The FIA has officially confirmed that a ban has been placed to prevent any of the Formula 1 teams from working on their 2026 cars during the entirety of next year. During the... read more »

Following an agreement at a recent F1 Commission meeting, teams are not allowed to undertake any wind tunnel or CFD work for the new spec cars until January 1 2025, mirroring a... read more »

Last weekend's 2023 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale marked four years since an end-of-year team photoshoot - which he noted for a lack of diversity - prompted the... read more »

In response to the investigation that motor racing's governing body launched as a consequence of the physical troubles drivers faced at this year's Qatar Grand Prix,... read more »

Final meeting of the Formula 1 Commission of 2023 sees support for an update to the Sprint format and the scrapping of plan to ban tyre blankets. read more »

The F1 Commission met for the final time in 2023 on Friday morning at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with further tweaks to the sprint race format high on the agenda. But... read more »

The final Formula 1 Commission meeting of 2023 has taken place with changes to the Sprint format and a scrap on the tyre blanket ban among the key discussion points. The... read more »

Amid a growing consensus in the paddock that the current standalone sprint format is not delivering as much entertainment as hoped for, team bosses and grand prix racing chiefs... read more »

It is understood that Alpine has withdrawn a series of proposed upgrades to its current engine as these did not gain full support from rival teams, which led to an FIA... read more »

When the F1 Commission met at last month's Belgian Grand Prix, the topic of engine equalisation was on the agenda.This followed claims from Alpine that its power unit... read more »

Protoypes will be run by Alpine and Red Bull in a test at Monza after the Italian GP, and by all teams on the Fridays of the Japanese and Mexican GPsThe Italian company... read more »

Former Mercedes head of strategy Vowles took control of the Grove outfit in February as the replacement for ex-Volkswagen motorsport boss Jost Capito, who left after two... read more »

The two-day test is the latest step in Pirelli's programme of no-blanket slick running, although it is set to be compromised by rain.Pirelli's hope was to introduce... read more »

As Autosport revealed last week, the FIA tabled discussions at this weekend's F1 Commission meeting to evaluate whether action needed to be taken in balancing the... read more »

Tyre blankets will remain for slick rubber in Formula 1 after a proposed ban was voted down during an F1 Commission meeting, it has been confirmed. read more »

Among a raft of decisions taken on Friday, Formula One Commission has allowed the sport to look into ways to equalise the performance of engines among the existing four... read more »

FIA have revealed that the F1 tyre blanket ban will be delayed until at least 2025 after the Formula 1 Commission decided against the introduction of slick tyres that do not... read more »

Tyre blankets will remain on dry tyres in Formula 1 next year after a proposed ban was voted against during Friday's F1 Commission meeting. read more »

The Formula One Commission has agreed to postpone the removal of tyre blankets until after the 2024 season as well as looking into ways to equalise the performance of engines... read more »

The F1 Commission met at Spa today and among the subjects under discussion were tyre blankets and power unit performance convergence. read more »

The decision was made at today's F1 Commission meeting at Spa where the FIA, the F1 organisation and the teams talked through a number of key issues.Tyre blankets were one... read more »

Team bosses and F1 chiefs are due to discuss the tyre blanket issue at a meeting of the F1 Commission at the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday.F1 tyre supplier Pirelli has been... read more »

However, the consensus in the paddock is that blankets will ultimately be kept for slicks next season, with only wets and possibly intermediates running without them.The matter... read more »

Autosport revealed over the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend that the idea of introducing a mechanism to equalise power units among the manufacturers has been tabled by the FIA for... read more »

High-level sources have revealed that the topic of engine equalisation has been added to the agenda of next week's meeting of the F1 Commission that is to take place at... read more »