Lewis Hamilton says his Formula 1 German Grand Prix was almost "like Snakes and Ladders" and that he "kept hitting the snakes" to fall from first to 11th place
Formula 1’s leading outfit ran a special livery and had its staff wear retro-style attire at its home race, in honour of the German car brand’s 125 years of motorsport involvement. However, Mercedes would endure its worst race of the F1 season by far at Hockenheim, with championship leader Lewis Hamilton finishing out of the points after several mishaps and Valtteri Bottas crashing out late ... Keep reading
The FIA has confirmed an "anomaly" in its systems caused Lewis Hamiton to be investigated for an alleged breach of safety car regulations in Formula 1's German Grand Prix
Stroll was the first driver to switch to slick tyres after the penultimate safety car period, having run outside of the points for most of the race. However, the Canadian eventually found himself in the lead as all his rivals pitted for dry-weather tyres. Stroll went on to finish in fourth position - his best result of the season - but said an error in the final laps of the race allowed Toro ... Keep reading
Grosjean and Magnussen made contact at the Turn 6 hairpin late on after Magnussen moved to the inside of Grosjean through the corner on lap 56 of 64. Light contact meant both drivers were able to continue and Haas scored a double-points finish with Grosjean leading Magnussen home in ninth, but both drivers were placed under investigation. When asked if the drivers could have thrown away a team ... Keep reading
Like the best movies, the German Grand Prix had everything; drama, incidents aplenty, uncertainty, thrills, spills, happy endings, madness and tears, as Max Verstappen proves a popular hero among many.
Charles Leclerc says the low-grip asphalt beyond Hockenheim's final corners where the Ferrari driver crashed out of Formula 1's German Grand Prix is "unacceptable"
Shock German Grand Prix podium finisher Daniil Kvyat has described the chaotic Hockenheim Formula 1 race as "a horror movie with a bit of black comedy"
The Russian ran outside of the points for much of the race, as the frequent changes in weather and track conditions contributed to several twists and turns in the lead battle. But after making a key switch to slick tyres on the drying track right at the penultimate safety car restart, Kvyat cycled through to third place – which became second when he passed the Racing Point of fellow ... Keep reading
Leclerc also admitted that he was "completely at fault" for the crash after sliding off on the approach to Turn 15 and skating across the soaking wet run-off and into the barriers. The Ferrari man had been set to take over the lead of the race following Lewis Hamilton's pitstop - the Mercedes driver damaged his front wing shortly after - but instead, Leclerc was forced into ... Keep reading
Max Verstappen mastered both wet and dry conditions to win the 2019 Formula 1 German Grand Prix for Red Bull as Mercedes faltered badly at its home race
Rain before the start and during the race made for an incident-packed event in which polesitter Lewis Hamilton spun twice on his way to an eventual 11th place, and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas crashed out. Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel raced from the back of the grid to finish second, but it was a mixed day for the Scuderia after Charles Leclerc spun into retirement. Daniil Kvyat was ... Keep reading
Renault's stated aims were to finish at least fourth in the 2019 constructors' championship on merit, and to close the gap to the leading three teams, but it currently lies fifth in the standings. Last week Ricciardo's teammate Nico Hulkenberg hit out at what he called a "disappointing" rate of development. But Ricciardo believes it's the responsibility of the drivers to manage ... Keep reading
Lando Norris will start from 19th position in the German Grand Prix after the McLaren Formula 1 driver changed power unit components following battery problems in qualifying
Pirelli believes rain in Formula 1's German Grand Prix will be a step into the unknown as its 2019 wet and intermediate tyres have not run on track this year
Heavy rain arrived at Hockenheim shortly before noon on Sunday, triggering a red flag in the Porsche Supercup race. Most drivers on the F1 grid have no experience with the current tyres because there have been no wet test sessions or race weekends. However, a wet weather test for 2020 tyres at Paul Ricard in late May has potentially given Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel ... Keep reading
The young Briton was knocked out in Q1 at Hockenheim on Saturday thanks to a problem with his battery pack that the team estimated cost him one tenth of a second. He had been due to start 16th. But with the team concluding that the battery pack needed replacing, it has also elected to fit a new MGU-K and Control Electronics as well. Read Also: McLaren blames battery issue for ... Keep reading
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says he expected the team's Formula 1 car to be more competitive in qualifying for the German Grand Prix as the W10 features a "solid upgrade package"
At Hockenheim Romain Grosjean qualified sixth – helped by the problems for the two Ferraris – using the original Melbourne aero package. Meanwhile his teammate Kevin Magnussen qualified 12th with the latest spec, having locked up on his second run in Q2, costing him a shot at progressing to the top 10. Read Also: Magnussen seeing no progress from latest Haas F1 update Haas ... Keep reading
Wolff concedes that had Ferrari not blown its chance with technical issues for both Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc in qualifying, the Brackley team was unlikely to have been at the front. Read Also: German GP: Hamilton on pole as Ferrari implodes Mercedes was ready to replace ill Hamilton for qualifying Mercedes came to its home race with a package of aero ... Keep reading
Gunther Steiner says his Haas Formula 1 team will experiment with different car specifications at the Hungarian Grand Prix, but believes the outfit has made a step forward in Germany
The Ferrari drivers were the favourites to secure pole position at Hockenheim after they had dominated all three practice sessions. But a turbo airflow problem stopped Sebastian Vettel from setting a time in Q1 and a fuel system issue prevented Charles Leclerc from running in Q3. Read Also: Ferrari "doesn't deserve" qualifying disaster - Leclerc German GP: Hamilton on pole as ... Keep reading
Ferrari Formula 1 team principal Mattia Binotto says his team must sort its internal approach to reliability after its drivers suffered a nightmare qualifying session for the German Grand Prix
That was a strong qualifying for both our drivers and to line up on the front row with Max in P2 and Pierre in P4 marks Honda's best starting position since San Marino in 2006.
