Daniel Ricciardo enters the New Year no longer as an F1 driver - and the people he leaves behind still can't explain what happened. read more »

Toto Wolff has looked back on Ferrari losing a "key driver" in Michael Schumacher when their dominance ended as a lesson for how Mercedes can push forwards with Lewis... read more »

For the first time since the turbo hybrid rules were introduced in 2014, Mercedes failed to win either a drivers' or constructors' championship this year.But... read more »

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff has revealed that he studied Manchester United's failures to avoid a decline at the Formula One team. read more »

Three-times world champion Jackie Stewart has urged Lewis Hamilton to resign from F1 to avoid risking the "pain" of his career ending in decline. read more »

The Canadian Grand Prix showed Max is in ominous form, while Lewis Hamilton's decline has been greatly exaggerated. read more »

A podium on his debut and no more in his next 119 F1 races means Kevin Magnussen is keeping it real despite his Bahrain heroics. read more »

In August 2020 the Williams family sold its majority stake to the US investment firm Dorilton Capital following years of decline, finishing at the bottom of the... read more »

Felipe Massa is not surprised Ferrari have struggled in recent years, saying keeping a cool head is "difficult at Ferrari". read more »

If Anthony Davidson had to pick his five best current F1 drivers, he agrees with Martin Brundle that Sebastian Vettel wouldn't be one of them. read more »

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton have both denied the need for talks over driving conduct ahead of their F1 title showdown in Abu Dhabi this weekend. read more »

They say you can't teach an old dog new tricks, but 40-year-old Alonso's arsenal of trickery is still up there with the very best. So what is there to teach?Rather... read more »

Charles Leclerc was one of the drivers forced to avoid some debris on the track in Baku, and his Azerbaijan GP went backwards from there. read more »

Paddy Lowe believes the Williams family should have sold the Formula 1 team sooner than it did to avoid the decline it has endured over the past few years. read more »

Former Williams Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe has described his second stint with the team as an unrewarding experience owing to its gradual decline down the pecking... read more »

The Kingdom of Bahrain has offered a Covid-19 vaccine to personnel travelling to Formula 1 testing and the opening grand prix of the 2021 season. Bahrain is due to welcome... read more »

Zak Brown has always seen McLaren as the Star Wars of F1, and feels that they became "a bit Darth Vader" during their decline. read more »

Readers are currently sharing their thoughts on the decline of Williams, Alpine's 'launch' and the future of Alfa Romeo in Formula 1. read more »

Red Bull driver programme chief Helmut Marko thinks Sebastian Vettel's Ferrari decline started at Hockenheim in 2018. read more »

For Russian Daniil Kvyat, it has always been a case of what could have been? We look back at his career and where it went wrong read more »

Romain Grosjean conceded he has been saddened by the decline of Haas and said bluntly there was 'zero chance' the team could have reached Q2 in Bahrain. read more »

Are Sebastian Vettel's struggles of his own making or is he being compromised by Ferrari? PlanetF1 readers have been having their say... read more »

Carlos Sainz says he retains "100% confidence" in Ferrari, as he dismissed any suggestion he could be having second thoughts about his move there for the 2021 Formula... read more »

Unable to score a single point at the Belgian GP, a race in which Ferrari were 1-2 a year ago, Sebastian Vettel says they "were just not quick enough". read more »

Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc and Kimi Raikkonen were among the six drivers who declined to take a knee ahead of the Austrian Grand Prix. read more »