Ferrari would be "crazy" to switch focus early to its 2017 car because it believes it is within striking distance of Mercedes this year, according to team principal Maurizio Arrivabene.The team has scored a podium in seven out of the first eight races but failed to score a victory yet...

Renault faces its "most difficult decision" over when to stop developing its underperforming 2016 Formula 1 car and plough its resources into 2017, according to team ambassador Alain Prost.Six grands prix into its return as a works outfit in F1, Renault has so far managed to get just one car...

Gene Haas has conceded his team would have preferred to have had a second Formula 1 season with the current regulations rather than face a dramatic overhaul for 2017.Haas has a technical partnership with Ferrari and the team owner admitted that without it the rule change would have been incredibly...

Fernando Alonso believes Formula 1 would be better off with less overtaking during races. Amid fears that the 2017 rules revamp will make passing harder, Alonso argued this may not be a bad thing.He gave the example of his 2005 San Marino Grand Prix battle with Michael Schumacher, when the...

Force India says it is strong enough financially to pay its bills and keep to its 2016 Formula 1 development schedule, despite speculation about its funding.The team has retained Sahara branding on its car despite co-owner Subrata Roy's continuing imprisonment in an Indian jail for financial irregularities.Fellow co-owner and team...

Williams technical chief Pat Symonds (ABOVE) believes the challenge posed by the revamped 2017 regulations is more difficult than Formula 1 teams encountered in 2009.Teams will have to develop their solutions for 2017 with heavily restricted wind tunnel hours and staff numbers, compared to the last round of sweeping aerodynamic...

Pirelli believes a step in the right direction has been taken with confirmation it can test for up to 12 days during the 2016 Formula 1 season.The newly-released FIA sporting regulations state in article 10.6: "In consultation with the teams and the appointed tire supplier, the FIA reserves the right...

Force India is holding fire on upgrading its wind tunnel program ahead of the introduction of the radical rule changes for the 2017 Formula 1 season.Earlier this year, Force India switched to the Toyota wind tunnel in Cologne as the team felt it had gone as far as it could...

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says progress must be made at Wednesday's meeting of the Formula 1 Strategy Group if the body is to maintain any credibility.The alliance, made up of Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Williams and Force India plus F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone and FIA president Jean Todt,...