F1 Features
In-depth F1 features and F1 exclusive articles from Crash.
Shortly after the official press release outlining Formula 1’s aims for the future of the sport was published, a spoof wish list started doing the rounds online: “More noise; more overtaking; more exciting; more cake; more money; more sunshine; more mascots…”
Ahead of what looks set to be an important weekend for Formula 1’s future as Liberty unveils its post-2020 plan to teams, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his notebook from Thursday in Bahrain.
Liberty Media will further outline what Formula 1’s post-2020 world will look like in a meeting with teams on Friday in Bahrain Grand Prix that looks set to be decisive in the defining future of the sport.
Sacha Fenestraz's dominant Formula Renault 2.0 title led to an early European Formula 3 debut with Carlin ahead of his maiden full campaign.
Marcus Armstrong steps up to the European Formula 3 stage this year after sealing the Italian F4 championship
The latest in an influx of rising British talent turned heads in 2017 with a dominant title-winning campaign in British F3.
Son of seven-time F1 world champion Michael Schumacher heads into 2018 with new pressure on his shoulders
Daniel Ticktum's single-seater racing career was almost over before it had even started after a crazy day at Silverstone in 2015 during his British F4 days
Callum Ilott Briton bounced back from the disappointment of being dropped by the Red Bull junior programme in some style last season
Nirei Fukuzumi graduates to F2 with Arden after finishing third in the GP3 standings behind ART team-mates George Russell and Jack Aitken in 2018
Aiming to stop George Russell in F2 in 2018 is fellow Brit Jack Aitken after narrowly missing out on the GP3 Series title last year
A name that looks destined to be on the F1 grid in the not-too-distant future...
With the junior single-seater season set to kick-off with F2 in Bahrain this weekend, Lewis Larkam picks out 10 rising junior talents who look set to make their mark in 2018.
Looking back on the Australian Grand Prix weekend and the start of the new Formula 1 season, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith puts together his driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes: 9
When I filed my race report for the Formula 1 season-opening Australian Grand Prix, I used the phrase “Ferrari nails its strategy” in the headline , which resulted in a bit of push-bac
Tidying up all the odds and ends following race day in Melbourne and the start of the new season, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.
The opening race of the new season is the first time we get to explore what the Formula 1 teams have got up to over the winter period with their cars.
The more things change, the more they stay the same...
- Lewis Hamilton’s pole position time of 1:21.164 broke his own previous track record at Albert Park in Melbourne that stood from F1 last year. Hamilton’s 2018 pole time was more than a second faster than his 2017 effort.
- Daniel Ricciardo’s rotten luck on home soil continued as he was hit with a three-place grid penalty for failing to slow down enough under the red flag in FP2.
Mercedes’ display through pre-season testing may have left an ominous feeling in some corners about the level of competition we would see through the 2018 Formula 1 season, yet a glimmer of hope appeared to come through during Friday’s practice running in Australia.
Formula 1 is back. The F1 circus has landed in Melbourne’s Albert Park, and it is the happiest weekend of the entire season. For now, with testing but a distant memory and qualifying yet to come, every driver is a potential race winner, and every car a potential championship victor.
In a new feature for Crash.net, Formula 1 editor Luke Smith brings you his ‘Paddock Notebook’ at the end of the opening day of media commitments at Albert Park ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix.