The Brackley squad, formerly known as BTC Racing, went without an overall race win in 2023 for the first time in six seasons, although Josh Cook claimed the Independents’ title.That was despite replacing its faithful fleet of Honda Civic Type Rs with ostensibly identical Civics raced up until the endContinue Reading
The 2024 F1 season sees a record-breaking 24 race calendar, with the first race on 2 March in Bahrain. British F1 viewers can watch every race live on Sky Sports F1 or catch the highlights on Channel 4.This arrangement is the result of several years of evolution of F1 broadcastingContinue Reading
One of the big talking points of launch season was Red Bull’s conceptual shift in sidepod design, with a lot of intrigue surrounding the minimalist inlets.Its change of approach, with a vertical opening reminiscent of previous Mercedes designs, comes at the same time that its rivals have moved towards versionsContinue Reading
Verstappen committed his long-term future to Red Bull back in 2022, off the back of his maiden title success the previous year.The now three-time world champion has always raced for the Red Bull family in F1, having started with Toro Rosso in 2015 before he joined Red Bull from theContinue Reading
Since 2021, safety car duties have been shared between long-standing supplier Mercedes – which runs a 720bhp AMG GT Black Series track-focused sports car – and the upgraded Aston Martin Vantage F1 Edition.That outgoing Aston model is almost 200bhp less powerful than the Mercedes, produces less downforce and is 45kgContinue Reading
As part of a revamp that Mercedes has made to its new W15 challenger, the team has moved to a push-rod configuration on its rear suspension layout.Used to good effect by Red Bull and McLaren since the start of the ground effect era, this configuration offers aerodynamic advantages as itContinue Reading
Wolff made the comments in a soon-to-be released book, ‘F1 Racing Confidential’, written by The Guardian’s F1 correspondent, Giles Richards.The book is a series of 20 interviews with figures from six F1 teams and the championship’s tyre supplier, Pirelli – outlining the nature of their roles and their life histories.Wolff’sContinue Reading
F1 heads into its third of four years under the 2022-era regulations cycle, which has gradually seen teams converge on Red Bull’s all-conquering design philosophies.Red Bull completely crushed the opposition in 2023 after facing some initial resistance from Ferrari the year before, but behind it the rest of the gridContinue Reading
The Japanese manufacturer’s GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar will go into the 2024 season weighing 9kg more and with a maximum power reduction of 4kW or 5.3bhp compared with the post-Le Mans 24 Hours leg of the 2023 campaign.A minimum weight for the GR010 has been set at 1089kg andContinue Reading
The Italian swept both days of this week’s Qatar test and led the way with a record-smashing 1m50.952s on Tuesday to lead team-mate Enea Bastianini by 0.120s.The 2024 Ducati also looked strong in the opening test of the year in Malaysia, with Bagnaia left beaming after the Qatar running.However, heContinue Reading