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After 11 seasons, the Force India name disappears from the grid as the FIA reveals official entry list for 2019.

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The Force India name will disappear from Formula 1 next year with the team being renamed Racing Point F1

Following the takeover of the outfit by a consortium led by Lawrence Stroll, it had retained its Force India moniker for its team and chassis. However in the official 2019 F1 entry list that was published by the FIA on Friday night, it was confirmed the Silverstone-based squad would be fully rebranded. It will bring an end to the Force India name which has been an ever present in F1 since ... Keep reading

Who will be driving for which team in Formula 1 in 2019? BBC Sport takes a look at all the latest driver movements.

Who will be driving for which team in Formula 1 in 2019? BBC Sport takes a look at all the lastest driver movements.

Stroll graduated to F1 with Williams in 2017 as the reigning European Formula 3 champion and continued with the team this year. His father Lawrence led the consortium that bought Force India's assets after it fell into administration, leading to the team's reincarnation as the Racing Point entry. Stroll's move from Williams became a formality after that but Force India wanted to wait until ... Keep reading

In a shock move, Racing Point Force India has announced that Lance Stroll - son of the team's owner - is to drive for it in 2019.

Racing Point Force India has finally confirmed Lance Stroll's expected move to the team to partner Sergio Perez in the 2019 Formula 1 season

Lance Stroll will switch from Williams to Force India for the 2019 season, joining the team his billionaire father helped rescue from administration.

Lance Stroll will switch from Williams to Force India for the 2019 season, joining the team his billionaire father helped rescue from administration.

Having made his debut with McLaren at the Abu Dhabi test, Carlos Sainz says it is a dream come true to be with the Woking team.

Carlos Sainz Jr says he has "a lot of information to analyse" after making his testing debut for the McLaren Formula 1 team earlier this week

Sainz was given permission to join McLaren early ahead of racing for the team in 2019, having concluded his Renault campaign in last week's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Spaniard had predicted driving in the Abu Dhabi tyre test would give him a vital "head start" on preparations for next season and he completed 150 laps when he appeared on Wednesday. "After the race finished in Abu Dhabi, we've ... Keep reading

Having ended this year without a win, Bottas is open that the season just gone has been his most disappointing in grand prix racing. And although well aware that he will be fighting for his F1 future next season, with Esteban Ocon chasing his seat for 2020, Bottas says his plan is to go on an all-out attack to prove how good he is. "This sport is funny, you never know what happens in the ... Keep reading

Formula 1 sees a "new" Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas to drive every race like "it is my last", why Alexander Albon almost quit, plus more.

Valtteri Bottas has vowed to adopt a "drive like I stole it" attitude next year as he fights for his Mercedes future after a difficult 2018 Formula 1 season

Newly-confirmed 2019 Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver Alexander Albon says he almost quit racing after being dropped by Red Bull in 2012

Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo won two races each in 2018 and Verstappen scored more points than anyone except world champion Lewis Hamilton after the summer break and should have recorded back-to-back wins in Mexico and Brazil. Red Bull will switch to Honda engines next year in pursuit of the power and reliability it believes it needs to fight for world championships for the first time in ... Keep reading

Other than having 5 cats, Alexander Albon reveals that at the time he got the call from Toro Rosso, he was out buying trainers.

Formula 2 frontrunner Albon inked a deal to race for the Nissan e.dams team in Formula E because he lacked F1 options for next year, but has been able to extract himself from that deal to sign for Toro Rosso instead. Albon was a Red Bull Junior when he made his car-racing debut in 2012 but was dropped after a tough first year in Formula Renault. In a Red Bull interview, he said he almost ... Keep reading

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes the 2018 Formula 1 season could have looked "quite different" if his cars had an extra 40kW of power

Just days after the 2018 season finale, Pirelli has a week to decide on the compounds for the 2019 season opener.

Formula 1 has witnessed a "new" Lewis Hamilton after winning the final two races of the season following his title success, says his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff

Four days after announcing that Alexander Albon will partner Daniil Kvyat in 2019, Toro Rosso has thanked Brendon Hartley for his efforts with the team.

