| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 17:19 GMT |
Nico Rosberg says his sequence of afternoon long runs on Wednesday was an emphatic sign that Mercedes' 2014 Formula 1 preparations are on track
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 18:27 GMT |
Renault is confident that overnight fixes to its battery energy stores will cure the problems that have blighted its pre-season Formula 1 testing programme
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| By Kevin Turner | Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 18:55 GMT |
Jenson Button believes McLaren's 2014 Formula 1 car does not have the same "issues" that plagued the team last season
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, January 24th 2014, 19:38 GMT |
The sound of a 2014 Formula 1 car at speed has been revealed for the first time by Mercedes
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| Friday, January 24th 2014, 17:47 GMT |
Mercedes completed a shakedown test of its 2014 Formula 1 car at Silverstone on Friday.
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| Friday, January 24th 2014, 18:05 GMT |
Toro Rosso and Force India both gave their 2014 Formula 1 cars their first runs on track on Friday
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| By Jonathan Noble and Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 16:38 GMT |
Lotus will inevitably fall behind as a consequence of missing the first Formula 1 test of the season, according to Renault's deputy managing director Rob White
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 18:17 GMT |
Formula 1 drivers are set to be banned from stopping cars on slowing-down laps in a bid to save fuel for post-race checks, the FIA has announced
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 23rd 2014, 18:46 GMT |
Formula 1 is to make another attempt to ban tyre warmers in 2015
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 15:08 GMT |
Formula 1 chiefs may have to get together to discuss ways to get rid of the ugly look of the 2014 noses, reckons Caterham team boss Cyril Abiteboul
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 11:56 GMT |
Formula 1's introduction of double points for the season finale has been slammed as a 'fake fix' by Caterham owner Tony Fernandes
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| By Craig Scarborough | Wednesday, January 22nd 2014, 12:52 GMT |
AUTOSPORT's technical expert Craig Scarborough analyses what we can learn from Force India's 3D rendering of its new VJM07 Formula 1 car
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 15:34 GMT |
Kamui Kobayashi was so eager to return to Formula 1 race action this year that he turned his back on an expanded Ferrari deal and is driving for Caterham for free
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 16:01 GMT |
Caterham owner Tony Fernandes has warned he will turn his back on Formula 1 at the end of this year unless his team makes progress
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 21st 2014, 22:15 GMT |
McLaren will be without a title sponsor when it launches its new Formula 1 car on Friday, the team has confirmed.
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| By Edd Straw and Jonathan Noble | Monday, January 20th 2014, 11:00 GMT |
Lotus now has in place the financial platform it needs to avoid the struggles that blighted its 2013 Formula 1 campaign, reckons team boss Eric Boullier.
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| By Jonathan Noble and Dieter Rencken | Monday, January 20th 2014, 14:04 GMT |
Ferrari has always faced external pressure to win, but the team is also demanding much more of itself in the 2014 Formula 1 season as top brass tire of underachievement
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, January 20th 2014, 16:02 GMT |
Williams has confirmed that its new Formula 1 car will be ready for the start of testing at Jerez in Spain next week.
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| Friday, January 17th 2014, 18:42 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen doubts the 2014 Formula 1 rule changes will make a very big difference for drivers
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, January 17th 2014, 18:50 GMT |
McLaren is in a race against time to get its new Formula 1 car ready for the first 2014 test at Jerez
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Sunday, January 19th 2014, 14:06 GMT |
The Williams Formula 1 squad's 2013 restructuring has given it long-term stability, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 16th 2014, 14:11 GMT |
Bernie Ecclestone will step down as a director of Formula 1's management board, but he will continue running the sport.
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| By Dieter Rencken and Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 16th 2014, 16:57 GMT |
NASCAR team co-owner Gene Haas is working on plans to launch a new American Formula 1 team, AUTOSPORT has learned
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 16th 2014, 18:14 GMT |
McLaren looks set for a major management overhaul ahead of the 2014 Formula 1 season, AUTOSPORT has learned, after former team boss Ron Dennis was appointed as Group CEO.
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| Monday, January 13th 2014, 16:00 GMT |
John Button, the father of Formula 1 driver Jenson Button who enjoyed success in his own career in rallycross, has passed away. He was 70.
