No crashes or breakdowns, but the second red flag of pre-season test was waved on Friday morning in Bahrain. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says there is some concern over Mercedes’ reliability after he was forced to stop on Thursday with an engine issue, just one of a number of breakdowns for... read more »

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul vents his frustration over his squad's double DNF in Bahrain due to engine breakdowns read more »

Fernando Alonso is not concerned by McLaren's breakdowns in the second test and feels confident enough to race in Australia if it was "tomorrow". read more »

Sebastian Vettel topped the timesheets on the first day of the second test in Barcelona, but there were significant breakdowns at both McLaren and Red Bull. read more »

McLaren's Eric Boullier says the team isn’t flustered about seeing a number of Renault power unit failures ahead of its switch to the French manufacturer in 2018. read more »

Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul says the series of power unit breakdowns at the F1 Mexican Grand Prix was "a reminder that reliability remains an issue". read more »

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap so far in Formula 1 pre-season testing on the penultimate morning at Barcelona, as McLaren breakdowns caused two red flags read more »

Mercedes have hit back at the conspiracy theories over Lewis Hamilton's 2016 breakdowns, insisting claims of sabotage would be dismissed by "anyone with an ounce of... read more »

Everyone at Mercedes are keeping their fingers crossed that their drivers suffer no mechanical breakdowns in the title decider in Abu Dhabi... read more »

Car unreliability in Formula 1 can be caused by a number of different things. Poor, or fragile initial design can obviously lead to a higher risk of component failure on the... read more »