Mercedes and Ferrari have confirmed that they have both reacted to an FIA technical directive that seeks to close a loophole in terms of wear to the plank. read more »

Running this generation of Formula 1 cars as close to the ground as possible, without inducing bouncing or wearing out the floor plank, is something teams have been chasing... read more »

Ferrari and Mercedes confirmed adjustments to their Formula 1 cars on Thursday after the governing FIA closed a loophole that allowed a lower ride height while avoiding... read more »

The FIA has issued a technical directive ahead of the Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix after Red Bull complained rival outfits were navigating a loophole in the regulations... read more »

The FIA has issued a technical directive to clamp down on Formula 1 teams exploiting a loophole in the rules over preventing plank wear.Autosport understands the technical... read more »

Lewis Hamilton gives blunt assessment of his Mercedes F1 car following desperate weekend in Brazil. read more »

Mercedes suspects that wear to the plank on George Russell’s W15 contributed to his car coming in underweight and losing the win in Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix. Russell... read more »

Mercedes suspects that plank and tyre wear, plus weight loss by George Russell himself, may have contributed to his car being under the limit at the end of Formula 1's... read more »

Last year teams were locked into choices made after FP1 as the cars were in parc ferme for main qualifying, the shootout, the sprint and the grand prix.That meant an... read more »

The FIA aims to simplify the underfloor plank on Formula 1 machinery and has set its sights on standardising the component in its regulations for 2026. In October, floor planks... read more »

The Italian squad joined Mercedes in being excluded from the results of the United States GP, after the plank on Charles Leclerc's car was found to have worn more than the... read more »

The race at Interlagos is the sixth and final sprint event of the 2023 season. The sprint format caused teams some headaches earlier this year because cars are put under parc... read more »

George Russell suspects that the Sprint format could lead to some teams again falling foul of the regulations governing plank wear in this weekend's Brazil Grand Prix.... read more »

Following Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc's disqualifications from the United States Grand Prix for excessive plank wear, Laura Winter and Albert Fabrega take a look at... read more »

For the second race in a row, Lewis Hamilton finished as the on-track runner-up to Max Verstappen - although he was later disqualified from the United States GP for finishing... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff would accept a repeat of the events that led to Lewis Hamilton’s disqualification in the United States over lacking the pace to win races. Hamilton and... read more »

Martin Brundle disagrees with Lewis Hamilton over the Mercedes driver's disqualification at the F1 United States Grand Prix.  read more »

As his team-mate Lewis Hamilton ended up pushing Max Verstappen hard for the race victory prior to his disqualification for an excessively worn plank, Russell had a much more... read more »

Formula 1 drivers have criticised the Sprint format and the FIA’s post-race legality check procedures following breaches of the sport’s technical regulations over the course of... read more »

Max Verstappen insists that Ferrari and Mercedes should have had both cars checked for plank wear after each having one driver disqualified in the United States Grand Prix.... read more »

Hamilton finished 2.2 seconds behind Verstappen in last Sunday's main race in Austin, prior to being disqualified for an excessively worn plank.After both the sprint race... read more »

F1 drivers suspect more cars than just Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc's would have been disqualified from the United States GP if more post-race checks on plank wear... read more »

Charles Leclerc insists that Ferrari discovering "zero wear" on the plank of its cars on Friday is "no excuse" for his disqualification from the United... read more »

The FIA only measured the planks of four cars after the race, and found that those of Hamilton and Charles Leclerc were illegal, leading to the disqualifications of the two... read more »

Leclerc's SF23 was one of the four cars checked for plank wear after the finish and was found to be in breach of the regulations, alongside the Mercedes of George Russell,... read more »