Few top Formula 1 teams have been as notorious as Red Bull for shuffling driver line-ups, given its record for mid-season bombshells such as the Alex Albon/Pierre Gasly switch. In this video, we round up every time Red Bull or Toro Rosso has replaced a driver in the middle of a campaign, and the reasons

McLaren Formula 1 rookie Lando Norris believes he will gain more by being “on the limit” this season than being conservative because he still has “a lot” to learn. Norris has been one of the stand-out drivers in 2019, forming a strong partnership with Carlos Sainz Jr and helping McLaren establish itself as the leading

Ferrari is “not happy yet” with the proposed 2021 Formula 1 regulations and is pushing back against standardisation, according to team boss Mattia Binotto. F1 owner Liberty has been keen to put an increased emphasis on standard parts in F1’s 2021 rules revamp for cost reasons/ The 2021 car blueprint unveiled in July has included

Max Verstappen believes Charles Leclerc is not the only young gun he will fight in Formula 1, despite the “amazing” opportunity for the karting rivals to race each other again. Verstappen prevailed over Leclerc in a fierce fight for victory in the Austrian Grand Prix, after which a video emerged of the duo disagreeing over

Formula 1 teams will face a “risk” in getting the staff required for an increased calendar within the proposed 2021 budget cap believes Ferrari’s Mattia Binotto. F1 is expected to expand to a record 22 races next year, and with owner Liberty Media maintaining its push to add new events the schedule could balloon further

It may only be the summer break, but Formula 1’s next shocking blockbuster driver moves are already being made or rumoured ahead of the 2020 season. With Alex Albon making the switch to Red Bull from Toro Rosso from Spa onwards this season, but knowing he is doing so as an audition, and Valtteri Bottas

Alfa Romeo Formula 1 boss Frederic Vasseur says the team’s relationship with Kimi Raikkonen is “working perfectly” and benefitting from “black-and-white” discussions. Raikkonen signed a two-year deal with Sauber, which morphed into Alfa Romeo for 2019, after learning he would lose his Ferrari seat once the 2018 season had ended. The 2007 world champion is

Williams’ poor start to the season Formula 1 season has been well documented, but some big changes could help secure its return to form. The team has improved in recent rounds, but is also in the process of moving away from some of its core principles in a bid to move to match its modern

The decision on when Honda’s next upgraded Formula 1 engine will be introduced, which will trigger grid penalties for Red Bull, is “very complicated”, according to the manufacturer’s technical chief. Honda has already brought two engine upgrades during the 2019 season, which its aggressive development programme presenting the opportunity to introduce a third update the

Carlos Sainz says Formula 1 teams are “a lot more different than what people imagine”, and believes the value of team continuity for a driver is underestimated. After two full seasons at Toro Rosso, Sainz’s progress earned him a mid-season switch to Renault in 2017, but he was unable to nail down his place with

Ferrari Formula 1 team boss Mattia Binotto does not believe the outfit will need to stop development of its 2019 car, despite its increasingly faint hopes of catching up Mercedes in 2019. The team had been advised to write off 2019 after Mercedes’ early-season run of dominance, and driver Sebastian Vettel admitted Ferrari needed to

Lando Norris says the scale of McLaren’s Formula 1 operation is “pretty insane” and added pressure to his rookie season, particularly in the early stages. Norris stepped up to F1 after finishing second in Formula 2 last year, forming an all-new driver line-up for McLaren alongside Carlos Sainz Jr. He qualified eighth on his debut

Formula 1 would have “moved away from every single principle of racing” instead of kickstarting a more lenient policy, had Max Verstappen been punished in this year’s Austrian Grand Prix. Verstappen’s Red Bull team boss Christian Horner believes the 21-year-old’s robust pass on Charles Leclerc for victory at the Red Bull Ring has proven to

Honda believes it cannot do much more to secure its Formula 1 future as its programme chiefs await a decision from the company hierarchy on whether to continue beyond 2020. The Japanese manufacturer ended its win drought earlier this season in Austria, where Max Verstappen scored the first victory for Red Bull and Honda’s new-for-2019

Ferrari went from setting the 2019 pre-season Formula 1 testing pace to failing to grand prix in the first half of the year. Long-time F1 team technical director Gary Anderson joins Edd Straw for this video to give his verdict on how and why things have become “a shambles” at Ferrari this season – from

