On the back of an encouraging week in the first pre-season test in Barcelona, McLaren has endured a more difficult time at Sakhir after struggling with overheating brakes.The... read more »

The Bahrain heat and McLaren's brakes are not proving to be a good match so far. read more »

Esteban Ocon ended the second hour of Friday's Bahrain test on top of the timesheets, setting a 1:34.276 to move ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who was the early... read more »

Former F1 driver Karun Chandhok believes the brakes of Nicholas Latifi's stricken Williams catching fire in Abu Dhabi "screwed over" FIA race director Michael... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says he was left confused as to why Formula 1 title rival Max Verstappen “hit the brakes” during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, which led to the pair clashing,... read more »

The fourth and final element in our Tech Tuesday series inspired by the elements that make up our Earth! We've had Water (hydraulics) Fire (brakes) and Earth (tyres), now... read more »

The modern brake duct has not escaped such a consideration, having been optimised to improve the performance of the brakes and tyres whilst also being used to influence the... read more »

Just how hot do parts of a Formula 1 car get when it's racing? Imagine touching the brakes after the car brakes into Turn 1 at Monza! Learn more about how brakes work with... read more »

Max Verstappen has admitted that he was "really worried" he wouldn't have been able to stop at Turn 3 when his brakes caught fire before the start of Formula... read more »

Max Verstappen said he had doubts over the effectiveness of his brakes on the opening lap after they alighted on the starting grid at Silverstone. Verstappen's brakes... read more »

The Dutchman's front brakes were spotted smoking as he formed up on the front row of the grid at Silverstone for F1's first sprint qualifying event.But with the cars... read more »

Russell delivered Williams' first Q3 appearance in almost three years on Saturday at the Red Bull Ring, and started the race eighth after a grid penalty for Sebastian... read more »

Debriefing a dramatic Azerbaijan Grand Prix!  read more »

Hamilton lost the chance to fight for the win and the opportunity to regain the lead of the F1 drivers' championship at the Baku restart after a dramatic Turn 1... read more »

Hamilton had surged in to the lead of the race from the standing restart after the late red flag period, but it all went wrong when he hit the brakes.His fronts locked up... read more »

Lewis Hamilton says flicking a "magic" button on his Mercedes car caused him to blow his chance of an Azerbaijan GP victory, with the world champion inadvertently... read more »

Lewis Hamilton spoke of his frustration after accidentally flicking a switch in his Mercedes car that effectively 'switched off' his brakes. read more »

Verstappen's incident led to a red flag with three laps remaining, which became a two-tour shootout following a second standing start, where Hamilton challenged Perez for... read more »

Scott Dixon slammed the brakes on IndyCar's current youth movement by claiming his fourth Indianapolis 500 pole by a mere 0.03 seconds on Sunday. read more »

It requires the maximum amount of downforce, a well-handing chassis, excellent traction and being good on the brakes.And, whereas at other tracks, aero efficiency can be the... read more »

With Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel's brakes on fire on the Imola grid, Stroll says the team went "too aggressive" in warming up the brakes. read more »

The German has been outpaced by teammate Lance Stroll in the first two races, having qualified 18th in Bahrain, and 13th at Imola.Last weekend's Emilia Romagna GP proved... read more »

Aston Martin have yet to discover what caused the brakes on both cars to drastically overheat at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. read more »

Antonio Giovinazzi was left to rue more misfortune for Alfa Romeo after a visor tear-off led to his brakes overheating at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. read more »

Old school track, old school race. Changeable weather, great duel, big crashes, mistakes which were going to be firmly punished, brakes on fire, changing phases of the grand... read more »