After a recent run of strong qualifying performance, Norris endured a more frustrating time at Hockenheim as he failed to make it past the first knock-out phase. He will line up 16th on the grid. Read Also: Norris feels he let McLaren down with Q1 exit While Norris initially blamed himself for the performance, it has subsequently emerged that the British driver was ... Keep reading
McLaren has discovered a problem with the battery pack on Lando Norris's Formula 1 car played a part in his qualifying result for the German Grand Prix
Ferrari had topped all three practice sessions at Hockenheim in the lead-up to qualifying, but Sebastian Vettel’s SF90 was immediately halted in Q1 by what was later diagnosed as a likely intercooler problem. Leclerc progressed into the final qualifying segment but did not take to the track there, thwarted by a failure of the fuel pump driver module. “In the car I felt bad for Seb at ... Keep reading
Norris will start tomorrow's race from 16th on the grid after he was eliminated from Q1 following a late improvement for Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi. It meant the McLaren driver missed out on a Q2 berth by just 0.055s slower than the 15th-placed Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat. Teammate Carlos Sainz eased into Q2 and qualified seventh after making into Q3, and Norris's starting position marks ... Keep reading
After Ferrari, which had topped all three practice sessions at Hockenheim, suffered a nightmare first two thirds of qualifying – with a turbo airflow problem stopping Sebastian Vettel running in a Q1 and a fuel system issue putting Charles Leclerc out without a Q3 time – the fight for pole was blown wide open. Hamilton eventually prevailed ahead of Verstappen, with Bottas ending up 0.362 ... Keep reading
Norris will start tomorrow's race from 16th on the grid after he was eliminated from Q1 following a late improvement for Alfa Romeo's Antonio Giovinazzi. It meant the McLaren driver missed out on a Q2 berth by just 0.055s slower than the 15th-placed Toro Rosso of Daniil Kvyat. Teammate Carlos Sainz eased into Q2 and qualified seventh after making into Q3, and Norris's starting position marks ... Keep reading
Valtteri Bottas says a "surprising" brake issue hampered him in Formula 1 German Grand Prix qualifying, where he finished third behind Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen
Max Verstappen says an issue with a "different mode" on his Red Bull-Honda Formula 1 car forced him into a different tyre strategy during qualifying for the German Grand Prix
Verstappen had a scare during the second German Grand Prix qualifying segment when he reported a power loss on his opening run. The Dutchman had gone out on the medium tyre, aiming to lock it in as his starting compound in case of a dry race on Sunday, but was forced to abort the run and rejoin the track on softs. He would go on to progress to Q3 and qualify second between the two Mercedes ... Keep reading
Hamilton felt ill ahead of final practice, but went on to secure pole position in a dramatic session that saw the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc both hit mechanical dramas. Read Also: German GP: Hamilton on pole as Ferrari implodes "I wasn't feeling good this morning, bit of a sore throat," said Hamilton when asked by Motorsport.com about his ... Keep reading
Mercedes was prepared to put Esteban Ocon into Lewis Hamilton's car after the world champion reported that he did not feel well on Saturday morning at Hockenheim
Lewis Hamilton takes pole for German Grand Prix as both Ferrari drivers suffer technical issues, leaving Charles Leclerc tenth and Sebastian Vettel twentieth at his home race.
