Manor owner Stephen Fitzpatrick says his Formula 1 team started work on its 2017 car in January and believes the regulation changes provide an opportunity to move up the grid.Manor completed 2015 with a modified '14-spec car, after Fitzpatrick's late purchase to secure its future, but started this season with...

Wind tunnels could one day be rendered obsolete in Formula 1 if teams are able to upgrade their dated CFD systems, says McLaren racing director Eric Boullier.A wind tunnel ban with greater CFD use was proposed at Monday's meeting of the F1 Strategy Group as the push to reduce costs...

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff thinks a ban on wind tunnel use in Formula 1 is "not going to happen."Last week, Red Bull boss Christian Horner suggested that F1 should be willing to consider such a ban as an "extreme" money-saving measure. Since then, Williams team principal Claire Williams has said...