Ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest (27/07/2017) the FIA' s F1 Director, Charlie Whiting & Safety Director, Laurent Mekies detailed the extensive R&D and... read more »

Charlie Whiting and Laurent Mekies give insight into why the FIA has opted for the Halo device for 2018. read more »

Laurent Mekies has revealed the FIA simulated Fernando Alonso's crash from the Australian Grand Prix in order to see what the possible impact of the halo would have been. read more »

Despite the F1 drivers testing Halo throughout the latter part of 2016, F1 deputy race director Laurent Mekies says Red Bull's Aeroscreen idea is "not dead." read more »

New FIA deputy race director for F1 Laurent Mekies has outlined how the organisation is seeking to make its system more efficient read more »

Michael Herbie Blash will step down from his role as F1 s deputy race director after 21 years and will be replaced by Laurent Mekies read more »

Herbie Blash is to step down as Formula 1's Deputy Race Director at the end of the season, the FIA has confirmed, and will be replaced in the role by Laurent… read more »

Toro Rosso and Jean-Eric Vergne have been handed a double punishment for their unsafe release during the second practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix. The Frenchman faces... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Both drivers had good starts and from 13th on the grid today, we are pleased to have scored a point with Bruno who ran a one-stop... read more »

Bruno Senna, 7th: Today was a nice race. We pushed very hard on the strategy to make it work especially as the track conditions and the weather were very different from what we... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 16th: “I feel I got the most out of the car we have at the moment and don’t think I could have gone much quicker. We improved our... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Both Pastor and Bruno had very good starts and were pushing hard in the initial stages of the race. Unfortunately Pastor was involved in... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo: “It looks as though the rain is going to continue for much of the weekend, so today’s running was valuable, even if this afternoon, it was... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 10th: It was an unlucky race for us as we were looking strong for a podium finish. We were struggling at the beginning of the race but at the end I passed... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 18th: "The track was quite dirty in the morning session, with some litter on it, blown across by the strong wind, but it cleared up as the afternoon went... read more »

Pastor Maldonado, 13th: Today the car felt very consistent and was pretty well balanced, but unfortunately starting so far back after qualifying meant that I could not really... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 14th: "This result is not too bad, considering the pace we showed so far this weekend. Fourteenth was probably about the best we could have done as there... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 19th: "The day went smoothly, because even if there were a couple of red flags and a few drops of rain, we managed to get through all our programme,... read more »

Bruno Senna, 10th: I'm happy we got a point from a very tough race. We deserved more and I felt we could be stronger than this, but today it didn't happen and so we... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 16th: "I enjoy this track a lot so I am disappointed with my qualifying position, because I thought I might have had a chance to do a bit better: top ten... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 16th: “I enjoy this track a lot so I am disappointed with my qualifying position, because I thought I might have had a chance to do a bit better:... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 17th: "This was my first time here in a Formula 1 car and I really enjoyed myself. Because I did not go particularly well round Monaco in the World... read more »

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: What can I say – a massive result for the team and a stunning drive by Pastor. The whole race went well from start to finish... read more »

Jean-Eric Vergne, 15th: “I have mixed feelings about this qualifying, because from a personal point of view, I feel I did a better job than I have done in... read more »

Daniel Ricciardo, 6th: “It feels very good and I am very happy with that result. We had a below average week in China with some updates we brought. We persisted with... read more »