Lewis Hamilton appears poised to finally confirm his long-term Formula 1 future with Mercedes, with an announcement now expected over the course of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.After stating in Malaysia the new deal was "99.6 percent done", the reigning champion's failure to put pen to paper in recent weeks...

Romain Grosjean says Lotus has learned from the mistakes it made during a terrible 2014 Formula 1 season.Lotus finished fourth in the 2013 F1 constructors' championship and carried Grosjean to six podium finishes, but the squad failed to crack the top six in any race this year as it slumped...

Fernando Alonso admitted he already had doubts about his future with Ferrari during the 2013 Formula 1 season.The Italian squad finally confirmed on Thursday that two-time F1 champion Alonso was leaving at the end of the season, after five years together, to make way for Sebastian Vettel. Although Alonso revealed...

The Williams Formula 1 squad's 2013 restructuring has given it long-term stability, according to deputy team principal Claire Williams. While the team endured a miserable season on-track last year, scoring only five points, it made major changes to its organization. As well as Williams taking on her new role, Pat...

Red Bull's Adrian Newey doubts Sebastian Vettel could have taken a clean sweep of the 2013 Formula 1 season even if Pirelli's more favorable tires had been used all year.Pirelli's switch back to 2012 construction from the Hungarian Grand Prix worked in Red Bull's favor. Although Vettel was defeated by...

Red Bull technical chief Adrian Newey admits that the 2013 Formula 1 season fell into his team's hands after Pirelli's mid-season tire change.Despite Sebastian Vettel's eventual domination of the world championship, Newey felt the team was in a close fight until Pirelli returned to its 2012 tire construction for the...

McLaren's poor 2013 Formula 1 season was a result of an unnecessary panic during a fallow period in mid-2012, according to team boss Martin Whitmarsh.The team failed to take a podium finish this year for the first time since 1980, despite ending 2012 as F1's pacesetter. Whitmarsh now believes his...

Mercedes F1 overachieved in 2013 by taking second in the Formula 1 constructors' championship, asserts its motorsport chief Toto Wolff.After an often frustrating first three years in F1, the modern incarnation of the Mercedes factory team was regularly Red Bull's closest challenger this season.Drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg claimed...

Pirelli's motorsport boss Paul Hembery admits the Italian manufacturer was hurt by Red Bull's criticism of its tires during the 2013 Formula 1 season.The team was one of the most critical of the Italian rubber during the year, as it felt it was too soft. Red Bull went on to...

Caterham fell behind Marussia in the 2013 Formula 1 season because it overstretched itself a year earlier, reckons team boss Cyril Abiteboul.Having led F1's tail-end pack since being part of 2010's influx of new teams, Caterham was beaten to 10th in the constructors' championship by Marussia this year, and was...