In the past, Hamilton has struggled to keep up his best form after winning world titles, and it was only this year that he ended a record of never having won a race in a season he had clinched a crown. But his triumphs in Brazil and Abu Dhabi have, according to Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff, proven that the British driver is different this time out. "He has actually driven stronger ... Keep reading

Pirelli is hopeful it has addressed several key areas that impacted Formula 1 races negatively in 2018 after the teams gained experience with their '19 tyre compounds this week

Vettel led the championship after 10 races this year but fell behind Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and only won once in the nine grands prix after the summer break. The German, who has not won the title since the last of his four Red Bull successes in 2013, suffered a number of high-profile errors including crashing from the lead in Germany and spinning because of contact early in the Italian ... Keep reading

Chase Carey admits that in some aspects, since taking over the sport, F1's new bosses have been naive.

While there was some controversy about the kerb's height – and the way it crumbled when cars ran over it – drivers generally accepted that it did its job. Whiting said it was a good example of using a kerb to ensure that drivers could not gain by running wide, and thus there was no reason to regularly assess penalties. "I'm not one for saying every time goes over the white line they ... Keep reading

It might be two years away, but team bosses agree that F1 is "running out of time" in terms of reaching a new Concorde Agreement.

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says the kerb before the final corner in Abu Dhabi eliminated the need for "zero tolerance" penalties that he believes "demean" Formula 1

Ericsson will lose his Sauber race seat after 2018, but it was announced earlier this year that the Swede would stay involved with the team as a reserve driver. However, a month after the announcement, Ericsson secured a full-time IndyCar drive with Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for next year. Sauber admitted earlier this month that it would look for another driver to share the reserve role ... Keep reading

Marcus Ericsson suggests he does not see much use in his reserve-driver role at the Sauber Formula 1 team as he focuses on racing in IndyCar in 2019

Abu Dhabi's two-day tyre test was an opportunity for all 10 teams to trial the new compounds, all of which have a revised construction and thinner tread. The consensus among drivers was that the 2019 tyres did not feel significantly different to 2018 that is because the fundamental changes are not based primarily on peak performance. Pirelli was already confident that its efforts to contain ... Keep reading

Sebastian Vettel admits he was not "at the top of my game" in Formula 1 this season at times, but knows where he and Ferrari next to improve for 2019

Williams has announced a partnership with PKN Orlen, a leading player in the fuels and energy market.

Leclerc 'emotional' after Ferrari test, Red Bull form "confusing" for Ricciardo, Alonso to race at Daytona, plus more.

Red Bull had pinned its hopes on a good race in Mexico, because the high altitude closed the gap between Renault and the main opposition. However, the team was competitive at most venues in the last part of the season, suggesting that the its chassis development had outpaced that of Mercedes and Ferrari. "This sport is so confusing at times," said Ricciardo. "Even Brazil I was amazed at the ... Keep reading

The next steps have been taken in the search for the next female Formula One driver, as the ‘long list’ of entries for the inaugural W Series season has been announced. The open-wheel category, a series introduced only for female racing drivers, was announced a few weeks ago, with opinions on the new championship divided. […]

In his last outing for Renault, Sainz started with a free choice of tyres having qualified 11th, and a marathon 37-lap first stint on ultrasofts saw him climb up the order to beat drivers who had started ahead on hypersofts. Sainz made it clear that it was the perfect way to sign off at Renault and head to his new team. “We’re opening a new chapter with a great result,” he said ... Keep reading

The final round of the 2018 F1 World Championship featured a lot more overtaking than some previous races at Yas Marina Circuit. It brought a win for Lewis Hamilton, who pitted as early as Lap 7 under a Virtual Safety Car, as much to block anyone else from taking advantage of the opportunity as anything. He wasn’t the only one to do it; Charles Leclerc and Romain Grosjean also made the move ... Keep reading

Red Bull had pinned its hopes on a good race in Mexico, because the high altitude closed the gap between Renault and the main opposition. However, the team was competitive at most venues in the last part of the season, suggesting that the its chassis development had outpaced that of Mercedes and Ferrari. "This sport is so confusing at times," said Ricciardo. "Even Brazil I was amazed at the ... Keep reading

Daniel Ricciardo admits that Red Bull's surge of form in the latter part of 2018 was "confusing" as there was no obvious explanation for the improved pace of the RB14

Making his debut as a Ferrari race driver, Charles Leclerc sets the pace as Abu Dhabi tyre test comes to an end.

