Fernando Alonso's claim over the Mexican Grand Prix weekend that McLaren has identified areas from rival Formula 1 teams it can copy for 2016 marks a change in thinking.For many years McLaren's design department has been fiercely independent, following its own concepts and innovations.When the Honda-powered MP4-30 launched (RIGHT), both...

Lotus has released images of the new Mercedes-powered E23 Formula 1 car that it hopes will get it back in the hunt for podiums.After a disappointing 2014 campaign, the team has switched engine manufacturers for this year. It also spent much of last season consolidating its finances and restructuring its...

With Formula 1's 2015 cars set to hit the track at Jerez this weekend, attention will soon be on the critical details of these new challengers.The limited imagery we have seen of the 2015 cars so far points to the noses being the only major change in the car designs...

Related StoriesLewis Hamilton thinks the loss of FRIC suspension is going to help him to come back stronger when the Formula 1 season resumes after the summer break.Although the FRIC concept appears to have had little impact in the competitive order between teams, Hamilton says its removal from the car...

pbehar DRIVERS1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes)2 – Sebastian VETTEL (Red Bull Racing)3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Williams) TV UNILATERALCongratulations Nico. It was a dramatic qualifying session wasn’t it, what with the rain, going off at the first corner etc. What was it like from the cockpit?Nico ROSBERG: Yeah, quali three was...

Key Formula 1 players believe the loss of FRIC suspension systems from cars will show up more at the Hungarian Grand Prix than it did in Germany.Following an FIA clarification that FRIC could be challenged, all teams removed their systems before last weekend's race at Hockenheim. Although it made only...

Nico Rosberg thinks Mercedes still has work to do to fix the brakes on its Formula 1 car, after struggling to manage his own during the German Grand Prix.Both Rosberg and teammate Lewis Hamilton changed their brakes under parc ferme rules after qualifying on Saturday, leading some rival teams to...

Related StoriesRomain Grosjean has no doubts that Lotus has been hurt by being forced to remove its FRIC suspension system for this weekend's German Grand Prix.With Lotus, then running as Renault, having pioneered the return of interconnected suspension to Formula 1 in 2008, the team was one of the teams...

Formula1.com - Latest NewsSweltering track temperatures that rose as high as 58 degrees Celsius made life difficult for the teams and drivers as they tried to assess the performance of Pirelli's soft and supersoft tyres and get to grips with running their cars without Front-and-Rear Interconnected suspension (FRIC). In the...

Ferrari has backed the FIA's handling of the FRIC controversy, even though Formula 1 teams have faced a headache in removing the suspension systems from their cars.The governing body informed teams just after the British GP that it believed FRIC systems could be illegal, and that any team running them...