FIA president Jean Todt is adamant the 2017 Formula 1 sporting and technical regulations will be decided by the revised date of April 30.The original deadline of February 29 was pushed back as lengthy discussions took place regarding power units and aero changes. The aero regulations are said to be...

Increasing the importance of mechanical grip must be the focus for Formula 1's 2017 rules overhaul, McLaren driver Jenson Button believes.Plans for F1 cars to be five-to-six seconds per lap quicker, and look more aggressive with bigger rear tires and wider wings, are accompanied by concerns that faster cars will...

Formula 1's major rules shake-up for 2017 is "wrong for the show" and will only make overtaking more difficult, according to Mercedes engineering director Aldo Costa.F1 is looking to make cars five to six seconds quicker for '17 via the introduction of wider front and rear tires and a new...

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo says the reintroduction of wider tires to Formula 1 for 2017 will separate the better drivers from the rest of the field.Earlier this month, the Strategy Group unveiled plans for a series of changes, which included increasing the rear tire width from 360mm to 420mm, a...

Related StoriesPirelli is open to the idea of rebalancing mechanical and aerodynamic grip in order to improve the racing in Formula 1, including bringing back wider tires. (Pictured: Jody Scheckter in the Ferrari 312-T4 of 1979.)Williams driver Felipe Massa recently urged the sport to study the benefits of introducing wider...

Related StoriesFelipe Massa has urged Formula 1 to study redressing the balance between mechanical and aerodynamic grip in order to improve the quality of its racing.The 2014 regulations have significantly reduced the levels of downforce on the cars this season, but the 2008 world championship runner-up reckons the sport should...

The GP3 Series continued work on trying to boost passing in the formula, completing a test with the 2014 development car at the Yas Marina circuit.Last year's champion Mitch Evans was the man in charge of driving duties, covering 115 laps of the track as he assessed different solutions to...

We're heading to Baltimore next week to do our third American Le Mans Series event in a little over a month, and after coming off a pair of podiums at Mosport and a win at Road America, tackling the notoriously bumpy street circuit around the inner harbor will present an...

THE GRIPPY TRIANGLE IZOD IndyCar Series teams have come up with a number of ways to produce speed at the three-turn, 2.5-mile Pocono oval this weekend, but with three long straights to navigate, the seemingly obvious choice of running low downforce has not been the popular solution. Rather than pulling...