With Vettel eliminated in Q1 having completed a single lap thanks to a problem with the airflow to the turbo, Leclerc was favourite for pole in Q3 having looked quickest up to that point. But Leclerc was unable to take to the track during Q3, climbing out of his car and commiserating with the team and leaving the way clear for Hamilton to set the pace. Hamilton then dominated Q3, with the ... Keep reading
Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position for Formula 1's 2019 German Grand Prix after Ferrari's challenge imploded with power unit problems for both Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel
The Ferrari driver had headed in to shootout for grid positions with a good chance of fighting for pole position, on the back of a strong run of form that had seen his team top all the sessions so far this weekend. But it all went wrong on his out lap in Q1 when he encountered an engine issue shortly after he left the pits. Speaking to the team over the radio as he returned to the pits, he ... Keep reading
Sebastian Vettel will start Formula 1's German Grand Prix from the back of the grid after a turbo-related problem prevented him from completing a lap in qualifying
Mick Schumacher said it felt like 'torture' having to wait to go out and drive his father Michael's Formula 1 title-winning Ferrari F2004 for the first time at Hockenheim
The Formula 2 driver delighted his home crowd with a short three-lap demonstration of the car that took his dad to the world title and victory in the German Grand Prix in 2004. Having stepped out the car, Schumacher admitted how his emotions had been running high before he left the pits because he was so desperate to get out there. "I just wanted to go out and I just wanted to drive," said ... Keep reading
McLaren currently lies fourth in the world championship, having regularly won the “best of the rest” midfield battle in recent races. And Brown believes it is not just the improved MCL34 but strong performances from the two drivers that have given McLaren an edge over its nearest rivals. “We’re very happy with both our drivers, they’re both very quick they get along very well, they ... Keep reading
Leclerc’s 1m12.380s lap, set during his second run on soft tyres, stood to the end of the session and was 0.264s faster than teammate Sebastian Vettel’s best. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen split the Ferraris with a 1m12.548s as Mercedes came up short. Valtteri Bottas was 0.510s off Leclerc’s benchmark time, while Lewis Hamilton was sixth overall, 0.585s down and slower than the Haas of ... Keep reading
While Hulkenberg said ahead of the German Grand Prix that he had been disappointed that Renault had not made more gains over the three seasons he has been there, Ricciardo says that he still sees positives from the situation the team is in. For although he left Red Bull for the opportunity with Renault, he says the fact that his former team has won a race this year changes nothing for ... Keep reading
In a note sent from F1 race director Michael Masi to all the teams, it was made clear about how much the drivers will be allowed to run wide at those two sections of track. Masi said: “A car will be deemed to have exceeded the Track Limits at the exit of Turn 1 if any part of the car passes to the left of the blue and white exit kerb.” In relation to the final corner, he added: “A car ... Keep reading
Pirelli says it faces a "big challenge" to prepare low-degradation Formula 1 tyres for the 2020 season as it has just one remaining '19 test to work on its rubber
During overnight preparations ahead of qualifying at Hockenheim, Williams found that parts of the car needed to be repaired – but that work could not be completed at the track. A decision was taken to switch the Pole to a new chassis, which meant Williams breaking F1’s curfew restrictions to get the car built up in time. There is no penalty for the chassis change, because the official ... Keep reading
Pirelli’s 2020 test programme, which has thus far has encompassed nine teams and four sessions in Bahrain, Barcelona, the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone, has hitherto focussed on already agreed aims of creating a wider working range and having less overheating. However, recent meetings regarding future rules have put a new emphasis on low degradation, with the drivers particularly keen to have ... Keep reading
Formula 1 drivers have been warned that they face punishment if they abuse track limits at Hockenheim's first and final corners for the rest of the German Grand Prix weekend
All three compounds look well-suited to the track and the current conditions, but it's hard to know exactly how the weather will evolve over the rest of the weekend.
Buemi was taking part in the second day of a two-day session for Pirelli's 2020 prototypes when the left rear failed and sent him hard into the barriers at the first corner. Read Also: Pirelli Silverstone test cut short by Buemi crash The tyre that failed was a familiar compound, but a new construction. However, it had already been run by Alfa Romeo at the previous ... Keep reading
Magnussen evaluated the latest updates in the second practice session but was 1.29s slower than teammate Romain Grosjean, who has reverted to the VF19’s original specification as raced in Melbourne four months ago. During FP1 Magnussen ran a specification introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix in May, and was seven tenths slower than Grosjean. Over the course of the season a pattern has ... Keep reading
Kevin Magnussen said new car upgrades had made little difference after being outpaced by his Haas team-mate during practice for the 2019 Formula 1 German Grand Prix
Valtteri Bottas reckons the Mercedes Formula 1 team would have "struggled massively" to run in the heat of Friday's German Grand Prix practice without an update that includes cooling fixes
Robert Kubica says his German Grand Prix Friday practice running was compromised by some parts of Williams's aerodynamic Formula 1 update package falling off a car that is "too fragile"
On the back of its struggles at the Austrian Grand Prix, Mercedes has worked hard on a series of developments to improve the cooling of its car – which has been marginal all season. The timing of the introduction of the new parts could not have been more important, with Germany taking the full brunt of the heatwave that has spread across Europe as temperatures got close to 40C. Read ... Keep reading
Ahead of a significant change in the weather, Ferrari makes hay while the sun blazes, Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel topping the 'Hottenheim' timesheets.
