Felipe Massa ended a six-year wait for a pole position as Williams produced a surprise upset over Mercedes in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Team mate Valtteri Bottas joined him on the front row after making a mistake on his final lap that likely cost him … Read more

In the round-up: Sergey Sirotkin admits he is unsure how competitive his Williams will be as he prepares for his first home race this weekend. What they say After two very different weekends for Williams at Monza and Singapore, Sirotkin said he is uncertain whether the FW41 will suit the characteristics of the Sochi circuit. … Read more

McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has urged Formula 1 to strengthen competitive integrity and prevent large manufacturers from using their influence to control teams they supply. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Brown warned that smaller, customer teams have sometimes been pressured into backing rule changes that leave them disadvantaged because of supplier … Read more

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell avoided penalties after colliding at the first corner at the start of the Qatar Grand Prix. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The stewards reviewed the clash between the two Mercedes drivers but judged it to be a lap-one racing incident and found no single driver wholly to … Read more

In the round-up: Zhou Guanyu believes the progress he has made in his first season as a Formula 1 driver has been masked by Alfa Romeo’s loss of competitiveness. In brief Zhou confident he’s made “huge step” during rookie season Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Zhou, Alfa Romeo’s rookie, says he has … Read more

Red Bull has confirmed it will switch to Honda power for the 2019 Formula 1 season. The team will end its association with Renault, whose engines powered Red Bull to four consecutive constructors’ championships from 2010 to 2013. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The new deal with Honda covers the 2019 and … Read more

Nicholas Latifi says his later start in motorsport explains why he arrives in Formula 1 older than many recent rookies. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free The 24-year-old was confirmed today as Williams’ driver for the 2020 F1 season. He is older than the three rookies who entered F1 this year: Lando Norris … Read more

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes tyres are now the single most important factor in the Formula 1 title fight between Mercedes and Ferrari. Speaking after Ferrari ended Mercedes’ five-year run of British Grand Prix victories last weekend, Wolff said the team can no longer assume consistent performance from track to track. Advert | Become … Read more

Yuki Tsunoda will start the Canadian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after receiving penalties for exceeding his allocation of power unit components. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free AlphaTauri has installed a brand-new power unit in Tsunoda’s car for this weekend. The fitment includes a new internal combustion engine (ICE), … Read more

Formula 1 was once straightforward: the FIA’s sporting body wrote and enforced the rules, race promoters—who held television rights for events on their property—applied to the FIA to host world championship rounds and offered start and prize money based on the teams’ ability to attract crowds, and teams chose whether to enter after building or … Read more