[ad_1] Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko says Pierre Gasly returned from his Super Formula stint a changed driver, and removed any doubts over whether he deserved a Formula 1 seat. The French driver won the GP2 Series in 2016, but Red Bull chiefs were not entirely convinced about his potential and elected to fund

[ad_1] Formula 1 teams will face close scrutiny of their suspension systems this season to ensure they are not using them to influence ride height. In this latest video from Motorsport.tv programme The Flying Lap, Craig Scarborough explains why the rules clarification is necessary. “We had last year a suspension regulation change over the winter,

[ad_1] Pirelli racing manager Mario Isola expects there to be a lot of track evolution across the first two days of Formula 1 pre-season testing following a resurfacing project. The Barcelona circuit agreed to carry out modifications in order to ensure it remains on the 2018 MotoGP calendar, after its place had been under threat.

[ad_1] Williams driver Lance Stroll believes he is now a “completely different driver” compared to his first race in Formula 1 at the start of 2017. The Canadian, who graduated to F1 after winning the 2016 Formula 3 European championship, had a tough start with three successive retirements and drew criticism – in particular from

[ad_1] Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton has named the three drivers he sees as his biggest rivals on the current grand prix grid. Hamilton, who claimed the fourth F1 championship crown of his career in 2017, identified McLaren’s Fernando Alonso, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as the three drivers he must

[ad_1] Formula 1 race start times could be shifted back to 3.10pm at the majority of events from 2018 as part of an effort to boost the television audience. With Liberty Media determined to make its mark on F1 this year, it has emerged that F1 chiefs want to shake up the timetable. One proposal

[ad_1] Williams is set to reveal the first look of its 2018 Formula 1 challenger on February 15 at its season launch event in London. The FW41 will be the first Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has had influence on from the start since rejoining the team last March. Lowe has said Williams will

[ad_1] The Assen circuit has moved a step closer to being able to hold a Dutch Grand Prix, after Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting visited the track for an inspection. Whiting visited the Assen TT Circuit last week for a track inspection, with the venue chasing the Grade 1 licence it would need to

[ad_1] Haas driver Romain Grosjean believes he could race in Formula 1 until he is 40, and the Autosport Forums have been debating whether it is possible. Join the debates in the Autosport Forums The cumulative age of grand prix drivers has steadily fallen in recent years, with the current grid’s average age now just

[ad_1] Formula 1 teams are set to engage in a new design battleground over low T-wings in 2018, as part of a push to regain downforce lost at the rear of cars. A loophole in last year’s technical regulations opened the door for teams to run high T-wings on the sharkfin engine covers in a

[ad_1] Force India and Sauber have dropped the complaint they made to the European Union Competitions Commission regarding Formula 1’s governance and payment structure. The two teams lodged an official complaint with the Commission in September 2015, citing the division of revenues and drawing up of rules as “unfair and unlawful”. Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes,

[ad_1] Toro Rosso’s 2018 Formula 1 challenger will hit the track for the first time on February 21 when it completes a filming day at Misano. Teams are allowed to conduct two promotional events each season but no test may exceed 100km in length. The regulations also insist only promotional tyres provided by Pirelli may

[ad_1] The Force India Formula 1 team’s recent success on a limited budget sets an example that Renault should follow, according to the French manufacturer’s F1 team boss Cyril Abiteboul. Force India finished fourth in F1’s constructors’ championship for the second consecutive season in 2017, two places ahead of the Renault works outfit. Abiteboul suggested

[ad_1] Romain Grosjean feels like he could race in Formula 1 until he turns 40. The 31-year-old has completed six full seasons in F1, following a short stint with Renault, and has a contract to continue with Haas for a third season in 2018. It remains unclear whether the former Lotus driver will stay on

[ad_1] The McLaren MP4/8A driven by Ayrton Senna to his final Monaco Grand Prix win in the 1993 Formula 1 season is to be auctioned by Bonhams in May. Senna used this car – chassis number six – to claim his sixth and last victory in Monaco, a record that still stands 25 years on.

