The decision to introduce one-shot qualifying to Formula 1 in 2003 proved controversial and was prone to being exploited but, as STUART CODLING argues, the initial idea behind... read more »

Seven-time world champion, Lewis Hamilton admits that had he never taken the gamble and left McLaren for Mercedes, he might well have remained a one-time title winner. read more »

Otmar Szafnauer has revealed Racing Point "deliberated long and hard" but took the gamble to change the engine on Sergio Perez's car because of the belief he can... read more »

Ross Brawn has expressed his relief that the decision to use the Bahrain Outer track for the Sakhir Grand Prix produced an exciting race. read more »

Haas principal Guenther Steiner is happy to take a risk on Nikita Mazepin with the Russian driver's superlicence not yet secure. read more »

Would Haas be making the right decision in hiring two rookie drivers for the 2021 season?PlanetF1 readers have been having their say... read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes he proved he is not "completely mad" by refusing to take a late Turkish Grand Prix gamble and switching to slick tyres. read more »

Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes it would have been too big a gamble for Lewis Hamilton to start the Eifel Grand Prix on the medium tyre. read more »

Toto Wolff says starting Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas on medium tyres would have been a "big gamble" for Mercedes heading into Sunday's Formula 1 Eifel... read more »

If anything it hindered his result, but Pierre Gasly doesn't have any regrets about pitting during the brief VSC window in Sochi. read more »

Said to be "very disappointed" by Red Bull's gap to Mercedes, Robert Doornbos questions whether the Dutchman will gamble on Mercedes in 2022. read more »

Christian Horner has acknowledged Max Verstappen had to "buy into" the tyre gamble that gave him the platform to win the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. read more »

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Max Verstappen had to "buy into" the crucial decision to qualify on the hard tyre in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix read more »

Max Verstappen insisted he had no intention of wasting a rare chance to put pressure on Mercedes as Red Bull's gamble paid off in the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix. read more »

Red Bull's brave gamble on tyres pays off as Max Verstappen scores the Austrian team's first Silverstone win since 2012. read more »

Max Verstappen was the only driver inside the top ten to gamble on Qualifying for the 70th Anniversary Grand Prix at Silverstone on Pirelli's Hard compound of tyre. read more »

Red Bull's Max Verstappen is confident his gamble of setting his Q2 time on the hard tyre will pay off as long as he can make a clean getaway at the start of the 70th... read more »

Valtteri Bottas is back on pole, this time for the 70th Anniversary GP, while Red Bull gambled in qualy with Max Verstappen starting on hard tyres. read more »

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has said "we would do the same thing again" despite being penalised for a formation lap gamble in Hungary. read more »

Haas Formula 1 Team Principal Guenther Steiner says he would repeat the squad's formation lap gamble again, believing such a move enhances the action for spectators. Haas... read more »

Kevin Magnussen broke into the points for the first time in 2020 in last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, the point he earned putting Haas onto the scoreboard. read more »

Maverick Vinales says his MotoGP Spanish Grand Prix was a "survival race" owing to his gamble on the soft front tyre not paying off read more »

McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has claimed improved confidence in the 2020 chassis has taken away the team's "appetite to gamble". read more »

Bringing Fernando Alonso back into Formula 1 is not a gamble with Renault advisor Alain Prost saying the Spaniard has a new "philosophy". read more »

Racing Point's sudden surge in its competitiveness has drawn controversy, but it may also tempt a four-time Formula 1 champion to join its ranks in 2021 read more »