Aston Martin Formula 1 driver Sebastian Vettel felt that his switch to slick tyre in the Turkish Grand Prix was worth the gamble after struggling for grip on the intermediates. read more »

The world champion had made a strong recovery from 11th on the grid to run fifth behind Red Bull's Sergio Perez during the midpoint of the race.But as a number of cars... read more »

The Aston Martin driver was the first one to gamble for dry tyres in the tricky conditions at the Istanbul Park, opting to take on fresh mediums after 36 laps, with the track... read more »

Mika Hakkinen says Lando Norris, not McLaren, was in the best place to judge on strategy when rain began to fall in the Russian Grand Prix. read more »

Even after Lewis Hamilton pitted and the rain got heavier, Lando Norris might have come away with P2 in Sochi. Jolyon Palmer looks at how McLaren and Norris went all in for the... read more »

What was the decision that meant Lando Norris started first but finished 7th? And how did the same decision provide Lewis Hamilton with his 100th Formula 1 win? In the first... read more »

Hamilton had looked all set to finish behind leader Lando Norris in the closing stages of the Sochi race, before a late downpour turned the race on its head.As the rain blew... read more »

So close, yet so far for Lando Norris! Deciding not to box was a gamble that didn't pay off as the Brit slipped out of P1, eventually pitting and finishing a distant P7 in... read more »

The race was decided in the closing stages, with Norris going for his first win and Hamilton aiming for his century, but the result was ultimately determined by rain and pit... read more »

George Russell has set his sights on another Williams podium declaring there is "nothing to lose" after a stunning tyre gamble led to third position on the grid for... read more »

At Silverstone, the consensus was that everyone would take the safe option and start on the medium tyre. Alonso opted to go with the soft instead, taking advantage of the extra... read more »

Toto Wolff has admitted Mercedes was caught out by Red Bull's tyre "gamble" when it switched to the hards in the final phase of Formula 1's Dutch Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff conceded to being caught out by Red Bull's mid-race "gamble" to put Dutch Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen on the hard tyre. read more »

Without a lot of prior information to fall back on, there's also scope for drivers to gamble on doing something different - which might just pay off. read more »

Jock Clear has recalled the calculated gamble taken by Jacques Villeneuve that clinched World Championship victory in a dramatic 1997 decider. read more »

Valtteri Bottas says his inability to get past Max Verstappen at the start of Formula 1's first-ever sprint qualifying meant he couldn't make the most of his soft tyres. read more »

Contrary to earlier expectations, Pirelli's Mario Isola says some teams could gamble on soft tyres in the British GP's sprint qualifying. read more »

Some drivers could gamble by starting Formula 1's first sprint qualifying race on soft tyres, according Pirelli boss Mario Isola. read more »

Pirelli says teams will likely attack the Sprint Qualifying race at Silverstone with the medium compound tyre, although some drivers could gamble on the soft compound. read more »

In contrast to a normal race weekend, when the top 10 drivers start the race on the tyres they progressed through from Q2 on while the rest of the grid has a free choice on... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr and Charles Leclerc both gambled on getting through to Q3 on the medium tyre but failed to advance through at the Red Bull Ring. read more »

Sergio Perez believes pitting for a second time in the Styrian Grand Prix "was the right thing to do" despite missing out on a third consecutive Formula 1 podium... read more »

An experiment with a "radical" set-up direction could have ended up hurting Mercedes' race pace in Formula 1's Styrian Grand Prix. read more »

Mercedes head of trackside operations, Andrew Shovlin has admitted that a "wacky" gamble on set-up for Lewis Hamilton in the Styrian Grand Prix essentially backfired. read more »

Max Verstappen conceded he was "lucky" to win the French Grand Prix on Sunday and revealed he had to "work hard" to close down Lewis Hamilton and make a... read more »