Alpine has reportedly not ruled out benching Esteban Ocon in response to his first-lap collision with Formula 1 team-mate Pierre Gasly during the Monaco Grand Prix. The... read more »

An FP1 crash for Alex Albon damaged his chassis beyond immediate repair. With Williams not having built up a spare tub, the team has opted to sacrifice Sargeant to enter... read more »

Audi's preparations to enter Formula One in 2026 are picking up speed and a prototype power unit will run on the test bench before the end of the year, the German... read more »

Christian Horner has warned that Alex Albon will face a "year on the bench" should he lose his Red Bull seat. read more »

Red Bull principal Christian Horner has confirmed that Alex Albon will spend 2021 "on the bench" if he loses his seat. read more »

Alex Albon will face a year on the F1 sidelines if he fails to secure his Red Bull drive for 2021, with team boss Christian Horner confirming he will not return to AlphaTauri. read more »

Christian Horner has warned Alex Albon he faces a stark choice for 2021 - 'Red Bull on the bench'. read more »

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says Alexander Albon will spend "a year on the bench" if he is not retained by the team for the 2021 season. Albon's presence at... read more »

Christian Horner says Alex Albon's only options for the 2021 Formula 1 season are either to retain his Red Bull seat or "spend a year on the bench" read more »

Helmut Marko has used a comparison to football to describe how much scrutiny Pierre Gasly will be under following his promotion to the team from Toro Rosso, saying that, like... read more »

Renault will have a new engine test bench to use from next month which should provide the Formula 1 manufacturer better reliability validation and be compatible with more... read more »

Lewis Hamilton used his drive to Spanish Grand Prix victory as a "test bench", having found his Mercedes Formula 1 car to his liking for the first time since Australia read more »

Such was Lewis Hamilton's advantage in Sunday's Spanish GP that the Brit says he used the race as a "test bench" to better understand his W09. read more »

Daniil Kvyat reveals there was little communication between himself and Red Bull during his two-race stint on the bench after being dropped from Toro Rosso. read more »

Mercedes Non-Executive Chairman Niki Lauda says the outfit threatened to bench Lewis Hamilton or Nico Rosberg in the wake of their infamous first-lap collision… read more »

Jolyon Palmer says he’s “happy, relieved and proud” to finally graduate to F1, after a season spent warming the subs bench at Lotus. read more »

Kevin Magnussen insists he won’t spend another year on McLaren’s subs bench and will leave F1 if he has to in 2016 if it means securing a race seat. read more »

Renault believe Red Bull should take some blame for their woes in Melbourne after pushing the French manufacturer to make last minute changes to its engine. The changes, which... read more »

McLaren has confirmed that it plans to run its interim development car at the post-season test in Abu Dhabi next week. The MP4-29H/1X1 had its first outing last week at... read more »

Honda has released the first image of its 2015 V6 hybrid power unit which will be exclusively available to McLaren next season. The Japanese manufacturer returns to the sport... read more »

Robin Frijns has told GPUpdate.net that he has no desire to remain on the reserve bench next season and that he must find a race seat for the 2015 Formula 1 World Championship. read more »

Sebastien Buemi has admitted a sports car programme in 2013 is some compensation for having to watch every grand prix from the reserve bench. "Yes, it's... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg has described as "speculation" reports he could be headed to Ferrari to replace Felipe Massa in 2013. After taking some time to settle back into... read more »

Ferrari has confirmed reports it already has a V6 engine up and running. We reported a fortnight ago that F1's likely three engine manufacturers for 2014 - Ferrari,... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg has described as “speculation” reports he could be headed to Ferrari to replace Felipe Massa in 2013. After taking some time to settle back... read more »