Sergio Perez finished eighth in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, while an oil leak – believed to be from a pipe unrelated to Mercedes – led to an eventual retirement for Esteban Ocon. The Silverstone-based team had to forfeit all its constructors' championship points after it changed ownership, starting again from zero at the Belgian Grand Prix. Despite that, Force India finished 10 points shy ... Keep reading

Racing Point Force India Formula 1 boss Otmar Szafnauer says mistakes in the last few races cost his team a shot at recovering to sixth place in the world championship.

Hamilton and Vettel say Verstappen can challenge for title, Brawn says gap in field "unacceptable", Ferrari's Leclerc fastest in testing, plus more.

Bottas failed to win a race in 2018, having been robbed by a late puncture in Baku and then having victory in Russia taken away from him through team orders. But having faced periods where he also struggled to match teammate Lewis Hamilton, the Finn has been open that this season has been his most disappointing in F1. Wolff sees no major problem, however, and reckons drawing a line under the ... Keep reading

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Charles Leclerc ended his first test as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver quickest as he improved on Sebastian Vettel's Tuesday time to top the post-season Abu Dhabi test

The purpose of the test was to give the 10 teams experience of Pirelli's 2019 compounds and make comparisons to the 2018 versions. Leclerc went faster than Vettel's benchmark after just a few hours and improved early in the afternoon to end up on a 1m36.450s. That was 1.7s slower than the pole time for Sunday's Abu Dhabi GP, a 1m34.794s set by Lewis Hamilton. Pierre Gasly, driving for Red ... Keep reading

Today's times from the Yas Marina Circuit, the second, and final, day of the Pirelli tyre test.

Though refusing to use the term '1.5 championship' coined by Gene Haas, Ross Brawn warns that F1 cannot continue being a championship divided into the big guns and the rest.

Multiple world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel believe Max Verstappen is ready for a Formula 1 title challenge, if Red Bull and Honda provide a package capable of winning

Sergio Perez bagged third place for Force India in this season's Azerbaijan Grand Prix, one year after Lance Stroll scored the same result for Williams at the same race. The 297-point gap between F1's third-placed team, Red Bull, and fourth-place finisher Renault this year is also comfortably the biggest margin between those positions since the points system was changed for 2010. Brawn, who ... Keep reading

Formula 1 sporting boss Ross Brawn says it is "unacceptable" that midfield teams have only scored two podiums between them since the start of 2017

An Aprilia spokesperson confirmed the move to Motorsport.com, although it is not yet clear how Rivola will fit in with the Gresini-run operation's existing management structure, which is currently headed by Romano Albesiano. Rivola, 46, has run the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2016, succeeding Luca Baldisserri in the role, and in that time he has overseen Charles Leclerc's progression to a ... Keep reading

Verstappen bounced back from an error-strewn first six races of the season, which included clashes with both Hamilton and Vettel, to secure a career-best fourth in the championship. The 21-year-old outscored everyone except 2018 champion Hamilton across the nine races after the summer break, to end the year with two wins and 11 podiums in total. Hamilton and Vettel both vouched for ... Keep reading

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Valtteri Bottas wants to "disappear" back home for the winter to help recover from his disappointing Formula 1 campaign

Haas has announced that it will not be appealing the decision of the Abu Dhabi stewards after they threw out its protest of a rival team's cars.

Charles Leclerc started life as a Ferrari Formula 1 driver by beating Sebastian Vettel's Tuesday benchmark and topping the times as the second day of testing began in Abu Dhabi

The Monegasque is preparing for his graduation to Ferrari in 2019 after ending his rookie season with Sauber in last weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Leclerc has driven for Ferrari before, including a run at Monza earlier this year, but predicted his first test as an official race driver would be an "emotional" and "special" experience. He kicked it off by setting the fastest time across the ... Keep reading

Brendon Hartley reacts to Honda tribute as he insists that he has unfinished business in F1.

