Sebastian Vettel is against making the Drag Reduction System more powerful because he thinks it had made passing “way too easy” at some circuits.
2017 F1 season articles archive
Honda unreliability “completely unacceptable” – Alonso
2017 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFernando Alonso said Honda’s continuing unreliability problems are “completely unacceptable” after McLaren started the last two races with just one car.
Maini joins Ferrucci on Haas young driver roster
2017 F1 season
Posted onHaas has announced the addition of Arjun Maini to its driver development programme. The Indian joins Santino Ferrucci on the team’s roster of junior talent.
F1 launches new fan zone and TV channel at Spanish GP
2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onFormula One fans attending this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix will be the first to experience a new F1 “fan zone”.
Mercedes first to reveal new-look driver graphics
2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onMercedes has become the first team to reveal the new driver identification graphics which will be used on cars from this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix.
F1’s ‘fastest cars ever’ may not hit five-second target – Mercedes
2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onFormula One appears to have “missed” its target for improving lap times by five seconds, according to Mercedes.
Haas need more testing to make new brakes last
2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onHaas says it needs to conduct more testing with the Carbone Industrie brakes it has trialled recently in order to get them to last a race distance.
Should McLaren give up on Honda for 2018?
Debates and Polls
Posted onMcLaren’s third season with Honda’s power units has been the biggest disappointment so far. Has the time finally come for the two to go separate ways?
Harder tyres are “way too hard” – Ricciardo
2017 Spanish Grand Prix
Posted onFormula One’s harder tyre compounds are far too hard this year according to Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo.
Pirelli chooses softest tyres for Austria
2017 Austrian Grand Prix
Posted onPirelli has selected its softest available tyres for this year’s Austrian Grand Prix, which is the same allocation as was used in 2016.
Pictures: Alonso’s first IndyCar test
IndyCar
Posted onFernando Alonso tested an IndyCar for the first time today at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Here are the first pictures of him in action.
Alonso says IndyCar feels “more raw” than F1 after first test
IndyCar
Posted onFernando Alonso says the role of the driver is more important in IndyCar than in F1 following his first test in preparation for the Indianapolis 500.
Pictures: Alonso’s Indy 500 car revealed
IndyCar
Posted onThe McLaren and Andretti-run IndyCar which Fernando Alonso will drive in this year’s Indianapolis 500 has been revealed.
Beginners’ luck? Liberty Media’s 100-day honeymoon
Comment
Posted onLiberty Media have got a lot of things right in their first 100 days in charge of F1, but the biggest change for the better wasn’t down to them.
Alonso’s overlooked remark which shows he’s serious about winning the Indy 500
IndyCar
Posted onFernando Alonso has taken note of how Alexander Rossi won the Indianapolis 500 and is planning to repeat the feat on his debut this year.
Verstappen will drive for Mercedes one day – Wolff
2017 F1 season
Posted onToto Wolff still expects to bring Max Verstappen to Mercedes one day, the team principal has revealed, despite his current long-term deal with Red Bull.
Grosjean and Palmer blame each other as stewards take no action
2017 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onRomain Grosjean and Jolyon Palmer blamed each other for their race-ending first-lap crash in Russia but the stewards ruled neither driver was responsible.
“I was out of the race from the get-go” – Hamilton
2017 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onLewis Hamilton was left to rue a “very odd weekend” after overheating problems confined him to fourth place in the Russian Grand Prix.
Bottas feels vindicated by breakthrough win
2017 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onValtteri Bottas says his first grand prix victory proves what he is capable of following his disappointments in the last two races.
Massa: Vettel was too hesitant on final lap
2017 Russian Grand Prix
Posted onFelipe Massa dismissed Sebastian Vettel’s complaint about his driving on the final lap of the Russian Grand Prix and congratulated Valtteri Bottas on his first win.