Mercedes have blamed a 'freak' component failure for Lewis Hamilton's Singapore Grand Prix retirement, which cost the Briton a potential podium finish. Hamilton... read more »

Lewis Hamilton's retirement in the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix was caused by a "freak" component failure, according to Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff read more »

Lewis Hamilton's retirement in the Singapore GP was caused by a "minor" breakage in his car's power unit, Mercedes have revealed. read more »

Former Formula 1 driver Justin Wilson passed away on Monday night following a freak accident at the ABC Supply 500 IndyCar race at the Pocono Raceway. The 37-year-old, who... read more »

Former F1 driver Justin Wilson has died as a result of head injuries sustained during the Pocono IndyCar race on Sunday... read more »

Bernie Ecclestone insists Formula 1 is safe and plans to make the cars six seconds faster and more challenging to drive in 2017 will still go ahead, despite the death of Jules... read more »

Red Bull Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey says that the team requires 'freak luck' if it is to claim a Grand Prix victory in 2015. Red Bull has taken 50… read more »

McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has raised concerns about the disposal of Formula 1 visor tear-off strips after a freak incident caused the end of Fernando Alonso's... read more »

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Kimi Raikkonen said a "freak" incident with a blanket burning a set of tyres hampered him in Spanish Grand Prix qualifying read more »

Formula 1's Jules Bianchi is no longer in an artifical coma and is now breathing unaided, his parents confirmed in a statement on Wednesday. It's the first update on... read more »

Max Mosley said that Jules Bianchi's crash was a "freak accident" and that track officials could not be blamed read more »

Former FIA president Max Mosley insists the governing body were not at fault in anyway for Jules Bianchi's crash during the closing stages of the Japanese Grand Prix. The... read more »

Mercedes has revealed that a freak substance contamination contributed to Nico Rosberg's retirement from last weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. read more »

Nico Rosberg's retirement from the Singapore Grand Prix was caused by a freak substance contamination creating an electronics short circuit in his Mercedes Formula 1 car,... read more »

Force India knew that they had a strong package ahead of the 2014 season, but travelling to the start of the European season sitting in third place in the championship has... read more »

Michael Schumacher's skiing accident was a freak fall down to "extreme bad luck", according to his manager Sabine Kehm read more »

The marshal caught up in a freak accident at the end of the Canadian Grand Prix has sadly succumbed to his injuries in hospital in Montreal.     read more »

Jenson Button's pre-season preparation has seen him pushing himself mentally and physically ahead of the Australian GP. read more »

María de Villota underwent further surgery aimed at the reconstruction of her cranium and right eye socket last Wednesday, with the Spaniard still receiving... read more »

María de Villota has travelled home to Spain following her freak testing accident in England on 3 July. The Marussia reserve driver has lost her right eye and had... read more »

Marussia has concluded that its car experienced no malfunction when María de Villota suffered a freak accident at Duxford Airfield earlier this month. This suggests... read more »

Charlie Whiting, the FIA's top F1 official, has described Maria de Villota's crash earlier this week as a "one in five million" freak accident. "It was... read more »

Following her accident on Tuesday, doctors have announced that Marussia test driver María de Villota has lost the use of her right eye. The 32-year-old Spaniard... read more »

María de Villota is awake in hospital after suffering serious injuries in a freak F1 testing accident on Tuesday morning. The Marussia reserve driver collided with... read more »

María de Villota suffered injuries to her face and head as a freak accident curtailed Marussia’s aerodynamic test in England on Tuesday. After the... read more »