F1 Features

Aside from car launches and the second week of pre-season testing, the Spanish Grand Prix represents one of the biggest tech fests in Formula 1.

- Ferrari became the first team to hit the track with its rear-view mirrors affixed to the Halo of its car on Friday in practice, with Sebastian Vettel reporting it improved his vision: “It was quite difficult for us to see cars behind.

The only thing most paddock people miss about the Valencia Grand Prix was the proximity of the beach to the circuit.

Rounding up all the added news and notes from media day in Barcelona ahead of this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, here is Crash.net's F1 paddock notebook.

Frequent lower order fighters who celebrate survival like a title triumph, Sauber and Swansea City continue to win affections as the underdog

Huge success in the 1980s, 1990s and the millennium before a drought without major silverware and two axed top bosses, McLaren and Arsenal must see similarities in one another's fortunes.

New lights at the top table, Haas and Bournemouth have shared so huge highs and lows in their recent history

The building blocks are in place for Toro Rosso to make a Southampton-like ascension up the pecking order

Renault and Liverpool both enjoyed stints of success in the 1980s and mid-2000s but are now working hard to plot a return to the very pinnacle of their sports

With the glories of the past now a distant memory Williams and Everton both find themselves going through strange cycles of form

In a world dominated by the big boys both Force India and Leicester City have punched above their weight in recent seasons

Despite boasting a history stretching back many more decades both Red Bull and Chelsea really emerged in the mid-2000s out of relative obscurity

Even if glory has been hard to come by for a little while both Ferrari and Manchester United act as their sports most successful teams

After a length spell in the shadows, both Mercedes and Manchester City emerged out of nowhere to become two of the most dominant, game-changing forces...

As the English Premier League season winds down for another year, we've had a glance over what F1 squads match up with their football counterparts...

12 May 2013 is the date. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is the venue. Home-favourite Fernando Alonso still adorns the scarlet red overalls of Ferrari as he prepares to climb into the cockpit of his Prancing Horse and line up from fifth place on the Spanish Grand Prix grid. 

Considering Max Verstappen’s start to the 2018 Formula 1 season as a disaster would be an overstatement but the Dutch driver failing to reach even minimum expectations is putting it lightly.

Looking back on the Azerbaijan Grand Prix weekend following another barnstormer in Baku, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith puts together his driver ratings. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes - 7

- Lewis Hamilton's victory in Baku on Sunday broke his longest F1 win drought since the start of 2016 when then-Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg took seven straight wins. Hamilton's most recent victory before today came six races ago at the United States Grand Prix.

When it came to putting together this race analysis, I was left wracking my brain to think of a Formula 1 victory that had been as unlikely for Lewis Hamilton as his Baku success on Sunday.

Recapping some added news and notes from Baku after F1 qualifying for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his paddock notebook.

“There are always reasons behind everything in life, but we don't need to talk about those.”

At the end of pre-season testing in Barcelona, the smart money was on another constructors’ championship for Mercedes.

Rounding up all the odds and ends from the opening day of track action at the Baku City Circuit, Crash.net F1 Editor Luke Smith brings you his Paddock Notebook.