Ahead of the 2018 season finale, Renault chassis technical director, Nick Chester reveals the French team is making "strong progress" with 2019 contender. read more »

Charles Leclerc is good enough to fight for the F1 title in his first season at Ferrari in 2019, according to his friend and rival Esteban Ocon. read more »

Williams would be "crazy" not to consider Esteban Ocon to fill their final seat in 2019, says team boss Claire Williams. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has taken another massive step towards winning this year's World Championship by dominating the Japanese Grand Prix while Bottas completes the Mercedes 1-2.... read more »

Scuderia Ferrari's qualifying gamble to start the session on Intermediate tyres proved to be costly for title contender Sebastian Vettel as he ended the session ninth, but... read more »

Gil de Ferran hopes Suzuka is a better weekend for the McLaren team than Sochi was last weekend, where neither Fernando Alonso nor Stoffel Vandoorne were a points contender. read more »

The Frenchman gambled on starting on the Hypersoft tyre but admitted the pace of his STR13 was never strong enough to be a genuine points contender in Singapore. read more »

A mixed session for Ferrari as title contender Vettel makes a mistake on his qualifying simulation lap. read more »

New Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc says he expects to be a title contender in his first season at the team in 2019 if the car is good enough. read more »

Michael Schumacher's son Mick joined the relatively short list of drivers to have scored a hat-trick of wins over a weekend in the Formula 3 European championship with a... read more »

The German felt he should have been a contender for the victory in Italy but for his first lap collision with championship rival Lewis Hamilton. read more »

British 18-year-old Lando Norris is "ready for F1" and among four contenders to drive for McLaren next season, says team boss Zak Brown. read more »

Horner confirms Daniil Kvyat a contender for STR return read more »

Daniil Kvyat is in the frame for a shock return to Formula 1 with the Toro Rosso team that dropped him before the end of the 2017 season read more »

Stoffel Vandoorne has been ruled out of contention for a 2019 Sauber Formula 1 seat, with Marcus Ericsson likely to be secure if he continues to perform well read more »

Max Verstappen has defended title contender Sebastian Vettel following his crash at the Hockenheimring, which caused him to lose his lead in the championship read more »

Max Verstappen has defended Formula 1 title contender Sebastian Vettel over his crash while leading the German Grand Prix read more »

Red Bull boss Christian Horner admits he is frustrated F1's superlicence points criteria means F3 title contender Dan Ticktum is not permitted to conduct testing with the... read more »

Red Bull thinks it "odd" that European Formula 3 title contender Dan Ticktum cannot run in one of its young driver test days because of Formula 1's superlicence... read more »

European Formula 3 title challenger Dan Ticktum is a contender for a Toro Rosso Formula 1 drive next season as a replacement for Brendon Hartley read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has still not given up on challenging for the 2018 title but admits Red Bull's up and down season makes it difficult to believe it is possible. read more »

Max Verstappen still believes he can be a world championship contender in the wake of his unexpected victory at the Austrian GP. read more »

Formula 1 title contender Sebastian Vettel has been penalised for impeding Carlos Sainz Jr during the second segment of Austrian Grand Prix qualifying read more »

At the end of a busy session spent evaluating various new aero parts, Robert Kubica concluded that the big issue facing Williams contender, the FW41, is the lack of downforce. read more »

In his latest BBC Sport column, F1 driver Jolyon Palmer says Valtteri Bottas is unlucky to not be a title contender. read more »