Formula 1 Grading every F1 team’s 2023 season so far Who are the successes and failures of 2023? Well to separate the star performers from the ‘must do betters’, The Race has graded all 10 Formula 1 teams based on their performance in the first half of the season
Formula 1 Could this ‘super-intermediates’ plan save wet F1 races? Pirelli is open to developing what have been dubbed “super-intermediate” tyres that would be used as a single specification of wet-weather Formula 1 rubber. But the situation’s not as simple as Pirelli just getting on with making a better tyre
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2023 mid-season F1 driver rankings We’ve had 12 weekends’ worth of 2023 F1 driver rankings – so how does the field stack up? Edd Straw charts each driver’s high points, low points and average ranking to create a definitive mid-season order
Formula 1 F1 2023’s most under-rewarded driver is getting by on scraps Three points rather sums up AlphaTauri’s 2023 Formula 1 campaign with the recalcitrant AT04. But if that’s reflective of the team’s efforts, it doesn’t tell you all you need to know about Yuki Tsunoda’s
Formula 1 Mercedes is bouncing ‘hugely’ again – but it’s not F1’s problem George Russell says it’s a “shame” for Formula 1 that cars are still bouncing – but Mercedes’ struggles aren’t for F1 to fix
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2023 Belgian Grand Prix driver rankings Max Verstappen claimed his 45th Formula 1 victory at the Belgian Grand Prix – but was he the best-performing driver of the weekend? Edd Straw gives his verdict as he ranks the field
Formula 1 F1 drivers desperate for improvements to ‘pointless’ wet tyre The rush to get rid of the “pointless” wet tyres as soon as Formula 1’s Spa sprint race began showed how their performance is regarded, and drivers’ comments afterwards emphasised that. Here’s what drivers want to happen and what Pirelli is working on
Formula 1 Williams frustration rises as rivals rebuff F1 rule tweak bid A proposal that is key to Williams’s Formula 1 recovery plan was rebuffed by rival team bosses in a Formula 1 Commission meeting that a frustrated James Vowles felt ended up going “round in circles”
Formula 1 F1 tyre blanket ban loses 2024 vote, now earmarked for 2025 F1 teams have voted against binning off tyre blankets for 2024, but there’s still every intention to introduce such a ban down the line
Formula 1 Statement hire, great fit – Williams’ new F1 tech boss revealed Williams has announced Pat Fry will join the team as chief technical officer, a shrewd appointment for a team in its long-term quest to climb the Formula 1 grid, says Edd Straw
Formula 1 Ferrari’s F1 reshuffle unveiled as Mekies departs Ferrari racing director Laurent Mekies will leave the team at the end of this week ahead of his move to AlphaTauri as its new Formula 1 team principal, Ferrari has confirmed
Formula 1 Do Alonso’s claims about Aston Martin’s F1 slump stand up? Aston Martin’s gone from being Red Bull’s closest 2023 Formula 1 rival to only scoring minor points. Around the same time, Pirelli’s changed the F1 tyres’ construction. Are those two things linked and have the tyres caused other order shake-ups? Fernando Alonso suspects so. Does he have a point?
Formula 1 Why Aston Martin’s ‘reality check’ admission is so significant Aston Martin called its Hungarian GP performance a “reality check”. That wasn’t just a throwaway phrase – it was an acknowledgement that its slide over recent F1 races is a trend – and a worrying moment of clarity
Formula 1 Inside an abrupt Hungarian GP collapse with big ramifications In the span of a minute, the points-hungry Alfa Romeo F1 team went from two cars in the top seven to no cars in the top 11 in Hungary
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2023 Hungarian Grand Prix F1 driver rankings An experimental qualifying format and a tyre-chewing race presented a unique set of challenges to the F1 field in Hungary. As always, some coped better than others
Formula 1 Four reasons why Alfa Romeo was suddenly a top-five F1 car Alfa Romeo had the slowest F1 car on average at the first 10 grands prix of the season, yet in Hungary it has both cars in the top seven on the grid. Anomalous and circumstantial? Perhaps. But it’s also confirmed underlying improvements its upgrades have provided
Formula 1 First look at prototype F1 car spray guards after initial test The prototype Formula 1 spray covers tested for the first time at Silverstone last week made “no tangible difference” to the level of spray produced by the cars, meaning the FIA is now working on a new evolution of the concept incorporating the real-world data acquired
Formula 1 What is the ATA? F1’s qualifying format tweak explained The Hungarian Grand Prix features the debut of an experimental Formula 1 format tweak called the Alternative Tyre Allocation. Here’s everything you need to know about the ATA and how it might affect qualifying and the race
Formula 1 What watching every lap of Ricciardo’s first day back revealed Daniel Ricciardo has completed his first proper day back in F1. There was understandably plenty of attention on his performance through Friday practice at the Hungarian GP – including from The Race’s journalists, with Scott Mitchell-Malm and Edd Straw following every lap both onboard and trackside
Formula 1 F1 drivers’ De Vries sympathies are genuine but hollow The majority of Formula 1 drivers agree Red Bull treated Nyck de Vries harshly and that he deserved more time. But most have benefited in their own careers from rivals suffering fates such as his
Formula 1 Why one of Red Bull’s F1 teams is much slower than the other Daniel Ricciardo will make his F1 comeback in a car owned by Red Bull, that contains Red Bull parts and that uses the same Honda engine as the all-conquering RB19. So why is the AT04 propping up the constructors’ championship?
