formula one

Michael Schumacher's 2001 Championship-winning Ferrari F1 car will go under the auctioneer's hammer in New York on November 16. The F1 racing car won two Grands Prix and clinched the world drivers and constructors titles, but remarkably, it will sell at a Sotheby's contemporary art auction.

Rumblings about the Mercedes-AMG Project One have been around for a while, but details about thie racer for the road have been hard to find. The Quail, part of the Monterey Car Week, was used to show the world what lies beneath the Project One's skin.

After sporadic testing, the F1 Strategy Group says the cockpit-style "halo" will be mandatory for season 2018. Designed to protect drivers from flying debris, the slim carbon structure was chosen ahead of the aerodynamic windshield tested by Sebastian Vettel last week.

​On July 16, 1977, Renault made its first foray into Formula 1 racing. It did so with a car known as the RS01, which was the first Formula 1 car to feature a turbocompressed engine. Now, the automaker is marking the 40th anniversary of that event by introducing a limited-run … teapot?

The engines have been turned off after another Goodwood Festival of Speed, leaving just a faint fog of tire smoke around the Goodwood Estate in West Sussex. Check out our gallery for a closer look at the pick of the priceless cars on display.

​Formula 1 represents the peak of technology in motorsport, but that doesn't guarantee good racing. Over the past few seasons, the cars have become faster and more efficient, but the racing hasn’t changed. It’s boring and, if you’re not a super-fan, tough to understand.

With new regulations prescribing bigger wings, wider tires and more power from hybrid-turbocharged V6 engines, the 2017 Formula 1 season is shaping up to be the best in years. Let's take a walk along the grid and check out the new competitors.

Formula One cars are the lightest, fastest, most advanced pieces of engineering in the motoring world, with prices stretching well into seven figures. So, what happens when the same focus on weight is applied to the world of watches? The Richard Mille RM 50-03 McLaren F1.

​Some lucky enthusiast will walk away from an upcoming Bonhams auction and be able to drive away with a street legal Formula 1 race car built to meet UK regulations.

In spite of the changes going on in the automotive world, our love for big rear wings has largely remained constant. But there is another avenue to downforce. Ground effects became a fixture of Formula 1 before they were banned in 1982. Now they're back, stuck to the bottom of the Ariel Aero-P.​​

What if you had to choose just five events to slot into your automotive bucket list? The question has been playing on our minds here at New Atlas, so we've put together five of our favorite celebrations of motoring passion.

​Modern Formula 1 might lack the drama of days gone by, but drivers still need lightning reflexes ​to make sure they don't end up in a tire wall. To prove how fast drivers react, Force India's Nico Hulkenberg strapped on some eye-tracking goggles and cut some hot laps.