F1 Features

Williams heads into the second half of the 2018 Formula 1 season staring down the barrel at the bleak and very real prospect of finishing rock-bottom of the constructors’ championship for the first time in the team’s history, with seemingly little hope of improving on its current position.

12 races in and the 2018 F1 season is already delivering a classic, with three different winning teams and four drivers standing on the top step of the podium.

It's that time of year again to take stock and evaluate who has performed and who is in need of improving, with F1 drivers and teams currently enjoying the annual summer break. 

It’s a shame that Formula 1 doesn’t have an IndyCar-style ‘Rookie of the Year’ award. In a championship where instant success for drivers is a rarity, it would be a good way to celebrate the success of each year’s new crop of talent.

Formula 1's summer break is a natural time to review the season so far and take stock of the performances we have seen across the course of the opening stint, stretching from Australia to Hungary.

Following a dramatic Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his weekend driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 10

With a final round-up from the Hungaroring following Sunday's grand prix, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

When Lewis Hamilton knelt beside his stricken Mercedes following a hydraulic failure in Q1 at Hockenheim last Saturday, he was staring down the barrel of a sizeable points deficit heading into the summer break.

Recapping all of the additional news and notes from the Hungaroring on Saturday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Having tasted so much success throughout his Formula 1 career, there would seem to be very little that Lewis Hamilton can do that one may consider a surprise.

2021 will represent a significant turning point in F1 history, as the sport will introduce a raft of new technical and sporting regulations.

Recapping all of the additional news and notes from the Hungaroring on Friday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Following the sad news of Sergio Marchionne’s death earlier this week, tributes for the former CEO have been interspersed with speculation about what the change of leadership at Ferrari and Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will mean for the future of the Scuderia.

Recapping all of the additional news and notes from the Hungaroring on Thursday, Crash.net F1 Digital Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Following a thrilling German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith offers his driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 9

Observing the final checks being conducted on Lewis Hamilton's car in the throng of the midfield cars, it seemed impossible to think he would be celebrating the 65th - and perhaps the finest - victory of his Formula 1 career a couple of hours later.

With a final round-up of all of the news and notes following a busy raceday at Hockenheim, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Recapping all of the additional news, notes and statistics from Hockenheim on Saturday, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Following two close-fought practice sessions on Friday and a washout of FP3 to start proceedings on Saturday, we entered Formula 1 qualifying for the German Grand Prix anticipating a close, three-team battle for pole at the head of the field.

The return of the Hockenheimring is a welcome one for most F1 fans, and it should hopefully provide some close racing. The circuit has tended to bring out the best characteristics in every car over the years, as time can easily be gained – or lost – over each part of the track.

Two weeks ago, I asked how to solve a problem like McLaren . It turns out that McLaren has been busily working on solving the problems itself.

Recapping all of the additional news and notes from Hockenheim on Friday, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Rounding up all of the additional news and notes on Thursday at Hockenheim, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

The German Grand Prix at Hockenheim has offered an element of both inevitability and uncertainty over the past decade.