Mercedes and McLaren have become the latest teams to confirm the launch date of their 2018 Formula 1 cars.Defending champions Mercedes will follow a similar schedule to last season and unveil the W09 at Silverstone on February 22, with the new car completing 100km (62 miles) as part of a...

The all-new F3 Americas Championship car was revealed Thursday at Circuit of The Americas, site of this weekend's finale rounds of the F4 U.S. Championship.The new series, which was first announced last month, will feature a Ligier Crawford chassis developed by Onroak that incorporates a version of the halo cockpit...

The attitude toward the introduction of the halo cockpit protection concept in 2018 is split 50/50 among Formula 1 drivers, following a request by the FIA.Additional Frontal Protection (AFP) was originally approved for introduction in 2017 to protect drivers' heads against injury from large objects, with the halo – designed...

Sport newsFrontal cockpit protectionThe Strategy Group agreed unanimously that the 2018 season will see the introduction of frontal cockpit protection for Formula One cars in order to significantly enhance the safety of drivers.It was decided that owing to the relatively short timeframe until the commencement of the 2017 Formula One...

Lewis Hamilton has urged critics of Formula 1's new qualifying format to wait until the system has made its debut in Australia before passing judgment.On Friday the World Motor Sport Council confirmed an earlier decision made by the F1 Commission that qualifying for this season would take on an elimination...

Nico Rosberg has given his seal of approval to Formula 1's new halo cockpit protection system, even though he appreciates it is not visually pleasing at present.Kimi Raikkonen tested the device on his Ferrari for one lap at the start of the third day of the second pre-season test at...

Nico Hulkenberg has voiced his objection to the potential introduction of the halo cockpit protection system for the 2017 Formula 1 season.The FIA and F1 teams' technical chiefs have held in-depth talks on the subject in recent weeks, with the matter due to be further debated in Geneva on Tuesday...