Max Verstappen says Red Bull's slight regression in 2019 is simply down to the RB15 not being as good as last year's car. Verstappen has come third or fourth in all... read more »

Red Bull Christian Horner concedes that the team has gone backwards in terms of competitiveness to start the 2019 Formula 1 season. Max Verstappen has secured two podium... read more »

The Spanish GP is always a big race for F1 car upgrades, and this year pretty much every team had new parts it had been working on in the early part of the year. But whose... read more »

Fernando Alonso says he has no regrets over his decision to quit McLaren and Formula 1, desite seeing the team having made apparent strides in 2019. Alonso and Stoffel... read more »

Sergey Sirotkin says his 2019 plans are "a little interesting step backwards" as he plots his return to the F1 grid read more »

Fernando Alonso has bowed out of F1... for now. But McLaren has already hinted that it could let him drive its 2019 car if he wants to. Autosport's F1 reporters Scott... read more »

Formula 1 chiefs have been urged to do more to clamp down on oil burn, even though new rules have done much to discourage teams from exploiting it read more »

Several Formula 1 team bosses have described the aero regulations for next season as a ???massive step backwards???. read more »

2019 aero regulations a 'massive step backwards' - F1 bosses read more »

Charlie Martin thinks the W Series is founded on segregation and "feels like a backwards step". read more »

Ahead of his IndyCar test, Fernando Alonso rues increasingly poor reliability of the McLaren. read more »

Fernando Alonso gave a damning assessment of McLaren's increasingly difficult season after another retirement at the Italian Grand Prix. read more »

Fernando Alonso has vented his frustration at McLaren's recent poor run of reliability and is bracing for 'double pain' read more »

Fernando Alonso believes McLaren's reliability has gone "backwards" in recent Formula 1 races following his retirement from the Italian Grand Prix read more »

Formula 1 collectively bent over backwards to keep the Force India team on the grid for the rest of the 2018 season, but in the process its original entry was excluded from the... read more »

Mercedes has agreed to Formula One's plans to ditch the MGU-H from the existing power units as part of a wider plan to improve the spectacle of the sport read more »

FIA president Jean Todt admits the current Formula 1 engine regulations went "a bit too far" in complexity, but says the 2021 rules will be a healthy... read more »

Losing MGU-H a 'backwards step' for F1 - engine chiefs read more »

The decision to drop the MGU-H is a "backwards step" for Formula 1's 2021 engine regulations, according to Mercedes' powertrain boss Andy Cowell read more »

Lance Stroll was "shocked" by the step backwards Williams had at the Bahrain GP and says "everything" needs work on their struggling FW41 car. read more »

Lance Stroll has said it is "shocking" to see how much of a backwards step Williams have taken at the start of the 2018 season. read more »

He may have won the F1 2018 season-opener in Australia, but Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari is not yet in a position to beat Mercedes on merit.  read more »

Despite winning the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari are not as quick as they were 12 months ago when they last made the trip to Melbourne. read more »

The pre-season realisation that Honda had gone backwards left Fernando Alonso feeling sad, humiliated and frustrated, according to Eric Boullier. read more »

Fernando Alonso felt humiliated at the start of the 2017 Formula 1 season when he realised Honda had gone backwards over the winter, according to McLaren racing director Eric... read more »