Lando Norris says McLaren is pushing hard to catch Mercedes and feels its 2026 car has “a lot of potential” ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Williams has released the first images of a 2017 Formula 1 car, launching a video of the FW40 on Friday morning (below).With new aerodynamic regulations resulting in changes to car design this year, Williams has become the first team to show off its car ahead of physical launches next week....

Sauber is confident of being competitive throughout the 2017 Formula 1 season despite using a year-old Ferrari power unit, according to team principal Monisha Kaltenborn.For the final year of its supply deal with Ferrari, Sauber will run the 2016 specification of power unit, following the approach taken by Toro Rosso...

Manor is refusing to give up on this year's Formula 1 car before turning its attention to the clean slate available for the radically different 2017 model.Manor has made progress this season following the arrival of a Mercedes power unit and Williams transmission, but continues to languish at the back...

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley believes car improvements in lower-speed corners contributed to the team's best Formula 1 qualifying performance of 2016.Valtteri Bottas will start Sunday's Russian Grand Prix second after setting the third-fastest time in qualifying, thanks to Sebastian Vettel's penalty, with teammate Felipe Massa lining up fourth.While the...

Manor's 2016 Formula 1 car has successfully completed its final crash test at the first attempt ahead of the start of pre-season testing next month.The Banbury, UK-based team endured a troubled build-up to last season as it battled to make the grid after falling into bankruptcy administration. After a late...

The Manor Formula 1 team has appointed former Ferrari chief designer Nikolas Tombazis as its chief aerodynamicist with immediate effect.Tombazis spent nine years as Ferrari's chief designer before it was announced in December 2014 he was leaving the team amid a restructure of the F1 outfit. The 47-year-old, who will...

Manor is to race with Mercedes engines from the 2016 Formula 1 season.The back-of-the grid team has long been in discussions with Mercedes over an F1 power-unit supply, agreeing a deal from next year onwards. Manor has been using year-old Ferrari engines, but under the terms of the agreement with...

Force India's "B-spec" Formula 1 car will not run for the first time until the British Grand Prix, says Sergio Perez, rather than appearing at the post-Austria test.The revised car passed its crash test following last month's Monaco GP, with the ideal plan having been to introduce the package at...

Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is adamant that Mercedes' current Formula 1 dominance is far greater than his squad ever achieved.Horner's team won the world championship from 2010-'14, taking Sebastian Vettel to a string of drivers' titles in tandem with its constructors' success. But having called for the FIA...