Leclerc's 1m13.449s lap, set on soft tyres during a qualifying simulation run mid-session, was 0.124s faster than Vettel's best, with Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes just 0.22s further adrift. In a session that may well prove redundant if the weather changes as dramatically as expected on Sunday, Hockenheim sweltered in ambient temperatures ranging up to 37C and the surface temperature of the track ... Keep reading
Charles Leclerc edged out his Ferrari team-mate Sebastian Vettel as Mercedes came up short on single-lap pace in second practice for Formula 1's German Grand Prix at Hockenheim
While McLaren's impressive progress this year has allowed it to open up a 21-points advantage over its closest rivals Renault, Norris says a particular weakness its car has in low-speed corners is something that especially needs to be sorted. "I think we need to work quite a bit from Silverstone, as I don't think we were that strong altogether compared to Renault at least," explained the ... Keep reading
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff says a decision on whether or not the team will retain Valtteri Bottas for the 2020 season will be taken during the August break
While the Finnish driver has shown progress this year, especially with his qualifying performance, he has not always been able to convert that potential into race wins. That has left Mercedes with the choice of choosing to keep him or taking reserve driver Esteban Ocon instead. In the background, Max Verstappen is also in the mix, with his Red Bull future understood to still not be totally ... Keep reading
Mercedes' fuel and lubricants partner Petronas has announced a global hunt for a new trackside fluid engineer to work with the team during the 2020 Formula 1 season
Amid a belief that a Schumacher name's return to F1 could deliver a boost to help keep the German Grand Prix on the calendar, Vettel has urged caution on the sport expecting too much too soon from the F2 racer. "I think it's crucial that he's given the time he needs," said the Ferrari driver. "I think it's fair to judge him and his racing like every one of us has been judged and will be ... Keep reading
The Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix could be set for a surprise 2020 reprieve, with sources revealing Barcelona officials are in advanced talks about a new deal
The race is one of five events whose contracts ran out this year, and there was a growing belief that it would lose it slot. F1 owners Liberty Media have been clear that the calendar would likely remain at 21 races next season and the addition of new grands prix in the Netherlands and Vietnam meant two current races would lose out. With Italian officials having said earlier this year that ... Keep reading
Vettel used soft rubber to knock teammate Charles Leclerc off the top spot by a quarter-of-a-second with 20 minutes remaining, setting a time of 1m14.013s. Leclerc had used the same rubber to relegate Lewis Hamilton to third place, with the Mercedes drivers using medium tyres to set their best times having spent the first part of the session on softs. Hamilton, who was three tenths off the ... Keep reading
Sebastian Vettel thinks it is "not fair" that Mick Schumacher's career is compared to his seven-time Formula 1 world champion father Michael's, and believes he must be allowed to develop
Hamilton has hooked up with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jackie Chan and Avatar/Titanic director James Cameron to back The Game Changers, a film about veganism, nutrition and fitness that questions the need for meat in the diet, even for top sportsmen. On Thursday Hamilton tweeted: “Performance is everything and it all begins with having the right kind of fuel in our bodies. I’m proud to be Exec ... Keep reading
GPDA directors Romain Grosjean and Sebastian Vettel represented the drivers in the meeting, after Lewis Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg and the organisations' chairman Alex Wurz attended the previous gathering in Paris last month, along with the FIA, F1 and the teams. "It was long, but it was very important I think that the drivers were involved," said Grosjean when asked by Motorsport.com about ... Keep reading
New kid on the Ferrari block, Charles Leclerc admits to changing his driving style to get on top of the SF90's issues, feeling it was not his place to advise the team.
