Valtteri Bottas fronted a Mercedes 1-2 during an eventful first practice session for Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. Bottas set a time of 1:16.564s to... read more »

Max Verstappen echoes the views of fans as he argues that track limits controversy could be resolved by returning to gravel traps. read more »

Mercedes suffered a couple of setbacks across the three-day test in Bahrain last week, losing running on the opening day to a gearbox issue.Lewis Hamilton then suffered a spin... read more »

Mercedes suffered setbacks on both of the first two days of running in Bahrain, leaving the team at the bottom of the mileage chart heading into the final day.Bottas was able... read more »

Reigning champion Lewis Hamilton found himself in the gravel at one stage, while Red Bull's RB16B continues to look like a genuine threat to Hamilton and Mercedes'... read more »

Valtteri Bottas finally offered a glimpse of form for Mercedes on a pre-season test day in which team-mate Lewis Hamilton beached his car in the gravel and Sergio Perez lost... read more »

Lewis Hamilton found himself beached in the gravel as Mercedes' early pre-season testing troubles continued on Saturday morning in Bahrain. read more »

Shortly past the halfway point in the four-hour morning session Hamilton lost the rear of his Mercedes W12 in Turn 13 and slid backwards into the gravel trap.Hamilton got... read more »

McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo headed the timesheets as Formula 1 testing reached its midway point on Saturday lunchtime, while World Champion Lewis Hamilton spun into the... read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes' tough start to 2021 preseason testing continued on Saturday as the seven-time world champion beached his car in the gravel. read more »

Formula 1 Race Director Michael Masi explained the decision to begin Q2 in Turkey with a recovery vehicle still in the run-off. Williams' Nicholas Latifi spun through Turn... read more »

Kevin Magnussen has hit out at some fellow Formula 1 drivers for improving their lap times despite driving through double-waved yellow flags at the end of Q1. The flags were... read more »

Pirelli has concluded the cause of Max Verstappen's sudden puncture at Imola, which sent the Dutchman spinning into the gravel and out of the race. While running in second... read more »

Instead of policing track limits, Alex Albon says Formula 1 should "just put gravel" down, problem solved. read more »

A potentially dangerous situation arose at Formula 1's Emilia Romagna Grand Prix when several lapped drivers encountered marshals still working on-track. The Safety Car... read more »

Alexander Albon believes gravel traps should be used to determine track limits at F1 circuits after it was a frequent issue for the Red Bull driver for qualifying at the Emilia... read more »

Carlos Sainz thinks the lack of adherence to track limits at last week's 24 Hours of Spa shows circuits have been wrong to discard gravel traps. read more »

Carlos Sainz is delighted by the news that gravel will return in force again at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit from 2022. 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 »

Carlos Sainz has made clear his desire to see more gravel lining Formula 1 circuits in the future. read more »

Haas' Romain Grosjean feared that a piece of gravel had broken his finger during the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix. read more »

The Spa-Francorchamps circuit will reintroduce gravel traps and add new grandstands as part of an €80 million renovation project. The circuit is hoping to join the MotoGP... read more »

Michael Masi has bit back at calls to put gravel at Turn 2 at Sochi, saying that doing so "isn't a solution everywhere". read more »

FIA race director and safety delegate Michael Masi has dismissed the spate of calls from a number of Formula 1 drivers for all circuits to have gravel traps. read more »

McLaren driver Carlos Sainz believes the FIA are "listening very well" after the drivers backed the return of gravel traps to circuits. read more »