Lewis had a radically different setup in Jeddah, which ultimately backfired on him. read more »

Winning the inaugaural overtaking award is not necessarily a good thing with Sebastian Vettel saying it means he "backfired" in qualifying. read more »

Otmar Szafnauer said the team trusted the judgment of Sebastian Vettel regarding his dry tyre switch in Turkey, but it ultimately backfired. read more »

Hamilton had staged a recovery from 11th on the grid to challenge for a podium finish in the wet Istanbul race, when his main rivals elected to stop for fresh intermediate... read more »

Sunday's dramatic Russian Grand Prix saw Lewis Hamilton scored a historic 100th Formula 1 win after a late rain shower shook up proceedings in Sochi.It ended in heartbreak... read more »

Norris picked up his first F1 pole in Saturday's qualifying session at the Sochi Autodrom, and looked set to win the race before a late rain shower shook up... read more »

A "wacky" car set-up approach may have backfired on Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes in Sunday's Styrian Grand Prix, according to the Formula One team's head of... read more »

Mercedes head of trackside operations, Andrew Shovlin has admitted that a "wacky" gamble on set-up for Lewis Hamilton in the Styrian Grand Prix essentially backfired. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he regrets his decision to overtake a number of drivers as he prepared to begin his final flying lap of qualifying for Formula 1's Styrian Grand Prix. read more »

The Mercedes driver, who ran an offset run plan in the final part of qualifying by taking three runs compared to the two most of the rest of the top 10 completed, left the pits... read more »

Hamilton lost the lead of the F1 drivers' championship for the first time this year after struggling to seventh place on Sunday in Monaco, dropping four points behind Red... read more »

Fernando Alonso said Alpine's "very optimistic" race strategy backfired in Barcelona, leaving the double World Champion in P17 at the end of the race. read more »

Hamilton was able to edge out Red Bull rival Max Verstappen by 0.036 seconds in Q3 to clinch his second pole position of the season, and continue his perfect record of front... read more »

Kevin Magnussen ran inside the points early on but dropped down the order as a gamble on a long first stint backfired on the Dane as he struggled with the soft Pirelli tyres. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes would not have taken the same kind of risks that Ferrari did in qualifying for the Monaco Grand Prix. , which backfired spectacularly as Charles... read more »

Charles Leclerc says he will learn from the disappointment of his missed chance in the Azerbaijan GP after finishing fifth in a race he could conceivably have won. read more »

A decision not to go for a second run backfired for Red Bull as Pierre Gasly qualifies a lowly 17th in Australia. read more »

Ross Brawn says Sebastian Vettel may have been guilty of being a "neutral passenger" as Ferrari's upgrades in 2018 backfired and suggested that a similar... read more »

Fernando Alonso has admitted that the strategy implemented by McLaren backfired as he could only finish in P17 in Interlagos. read more »

Sebastian Vettel believes Ferrari's tyre gamble at the Brazilian Grand Prix ultimately backfired. read more »

Mercedes rolled the dice to try and secure victory at COTA, but an attempt to stretch out Hamilton's second stint backfired. read more »

Ferrari did all it could to try and keep Vettel in contention for victory in Singapore - only for the plan to backfire and cost him more ground in the title race. read more »

Being the most organised team backfired for Max Verstappen and Red Bull in qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix as the Dutchman was left down in P7 on the grid. read more »

Brendon Hartley was frustrated to have missed out on another F1 points finish after a team strategy call backfired read more »

It was a weekend to forget for Ferrari in Spain as Sebastian Vettel finished only fourth after a gamble on a second pit stop backfired, whilst Kimi Raikkonen retired before... read more »