2018 Austrian Grand Prix

Following a thrilling Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring on Sunday, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 8

Recapping all of the additional news and notes following the Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

It may be tradition to play the national anthem prior to each race starting, but discounting this formality, Austria’s ' Land der Berge, Land am Strome' had not been played to celebrate a home victory since Niki Lauda’s success at the 1984 grand prix.

The Haas Formula 1 team was in a celebratory mood after recording its best-ever result in its 50th race as Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen finished fourth and fifth respectively in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso said his charge from the pit lane to eighth place in Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix was "unexpected" as McLaren benefitted from tyre struggles for cars further up the order to rise into the points.

Max Verstappen charged to a memorable Austrian Grand Prix victory at Red Bull's home race as a strategy blunder by Mercedes under the Virtual Safety Car cost championship leader Lewis Hamilton a potential victory before the Briton retired in the closing stages of the race.

Fernando Alonso is set to start Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix from the pit lane after McLaren opted to change the MGU-K on his Formula 1 power unit and take a new specification of front wing for his car ahead of the race.

Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix may not offer a huge level of significance to the majority of the Formula 1 grid, but for Force India, it will be a point of celebration.

Brendon Hartley will start Sunday's Austrian Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Honda made a tactical change of all his power unit components in order to stockpile parts for the remainder of the Formula 1 season.

Recapping all of the additional news and notes following the Saturday's qualifying session for Austrian Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

As is often the nature when you have back-to-back Formula 1 race weekends, there have been few fresh storylines arising so far in Austria that weren’t already doing the rounds in France.

Daniel Ricciardo believes that Red Bull "could have been more fair" in its attempt to try and give teammate Max Verstappen a tow during Formula 1 qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix as tensions flared between the two drivers.

Valtteri Bottas charged to his first pole position of the Formula 1 season in qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday, heading up a one-two finish for Mercedes as teammate Lewis Hamilton fell two-hundredths of a second shy in the final fight for P1.

Sebastian Vettel closed out Formula 1 practice for the Austrian Grand Prix at the head of the timesheets for Ferrari as Red Bull rival Max Verstappen finished his session parked up at the side of the track following a loss of power on his Red Bull car.

Recapping all of the additional news and notes following the opening day of running for the Austrian Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

As the child of a historian, I am well versed in the importance of history. Those who don’t know it are doomed to repeat it, and so on.

Lewis Hamilton continued to dominate proceedings during Formula 1 practice for the Austrian Grand Prix on Friday afternoon, heading up a one-two finish for Mercedes through FP2 ahead of teammate Valtteri Bottas.

Full results from Free Practice 2 for the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, round nine of the 2018 Formula 1 season. 2018 Formula 1 French Grand Prix - Free Practice 1 Results

Lewis Hamilton led Mercedes to a one-two finish in the opening Formula 1 practice session of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend at the Red Bull Ring, beating teammate Valtteri Bottas by one-tenth of a second.

Full results from Free Practice 1 for the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring, round nine of the 2018 Formula 1 season. 2018 Formula 1 French Grand Prix - Free Practice 1 Results

Recapping the additional news and notes from Thursday's media calls at the Red Bull Ring in Austria, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

Lewis Hamilton is excited by the prospect of Mercedes' first "serious" car upgrades for the 2018 Formula 1 season as he looks for another boost in the title fight ahead of this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso is refusing to read too much into McLaren's poor showing in last weekend's French Grand Prix, stressing the Formula 1 team has made significant progress since last year and that its struggles are being overplayed by the media.