"It is with great sadness and regret that I can confirm John Button passed away at his home in the south of France on Sunday," Button's management team said in a statement.
"Whilst we await confirmation, initial signs would indicate a suspected heart attack. A close friend who was visiting John on Sunday was the first to discover the tragic news.
"John's children Jenson, Natasha, Samantha and Tanya and the rest of the family are clearly devastated and ask for their privacy to be respected during this extremely difficult time."
Having become a near ever-present during his son's grand prix career, John was a hugely popular figure in the F1 paddocks over the past 15 years.
John's passion for motor racing had been with him throughout his life, having competed successfully in rallycross during the 1970s.
He was a runner-up in the 1976 RAC British Rallycross Championship and famously competed in a VW Beetle that due to its striking colour scheme became known as a 'Colorado Beetle.'
It was natural for him to push his son Jenson - named after rallycross friend Erling Jensen - into motor racing when his own career ended, and John became a strong force in helping Jenson reach the very top.
John missed only one of Jenson's F1 races but, as well as being his son's biggest fan, it was his enthusiasm for motor racing as a whole that really shone through.
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh, who got to know John well since signing Jenson at the end of his title winning 2009 campaign, was one of the first to offer his condolences.
"In my long Formula 1 career, I've encountered many drivers' fathers, but I think it's safe to say that John was perhaps more devoted to his son than any of them," said Whitmarsh.
"Ever since Jenson was a boy, racing go-karts, his dad has been at his side, helping him, supporting him, finding the money for the next race.
"As Jenson grew older, and continued to win in cars, still John was always there, his most steadfast helper and supporter.
"And, even now, in recent years, during which Jenson has become the consummate Formula 1 world champion that he is, the most experienced driver on the Formula 1 grid in fact, still John has been ever-present, as loyal and as loving as ever, a benign and popular member of Jenson's small and intimate entourage.
"This coming season will be Jenson's fifth as a McLaren driver. I believe John has attended every grand prix over the past four seasons, and over that period he's become a unique and, I think it's fair to say, irreplaceable part of the McLaren 'family'.
"He was not only a great dad, but also a lovely man, and he'll be enormously missed by Jenson, of course, by all at McLaren, and indeed by the Formula 1 community at large.
"I'm sure that everyone at McLaren, and indeed everyone in Formula 1, will join me in sending our heartfelt condolences to Jenson, to the Button family, and to their many friends."
| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, January 13th 2014, 15:23 GMT |
Williams has further strengthened its technical department as it bids to get back to the front of the Formula 1 grid.
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| By Edd Straw | Monday, January 13th 2014, 19:14 GMT |
Kimi Raikkonen has started simulator work ahead of his return to Ferrari for the 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Glenn Freeman | Saturday, January 11th 2014, 14:52 GMT |
McLaren test driver Gary Paffett believes Formula 1 rookie Kevin Magnussen has the speed to push Jenson Button in the same way Lewis Hamilton used to at the team
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| By Matt Beer | Sunday, January 12th 2014, 14:15 GMT |
Adrian Sutil insists that he feels no pressure to emulate predecessor Nico Hulkenberg's Sauber achievements as they swap places for the 2014 Formula 1 season.
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| By Matt Beer | Sunday, January 12th 2014, 14:35 GMT |
Formula 1 racer turned commentator Martin Brundle believes the pay driver situation in the world championship is becoming "uncomfortable".
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| By Edd Straw | Saturday, January 11th 2014, 11:30 GMT |
Marussia sporting director Graeme Lowdon insists he has no concerns about the team's entry for the 2014 Formula 1 season
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| By Sam Tremayne and Edd Straw | Saturday, January 11th 2014, 12:14 GMT |
Max Chilton will line up alongside Jules Bianchi again in 2014, after Marussia confirmed it will retain the Briton for a second Formula 1 season
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| By Glenn Freeman | Saturday, January 11th 2014, 14:52 GMT |
McLaren test driver Gary Paffett believes Formula 1 rookie Kevin Magnussen has the speed to push Jenson Button in the same way Lewis Hamilton used to at the team
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, January 10th 2014, 13:50 GMT |
FIA race director Charlie Whiting has defended the use of the DRS in Formula 1 amid criticism that it makes it too easy to overtake.
