If you were monitoring that renowned bastion of reasonable and level-headed debate known as Twitter during the Canadian Grand Prix, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Formula One had folded overnight, never to be seen again among the ranks of top-tier motorsport.
What is the perfect form of Formula One? There are no easy answers, but the sport’s authorities hope the plan they’ll present to teams today will be convincing enough to settle the long-running battle for the championship’s soul.
Closer and faster for longer: that’s the aim of a series of small regulatory changes designed to have a substantial effect on the quality of racing in Formula One this season.
Formula One teams get just eight precious days to test their 2019 machinery ahead of next month’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix. At the halfway mark, we can begin to draw some broad-brush conclusions.
The 2019 preseason starts today.
Too much practice and too much simulation has left F1 teams almost bulletproof on race day.
If F1 teams can't perfect their cars, racing becomes less predictable.
The power unit framework, not the qualifying structure itself, is to blame for the sport's latest Saturday malaise.
F1's 2021 car concept looks great, but the chances of it becoming a reality are slim.
Formula One isn't too predictable; it's too political.
Faster cars aren't the answer to F1's problems.
Changing the F1 points system format confusing one of the sport's most effective systems.
Force India chief operating officer Otmar Szafnauer has accused certain team bosses of deliberately “fooling” the governing body, the FIA, into increasing the fuel limit to gain a competitive advantage.
Can F1 make pit stops safer without reducing the spectacle of a sub-three-second tyre change?
When teams prioritise the status quo for their own benefit, the sport loses.
F1 will present teams with a major blueprint for 2021 ahead of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Redesigning the F1 engine risks spreading out the competitive order just as it was closing up.