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Carlos Sainz says that Ferrari’s winning form in Austin indicates that the SF-24 will be competitive at all the remaining Formula 1  races of this season – with the possible exception of Qatar. After a run of venues that were expected to favour the car in Monza, Baku...

Max Verstappen has joked that he needs to have “the book in the car” in order to keep track of the FIA Formula 1 driving guidelines. Those guidelines and the raft of penalties awarded over the US GP weekend were the main talking point in Mexico City on Thursday, with...

Lewis Hamilton has stuck with the updated Mercedes W15 floor in Mexico, leaving team mate George Russell with the older spec that he raced in the US GP. The team only had two floors in Austin, and Russell damaged his when he crashed heavily in Q3. Having qualified...

Yuki Tsunoda says that Formula 1 drivers are being expected to “drive like AI” in the wake of the raft of penalties dished out over the US GP weekend. He also compared the situation with the driverless autonomous racing event seen at the Yas Marina track this year....

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella says it was “no surprise” that McLaren struggled in Austin and was outperformed by Ferrari and Red Bull. Stella stressed that Ferrari has been consistently competitive recently, while not always optimising that performance. In...

RB Formula 1 team CEO Peter Bayer says that Liam Lawson’s grid penalty at the US GP allowed his engineers “to go a bit extreme” on setup. After a disappointing sprint the team tried something different heading into qualifying as it tried to optimise the latest upgrade...

Franco Colapinto continued to impress his Williams Formula 1 team by securing 10th place and a priceless point from 15th on the grid in Austin after running a long opening stint on the hard tyres. He also held the fastest lap bonus point for a while with a time set in...

Christian Horner says it was important for his Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team to “get off the back foot” with a strong performance over the US GP weekend relative to rivals McLaren. Helped by an upgrade package Max Verstappen won Saturday’s sprint race and then...

Pierre Gasly says that his Alpine Formula 1 team didn’t “execute the race in the best way” after tumbling out of a potential top 10 finishing position in the US GP. Having qualified an unexpected seventh Gasly gained a further place on the grid when George Russell was...

Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff insists that the latest floor upgrade for the W15 was not the cause of the issues experienced by the drivers in Austin. George Russell crashed heavily in Q3, while in the race Lewis Hamilton had a rare spin and became stuck in a...

Oscar Piastri says that his McLaren MCL38 “very tricky all weekend” after he started and finished the US GP in fifth position. His team mate Lando Norris secured pole for Sunday’s race and finished fourth having been demoted from third by a penalty, thus ending a long...

Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell says that FIA stewards must “apply common sense when needed” after he was one of several drivers to be penalised for driving offences over the US GP weekend. Russell was given a five-second penalty in Sunday’s main race for...

Fred Vasseur says that the US GP was “very well executed” by Ferrari after Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz moved up from the second row to finish one-two. From fourth on the grid Leclerc jumped into the lead at the start, while Sainz went from third to second on...

McLaren Formula 1 boss Andrea Stella says his team thought that the FIA’s investigation of the Lando Norris/Max Verstappen incident in the closing stages of the US GP would lead to a penalty for the Red Bull driver. The team didn’t ask Norris to give back the third...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called the situation surrounding the controversial Red Bull ride height adjustment device “outrageous” – and questioned why it was needed on the car. The FIA’s Nikolas Tombazis has made it clear that the matter is closed and that no...