Honda thinks Daniil Kvyat’s shock German Grand Prix podium rewarded the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team’s willingness last year to help the engine manufacturer prepare for its Red Bull switch. Toro Rosso adopted Honda engines last year after the Japanese company split with McLaren, as Red Bull used its junior team to evaluate a potential

Mercedes faces a titanic decision ahead of 2020, with Toto Wolff and his squad needing to decide between Valtteri Bottas and Esteban Ocon to pair with Lewis Hamilton next season. Bottas’s form has slipped in recent races although his qualifying form remains strong, and Ocon’s performances in 2017 and ’18 mean his stock is still

Max Verstappen believes Honda was correct to be cautious with how hard it pushed its Formula 1 engines initially this year, after “all the negative stuff” it experienced with McLaren. Verstappen’s Red Bull team split with Renault to partner with Honda for 2019, and the 21-year-old has won two of the 12 races prior to

Changing “one or two” corners at Formula 1 circuits would be much more “cost efficient” than regularly changing technical regulations, according to Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul. Abiteboul says his engineers have looked at how alternative layouts at Paul Ricard could have created a better race this year, following the criticism of the dull French

Former Jordan, Stewart and Jaguar Formula 1 technical chief Gary Anderson is never shy about offering his insight on where modern F1 has room for improvement. In his regular Autosport columns, Anderson frequently advocates changes that he feels the championship needs to be truly great – and that it could easily make. He joins Edd

Daniel Ricciardo says the prospect of losing Simon Rennie as his Formula 1 race engineer played a part in his decision to leave Red Bull for Renault. Ricciardo was anticipated to sign a new deal with Red Bull for 2019, but instead shocked the F1 paddock by putting pen to paper on a two-year deal

Renault faces finishing a 2019 Formula 1 season filled with promise behind its customer team McLaren if it is not able to reverse its fortunes. The marque is sixth in the constructors’ standings despite heavy investment in recent years, and in a season where it was expected to move clear of F1’s midfield and start

Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat says he “100% disagrees” with Formula 1’s mooted pre-season testing reduction, while new Red Bull driver Alex Albon says F1 needs to “respect rookies”. With the 2020 grand prix calendar set to expand to 22 races, F1 is believed to be heading towards a revamped testing schedule, with options such

After Ayrton Senna’s exit, McLaren hit a slump until the second half of the ’90s when Adrian Newey – now of Red Bull – began to design its Formula 1 title challengers. The 1997 car, the MP4/12, was the first to show signs of Newey’s trademark boundary-pushing when it came to the rulebook, sending McLaren

Alex Albon has described his shock mid-season call-up to the senior Red Bull Formula 1 team as “surreal”. The F1 rookie will replace Pierre Gasly alongside Max Verstappen in the Red Bull line-up from the Belgian Grand Prix. Red Bull wants to evaluate erstwhile Toro Rosso driver Albon for a potential full-time seat at the

The Red Bull Formula 1 team made the surprise announcement on Monday that it would be replacing Pierre Gasly with Alexander Albon as soon as the upcoming Belgium Grand Prix. Gasly has endured a disappointing first year at Red Bull while rookie Albon has been impressing in the midfield at Toro Rosso, but until now

Alex Albon will move from Toro Rosso to replace Pierre Gasly at the main Red Bull Formula 1 team from the Belgian Grand Prix onwards. Gasly, who has struggled to match Max Verstappen since being drafted into Red Bull as replacement for Daniel Ricciardo, will return to Toro Rosso in a straight swap. Red Bull

Carlos Sainz Jr thinks McLaren’s progress in the 2019 Formula 1 season so far will still not be enough to pull it clear of the midfield. Although the team is in a solid fourth place in the constructors’ championship, Sainz is sceptical of the team being able to make enough gains in the short term

Runaway Formula 1 points leader Lewis Hamilton wants to know how he and Mercedes are missing a perfect score, after getting “quite fortunate” to win eight out of 12 races. With nine races left after the summer break, Hamilton holds a commanding 62-point lead in the drivers’ championship and is only three wins behind his

Haas team boss Gunther Steiner has warned Formula 1 chiefs not to think that “everything is fantastic” just because the last four grands prix have been more entertaining. After a dull French GP in June dominated by championship leader Lewis Hamilton, F1 put on four action-packed races in Austria, Britain, Germany and Hungary. Despite the