Formula 1 teams have agreed to increase the engine allocation from four to five this season - the same number as last season - because of worse than expected reliability. It... read more »

The problem that ended Jenson Button's day early at the Circuit de Catalunya will require a component re-design according to engine suppliers Honda. read more »

Fernando Alonso will only be able to do limited mileage on Friday, after McLaren-Honda confirmed that a re-designed component will not arrive in Barcelona until Saturday. read more »

McLaren have been forced to end the first day of the second test early with Jenson Button completing just 21 laps during the morning. The team discovered a faulty seal on the... read more »

McLaren might not be able to run a full Formula 1 testing programme until Saturday because Honda needs to redesign an MGU-K component after a failure on Jenson Button's car read more »

Ferrari has confirmed that no agreement has been reached over the proposal to relax the engine freeze or allow in-season development. Speaking on Monday, Ferrari president... read more »

The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) has agreed a number of changes for the 2015 and 2016 seasons during a meeting in Qatar on Wednesday. Included in the long list of changes... read more »

Daniil Kvyat will take a ten-place grid penalty for the United States Grand Prix after using a seventh power unit component of the season read more »

Sebastian Vettel is set to start this weekend's United States Grand Prix from the pit lane as Red Bull considers changing his Renault Power Unit, leading to the prospect... read more »

Kamui Kobayashi has admitted to being 'scared' ahead of practice for the Russian Grand Prix after the team found an issue with his suspension, but didn't have... read more »

Caterham team principal Manfredi Ravetto says he was surprised by comments from Kamui Kobayashi following the Russian Grand Prix. The Japanese driver told reporters after the... read more »

Caterham had a disappointing afternoon at Sochi following hopes it could fight Lotus. That soon proved not to be the case and resulted in a 19th place finish for Marcus... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has been handed a 10-place grid penalty for the Japanese Grand Prix after using a sixth engine component read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne is set to start the Japanese Grand Prix from 21st place after receiving a grid penalty for using a sixth power unit component read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne has been handed a ten-place grid penalty after falling foul of the new power unit component rules. read more »

Pastor Maldonado is the second driver to fall foul of the complicated new power unit component rules, picking up a 10-place grid penalty for Sunday's race. read more »

Pastor Maldonado will become the second driver to receive a ten-place engine penalty for using a sixth component at the Japanese Grand Prix read more »

Pastor Maldonado is set to be hit by a 10-place grid penalty as a result of using his sixth power unit component of the season read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he will need to be 'smart' with engine penalties if he is to minimise the damage a grid drop will inflict on one of his remaining five race... read more »

Renault are ready to take grid penalties in the remaining five races of the season after admitting a sixth engine is a near certainty for most of its customers. At present,... read more »

Car unreliability in Formula 1 can be caused by a number of different things. Poor, or fragile initial design can obviously lead to a higher risk of component failure on the... read more »

A philosophical Sebastian Vettel says that mechanical issues are part of racing after he completed just five timed laps during Friday's second practice session for the... read more »

With the increased focus on reliability and durability in 2014, keeping an eye on the number of power unit components throughout the season could prove key to any championship... read more »

Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat has incurred the first engine change penalty of the 2014 Formula 1 season following confirmation from the team that they have changed his... read more »

With the increased focus on reliability and durability in 2014, keeping an eye on the number of power unit components throughout the season could prove key to any championship... read more »