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 ...

Formula One cars will keep their open-cockpit design for at least another season. The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA), F1’s governing body, has scrapped its plan to introduce partially ...

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 ...

The change will be made as a part of a bigger overhaul of the design of F1 cars scheduled to take place before the 2017 season, which the series does every few years. The new cars won’t, however, use ...

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 ...

Formula One’s latest concept to aid in driver head protection, the “Shield,” was seen publicly for the first time today. The Shield was mounted on to Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari in the garage. It’s ...

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 ...

Aston Martin may not even complete half of Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, with drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll fearing permanent nerve damage to their hands.

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 ...