Valtteri Bottas believes his unexpected defeat by Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the 2019 Formula 1 British Grand Prix masked improvements he has been making to his driving technique
Amid the build-up to the race, the bus driver appeared not to see a ‘Caution – Low Clearance’ warning sign under the gantry at the start-finish line and miscalculated how high his bus was – striking the lights square on. As LAT's and Adam Cooper's photos show above, the impact ripped most of the lights out and prompted F1 and FIA officials to get to work on removing the damaged items ... Keep reading
Having been regular points scorers in its previous Force India guise, Racing Point has struggled to break into the top 10 quite so often in 2019. The team has failed to score points since the Canadian Grand Prix, in which Lance Stroll claimed ninth in his home race. Since then, the attention has been on a comprehensive upgrade package to bring the car closer to its rivals in the ... Keep reading
Leclerc, who joined Ferrari from Sauber for his second season in F1 this year, is currently on a streak of four successive podiums, and has led Ferrari’s efforts in the latest races in France, Austria and Great Britain. Speaking ahead of the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, the Monegasque racer said he had made a change to the way he worked with the Ferrari SF90 around the time of the Paul ... Keep reading
Charles Leclerc says he is no longer reluctant to adapt the Ferrari Formula 1 car to suit his driving style, having been "a little bit intimidated" early in 2019
With the bargeboards and turning vanes next to the sidepods increasing in complexity over the course of the season, Mercedes has worked its way through numerous aerodynamic packages in this area so far this season. For the German Grand Prix this development has continued, and Mercedes has seemingly come up with a completely different design compared to the previous turning vane ... Keep reading
Mercedes has unveiled a number of new updates for its home Formula 1 race at Hockenheim, including a new turning vane assembly, front wing and bodywork
Nico Hulkenberg says his Renault Formula 1 team's pace and development rate has been "disappointing", as the squad lies fifth in the constructors' standings
The German's future with the French car manufacturer has been in doubt amid speculation that it could do a deal with Mercedes to take Esteban Ocon alongside Daniel Ricciardo next year. Read Also: The roles Ocon, Alonso could play in F1's silly season But despite his own clear frustrations at the way Renault has not been able to build on its strong 2019 form, Hulkenberg ... Keep reading
While the Dutchman's impressive run of results this year has lifted him to third in the drivers' standing, he says that he takes no satisfaction from having overhauled Ferrari so far. Pushed on what challenges he reckoned he faced in the forthcoming races, he said: "Closing the gap to Mercedes. That is the biggest one I think. We want to win so that is our biggest challenge ahead, to try to ... Keep reading
The commemorative design that Mercedes will run to honour the 125th anniversary of the 1894 Paris to Rouen event, which is widely considered to be the world's first motor race, is a significant departure from the team's standard livery. The front wing and the front of the chassis will be matte white, the colour Mercedes-Benz's original grand prix cars were traditionally painted in, in ... Keep reading
Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner admits he is 'still not over' his drivers colliding at the British Grand Prix, expressing 'disappointing' his duo had let the team down
Sebastian Vettel heads into his home Formula 1 race needing to turn around a difficult past year, which began when he crashed from the lead of the German Grand Prix
Steiner was left angry after Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen collided on the opening lap at Silverstone, wrecking the team’s chances of points and robbing it of an opportunity to compare car specs in the race. Although two weeks have now passed since that incident, Steiner said his anger has not subsided – especially because the outfit was in a difficult competitive situation that meant ... Keep reading
Renault has often been challenging for "best of the rest" honours, but the team has also had poor weekends such as Austria, where it was off the pace. Read Also: Hulkenberg: Renault "left points on the table" at Silverstone McLaren trusts Renault to play it fair in 2019 head-to-head Experiments with set-ups at Silverstone, where Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg took ... Keep reading
What should have been a normal pitstop for Benetton driver Jos Verstappen turned into near disaster when petrol sprayed out of the refuelling hose and was ignited on a still hot car. Captured live on television at the time, the drama of the moment has been further sealed by what is now a world-famous photograph of then Benetton pit crew member Paul Seaby captured in the middle of flames as he ... Keep reading
Work is under way to prepare the new street circuit in a suburb of Hanoi, which is set to host its first race in April next year. Related videos: Virtual onboard lap of the new Hanoi Circuit The track has been created with the aim of delivering excitement and it has taken cues from successful concepts at other venues – like its tight Nurburgring-style opening sequence ... Keep reading
