Max Verstappen insists he has “no regrets” over what he feels was a “normal” response of shoving Formula 1 rival Esteban Ocon after their Brazilian Grand Prix clash. Verstappen will have to carry out two days of ‘public service’ for the FIA as a punishment for his altercation Ocon in the weighing area at Interlagos
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Stoffel Vandoorne will forge close links with the Mercedes Formula 1 team in 2019 when he takes up a simulator driver role alongside his HWA Formula E racing programme. HWA’s FE effort is a precursor to Mercedes taking over the entry for the 2019/20 season, and Vandoorne’s drive there was encouraged by Mercedes motorsport chief
Fernando Alonso has admitted he might feel “desperate” to come back to Formula 1 by early 2019. Since announcing he will not be on the F1 grid next season, Alonso has maintained that a future return was possible in the right circumstances. The McLaren driver reiterated that ahead of making his final planned F1 appearance
An engineering student will begin a work experience placement at Renault’s Enstone Formula 1 factory in January after winning the final round of this year’s Infiniti Engineering Academy. Fahim Choudhary, 23, is currently studying Engineering Project Management at Lancaster University in the UK and was unveiled as the winner of the Middle East finals –
Robert Kubica has agreed a deal to race for Williams in the 2019 Formula 1 season, Autosport understands. An announcement is expected early in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. Williams’s decision to bring Kubica into its race team means he will make an incredible return to the F1 grid eight years after the rallying
In association with Mahle By the end of another gruelling, 21-round Formula 1 world tour, from Melbourne to Abu Dhabi, with five continents and both double- and triple-headers swept up along the way, the entire F1 circus is broken. Beaten, exhausted… tired and emotional – and that’s just the participants. So consider the strains endured
A British Grand Prix on a street circuit would be “inappropriate”, according to Motorsport UK chairman David Richards – who insists Silverstone is the only viable venue for the event. Prodrive boss and 1981 World Rally champion co-driver Richards has been the chairman of the UK motorsport governing body since January this year, and says
Fernando Alonso is promising to add “many more” races to his schedule in 2019 after he leaves Formula 1 and may include “a couple of iconic places”. The two-time world champion wants to expand his programme beyond his existing commitments after he drops out of F1 in what is officially being billed as a sabbatical
McLaren has unveiled a one-off livery that Fernando Alonso will use in this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, his last Formula 1 outing for the foreseeable future. Alonso announced earlier this year he will not race in F1 next year, and he will race in a special colour scheme to mark the occasion of his
Toro Rosso needs to “revise everything” if it is going to bounce back from a disappointing showing in the Brazilian Grand Prix, reckons Pierre Gasly. The Faenza-based team has made progress this season in its first year with Honda power, but despite Gasly getting through to Q3 at Interlagos neither he nor team-mate Brendon Hartley
IndyCar-bound Marcus Ericsson says his target at the end of the 2018 Formula 1 season has been to show what his Sauber team will be “missing” next year, when he will be replaced. Sauber has signed Kimi Raikkonen and Antonio Giovinazzi for 2019, while Ericsson has inked a full-season deal with the Schmidt Peterson IndyCar
New Williams Formula 1 signing George Russell has explained some of the details he put in the Microsoft PowerPoint presentation he made in a bid to impress the team. Williams technical chief Paddy Lowe revealed earlier this month that Formula 2 points leader Russell pushed to land a race seat with the team a year
Leading Formula 1 personnel have warned that rule changes designed to improve overtaking next season may be limited in their impact. Simplified front and rear wing regulations will be introduced for 2019 with the aim of improving on-track action by reducing front wing sensitivity in turbulent air and minimising the difficulty of following another car
Dan Ticktum’s dominant victory in Formula 3’s Macau Grand Prix has finally put him on the verge of the superlicence required to race in Formula 1, the FIA has confirmed. Having been unable to even test for the Red Bull F1 team earlier this year because he did not have enough licence points, the McLaren
Charles Leclerc claims Sauber’s impressive progress in the final part of the Formula 1 season is due to set-up work, not upgrades, because it stopped developing its 2018 car early. Sauber started the year fighting Williams at the back of the grid but, unlike its rival from those opening races, has progressed into a regular
The Haas Formula 1 team believes it has reaped the benefits from its first real year of car development. Haas entered F1 in 2016 and turned heads by scoring points on its debut, but after finishing in the top 10 in three of the first four grands prix it only managed the feat once in
Nissan and Renault chairman Carlos Ghosn, a key supporter of Renault’s Formula 1 programme, is set to be sacked amid allegations of financial impropriety. Ghosn, who leads the alliance of Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi, has been arrested in Japan and accused of under reporting his income. The 64-year-old has long been regarded as one of
Ferrari must be “ready” to manage its “brave” decision to promote Charles Leclerc to a race seat next season, according to the Formula 1 team’s leading engineer Jock Clear. Leclerc will become the second-youngest driver in Ferrari’s famous F1 history when he replaces 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen next season. The 21-year-old Sauber driver only
Louis Deletraz says Haas “sees his potential” after handing him his first test in a current Formula 1 car at the 2018 Pirelli tyre test following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 21-year-old Swiss is competing in Formula 2 this year with the Charouz Racing System team and he lies 11th in the standings in
Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff has pledged the manufacturer will “really go for broke” in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix now both titles have been secured. The Anglo-German team has already wrapped up its fifth consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ championship double but struggled to get on top of Red Bull and Ferrari in
Daniel Ricciardo believes his aggressive moves during his debut season with Red Bull in 2014 “changed the level of overtaking” in Formula 1. Ricciardo is preparing for his final race with Red Bull as this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix marks his 100th and last event for the team before switching to Renault for 2019.