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Sebastian Vettel has called on Ferrari to give him a quicker car in 2019, as he aims to get his hands on that elusive fifth World Championship. The German won four straight titles with Red Bull, between 2010 and 2013, bu...

Esteban Ocon has admitted that his improvement in qualifying in 2018 was important, as Mercedes wanted to see him making gains in that area. The Frenchman, who is surprisingly without a drive for next year, defeated team...

Otmar Szafnauer has revealed just how much the Force India team were affected by the growing financial crisis in the early part of last year. The post Szafnauer: 2018 was ‘the most stressful year’ appeared first on P...

Williams chief technical officer Paddy Lowe believes that George Russell has the potential to match Charles Leclerc's rapid rise to the top. The post Lowe tips Russell to match Leclerc’s rise appeared first on PlanetF1...

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” LP Hartley’s celebrated line can seem especially appropriate to Formula 1. In one such example, rewind 40 years almost to the day and it was indeed...

It may feel like the 2018 season has only just finished but the cars will be back out on the starting grid before you know it. The lineups for 2019 have been revealed but what will the teams be driving around in this yea...

Christian Horner has revealed what Daniel Ricciardo said to him when the Australian revealed he was going to leave Red Bull forRenault. Horner told Motorsport that Ricciardo said it was not because of Red Bull as a team ...

Racing Point Force India principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed that a stressful start to the 2018 season set the tone for the rest of it, a season which included the team entering administration. The team were behind th...

It's widely known that Formula 1's penalty system is disliked by fans, often due to the sheer number of penalties handed out each weekend and the confusion it causes when the grid is vastly different to the qualifying re...

Force India staff must be applauded for their sheer resilience during harrowing times, they kept working on their car, never jumping ship, despite the world around them crumbling as Vijay Mallya’s team stared bankruptc...

Racing Point Force India team principal Otmar Szafnauer has revealed just how badly the team's 2018 season was affected by the growing financial crisis that eventually led to the business being placed into administration...

Max Verstappen has hit out at the critics he had early in the 2018 season, saying they portrayed him like he had lost all ability to drive as he struggled for form in the opening stages of the season. The Dutchman's seas...

It's hard to remember when last a rookie made such a strong impression in Formula 1 as Charles Leclerc did in 2018, the kid showed flashes of sheer brilliance as he set about entrenching himself at the pinnacle of the sp...

It’s hard to remember when last a rookie made such a strong impression in Formula 1 as Charles Leclerc did in 2018, the kid showed flashes of sheer brilliance as he set about entrenching himself at the pinnacle of the ...

Michael Schumacher forever changed the DNA of Ferrari with his title-winning dominance in the early 2000s, according to former Scuderia chairman Luca Di Montezemolo. Schumacher and Ferrari were crowned world champions in...

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says that Daniel Ricciardo's decision to leave the team at the end of 2018 in favour of a move to Renault had come as a complete surprise. He insisted that he and Red Bull motorsp...

Christian Horner says Red Bull's level of competitiveness in the second half of the 2018 Formula 1 season has left him feeling encouraged about the team's prospects heading into 2019. Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and ...

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has admitted that the decision to swap their drivers around in Russia to give Lewis Hamilton the win was heartbreaking. The post Wolff: Russia team orders ‘broke my heart’ appeared first...

Esteban Ocon believes that he's made big strides in his qualifying performances during 2018. He out-qualified his experienced Racing Point Force India team mate Sergio Perez 15 times during the season, almost completely ...

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that former Ferrari counterpart Jean Todt called him to congratulate the Silver Arrows after they moved closer to the Scuderia's all-time record of consecutive Formula 1 co...

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen thinks his now-former teammate Daniel Ricciardo will miss his old team during his new adventure at Renault, as it will likely prove to be a downgrade in terms of pace on the short term. Ver...