Formula 1 chiefs hope the new Vietnam circuit will act as a testbed for future track layouts, as it will feature design ideas intended to encourage overtaking
McLaren has no doubts Formula 1 engine partner Renault will continue to deliver updates at the same time as its works team, despite their current on-track rivalry
Although the team failed to take a podium at the British GP thanks to a collision between Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, its form throughout the race indicated that it had the second fastest car behind Mercedes there. Considering that Red Bull's engine supplier Honda is still playing catch-up against Mercedes and Ferrari, such a strong performance at the fast Silverstone circuit has ... Keep reading
The American team progressed well after entering F1 in 2016, and finished fifth in the constructors' championship last season, but is only ninth in this year's standings. That poor performance comes despite having a car that has been fourth-fastest on several occasions this season, only to be let down by inferior race pace. Haas's main problem is rooted in not getting Pirelli's 2019 tyres to ... Keep reading
The defending Super Formula champion and current standings leader is eligible for a superlicence. Hhis 2018 title triumph came alongside winning Japan's Super GT championship and follows his first Super Formula crown in 2013. Though he turned 31 this month and has never raced outside of Asia, both of which are obstacles to a late move to F1 full-time, Honda is keen to place him in a car for a ... Keep reading
Super Formula leader and Honda-backed driver Naoki Yamamoto appears likely to make his Formula 1 debut this season in a Friday practice session ahead of a grand prix
A new season of the Formula 1-blessed Drive to Survive Netflix series will air in 2020 and both Mercedes and Ferrari have agreed to be part of the show
Following the well-received first series, which was filmed throughout the 2018 season, Netflix was given permission to cover Barcelona testing and the early races of this year before a deal had been formally agreed. Read Also: Will F1 lose its Netflix innocence? Mercedes joins Netflix show that Wolff "didn't like" at first The cameras of production company Box to Box ... Keep reading
Sebastian Vettel will be hoping for home comforts when F1 heads to Germany this weekend, but will need to improve his record there if he is to get back on track.
Lewis Hamilton's late fastest lap runs on old tyres during the British and French Grands Prix raises the prospect that Mercedes has not fully demonstrated its underlying speed in 2019
The British company has had a title sponsorship deal with Red Bull since last year, expanding a pre-existing relationship that included an alliance with Red Bull Advanced Technologies to build the road-going Valkyrie hypercar. Aston has explored the prospect of building an engine to F1’s planned 2021 rules but Red Bull has switched from Renault to Honda engines since that was last openly ... Keep reading
It’s not exactly a new idea, just a reimagining of a device we’ve seen before, with the previous incarnation rising to prominence with Williams in 2009 and McLaren in 2010 (illustrated below, click on the arrows to scroll between them). The then-named ‘snowplough’ device looked to maximise flow performance from the high nose solution that the prevailing regulations ... Keep reading
Renault Formula 1 boss Cyril Abiteboul believes the team understands the weaknesses that have caused its fluctuating 2019 form but must make "substantial changes" in order to cure them
Germany will be an interesting challenge for us. We're not expecting it to be easy, but we will try our best as always to be in a position to score points.
The British team slumped to the back of the grid in 2018 and has suffered an even worse 2019 so far, as its car has proven well off the pace and left its drivers adrift of even the midfield battle. However, Williams has stated this season it has confidence that the base of the 2019 car is a fundamental improvement from last year, and it just needs to be aggressively developed. Rookie driver ... Keep reading
Haas will not design its 2020 Formula 1 car to "fit the tyres" despite its struggles this season, because Pirelli 'promised' next year's compounds will have a wider working window
With McLaren having made a good step forward, and Renault bidding to recover from a difficult first half of the Formula 1 campaign, the form book suggests the two outfits will go head-to-head for the best of the rest tag behind the big three outfits. That opens up an interesting dynamic, because McLaren is a Renault engine customer and thus has a reliance on the French car manufacturer for some ... Keep reading
Heading back to where it all began to unravel, Sebastian Vettel admits that he has to make up for last year's unforced error that cost him home victory.
We brought some test items to the car in Silverstone and were happy with their performance, we will continue to test further items over the coming races, including this weekend.
We are not bringing any specific updates, but studying the data from Silverstone has provided us with useful information in our quest to get a better understanding of our car.
