But the extent of its progress got some of its rivals' backs up, amid concerns that its ever-closer relationship with sister team Red Bull could be helping both teams gain... read more »

In fact, there have been remarkably few times in F1's history that planks have been found to have worn down too much - with the most famous still being Michael... read more »

The limited practice opportunities offered on a sprint race weekend, with just one practice session before cars get locked into parc ferme conditions, allied to the tricky... read more »

As rain hit the Zandvoort race from the start, Norris begged his team to stop for intermediates. But McLaren was one of several squads, including Mercedes and Williams, to... read more »

Earlier this year, motorsport's governing body invited potential new teams to express their interest in joining the F1 grid from as early as 2025.The evaluation process of... read more »

The Briton and team-mate George Russell ran a different programme to other squads on the opening day of action, as they steered clear of using the soft tyre in FP1. However,... read more »

Autosport revealed recently how motor racing's governing body has been ramping up its investigations into team's cost cap submissions.FIA representatives have been... read more »

As reported by Autosport last week, the FIA has closed off a potential loophole that some teams may have been using in getting personnel outside of their main F1 team to help... read more »

Hitech Grand Prix has confirmed that it has submitted an application to the FIA to join the Formula 1 grid in 2026. Earlier this year, the FIA opened an expressions of interest... read more »

FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem asserts that the governing body can't force existing teams to accept new squads. The FIA is keen to add a new team to the grid and... read more »

However, the rush of excitement he got in the aftermath of that first triumph back at the 2009 Chinese Grand Prix helped drive him and his staff to want to deliver more and... read more »

David Coulthard has backed Lewis Hamilton to increase the pressure on George Russell during the 2023 Formula 1 season and show his Mercedes team-mate why he's the most... read more »

With Red Bull's RB19 proving to be the class of the field and well clear of the opposition, the fight for the drivers' championship appears to be exclusively between... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he and Mercedes are “counting down the days” until the squad’s upgrade package is introduced at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The Briton's comments... read more »

McLaren Team Principal Andrea Stella has dismissed any concerns that introducing its major upgrade package at a Sprint weekend could hinder the squad’s understanding of its new... read more »

Lewis Hamilton, as well as team-mate George Russell, is "very much on board" with Mercedes' plan to return to the front of the Formula 1 field, according to the... read more »

Behind the obvious top trio of Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, they say a toss of a coin will decide which of the seven other squads are strongest in 2023. Even then, the order... read more »

Mercedes may regret the decision to release Nyck de Vries to AlphaTauri for the 2023 Formula 1 season, believes the Brackley-based squad’s trackside engineering director Andrew... read more »

Abiteboul's recent arrival at Hyundai, after a long spell in F1 as a team boss at the Caterham and Renault squads, helped fuel speculation that the company could be eyeing... read more »

Mercedes' 2022 challenger has gone down as its worst since it became a regular title-winning force at the start of the V6 hybrid era in 2014, with the first Silver Arrow... read more »

Amid a developing political battle over the plans by Andretti Global to enter F1 with the General Motors-backed Cadillac name, Sulayem has been a lone voice so far in publicly... read more »

Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes enjoyed an almost complete lock out of the top three positions throughout 2022.McLaren's Lando Norris was the only driver outside of the top... read more »

The introduction of a budget limit from the start of 2021 was driven by a desire to level up the playing field and ensure that the big-spending squads did not have an unfair... read more »

As part of F1 owner Liberty Media's overhaul of grand prix racing that has included new cars, it made an effort to ensure that the gap between the big spending teams and... read more »

The Woking-based squad fully accepts that its current infrastructure puts it on the back foot against bigger squads like Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull.However, there are hopes... read more »