His exit was confirmed by the official announcement of Albon on Monday, and the Toro Rosso press release failed to mention Hartley by name.  Hartley scored just four points in his F1 career, but his highlight came when he took sixth on the grid for Honda’s home race at Suzuka. He was praised by Toro Rosso's engine partner Honda for his part in helping the Japanese manufacturer accelerate ... Keep reading

Brendon Hartley has spoken for the first time since he was dropped by the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team in favour of Alexander Albon for 2019

Despite losing track time after an early off which resulted in damage to his Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel proved quickest today at Yas Marina.

Red Bull Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen says he will not be made to "look like an idiot" when he completes his two days of 'public service' for the FIA

Wolff fears over Bottas, Vettel fastest in Abu Dhabi testing, Jos Verstappen says son Max is using head more, plus more F1 gossip.

Vettel had broken his rear wing in his Turn 1 crash that brought out the red flag in the morning, while the floor of his car sustained damage on the kerbs on two separate occasions. He would end up topping the session by four tenths over rival Valtteri Bottas, but had recorded, at 67 laps, just over half the mileage of the Mercedes driver. “Unfortunately we had some small issues and took a ... Keep reading

Ferrari Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel "lost a bit of time" with damage to his SF71H during the opening day of post-season tyre testing in Abu Dhabi

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Mick Schumacher moves a step closer to following his world champion father Michael into Formula 1 by agreeing to race in Formula 2.

Alexander Albon will do well to match the life achievements of Thailand's only other F1 driver, Prince Birabongse Bhanudej Bhanubandh.

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in Formula 1's post-season Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, as Kimi Raikkonen's Sauber reunion day ended with an on-track stoppage

Vettel overhauled morning pacesetter Valtteri Bottas early in the afternoon to end Tuesday’s nine hours of running with a best time of 1m36.812s. Bottas’s early benchmark of 1m37.231s was enough to remain second-fastest as neither he nor Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who ended up 1.1s slower than Vettel, set a quicker time in the afternoon. It is not known what tyres drivers set their ... Keep reading

Today's times from the Yas Marina Circuit, the first day of the Pirelli tyre test.

Honda bosses pay tribute to Brendon Hartley after the New Zealander loses his Toro Rosso seat to rookie Alexander Albon.

Aston Martin chief executive admits that decision to stick with current engine formula ended company's hopes of entering the sport.

Prema Racing has announced that Mick Schumacher will continue his partnership with the team for 2019, making the step up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship.

Jolyon Palmer picks out his top three drivers of the year, looks forward to a mouth-watering 2019 and pays tribute to a departing "legend".

Hartley has been replaced at Toro Rosso after one full season in F1, having been handed a shock grand prix shot by Red Bull late last year after several years in sportscars. The New Zealander, twice a World Endurance champion with Porsche and a Le Mans 24 Hours winner, scored four points for Toro Rosso. Honda made significant progress in F1 this year in performance and reliability terms ... Keep reading

Honda has paid tribute to outgoing Toro Rosso driver Brendon Hartley and declared its Formula 1 engine's progress was "accelerated" by the ex-Porsche LMP1 star's feedback

McLaren chairman says the "expensive" divorce from Honda was in the "long-term interests of the company".

Ferrari driver Vettel lost to Lewis Hamilton in the 2018 title fight, with several high-profile errors blunting his challenge despite winning five races for Ferrari and scoring five pole positions. After last Sunday's season finale in Abu Dhabi, Vettel said he was looking forward to clearing his final official engagements of the year. "We've got some events coming but things that I look ... Keep reading

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believes outgoing driver Daniel Ricciardo is now the best overtaker in Formula 1

Formula 1 runner-up Sebastian Vettel says he needs time to himself over the winter after a "quite difficult and exhausting year"

Valtteri Bottas and Red Bull are the recipients of the DHL awards for fastest lap and fastest pit stops in 2018.

