Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Red Bull expects a “far more mature” Max Verstappen to show greater “patience” in Formula 1 this season, according to its motorsport advisor Helmut Marko. Verstappen was involved in various incidents in a scrappy start to last season but a change

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso topped another session of Formula 1 testing at Barcelona with Alexander Albon fastest before lunch on day four, while Mercedes showed some speed for the first time. Albon went fastest half an hour before the lunchbreak, using the softest

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 champion team Mercedes has spent testing so far near the bottom of the Barcelona timesheets. Is that a sign of its supreme confidence and a focus on heavily-fuelled long runs, or does it have anything to worry about? F1

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. The 2019 Williams Formula 1 car finally hit the track at Barcelona on Wednesday afternoon, having missed two and a half days of the eight of pre-season testing. Deputy team principal Claire Williams admitted the situation was “embarrassing” but remains optimistic

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen set the fastest time of 2019 Formula 1 pre-season testing so far to lead the way at lunchtime on day three at Barcelona for Alfa Romeo. The ex-Ferrari racer became the first driver this week to post a time

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 rookie Alexander Albon says he was “reassured” after spinning on his out-lap in pre-season testing by the knowledge Kimi Raikkonen had done the same the day before. Toro Rosso driver Albon arrived at Barcelona with no experience of an

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Kevin Magnussen was forced to stop running early in Barcelona Formula 1 testing on Tuesday because an issue with the headrest of his Haas made him uncomfortable. Magnussen, who was driving with his head tilted further forward than would normally be

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari made a commanding start to the second day of 2019 Formula 1 testing at Barcelona, with Charles Leclerc nearly a full second clear of the field. Leclerc picked up where team-mate Sebastian Vettel left off on day one, moving to

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari started 2019’s Formula 1 pre-season testing period at the top of the timesheets at Barcelona, but there was far more about its performance that was impressive than just laptime. After Sebastian Vettel led the way for the team so early

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean has questioned the decision to drop Formula 1 rear tyre blanket temperatures for 2019 after spinning off on an out-lap in testing at Barcelona. The Haas racer was one of several drivers to have moments in Monday’s cold conditions,

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Renault says it is “concerned” by the lack of progress made by Liberty Media over Formula 1’s proposed 2021 rules changes. As part of a deal to boost its commercial rights income when it returned to F1 as a works team

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. The 2019 Formula 1 aerodynamic rules changes should not be judged until several grands prix into the season, insists McLaren’s Carlos Sainz Jr. The new regulations are intended to allow cars to follow each other more easily and increase the chances

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. The 2019 Formula 1 season effectively gets under way on Monday morning as winter testing begins at Barcelona – meaning we’re about to get our first hints of the storylines ahead. Autosport’s Grand Prix Editor Edd Straw and F1 Reporter Scott

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. The driver line-up for Formula 1’s first 2019 pre-season test at Barcelona has taken shape, including Kimi Raikkonen being at the wheel for Alfa Romeo’s return as a fully-fledged F1 entrant. Raikkonen will drive on the first of the four days

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Daniel Ricciardo has admitted the Red Bull Formula 1 team’s handling of his Azerbaijan Grand Prix collision with Max Verstappen played a part in his decision to leave for Renault. Ricciardo and his then-team-mate’s intense on-track battle in Baku last year

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Sebastian Vettel says not to expect anything other than him staying at Ferrari beyond 2019, amid suggestions that facing new Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc could influence his future. Vettel’s long-time Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen has been replaced by highly-rated youngster

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren CEO Zak Brown says his team is taking Formula 1 engine supplier Renault’s positivity at face value because it was “very honest” in its communications last year. Renault has lagged behind benchmark power unit suppliers Mercedes and Ferrari during the

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari is willing to prioritise Sebastian Vettel over his new Formula 1 team-mate Charles Leclerc if required in the early stages of the 2019 season. Vettel, who spearheaded Ferrari’s ultimately unsuccessful title challenges in the past two years, often enjoyed preferential

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari begins the 2019 Formula 1 season as the team most likely to challenge Mercedes – but is its SF90 design going to provide the performance leap required? Compared to some of the other 2019 cars revealed this week, the Ferrari

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Ferrari has unveiled its 2019 Formula 1 car at a launch event in Italy with a tweaked red and black livery. The Maranello team has improved to become a regular challenger to Mercedes over the past two seasons but is still

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren took the covers off its 2019 Formula 1 car on Thursday afternoon, and Autosport was on hand to take a closer look at the MCL34. The team finished sixth in the constructors’ championship in 2018, and will be bidding to

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. The “final part” Alfa Romeo needed to shake down its 2019 Formula 1 car was collected from the airport this morning by race driver Antonio Giovinazzi, according to the team. Ahead of its official launch next Monday, before the start of

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Kimi Raikkonen believes Charles Leclerc can thrive at Ferrari if he does not get distracted by the extra “hassle” that surrounds the Italian Formula 1 outfit. Raikkonen has effectively swapped places with Leclerc, after agreeing a multi-year deal to race for

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Lewis Hamilton hailed his debut run in the new Mercedes W10 Formula 1 car as a “great first date” and one of the best starts the team had ever made. Mercedes used up one of its filming days to let Valtteri

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Any thoughts that Red Bull might play it safe in its first year with Honda were quickly dismissed by the initial sight of its 2019 Formula 1 design. A no-compromise effort from Adrian Newey includes some very tight packaging – is

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Mercedes has revealed the new W10 Formula 1 car that it hopes can carry it to a sixth consecutive championship double in the 2019 season. The team revealed images of the revamped car on Wednesday, as drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. The Williams Formula 1 team picked its new livery to reflect a more modern status, having initially considered reverting to its “traditional” navy and white colours for its 2019 car. Williams unveiled its new light blue-and-white look on Monday at a

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Several Formula 1 drivers may have to take part in pre-season testing without the use of a crash helmet that has been homologated to the FIA’s 2019 safety standards. F1 has a new mandatory helmet standard for 2019 following years of

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Williams has doubled down on its insistence Formula 1 teams should be independent, saying midfield rivals’ closer ties with manufacturers helped push it to last in 2018 and ‘dilute’ F1. After a 2014-17 revival that included 15 podium finishes, Williams slumped

Get unlimited access for free You have 10 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso unveiled its 2019 Formula 1 challenger on Monday, with a design revealing how Red Bull’s Honda alliance means there is now closer technical ties between the two teams. The new car is still very much an evolution of last