Formula 1 Ricciardo’s last mid-season F1 call-up has a key parallel Daniel Ricciardo is once again stepping into one of the slowest cars on the grid mid-season – just as he did when he made his F1 debut in 2011. And despite everything that has changed in his career since then, he has the same point to prove to the same organisation as he did back then
Formula 1 The understated figure course-correcting McLaren’s F1 recovery You won’t find him in the limelight but McLaren’s new team boss has been doing plenty behind the scenes to save the team’s recovery
Formula 1 Ricciardo will be in worst car to exorcise McLaren demons Despite his willingness to jump into an AlphaTauri midway through the 2023 Formula 1 season speaking volumes about how revitalised Daniel Ricciardo is, he faces a big challenge – but not because of the car’s lack of competitiveness
Formula 1 The critical test that will help decide key 2024 F1 rule change The crucial final test of Pirelli’s blanketless Formula 1 tyres begins on Tuesday, with two days of running before a decision is made on whether they will be raced next year
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2023 British Grand Prix F1 driver rankings The British Grand Prix weekend featured some serious impressive performances – and plenty who didn’t see the limelight still set a high standard in the midfield. Edd Straw ranks the drivers after the Silverstone race
Formula 1 Why McLaren felt it had to ignore Norris’ British GP tyre pleas Lando Norris wanted McLaren to consider softs for the final British GP stint. But changing the strategy was deemed too “operationally” risky
Formula 1 The first big validation of McLaren’s bold 2023 change Oscar Piastri’s third place on the grid for the British Grand Prix is the first high-profile vindication of the McLaren Formula 1 team’s decision to swoop to sign him in place of Daniel Ricciardo this season. While Piastri’s performances have been unobtrusively impressive previously, this is a big r
Formula 1 Norris: McLaren’s long-term fundamental flaws only 30% fixed McLaren duo Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have warned after their spectacular British GP qualifying that fundamental limitations to the MCL60 Formula 1 car remain, with Norris saying they were still “70%” unresolved
Formula 1 ‘No cause good enough to excuse that’ – F1 protest warning Formula 1 drivers have united to dissuade protesters from disrupting the British Grand Prix through on-track protests, with McLaren driver Oscar Piastri arguing there is “no cause good enough to excuse that” given the high risk of doing so
Formula 1 An ‘exciting’ upgrade arrives for an F1 team in no-man’s land Alpine already knows it’s likely to miss its target for the 2023 Formula 1 season. But it’s “excited” about the precise effect the new front wing it’s bringing to the British Grand Prix could have on its car’s behaviour
Formula 1 Russell says Verstappen’s F1 retirement talk a ‘tactic’ George Russell believes his Formula 1 rival Max Verstappen’s hints of a potential exit at the end of his current deal are a salary negotiating “tactic”
Formula 1 Last year’s British GP winner is having a deceptive 2023 season A frustrated Carlos Sainz returns to the scene of his only Formula 1 victory so far convinced he’s having a much stronger 2023 season than the results are showing. Is he right?
Formula 1 Upgrades set to shake up F1’s last place battle at Silverstone AlphaTauri will introduce a new floor during the British GP weekend as part of its efforts to lift itself off the foot of F1’s 2023 standings – but it’s not the only team in F1’s lower midfield group with new parts arriving
Formula 1 Turnaround started or good execution? Ferrari revival assessed Upgrades that seemed to immediately aid performance, a best rest of the 2023 Formula 1 season before and genuine – if tempered – talk of the “beginning of the turnaround” made the Austrian Grand Prix weekend a good one for Ferrari
Formula 1 Edd Straw’s 2023 Austrian Grand Prix F1 driver rankings From weather to burdensome track limits, there was a lot for F1 drivers to trip up on during F1’s sprint-format Austrian GP weekend
Formula 1 Red Bull duo refused to let their first 2023 flashpoint ignite Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez’s Austrian Grand Prix sprint near-misses and particularly the radio traffic about them suggested Red Bull faced its first big spat of the 2023 Formula 1 season. But the bigger story became the drivers’ efforts to ensure that wasn’t the case
Formula 1 Did Verstappen flashpoint hinder Hamilton’s sprint qualifying? An on-track flashpoint with Max Verstappen contributed to Lewis Hamilton’s elimination in the first part of sprint shootout qualifying at the Austrian Grand Prix, with the pair holding each other up on consecutive laps
Formula 1 Bob Fernley obituary: F1 underdog leader with an unusual story Bob Fernley, who has died aged 70, led Force India to some great Formula 1 underdog achievements and was a passionate champion of independent teams. And his route to F1 began at Stockport railway station
Formula 1 F1 set for first track test of wet-weather wheel arches Formula 1’s prototype wheel arches to be fitted to cars in wet conditions are to be tested on track for the first time after the British GP
