Think of the Monaco Grand Prix and you probably think of the glitz and the glamor. Yachts in the harbor, bobbing away on the waters of the beautiful shimmering Mediterranean, with expensively dressed diners enjoying a slow lunch sat on the terrace at the Cafe de Paris as Formula 1...

The increase in downforce and grip as a result of the 2017 regulations will reclassify what teams view as a corner in Formula 1, according to McLaren's technical director Tim Goss.The brief for the new regulations was to provide faster and more aggressive-looking cars, which would be more challenging for...

Ross Brawn says he has been invited to become involved in Formula 1 rulemaking but the politics that would be involved are a turn-off.Brawn quit as Mercedes team principal at the end of the 2013 season, saying in his upcoming book "Total competition: Lessons in strategy from Formula 1" that...

Formula 1 drivers may be forced to accept a fixed allocation of tires for the first few races of the 2017 season as Pirelli faces potential production concerns.For this season the rules regarding tire supply altered, with three compounds available per race, and with each driver allowed to nominate the...

McLaren will arrive at the Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix with a "number of unknowns" after failing to complete its testing program, says racing director Eric Boullier.After suffering one of the worst seasons in its history in 2015, McLaren appeared to begin this year on a better foot in...

Williams performance chief Rob Smedley reckons Pirelli's new ultra-soft tire compound will present a "big challenge" to Formula 1 teams in 2016.F1 has revised its tire rules for 2016, introducing a new compound for circuits where the current super-soft tire is considered too hard – principally street tracks such as...

Pirelli is still awaiting a contract to sign from the FIA for its Formula 1 tire supply deal covering the 2017-'19 seasons. Following a tire tender battle between Pirelli and Michelin last year, with both passing the FIA's technical requirements, F1 chief executive Bernie Ecclestone opted for the former following...

Formula 1's teams only have until Dec. 17 to decide which tires to run in the 2016 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, as new rules have forced an early deadline.Although the March 20 race in Melbourne is over three months away, the new tire regulations that recently came into force for...

The FIA has confirmed that Formula 1 teams will have greater freedom when it comes to tire choice in 2016.As has been widely known for some time, tire supplier Pirelli has determined that there will be three dry compounds available over the course of each grand prix weekend next year....

Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery believes the key to success for Formula 1's 2017 tires could be a return to the hotly debated characteristics of the 2012 rubber.Since Pirelli returned to F1 in 2011 there has been a marked decline in the number of overtaking maneuvers, season upon season, as...