F1

Tomorrow five Formula 1 greenhorns will venture out on a ‘green’ parkland track Down Under to begin their Grand Prix careers for real. From sim to sink or swim. Messrs…

The setting – a Melbourne business hotel – is familiar enough... and so is the routine. To obtain a credential you must first stand in line with a cocktail of…

Like most of us I am waiting for Ron Howard’s Niki Lauda biopic Rush with a mixture of heady anticipation and just a little nervousness. Howard is a usually safe pair…

The second half of Simon Arron's assessment of each Formula 1 team's chances ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Part one can be found here. Sauber-Ferrari Drivers: Nico Hülkenberg, Esteban…

This month, the team – with a slight change of line-up – sat down for a chat with Pat Symonds. at's returning to the F1 pitlane with Marussia this year,…

The first half of Simon Arron's assessment of each Formula 1 team's chances ahead of the Australian Grand Prix. Part two will be online on Saturday. Marussia-Cosworth Drivers: Max Chilton,…

Those of us who have been 'Bottas Watchers' are going into a new Grand Prix season with a great deal of anticipation. This Finn is very fast and he's waited…

It sounds as though Mallory Park is in a bit of a pickle. Verbal decibels have reached danger level in a row over its number of days’ usage and the…

In less than two weeks, Formula 1 heads back to Australia for the first round of the World Championship. With that in mind – as well as Nigel Roebuck's new…

When Martin Brundle drove a Ferrari Formula 1 car at Fiorano last year, in all respects – save one – he was blown away by its sheer performance. Only the…

By 1979, ground effects had become essential in Formula 1 design, thanks to Colin Chapman. But Lotus, having won 13 Grands Prix over the last two seasons, were on the…

1961 was Ferrari's year. Between eventual world champion Phil Hill and team-mate Wolfgang von Trips, the factory won half of the season's Grands Prix, with rookie Giancarlo Baghetti winning his…

They’ve dug it up to make room for the 2016 Olympics – and I expect I will be sad in the same way that I have come to miss Hockenheim’s…

The least surprising news to emanate from the sport of motor racing in recent weeks is the fact that there are a number of Grand Prix teams going into a…

The first test session of the F1 season always sees a flurry of excitement, and Jerez this week was no different. Four 2013 cars were unveiled to the media for…

From pneumatic tyres to double DRS via drilled throttle pedals, knock-off hubs, turbocharging, sliding skirts, X-wings, carbon monocoques, blown diffusers and mass dampers, motor racing is rarely short of buzz…

Always there’s a frisson when the Formula 1 cars hit the track for the first time each year. Indeed it’s been rather too exciting for some at Jerez: Nico Rosberg…