The 2016 Formula One World Championship started off this past weekend with one of the most frightening crashes the sport has seen in years. The crash saw McLaren driver Fernando Alonso fly through the ...

After two chillingly similar accidents in two weeks have killed one driver and left another seriously ill in the hospital, there is bound to be talk of safety. And one concept that seems to be being ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary – The “halo” cockpit head protection system that will be mandatory on Formula One cars next season protects drivers from the potentially fatal impact of objects like a loose wheel ...

Formula One cars will have to be fitted with the Halo cockpit protection system starting from the 2018 World Championship, motorsport’s organizing body, the FIA, has decided. While it had seemed that ...

As Formula One assessed the pros and cons of the halo concept in the early months of 2016, the most compelling debate to take place concerning increased cockpit safety was the argument Lewis Hamilton ...

The temperature inside a Formula 1 cockpit can get up to 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit). That’s from the engine, brakes and the car’s aerodynamics. Drivers are in there for up to 2 hours ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Last month, another in a long line of ostentatious Formula One concept designs sent automotive fans ...

Brad Pitt, Jerry Bruckheimer and Joseph Kosinski don’t just want to make a good Formula 1 movie, they want to make the most accurate racing film of all time. And to do so, they’re forming a racing ...

Played the latest F1 2013 racing game? You'll be aware just how realistic racing games are getting then, particularly if you've been playing them long enough to remember what F1 games were like a ...