Valtteri Bottas set the pace on the first morning of the post-Formula 1 season Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi

The Mercedes driver set a 1m37.319s, three seconds slower than the Abu Dhabi GP pole time, to head the timesheets after the first four hours of running at the Yas Marina circuit. Bottas, the busiest driver of the morning with 46 laps to his name, improved in the third hour of the session to displace Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. Max Verstappen lapped six tenths slower than Bottas, which was ... Keep reading

The Finn will race for the Swiss team in 2019 after ending his second spell with Ferrari this season. Raikkonen is getting his first experience of Sauber’s current set-up in this week’s Pirelli tyre test in Abu Dhabi. He is driving Sauber’s C37 on Tuesday and completed a first installation lap as soon as the test started at 9am local time.  He returned to the track soon after ... Keep reading

Tonight's news that Alexander Albon is to partner Daniil Kvyat at Toro Rosso, effectively completes the 2019 grid.

Toro Rosso have announced that Alexander Albon has secured promotion into F1 and will partner Daniil Kvyat at the team in 2019. Having previously been dropped from the Red Bull young driver programme, Albon has done enough to convince the team to change their mind and hand him a drive for the 2019. With Formula […]

In a strange move, Mercedes has given Valtteri Bottas both days in the W09 at the Abu Dhabi test.

In Friday practice, the long 5cm high sausage kerb added to the outside of the penultimate corner to help police track limits started to "fall apart", according to Haas driver Kevin Magnussen. The height of the kerb also caused drivers across the different series a few problems, with Max Verstappen's Red Bull and Alexander Albon's Formula 2 car being lifted all four wheels off the ground and ... Keep reading

Red Bull junior team Toro Rosso has signed Alexander Albon, competing their line-up for 2019.

The news means 19 of the 20 seats have been revealed, with the official announcement of Lance Stroll's move to Racing Point Force India the only anomaly. Albon had moved to the top of Toro Rosso's list in October, but the former Red Bull protege's situation was complicated by the fact he had already committed to joining the Nissan e.dams ABB FIA Formula E Championship team. He therefore ... Keep reading

Toro Rosso has announced that Alexander Albon will drive for the team in 2019 alongside Daniil Kvyat.

Toro Rosso-Honda has announced that Alexander Albon will be Daniil Kvyat's 2019 team-mate, filling what was effectively the final vacancy on next year's Formula 1 grid

Fernando Alonso was "very impressed" with NASCAR legend Jimmie Johnson's performance in a Formula 1 car in their drive swap test in Bahrain

After much furore at the start of the season over the halo head protection device, F1 has largely fallen silent on the subject since Charles Leclerc escaped serious injury at the start of the Belgian Grand Prix – thanks to the halo. However the question of a driver’s ability to escape from an overturned car […]

Two-time F1 world champion Alonso got behind the wheel of Johnson's NASCAR Cup car, as the American drove a 2013 McLaren MP4-28 powered by a Mercedes V8 engine. Alonso initially drove the F1 car for a few laps to set a benchmark time of 1m40.204s before switching to the NASCAR car. Johnson managed to post a 1m40.462s during his run, just over two tenths shy of the Spaniard's ... Keep reading

The Red Bull driver was given the punishment for his post-race altercation with Esteban Ocon at the Brazilian Grand Prix, where he confronted and shoved the Force India driver for their collision that cost him victory at Interlagos. When jokingly asked by UK F1 broadcaster Sky Sports on Sunday night if he'd accept an offer to look after 1996 world champion Damon Hill's rubbish bins, Verstappen ... Keep reading

The crumbling kerb that did not "look very Formula 1 standard" in Abu Dhabi last weekend was caused by the concrete being pulled off by the thick paint on top

Albon was a Formula 2 title contender this season, although he slipped from second to third in the F2 points behind Lando Norris after Sunday's finale in Abu Dhabi. He has been at the top of Toro Rosso's list of contenders for its second 2019 seat alongside Daniil Kvyat for several weeks but had already committed to joining Nissan e.dams for the 2018/19 FE season. Sources say the ... Keep reading

Valtteri Bottas' obvious unhappiness in Abu Dhabi leads to us making an interesting prediction for 2019.

