F1's long-awaited spectacle on the streets of the gambling haven of America got off to a disrupted start on Thursday when Carlos Sainz's Ferrari suffered huge damage... read more »

The first F1 race weekend on the famous Strip has been blindsided after Esteban Ocon ran over a water valve cover, with his Alpine lifting it proud of the resurfaced asphalt.... read more »

F1's return to Vegas will take place on an all-new course that incorporates the city's famous Strip boulevard - with the public roads being used having been... read more »

Complaints from both F1 drivers and MotoGP riders about COTA's surface quality have become a recurring theme in recent years at the otherwise popular venue.In response to... read more »

For the return of ground effect in 2022, Mercedes sought to run the W13 as low to the asphalt as possible to achieve maximum theoretical downforce.But the car was hurt by... read more »

The Mercedes driver said that the opening day of practice on Friday had been a puzzling one, as there was so little grip on offer.Speaking after ending second practice in fifth... read more »

Leclerc, who scored pole in Azerbaijan and last time out at Spa, was running fifth when he ploughed into the wall with four minutes left in Q3 at Zandvoort.A small snap through... read more »

The asphalt at the Hard Rock Stadium track was re-laid by circuit specialists Tilke for this year's Miami GP, following problems in the inaugural 2022 event. However, the... read more »

After the asphalt started to break up during the inaugural running of the race last season, F1 organisers tasked Hard Rock Stadium and grand prix managing director Tom... read more »

The new asphalt is very smooth and slippery, offering little mechanical grip but at the same time good adhesion, which increasingly improved as conditions got better. read more »

A slow launch from George Russell to trigger contact with the AlphaTauri of Pierre Gasly sent the Mercedes spinning into Zhou on the approach to the Turn 1 right-hander.The... read more »

Albon was running in sixth place but lost the rear of the FW45 through Turn 7 to career across the gravel trap and nose heavily into the barrier before bouncing back towards... read more »

Degradation is in line with our simulations as well as the data recorded during the three days of testing last week, on some of the most abrasive asphalt of the year. read more »

Roll hoops came under the spotlight after Alfa driver Zhou Guanyu's huge accident at the start of last year's British Grand Prix.Alfa was the only team using the... read more »

While the American's competitive arena was in rally cars, the influence he had stretched far beyond asphalt and gravel stages - and reached not only into the Formula 1... read more »

The Yas Marina's characteristics aren't particularly demanding for the tyres. The asphalt is not especially abrasive, which allows the use of the softer compounds. read more »

The Singapore Grand Prix returns this weekend for the first time since 2019, following the Coronavirus pandemic. read more »

With 18-inch tyres that have a completely different compound and structure compared to the ones used three years ago - as well as new asphalt - it's almost like a totally... read more »

As Autosport's exclusive images show, the idea has been incorporated at Turn 12 - the second part of the Hans Ernst chicane.Prompted by problems at last year's GP of... read more »

The new asphalt is quite smooth and doesn't offer as much grip as when we measured it directly after the Spa 24 Hours a few weeks ago. However, this is likely to change... read more »

Max Verstappen has backed the "old school" safety changes made at Spa Francorchamps with gravel replacing the swathes of asphalt runoff. read more »

Zhou escaped from a horrifying crash just after the start at Silverstone when he was flipped over on the run away from the lights.His Alfa Romeo skidded upside down along the... read more »

The asphalt at the Red Bull Ring offers reasonably low grip on a low-severity circuit, which makes it possible to bring the softest tyres in the range. read more »

Toto Wolff thinks Mercedes should diversify beyond the world of F1. read more »

We're expecting the usual rapid track evolution and a smooth surface with the new asphalt, but the track has been jet-washed at high pressure, which means that it should... read more »