Valtteri Bottas escaped unhurt from a 23G impact with the turn six barriers during second practice on Friday at the Red Bull Ring. read more »

Guenther Steiner says he would support shorter race weekends, revealing he would prefer that to fewer grands prix. read more »

Red Bull chief Helmut Marko has insisted that the team currently has no plans to expand their motorsport operations into the all-electric Formula E series, because he sees... read more »

Fernando Alonso would like to be "invisible" until after the Abu Dhabi weekend, as he is embarrassed by the tributes he has had ahead of his final Formula 1 race read more »

Lewis Hamilton questions taking the sport to new countries and would like to see more races in places with "real racing history". read more »

Fernando Alonso has said that he would prefer "zero tolerance" on track limits, despite falling foul of it in Mexico last time out. read more »

If F1 ever tries a triple-header again as seen in 2018, it would prefer to do so with flyaway events instead of European ones. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has admitted that he would prefer a grand prix weekend without practice sessions in future, comparing it to "nonsense" laps. read more »

There's an impression in F1 that Red Bull prefer Max Verstappen over Daniel Ricciardo - events at their home race didn't disprove the theory. read more »

Despite the issues it has caused since the new engine formula was introduced in 2014, manufacturers admit they would prefer to retain the MGU-H post-2021. read more »

McLaren's Fernando Alonso has claimed some F1 drivers prefer to crash on the first lap of races rather than lift off.  read more »

Fernando Alonso has hit out at his rivals' conduct on the opening lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. read more »

The Frenchman felt a mistake at the final turn cost him the chance of qualifying inside the top ten for the Chinese Grand Prix. read more »

Lewis Hamilton wants future race strategy calls "more in my hands" rather than computers after a Mercedes calculation error cost him at the Australian GP read more »

Max Verstappen has heaped praise on Lewis Hamilton, but said he would prefer to have a "real challenge" for the World Championship rather than "win it easy"... read more »

Max Verstappen would prefer engines to blow up rather than switch off after a sensor cut his engine during the Belgian Grand Prix. read more »

Max Verstappen admits he would prefer a spectacular engine detonation to a 'blue screen of death' shut down. read more »

Max Verstappen would rather his Formula 1 engines were blowing up than shutting down, after revealing his failed Renault fired up in the garage after the Belgian Grand Prix read more »

Force India's chief operating officer, Otmar Szafnauer, admits he would prefer the introduction of Halo device to be deferred to 2019. read more »

Former Formula 1 driver Mark Webber says he would prefer to see teams docked constructors' championship points rather than handing drivers grid penalties for mechanical... read more »

Kevin Magnussen says he prefers having a proven and experienced team-mate like Romain Grosjean to compete against after settling at Haas. read more »

Formula 1 boss Chase Carey does not want to negotiate a new Concorde Agreement with teams when it expires in 2020 and would prefer a new form of open-ended "partnership" read more »

Fernando Alonso has denies claims he could walk away from McLaren-Honda mid-season if the team's engine troubles continue. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he would prefer that team-mates didn't share data in Formula 1, claiming that drivers should have to "find it all themselves" when it comes... read more »

It's the most wonderful time of the year (or so they say, we prefer the in-season period) and as such here's GPUpdate.net's Formula 1-related Christmas quiz -… read more »