Alexander Albon is expected to be announced as a 2019 Toro Rosso Formula 1 driver in the coming days, having completed extracting himself from his Nissan Formula E deal

Admitting that he really needs the winter break, Sebastian Vettel insists that he will come back next season "very, very hungry".

The Mercedes and Ferrari drivers have battled for the last two world titles, with Hamilton coming out on top both times. Following the Abu Dhabi F1 season finale on Sunday Hamilton and Vettel met up to exchange helmets, which Hamilton compared to when players swap shirts in other sports. "This is kind of an honorary thing that drivers do, this is the highest regard of respect that we can ... Keep reading

Formula 1 world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have swapped crash helmets to show their respect for each other at the end of the 2018 season

With Alonso prompting an early change to the day's programme when he asked for a brief run in the 2013 Mercedes-powered MP4-28 in the morning, Johnson was swiftly put out on track for his first F1 experience. Having originally intended to do a five-lap stint, his first run was cut short when he experienced his helmet lifting off on the straights. McLaren quickly fitted a windscreen to help ... Keep reading

Yet to learn what his public service might comprise, Max Verstappen has his own ideas.

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Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso have had the first chance to try each other's cars out during the 'JJxALO' car swap in Bahrain

Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the final race for the Red Bull-Renault partnership which began in 2007.

This week’s two-day run at the Yas Marina Circuit is aimed at giving teams the chance to test F1’s 2019 tyre construction and compounds. In a bid to stop teams also using the opportunity to experiment with new parts, however, teams must run with a standard car that does not feature any items that have not been raced. It was this rule that prevented teams from being able to try out 2019 ... Keep reading

Still to reveal its 2019 line-up, Toro Rosso calls up Sean Gelael for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix test.

The Spaniard had waved goodbye to his career as an official F1 driver at the Yas Marina on Sunday night, with one of his final major commitments for McLaren this year being a promotional day with seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson in Bahrain. Alonso is scheduled to drive Johnson’s NASCAR car, while Johnson will get his first Formula 1 test in a 2013 Mercedes-powered McLaren. The ... Keep reading

Fernando Alonso made a surprise return to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car in Bahrain on Monday - just 17 hours on from his emotional farewell in Abu Dhabi

Mercedes could have given itself an edge over its rivals for this week's Formula 1 tyre test in Abu Dhabi with the clever use of sensors

Charlie Whiting has admitted that the Yas Marina stewards were "surprised" by Fernando Alonso's antics that led to the Spaniard receiving three time penalties.

Charlie Whiting insists that the Halo device did not hinder the rescue of Nico Hulkenberg following his first lap crash at Yas Marina.

Vandoorne unimpressed by "politics", Hamilton pays tribute to Monger, stewards "surprised" by Alonso, plus more F1 gossip.

Everything you need to know about the Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix... all the details, stats, pictures and quotes.

Hamilton held hostage, Button to join Sky F1, Stroll to drive in Force India test, and Alonso on a "magical weekend", plus more F1 gossip.

It is a great feeling to finish the championship in P8, especially if you look back at where we were last year and for the first two events.

The FIA stewards at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix were "surprised" by Fernando Alonso's repeated corner cutting in the closing stages, according to Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel says he needs "some time for myself" to recover from a disappointing year and his defeat by Lewis Hamilton.

Trying to catch Kevin Magnussen for 10th place in what is currently poised to be his farewell F1 appearance, Alonso cut the track in Turns 8 and 9 on three occasions - with the notification of the offences timed at 18:47, 18:51 and 18:52 local. Each time the stewards added five seconds to his race time, and gave him a penalty point on his licence. In the end the total of 15 seconds total did ... Keep reading

Hulkenberg's car came to rest upside down, leaning against the barrier at the outside of the Turn 8/9 chicane, after he was sent into a series of flips by his clash with Romain Grosjean. The policy in such circumstances is to wait for the car to be righted before trying to get the driver out. But the length of time it took for Hulkenberg to emerge from the wreckage led some observers to ... Keep reading

FIA race director Charlie Whiting says Nico Hulkenberg's halo did not compromise the Renault Formula 1 driver's extraction following his first lap crash in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix