Former Sauber driver Felipe Nasr says he wants to get back to racing next year. The Brazilian contested two seasons with the Swiss team until the end of last year, when his backer Banco do Brasil pulled out of the sport. Since then, the 25-year-old has been testing several cars.

FIA president Jean Todt has no concerns that Robert Kubica could be a fitness risk on his Formula 1 return, if Williams elects to sign the Pole for 2018. Kubica is driving again for Williams in the post-Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Pirelli test next week, as the Grove-based outfit weighs up whether he is capable of making a full-time F1 return.

Formula One circuit designer Hermann Tilke says a change is being considered for the Yas Marina circuit to improve overtaking. The track has gained a reputation for being very difficult to overtake on since its first race in 2009. Following today’s race Lewis Hamilton complained it was almost “impossible” to make a more on his team mate Valtteri Bottas.

The Sauber F1 Team spent the day at the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo, where the Italian car manufacturer officially celebrated their return to Formula One, after more than 30 years of absence from the sport. As of next year, the team will be entering the Formula One Word Championship as the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team, with Marcus Ericsson and Charles Leclerc in the cockpits. Antonio Giovinazzi will complete six FP1 sessions for the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team in 2018.

Sebastian Vettel believes Robert Kubica's return to Formula 1 would be a blow to young drivers who are pushing hard to work their way up the motorsport ladder to secure a very limited number of seats, or sometimes no seat at all given how rarely a chance at F1 comes up.

Formula One does not need to get rid of grid girls or become more politically correct to attract female drivers, according to the leading ambassador for women in motorsport. Susie Wolff, the former Williams F1 test driver and the only woman who has taken part in a Grand Prix weekend in the past 25 years, said: “I don’t think F1 or other motorsport series have to change to attract more women. I think any woman you ask would not want it to be changed. There should be grid girls. It’s part of Formula One, it’s part of motorsport, it’s part of the glamour.”

Billionaire Virgin Group founder says electric racing series is going to have wins and losses as it gets up to speed, but calls on governments to support it and help lead fight against climate change. “I’ve tried racing myself at Silverstone and I remember being so far last that I was hoping the crowd would think I was first,” he told the Post, laughing, in an exclusive interview. “But I don’t think that worked.”

Robert Kubica says he is “extremely happy” to have earned a place as reserve and development driver at Williams for 2018. However the 33-year-old, who was seriously injured in a rally crash in 2011, says he is now in great shape and his goal remains to make a full return to F1 racing.

‘Shark fins’ may return to cars next despite the designs being banned for the 2018 F1 season. A proposal to revive shark fins was discussed by the Formula One Strategy Group yesterday. Some teams are understood to favour the move as it gives them more space to offer to potential sponsors and incorporate the mandatory driver name and number signage.

Formula 1 grid girls have been told to leave motor sports, but they're making one last stand on social media. Just a few days after the Professional Darts Corporation banned its walk-on girls, Formula 1 followed the same path by banning the use of promo models, commonly called grid girls, commencing with the start of the 2018 FIA Formula 1 World Championship season.

Formula One drivers say overtaking has become even more difficult this year following a substantial drop in passes during the 2017 season. Lewis Hamilton was one of several drivers who was frustrated by how hard he found it to follow another car closely after dropping behind Sebastian Vettel at the end of the race.

Fernando Alonso has declared McLaren as "the place to be" despite his manager Flavio Briatore saying he would like to see the Spaniard at Mercedes or Ferrari next season. Not the first time, Briatore has expressed his desire to see Alonso move to one of the top teams again before his Formula 1 season is over.

McLaren Group, the holding company for McLaren Racing and McLaren Automotive after the company’s restructure in the wake of the departure of former dual shareholder Ron Dennis, has received a capital injection of £203.8m, made by Nidala (BVI) Limited to purchase 888,135 ordinary shares in the Group.

Sebastian Vettel’s former team mate Mark Webber says the Formula 1 world championship leader is prone to cracking in uncertain race situations. Webber said high-profile errors by Vettel such as at Azerbaijan in 2017, when he drove into Lewis Hamilton’s car during a Safety Car period, were examples of his “meltdowns”.

Exclusive: F1 changed its logo for the first time in 23 years at last year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. It has since been dragged into a lengthy trademark dispute with stationary firm 3M.

Formula One is enjoying a boom in young talent. Drivers such as Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, Esteban Ocon and Pierre Gasly, all in their early 20s and the formative stages of their careers, are poised to become the new stars. Yet it is the oldest man on the grid, Kimi Raikkonen, 38, of Finland, who continues to stand out as one of Formula One’s most interesting drivers, breaking with convention through his character and demeanor.

Romain Grosjean has revealed he nearly gave up on his motorsport career altogether to become a chef after losing his Renault Formula 1 seat at the end of 2009. Grosjean made his F1 debut halfway through the 2009 campaign after being drafted into Renault as Nelson Piquet Jr’s replacement at the European Grand Prix in the wake of the Crashgate scandal. Despite qualifying within 0.3s of teammate Fernando Alonso on his first race weekend and showing glimpses of promise across his seven-race spell with the team, Grosjean lost his drive to Vitaly Petrov on the eve of the 2010 campaign.

Hinwil, 25th September 2018 - Alfa Romeo and the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team are delighted to announce that Antonio Giovinazzi will race alongside 2007 Formula One World Champion Kimi Räikkönen, completing the team's driver line-up for the 2019 season. Following its tradition of discovering and nurturing young talents, the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team has appointed the Italian driver, who has worked with the team for the past two years, to race in place of Charles Leclerc.

Robert Kubica is committed to his Williams drive for 2019, but the F1 returnee admits his team is facing many staff departures. Last week, the Polish driver finally sealed a sensational return to the pinnacle of motorsport after a seven-year absence when he was nominated by Williams to race alongside George Russell.