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Verstappen: I can be World Champion with Red Bull-Honda

Despite a strong lobby to inform all and sundry that he is available for a top-line driver with Mercedes and Ferrari, Max Verstappen is covering all his bases by declaring that he can be world champion with... Read More...

Never Lift Video: The Week of the Japanese Grand Prix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4LvnvW5xUM The Never Lift series returns with a unique fly on the wall journey through our Japanese Grand Prix. Follow our week in Japan including a special day with Honda an... Read More...

Mick Schumacher: I feel ready for Formula 1

From the moment Mick Schumacher decided he would be a racing driver it was inevitable that he would be knocking on the door of Formula 1, and right now the clean-cut and likeable 20-year-old believes he is ... Read More...

Hamilton: I haven’t given up, I’m still right here fighting!

Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton sent his fans a burst of positive energy on Friday after he caused consternation among them when he started last week by saying he felt like “giving up on everything”... Read More...

Formula 1: Best solution is to keep Grands Prix over three days

Formula 1 is to stick with its traditional three-day race format but with changes to the Friday schedule to cater for an expanding calendar, according to the sport’s managing director for motorsport Ross Br... Read More...

Sainz: I fully support shorter grand prix weekends

Carlos Sainz supports the idea of shorter Grand Prix weekends, claiming that there is too much practice during the three days that include four hours of free practice before qualifying and then the race. ... Read More...

Button: Verstappen fastest driver that has ever driven an F1 car

Jenson Button believes that Max Verstappen is the fastest Formula1 driver who ever lived, this coming from a World Champion who has shared pit garage with the likes of Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso. ... Read More...

Brazil Government: Petrobras-McLaren deal unjustifiable

A document published by the Brazilian Ministry of Economy on Thursday all but confirmed that Petrobras has ended their contract with the McLaren F1 team, worth £163-million (190-million). At the time of... Read More...

Irvine: Leclerc is much better than Verstappen

Former Ferrari driver and Grand Prix winner Eddie Irvine believes that Charles Leclerc is a more complete and much better Formula 1 driver than Max Verstappen The pair have emerged as the future supersta... Read More...

Häkkinen: Ferrari and their drivers punished for mistakes

Double Formula 1 World Champion Mika Hakkinen has blamed the litany of mistakes made by Ferrari and their drivers during the Japanese Grand Prix for their defeat at the hands of Mercedes last Sunday in Suzu... Read More...

Hamilton: I don’t anticipate winning the title in Mexico

Lewis Hamilton expects he will have to wait beyond Mexico, the next race on the calendar and one that could be a struggle for his Mercedes team, to secure his sixth Formula One world championship. After ... Read More...

Sabine Kehm: I believe Mick can become F1 World Champion

Up-and-coming Mick Schumacher can follow in his father's footsteps and become Formula 1 World Champion predicts Sabine Kehm, who is F1 legend Michael Schumacher's manager. She now looks after the burgeo... Read More...

Russell: We cannot continue with these brakes

Rookie George Russell has urged Williams to urgently solve an issue with his brakes fearing that he will be unable to race unless the issue is resolved. The once-great British team is clearly in crisis, ... Read More...

Formula 1 seek to overcome obstacles ahead of new rules

Formula 1 stakeholders sought to overcome their divisions at a meeting in Paris on Wednesday which was a last chance to find agreement on a 2021 rules overhaul before an end-October deadline. The package... Read More...

Steiner meets with PKN Orlen officials in Poland

Gunther Steiner was in Warsaw this week, according to Polish public television TVP who claimed the Haas F1 team boss was in town to meet with a representative of Robert Kubica's main sponsor PKN Orlen, a Po... Read More...

Tost: I hope Daniil and Pierre will be with us in 2020

Toro Rosso team chief Franz Tost says he wants Pierre Gasly and Daniil Kvyat to remain with the team in 2020 as the Faenza based team confirmed they will be renamed AlphaTauri next year. But team boss To... Read More...

Sao Paulo F1 fan festival to celebrate Senna legacy

Following the success of previous global Formula 1 Fan Festivals, Sao Paulo will host a very special event on the 9th November 2019 to celebrate the life of three times FIA Formula One World Champion Ayrton... Read More...

Goodbye Toro Rosso, Hello Alpha Tauri

Formula 1 teams have agreed to allow Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso compete under the new name of Alpha Tauri from next season after results of an email vote were tallied, sources said on Wednesday. There was... Read More...