The teams' tyre choices for the Hungaroring race, which will come the weekend after the upcoming German Grand Prix and will be the final F1 race before a four-week August break, have been unveiled by supplier Pirelli on Tuesday. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton will both have just eight sets of the C4 soft compound, with the former taking on a field-high four sets of the medium. No other ... Keep reading
Wolff’s comments came in the light of a debate over Hamilton’s popularity in his home country, sparked by a controversial question regarding the perception of his 'Britishness' in a press conference at his local race. “I think certainly racing in front of his home crowd in Silverstone he wants to do particularly well,” said Wolff. “And that puts an additional tension and intensity ... Keep reading
The FIA's head of single-seater technical matters Nikolas Tombazis says Formula 1's 2021 rules are more likely to be favoured by team principals than engineers
The German manufacturer will make its 200th start as a works team at its home race at Hockenheim. Mercedes also plans to honour the 125th anniversary of the 1894 Paris-Rouen event, widely considered to be the world's first motor race, with a special livery. It shared the first look of its commemorative design on the official Mercedes F1 Twitter account, with the usual Mercedes/Petronas ... Keep reading
Lando Norris says he feels more comfortable qualifying his McLaren Formula 1 car than when he was racing in Formula 2, which he has described as "much harder physically"
The F1 rookie has been one of the stars of the 2019 season since qualifying inside the top 10 on his grand prix debut in Australia. Norris has started in the top 10 in eight of 10 races so far, and has beaten experienced teammate Carlos Sainz six times across the nine comparable qualifying sessions they have contested. Asked by Motorsport.com what he put his strong F1 qualifying form down ... Keep reading
Some of the most exciting moments from Formula 1's two most recent grands prix have come courtesy of battles between Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc
In its former guise Hockenheim was famous for its very long straights where cars would blast into the forests at speeds in excess of 200mph. The only thing slowing them down was three chicanes, before a tricky stadium section to finish the lap. The last part of the circuit is still in place, but in 2002 Hockenheim was shortened in length with just one long fast straight leading into a tight ... Keep reading
Red Bull says it is heading to this weekend's German Grand Prix with "confidence" after fighting near the front at Silverstone where engine performance is vital
Verstappen's Red Bull F1 team has a title partnership with Aston and the energy drinks company's Advanced Technologies firm helped Aston develop the road-going Valkyrie hypercar. Read Also: Valkyrie's British GP debut was "two fingers" to sceptics A racing version of the Valkyrie will be built to the World Endurance Championship's new top-class regulations in 2020, giving ... Keep reading
The Haas Formula 1 team will introduce an aerodynamic upgrade for Kevin Magnussen at the German Grand Prix and continue its experiment with Romain Grosjean using the specification from Australia
At the previous race in Britain, Grosjean dropped the aero package Haas had introduced during the first phase of the season and reverted to the spec he started the campaign with. However, the split-spec experiment to try to zero in on the team's race-pace difficulties was undermined by Grosjean and Magnussen colliding on the opening lap. Read Also: Steiner seeking firm "solution" ... Keep reading
Ricciardo left his long-term backer Red Bull at the end of last season after striking an unexpected two-year deal to join the works Renault team from 2019. According to United Kingdom High Court of Justice documents obtained by Motorsport.com, Ricciardo’s former advisor Glenn Beavis claims he is owed “various sums” for the contract Ricciardo has entered into with Renault. Beavis' ... Keep reading
The category will form part of the support programme for the opening Formula 1 race weekend of the season, which has been locked in for March 12-15. That means the AGP could mark the first appearance of both Supercars and TCR Australia on the same schedule, pending an ongoing dispute between the two over the Adelaide 500. TCR Australia promoters Australian Racing Group are understood to have ... Keep reading
FIA president Jean Todt and the Grand Prix Drivers' Association have recently suggested that Formula 1 should consider refueling as a way to spice up the racing in the championship
The British Grand Prix’s future has been secured until 2024 after circuit bosses struck a new deal with F1 ahead of the 2019 edition of the race. Silverstone will continue to host the race and has also received certain assurances to protect itself if F1 successfully executes an additional grand prix in the UK in London, which has been under discussion for some time. Asked by Motorsport.com ... Keep reading
Rosberg, who beat Hamilton to the 2016 World Championship just days before announcing his retirement, said recently that he visited a psychologist “every second day” that season to help him cope with the pressure of the intense battle with Hamilton. Bottas is adamant that he doesn’t want that kind of support structure, and would prefer to rely on friends and his own judgement. “I ... Keep reading
Four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel doubts the need for city-centre races like a London grand prix and is happier staying at Silverstone than Formula 1 trying "something fancy"
With F1 and the FIA now in discussions with teams about finalising the details of the new car concept, there is a determination to ensure that the aims of delivering better racing are not derailed by teams exploiting grey areas in the rules. The chief concern is that teams could find ways to exploit the regulations to boost their own speed which at the same time wreck F1's efforts to help cars ... Keep reading
