F1 Features

Tidying up all the odds and ends from the Shanghai paddock after qualifying on Saturday, Michael Lamonato brings you his end-of-day notebook.

As Lewis Hamilton completed his post-qualifying interviews in Shanghai on Saturday, it was impossible not to hear the disappointment in the voice of the defending Formula 1 world champion.

For the second round of the 2018 Formula 1 world championship the circus travelled to Bahrain with the Sakhir International Circuit presenting a very different challenge to Albert Park.

Tidying up all the added news from practice day in Shanghai, Michael Lamonato brings you his notebook from the paddock.

In recent weeks, #PayMeToo has gained traction following the mandatory publication of the gender pay gap differential in UK-based companies with more than 250 employees.

– Pirelli has brought an unusual staggered tyre selection to China, bringing the ultrasoft, soft and medium compounds, skipping the supersoft. Esteban Ocon believes that will create a great deal of strategy drama and even more overtaking than in Bahrain.

Looking back on the Bahrain Grand Prix weekend and the second race of the new Formula 1 season, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith puts together his driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 7

Recapping all the additional stories and nuggets of news on a busy day in Bahrain, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his Paddock Notebook.

Pierre Gasly may have joked on Thursday that he wouldn't be shaving his beard until the end of the Formula 1 season in the hope it would bring him good luck, yet after his display in qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix, you wouldn't blame him for thinking it had worked.

Of all the teams to cause a Formula 1 controversy, who would have thought it would be Haas? That’s because their technical relationship with Ferrari was always going to come into question should their performance levels increase as has been clear at the start of the 2018 campaign.

- The big talking point today was F1’s bosses meeting with team representatives to outline the future of the sport post-2020, with a press release from Liberty following not long after its conclusion.

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

2018 promises to be a huge season for the Mercedes F1 junior.

A name that looks destined to be on the F1 grid in the not-too-distant future...