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| By Edd Straw | Friday, January 10th 2014, 13:44 GMT |
The FIA has moved to avoid a repeat of the kind of accident that led to the death of marshal Mark Robinson at the Canadian Grand Prix.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Friday, January 10th 2014, 18:01 GMT |
Formula 1's drivers have now been issued with their permanent race numbers, after the FIA confirmed the entry list for the 2014 season on Friday
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| Thursday, January 9th 2014, 11:50 GMT |
Lotus is adamant that it will not be the only Formula 1 team that will miss the opening test at Jerez in Spain later this month.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Thursday, January 9th 2014, 14:41 GMT |
Formula 1 drivers will need to learn a whole new way of racing this year because of the fresh demands on fuel economy, reckon Ferrari.Formula 1 drivers will need to learn a whole new way of racing this year because of the fresh demands on fuel economy, reckons Ferrari.
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| Thursday, January 9th 2014, 15:58 GMT |
Former Formula 1 driver Eddie Irvine has been sentenced to six months in prison over a brawl in a night club in Italy
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| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 13:41 GMT |
Caterham boss Cyril Abiteboul believes there is little his team could have done differently to become competitive in Formula 1 quicker
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| Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 15:47 GMT |
Caterham will unveil its 2014 Formula 1 car on the morning of the opening winter test at Jerez
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| By Jonathan Noble | Wednesday, January 8th 2014, 16:30 GMT |
Lotus may have grabbed the headlines by announcing it was skipping the first Formula 1 test, but it is not alone in expecting a tough build-up to 2014
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 12:26 GMT |
The level of spending of Formula 1's top teams is unsustainable in the long term, reckons Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff.
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| Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 11:05 GMT |
Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna has asked the media to leave the Grenoble hospital where the seven-time champion is being treated.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, January 7th 2014, 14:58 GMT |
McLaren is to unveil its 2014 car with an online launch on January 24 - four days before the first test begins at Jerez.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, January 6th 2014, 17:39 GMT |
Lotus is to miss the first 2014 Formula 1 pre-season test at Jerez in Spain
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Monday, January 6th 2014, 16:10 GMT |
Mark Webber believes it is harder than ever for young Australian drivers to get on the Formula 1 ladder.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, January 6th 2014, 17:00 GMT |
Lotus has undergone a management reshuffle, with its CEO Patrick Louis stepping aside from his day-to-day role with the team.
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| By Gerhard Kuntschik and Scott Mitchell | Sunday, January 5th 2014, 10:56 GMT |
Formula 1 will officially return to Austria in 2014 after the circuit gained the necessary legal permission from local authorities
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| Saturday, January 4th 2014, 12:12 GMT |
Michael Schumacher's management has urged that speculative reports about the seven-time Formula 1 world champion's condition should be disregarded.
Schumacher remains in a critical but stable condition in an induced coma in a Grenoble hospital having suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident last Sunday.
His manager Sabine Kehm issued a statement on Saturday morning underlining that information regarding Schumacher's health would only be issued via the hospital or herself, following reports that attributed comments to ex-F1 driver Philippe Streiff.
"Michael's condition remains critical but stable," said Kehm's statement.
"We would like to clearly stress that any information regarding Michael's health not coming from the doctors treating him or from his management must be treated as invalid and pure speculation.
"In consultation with the doctors treating Michael, it is not expected there there will be any press conference before Monday."
Kehm also addressed reports that police were examining footage from a helmet camera worn by Schumacher during the skiing trip on which the accident happened.
"Michael's helmet camera was voluntarily given to the investigating authorities by the family," she said.
"That this should have been done against the wishes of the family is untrue.
"We ask you to respect the continued privacy of the family."
On Friday evening Robert Kubica, who suffered life-threatening injuries of his own in his February 2011 rally crash, expressed his concern about press intrusion affecting Schumacher's family.
"I was in a similar situation and I know media can play quite a hard game in a very difficult period for him, his family and close friends," said Kubica.
"I wish him all the best and definitely keep fingers crossed he will recover and everything will be fine."
| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Sunday, January 5th 2014, 13:10 GMT |
Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff says working with Lewis Hamilton has been a pleasure, even though his character sometimes 'bites' him
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