[ad_1] Williams reserve driver Robert Kubica must “earn the right” to a Formula 1 race seat in 2019, according to the team’s chief technical officer Paddy Lowe. Kubica, whose F1 career was interrupted by a rally crash in 2011, mounted a sustained effort last year to return to the grid. After initial tests with Renault,

[ad_1] Renault needs to look at options for using its customer teams to get its Academy drivers into Formula 1, says managing director Cyril Abiteboul. For 2018, Renault has seven up-and-coming drivers in its Sport Academy set-up, with ART Grand Prix Formula 2 racer Jack Aitken competing in the highest placed category. Previous incarnations of

[ad_1] McLaren and Renault will pose a “significant” threat to Force India in the 2018 Formula 1 constructors’ battle, according to the team’s deputy team principal Bob Fernley. Force India secured fourth in the constructors’ championship for the second successive year in 2017, finishing a comfortable 104 points clear of fifth-placed Williams. But Fernley is

[ad_1] Haas probably hurt itself in the 2017 Formula 1 season by switching focus to its ’18 car too early, team principal Gunther Steiner has admitted. At the championship’s halfway point, Haas sat seventh in the constructors’ standings – four points behind Toro Rosso. By the end of the year, Renault had leapfrogged both and

[ad_1] The Formula 1 Strategy Group has at last come up with a sensible solution to the problem of a driver’s weight with a ballasted minimum weight of 80kg. This is something I have been advocating for years because it just isn’t correct for someone who would healthily weigh 75kg to go on a diet

[ad_1] Williams expects new Formula 1 signing Sergey Sirotkin to be with the team for “many years ahead” following the multi-year deal that landed him a race seat for 2018. Sirotkin beat several contenders – including grand prix winner and now-Williams reserve Robert Kubica – to the final vacant seat on the F1 grid alongside

[ad_1] Pairing Valtteri Bottas alongside Lewis Hamilton has changed the way the Mercedes Formula 1 team thinks about internal rivalries between its drivers, according to team boss Toto Wolff. Mercedes had a difficult time managing the dynamic between Hamilton and 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg, as their battles for the championship became increasingly vitriolic.

[ad_1] IndyCar racer and ex-grand prix driver Sebastien Bourdais has hit back at claims by Haas Formula 1 team boss Gunther Steiner that there are no American drivers ready to compete in Formula 1. American team Haas joined the F1 grid in 2016, but so far the only driver from its home country to try

[ad_1] Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has defended his Formula 1 team’s policy surrounding staff contracts following criticism from Renault counterpart Cyril Abiteboul. Abiteboul said last year Mercedes is being “unfair” in the way it locks down staff to lengthy gardening leave spells to delay them switching to other F1 teams. The Renault chief said

[ad_1] Renault was nearly a decade behind its Formula 1 rivals when it resumed its works team project, says its managing director Cyril Abiteboul. The former Benetton and Lotus team was Renault-owned from 2001-09 and then reacquired ahead of the 2016 season. Although Renault won the 2005 and ’06 F1 world championships in the first

[ad_1] Daniel Ricciardo says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner reassured him he will have a fair fight with Max Verstappen in the 2018 Formula 1 season after favouritism concerns. Shortly before Verstappen penned a new deal to remain at Red Bull until the end of 2020, Horner had urged him to stay long term

[ad_1] Long-time Formula 1 engine builder Cosworth says it would like to work with Aston Martin on a potential F1 project and has had discussions about joining forces. Aston is keeping a close eye on developments with F1’s 2021 engine rules, and is keen on re-entering grand prix racing as an engine supplier should the

[ad_1] The reasons Sergey Sirotkin landed a Williams Formula 1 seat for 2018, and Robert Kubica didn’t, are discussed in the latest edition of The Autosport Podcast. Kubica landed a reserve and development driver role at Williams and there is still hope that he could return to race action in the future. Ben Anderson and

[ad_1] Williams can still succeed in the 2018 Formula 1 campaign with Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin as driver inexperience is no longer a handicap, says 1992 world champion Nigel Mansell. Sirotkin and Stroll are the youngest pairing on the F1 grid, with a combined age of 41 – which is three years older than

[ad_1] Former McLaren team boss Martin Whitmarsh is to return to a role in Formula 1 after accepting a temporary consultancy position with the FIA, Autosport can reveal. Whitmarsh left F1 in 2014 after being ousted as McLaren’s CEO at the end of 2013, when Ron Dennis returned to controlling the team. Since then he