But while the idea of a full-length diffuser is different to the last time cars were designed like this, the aim is identical: produce the maximum amount of downforce possible through undercar aero. Full coverage of F1 2021 plans: Revealed: F1 commits to ground effect for new-look 2021 car Explained: F1’s 2021 blueprint aimed at making the racing better Tech analysis: F1’s ... Keep reading
Aston Martin will not "muscle in" on Honda's Formula 1 engine supply deal with Red Bull but will "stand ready" to up its involvement should the Japanese manufacturer withdraw
Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen hit each other on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix, an incident that caused both to eventually retire and ruined Haas’s chances of gathering data for a crucial car experiment. They clashed earlier this season in the Spanish Grand Prix, and collided in Britain last year as well. Steiner said after the race did not “know the solution” because ... Keep reading
Bottas made his competitive rallying debut aboard a Ford Fiesta WRC in January’s Arctic Rally and has since tested M-Sport’s Fiesta R5. Toyota Gazoo Racing sporting director Kaj Lindstrom told Motorsport.com that Bottas’ outing in the Yaris was just for fun. Lindstrom joked: “There is no contract. He was happy in the Arctic Rally, but we have the best car and he wanted to try ... Keep reading
The heavily-criticised French Grand Prix has been followed up by two exciting races in Austria and Britain, where the Red Bull Ring and Silverstone circuits regularly produce entertaining contests. Five-time world champion Hamilton said adding different races to the F1 calendar is a good thing but believes better decisions can be made with track layouts, even though he accepts that ... Keep reading
Giovinazzi has been compromised by bad luck on several occasions this season, and at Silverstone last weekend he spun off due to an issue at the rear of the car. Although the lack of points is not entirely the Ferrari protege’s fault – his only score was 10th in Austria – it has inevitably put him in the spotlight. Vasseur has been encouraged by Giovinazzi's recent progress, especially ... Keep reading
Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner says he must come up with a "solution" to his clashing drivers because team instructions are not getting through to them
Max Verstappen won this month’s Austrian Grand Prix to give the Red Bull-Honda partnership its first victory together, and should have finished on the podium in the British Grand Prix but was wiped out by Sebastian Vettel. Verstappen thought he could have fought for pole at Silverstone, where Red Bull has traditionally had a major deficit in the V6 turbo-hybrid era, without a turbo lag ... Keep reading
The Woking-based outfit has made good progress with its new MCL34, but it has been aware since the start of the campaign that an area where it is behind other cars is in slow-speed performance. With the tight-and-twisty Hungarian Grand Prix looming on the horizon after Hockenheim, McLaren knows that it needs to make a big effort in this area soon if it is not going to find itself losing ground ... Keep reading
Sport admits that it got it wrong in seeking tyres that would easily degrade, which led to the tyre management issue that has blighted racing in recent years.
The FIA and F1 owners Liberty Media are working on a revamp of F1 that they hope will make the racing better and boost the sport’s popularity. Earlier this week a blueprint for the new 2021 car was revealed, with F1 chiefs committed to a ground effect concept that should allow cars to follow each other much closer. It has also emerged that F1 is looking at a whole new approach to tyres ... Keep reading
F1 technical boss, Ross Brawn has dismissed claims that the regulations being planned for the sport post-2020 will lead to the cars all looking pretty much the same - a charge that many might feel is already the case.
Last summer Uralkali, led by Dmitry Mazepin, was one of the failed bidders who attempted to buy the struggling Force India team from administrators FRP Advisory LLP. Mazepin’s son Nikita was a Force India test driver from 2016-18 before joining Mercedes this season for a private test programme alongside his Formula 2 drive with ART Grand Prix. Uralkali believes that it made a ... Keep reading
Formula 1 sporting chief Ross Brawn says it is important the 2021 regulations come down hard on teams in order to stop them designing cars detrimental to racing
After starting the season expecting to fight Mercedes for the title, Ferrari has failed to win a race this year whereas Red Bull claimed its first victory with Honda in Austria. Red Bull then showed greater pace than Ferrari in the British Grand Prix, at a circuit it has traditionally struggled in the V6 turbo-hybrid engine era. Binotto said of Red Bull: “They certainly improved, and ... Keep reading
The Spaniard is currently free of racing commitments, with his Indianapolis 500 assault with McLaren and tenure with Toyota in the FIA World Endurance Championship having now finished. Amid uncertainty about the future of Sebastian Vettel at Ferrari, recent speculation has linked Alonso with a potential return there next year – and sources have suggested the Spaniard's representatives have ... Keep reading
Honda believes there is no "easy answer" to whether it and Red Bull have closed in on Mercedes and Ferrari as much as the last two Formula 1 races suggest
Ex-Toro Rosso racer Buemi has continued to aid long-time backer Red Bull’s F1 development since leaving F1 in 2013, and carried out various simulator and on-track testing duties. He was driving at Silverstone this week as part of Pirelli’s latest tyre development activity as it prepares its 2020 compound range. Red Bull and Williams participated in the two-day test on Tuesday and ... Keep reading