Renault Formula 1 managing director Cyril Abiteboul admits his team is considering factoring strategic grid penalties into its 2018 season, in order to maximise engine performance read more »

Sauber's Technical Director was happy with the performance of the C37-Ferrari during the opening day of pre-season testing on Monday. read more »

Honda will focus on reliability over performance with its first race specification engine for the 2018 Formula 1 season, Autosport has learned read more »

FIA directive will ensure customer teams have engine performance parity with works teams. read more »

The F1 off-season may seem long to fans, but the team is busy throughout the few months without racing. The factory is busy preparing the new car, the engineers are improving... read more »

The FIA has moved to remove doubts about Formula 1 customer teams having engine performance parity with their works counterparts. read more »

Renault's Nick Chester says its 2018 F1 car, the R.S.18, has been designed to make finding the limits easier to extract maximum performance. read more »

Renault will measure its performance against the success of its customer teams in 2018 as it continues to build towards its target of a full championship challenge in 2020. read more »

Petrobras is back in Formula 1, after forming a technical partnership with McLaren on Monday 19 February. The agreement provides for a technology partnership to develop... read more »

Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team's Technical Director Jörg Zander says the new C37 has a different car philosophy compare to 2017's C36. The new Sauber will feature a modern... read more »

Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team boss Frederic Vassuer says the team has a clear aim of catching up with the field and to continue to improve their performance over the 2018 season,... read more »

Frederic Vasseur insists Sauber need a big jump in performance in 2018 to fight in the midfield, and insists most of this will need to come from the aerodynamic department. read more »

McLaren's Tim Goss says Pirelli's new F1 tyres will produce an uneven performance difference between each compound step in 2018. read more »

Although Paddy Lowe is expecting a fierce battle behind F1's top three teams, he is hoping that a "step change" in performance can keep Williams in the hunt. read more »

Williams is determined to put an end to its recent slide in performance, with deputy team principal Claire Williams saying it must improve on last year's championship... read more »

Williams say they have no concerns that their inexperienced driver line-up will affect their performance in 2018 as they unveil their new car. read more »

Haas F1 team owner Gene Haas has tasked his outfit with closing the gap in performance it has to Ferrari to just 0.5 in 2018.  read more »

Gene Haas has tasked his Formula One team with closing its gap in performance to Ferrari to just 0.5s per lap this year. read more »

Teams will have some scope, although it is limited, to gain a performance advantage with Halo; that's according to McLaren's chief of aerodynamics Peter... read more »

McLaren believes Fernando Alonso's increased workload from his World Endurance Championship commitments will help him find new levels of performance in Formula One... read more »

Renault expects its chassis' performance deficit is too "substantial" to beat its Formula 1 customer teams Red Bull and McLaren this season, but wants to match... read more »

McLaren’s Peter Prodromou says the installation of the new Halo safety device will provide short-term chances for performance jumps in F1. read more »

McLaren's chief aerodynamicist Peter Prodromou says the Halo opens up opportunities to gain aerodynamic performance as well as having some obvious downsides. read more »

Paddy Lowe says that Lance Stroll's inexperience cost the team points at the start of the 2017 season read more »

Ahead of their first season with Renault power, the McLaren F1 Team has confidence in their new engine suppliers, with Zak Brown admitting they would accept some failures if... read more »