Rival Formula 1 teams are better than Williams at exploiting the regulations, concedes its technical chief Pat Symonds.F1's technical regulations have been overhauled for 2017, creating faster, wider cars with bigger tires. Major rules overhauls can often give teams scope to find an edge by exploiting gray areas. Symonds admits...

Williams ran with what chief technical officer Pat Symonds called an "experimental" front wing in preparation for the 2017 season during Friday practice for the United States Grand Prix.The front wing will be 150mm wider as part of next year's rule changes, and Williams ran a version of its 2016...

Pirelli faces a key meeting with Formula 1's hierarchy next week at which it hopes to be given a clear mandate for tires' role in the new rules era.Pirelli chairman Marco Tronchetti Provera and motorsport director Paul Hembery are to discuss plans for its 2017-19 deal with F1 chief executive...

The McLaren Formula 1 team has unveiled a concept car that it believes will provide a "conceptual vision for the future of motorsport technology." (Scroll down for video.)F1 is currently discussing substantial changes to its technical regulations for the 2017 season, which will be focused on making the cars faster...

Daniel Ricciardo says new parts added to the Red Bull at this week's final Formula 1 pre-season test at Barcelona have helped address the car's weaknesses.World champion Mercedes was better prepared for 2014's major F1 technical regulations change, taking 16 race wins, while previously dominant Red Bull had to settle...

Tire supplier Pirelli believes the return of wider tires to Formula 1 over the next few years will help bring the "wow factor" back to grand prix racing.F1 technical chiefs and the FIA are discussing ways of making cars look more exciting and produce more thrills for drivers. One avenue...

Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo will start the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from the pitlane after Red Bull had to change its front wing and nose assembly.The duo had been thrown out of qualifying for the season finale at the Yas Marina after the FIA ruled that the RB10's front...

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Daniel Ricciardo have been excluded from qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after their cars were found to be in breach of the regulations.A report by F1 technical delegate Jo Bauer on Saturday evening said that the "front wing flaps were designed to flex...

ABOVE: Bernie Ecclestone (left) and FIA President Jean Todt top a complex leadership pyramid. If you’ve wondered how Formula 1 decides its rules, but don’t know your Strategy Group from your Formula One Commission, read on from this excerpt from THE INSIDER ISSUE of RACER Magazine, on sale now. As...

For the 2014 season, Formula One racing undertook the most comprehensive regulation changes seen in the last three decades, with a move to more fuel efficient, hybrid turbocharged power units.With 11 of the year's 19 Grands Prix complete, F1 technical expert Gary Anderson looks back on how these changes have...