Formula One News — May 2015

Max Verstappen is heading to Monaco with a bruise on his backside.

Red Bull is struggling to sell tickets for next month's Austrian grand prix, official Dr Helmut Marko admits.

One Honda engineer has broken ranks and admitted the Japanese marque will not power a McLaren driver to victory in 2015.

Valtteri Bottas has played down talk of an impending switch to Ferrari, by insisting driving for other teams in F1 is also attractive.

According to one of the longest-serving and most influential F1 journalists of all time, the great Gilles Villeneuve would have "hated" the sport today.

After a low-profile period for F1's official supplier, suddenly "tyres" and "Pirelli" are being talked about again.

Time will tell how much last Thursday's meeting of the Strategy Group will actually change the direction of formula one.

Former F1 driver Jos Verstappen has backed the decisions taken last week by the Strategy Group.

Just five races into 2015, attention is already returning to the issue of Jenson Button's future.

F1 on Friday confirmed that things are changing for 2017.

The news filtering out from Thursday's landmark meeting of the Strategy Group is not encouraging.

It is believed a potential F1 foray for the Volkswagen Group was discussed on Thursday during the high-profile Strategy Group meeting.

Fernando Alonso, who tested Ayrton Senna's old 1988 car recently, said this week he wishes he had raced in that era.

David Coulthard thinks F1 needs a 'tyre war' once again.

Daniil Kvyat insists he is staying calm amid his troubled time in formula one.

The Mexican grand prix is already sold out.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has quietly extended its sponsorship deal with Ferrari, the Bloomberg news agency reports.

Toro Rosso chief Franz Tost has played down the chances of a team takeover by Renault.

Ahead of a crucial meeting about F1's future on Thursday, the inequality of the sport's secret payments system has been exposed.

Mika Hakkinen says he can understand why Mercedes issued a 'team order' towards the end of the Spanish grand prix.

Luca di Montezemolo has backed away from his earlier criticism of Ferrari.

Mika Hakkinen says he does not want to add more fuel to the rumours surrounding Valtteri Bottas.

Renault has admitted there is "something wrong" at its Viry-Chattilon base.

Honda will "soon" begin to spend its tokens to improve the performance of its F1 engine.