The 2016 Formula One World Championship started off this past weekend with one of the most frightening crashes the sport has seen in years. The crash saw McLaren driver Fernando Alonso fly through the ...

Last week, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) confirmed that it’s planning to introduce semi-closed cockpits in Formula One starting in 2017. But today, in a new issue of Auto (the ...

When a Formula 1 car decelerates suddenly in a crash, the driver’s body continues moving for a fraction of a second before ...

Formula One cars will have to be fitted with the Halo cockpit protection system starting from the 2018 World Championship, motorsport’s organizing body, the FIA, has decided. While it had seemed that ...

Aston Martin may not even complete half of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, with drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll ...

The cockpit of a Formula 1 car is the driver’s working environment and, in the event of a crash, their primary protection system. It ...

Formula 1 racing is more dangerous than it needs to be, and its sanctioning body, the FIA, has had enough. Perhaps as a result of tragic death of Jules Bianchi from head injuries sustained during the ...

Ferrari today tested a Formula 1 car equipped with a "halo" type cockpit protection concept. The move comes shortly after the FIA announced that F1 must employ cockpit protection for the 2017 season ...

Played the latest F1 2013 racing game? You'll be aware just how realistic racing games are getting then, particularly if you've been playing them long enough to remember what F1 games were like a ...

With up to 6G felt in corners and under braking, F1's toll on the body is immense. Here's how the drivers prepare their ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Last month, another in a long line of ostentatious Formula One concept designs sent automotive fans ...