of Bahrain Grand Prix qualifying and compromised his strategy options for the race. read more »

McLaren has confirmed that Carlos Sainz suffered a rear brake failure which caused his spin and stoppage during qualifying for F1's Bahrain GP. read more »

McLaren driver Lando Norris says he is "frustrated and annoyed" by his recent one-lap displays, feeling a mistake cost him a top-five result in Bahrain. Norris... read more »

Formula 1's clamp down on "reverse engineering" has been confirmed by the FIA, following the unrest caused by Racing Point's RP20 this year. Earlier in... read more »

Sebastian Vettel was frustrated at being used as a "brake block" to help his team-mate Charles Leclerc in the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Racing Point's decision to drop their appeal against the FIA's verdict regarding their brake ducts came as a "surprise" to McLaren CEO Zak Brown. read more »

McLaren CEO Zak Brown says he was 'surprised' Racing Point owner Lawrence Stroll withdrew his Formula 1 brake duct ruling appeal just weeks after vowing to clear his name read more »

Mercedes believes the front brake fire experienced by Lewis Hamilton on the grid at Formula 1's Tuscan Grand Prix was triggered by the limited cooling applied for Mugello read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he was concerned by the extremely high temperature of his front brakes at the first restart of the Tuscan Grand Prix. read more »