Stoffel Vandoorne Can Cement His Status as McLaren’s ‘Next 1’ at Bahrain GP

Stoffel Vandoorne made his much-anticipated Formula One debut on Friday, during free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 24-year-old McLaren reserve is a last-minute substitute for Fernando Alonso, who was injured in a high-speed crash in Melbourne, Australia, two weeks ago and ruled out of this weekend’s race by the FIA following a medical examination. This isn’t Vandoorne’s... 

Could Mercedes’ Poor Starts Cost Them a Shot at 3rd Straight Formula 1 Title?

Mercedes have won 33 of 39 races since the start of Formula One’s hybrid V6 engine era in 2014, so it is difficult to find many faults with the team. If you wanted to point one out, though, it would almost certainly be their starts—especially since about the midway point of the 2015 season. Either Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg have qualified on pole for 37 of those 39 grands prix, but... 

Fantastic Start to New Formula 1 Season Overshadowed by Many off-Track Issues

This should be a happy time in the world of Formula One. The new season just began with an exciting, unpredictable race, and Ferrari appear ready to challenge Mercedes’ two-year hegemony. Instead—as is often the case—F1 finds itself mired in controversy. And most of it—as is often the case—is (or was) completely avoidable. First, there was the qualifying debacle in Australia,... 

Ferrari Show Title-Challenging Pace at the Australian Grand Prix

The result of Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix—a Mercedes one-two, followed by Ferrari‘s Sebastian Vettel—will look familiar and predictable to anyone with a cursory interest in Formula One over the last couple years. As at the U.S. Grand Prix last year, though, how those familiar results came about was anything but predictable. In 2015, it took Ferrari and Vettel two races to... 

Wet Australian GP Practice Sessions Limit Conclusions About Relative Performance

The 2016 Formula One season started off with a splash—literally—on Friday in Melbourne, Australia. Rain throughout both free practice sessions severely limited the amount of running by all teams, building the suspense for qualifying on Saturday. After weeks of cautioning that we couldn’t really tell much about the running order from pre-season testing, everyone was hoping Friday practice... 

Are the New F1 Tyre Regulations for 2016 Too Complicated?

The new qualifying format has been the big story this offseason when it comes to new Formula One regulations. Plenty of fans and drivers are complaining that the live elimination system unnecessarily complicates a qualifying process that wasn’t broken—although it has never been tested, so no one knows for sure how it will work. If you want to see unnecessary complication, though, look no... 

Will Taylor Swift Fans Stick Around for a Formula 1 Race in Austin?

The U.S. Grand Prix will go ahead as planned in October 2016, the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) confirmed this week, allaying doubts raised by the race’s provisional status on this year’s calendar. This is great news for Formula One, which cannot afford more problems in America after the 2005 fiasco at Indianapolis and the unfulfilled promise of a New Jersey race, across the Hudson... 

FIA Needs to Build Consensus for Halo Protection on Formula 1 Cars

During the final week of Formula One pre-season testing, Ferrari drivers Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen briefly debuted a prototype of the halo cockpit protection being proposed for 2017. F1 driver Jules Bianchi and IndyCar’s Justin Wilson both died from head injuries last year, leading to a push for better head protection. Still, some drivers—including reigning world champion Lewis... 

5 Things We Learned from Day 4 of the 2nd 2016 Formula 1 Pre-Season Test

Formula One pre-season testing concluded on Friday, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel once again putting in the fastest time. We won’t see the cars on the track again until March 18, for Friday practice at the Australian Grand Prix. After eight days of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, the teams will be feverishly analysing their data and producing updates to their cars... 

Formula 1 Leaders Should Test New Regulations Before Implementing Them

Everyone has an idea (or six) for how to improve Formula One—from louder engines to additional downforce to more durable tyres to revamped qualifying. The problem is no one knows which, if any, of the currently proposed ideas will make the sport better (whatever that means). Williams technical director Pat Symonds recently told ESPN F1’s Laurence Edmondson that even the people... 

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