McLaren had the potential to block Carlos Sainz's move to Ferrari next year, but opted to release him from an optional extra year in his contract to sign Daniel Ricciardo. read more »

Andreas Seidl says McLaren opted to keep its new Mercedes-style nose on Lando Norris' car despite it "not" being a step forward. read more »

Mercedes has explained why it opted to qualify Lewis Hamilton on the less-favourable soft compound tyre for the Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix despite his plea to use mediums read more »

Sergio Perez has questioned why some Racing Point team members have begun to "hide things" from him following the announcement of his departure from the Formula 1... read more »

Sergio Perez says he expects to have a stronger idea on what his options for 2021 are next week, asserting that his desire to stay in Formula 1 remains "very strong".... read more »

Pierre Gasly feels he is "ready" to return to Red Bull if the team opted to recall him from its sister AlphaTauri squad following his maiden F1 victory.  read more »

Racing Point has opted not to pursue its appeal in the latest development regarding the brake duct saga. read more »

Valtteri Bottas has explained why he opted not to run in Mercedes F1 teammate Lewis Hamilton's slipstream during Italian GP qualifying. read more »

The FIA has opted to take no further action following an incident in which Lewis Hamilton was forced to take action to avoid a crash at the end of final practice for the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says he is still "very open" with Ferrari in spite of his impending exit from the team at the end of the year. Ferrari opted not to enter discussions... read more »

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says Formula 1 is not currently seeing “the real Sebastian Vettel” as the German's struggles at Ferrari continue. Vettel worked... read more »

Carlos Sainz Jr says that his McLaren Formula 1 team could "suffer" if the Belgian GP is wet after it opted to run an ultra low downforce set-up read more »

Renault has opted to withdraw from the appeals process against the stewards' decisions regarding the legality of Racing Point's brake ducts. read more »

Guenther Steiner has revealed there were four principal reasons why owner Gene Haas opted to commit his team to Formula 1's new Concorde Agreement. read more »

Max Verstappen opted against a contra strategy in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix as he feels the soft tyre will hold up fine for the opening race stint read more »

McLaren boss, Andreas Seidl has explained the reason his team opted not to appeal the stewards ruling on the legality of the Racing Point RP20. read more »

The Formula 1 race stewards have opted to take no action against Esteban Ocon or Kevin Magnussen following their "unfortunate" accident in final practice for the... read more »

Williams has confirmed that it has opted not to appeal the decision issued by the stewards regarding Racing Point's brake ducts. Stewards determined that Racing Point had... read more »

While Ferrari and Renault appeal the stewards ruling on the Racing Point RP20, Williams has followed McLaren's example and opted not to proceed. read more »

Formula 1 chief Ross Brawn says Nico Hulkenberg deserves a full-time seat in the championship, revealing that he almost signed him for Mercedes in 2013. Hulkenberg missed out... read more »

Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen has explained his reasons for why he opted not to take 'the knee' at the British Grand Prix, having done so in the first three... read more »

Kevin Magnussen opted against kneeling ahead of the British Grand Prix in order to distance himself from any political sentiments of groups such as Black Lives Matter. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has called for "more conversation" after seven drivers opted not to take a knee during a more organised anti-racism protest ahead of the British Grand... read more »

Mercedes has revealed that it opted against a precautionary late pit stop for Lewis Hamilton at the British Grand Prix, moments before his tyre deflation. Mercedes held a... read more »

Haas' Kevin Magnussen opted against taking a knee during F1's anti-racism protest the British Grand Prix, joining the six Formula One drivers who have done so since... read more »