The Milton Keynes-based outfit opted to pursue a different direction in an attempt to stay ahead of the opposition, and early lap times in Bahrain testing have indicated that tactic has yielded a significant step forward – Verstappen topping the leaderboard on the opening day.PLUS: What Bahrain trackside viewing revealsContinue Reading
The four-hour morning session was halted after only 27 minutes after a drain cover came loose on the outside kerbs on the approach to the Turn 11 uphill left-hander.This appeared to be triggered by Red Bull driver Sergio Perez running over the strip – although the Mexican did not exceedContinue Reading
Binotto has been out of the spotlight since he left Ferrari at the end of the 2022 season, following a difficult campaign for the Maranello-based squad.He had been linked with several opportunities in F1, including with Alpine and Audi, but has elected to switch focus to the automotive world instead.BinottoContinue Reading
Are drainage covers becoming a problem in the Venturi-tunnel ground effect era of Formula 1? Has Red Bull found some mechanical issues with their RB20?And which teams are looking short on form as testing develops?Steph Wentworth chats with Autosport’s Alex Kalinauckas in the Bahrain media centre and Haydn Cobb toContinue Reading
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz set the fastest time across the day, but only after team-mate Charles Leclerc dislodged a drain cover which took time to fix.The loss of running, though, allowed for even more time to spy on the new 2024 cars in the pitlane and garages.INSIGHT: What we learned on dayContinue Reading
Day two of 2024’s F1 Pre-Season Testing is over, bringing up a whole new list of things to discuss. Are drainage covers becoming a problem in the Venturi Tunnel era of Formula 1? Has Red Bull found some mechanical issues with their RB20? And which teams are looking on formContinue Reading
F1 is officially underway for 2024 with pre-season testing this week at the Bahrain International Circuit.It follows a dominant championship-winning campaign for Max Verstappen, who broke several records in 2023 including most wins in a season (19), most points in a year (575) and biggest title winning margin to secondContinue Reading
The Australian ended Thursday’s track running fifth overall, 1.4s down on Ferrari pacesetter Carlos Sainz after both had used the C4 soft tyre.It followed Ricciardo setting the fourth-fastest time on Wednesday, 1.2s off pacesetter Max Verstappen in the Red Bull RB20, but on a par with the McLaren of Lando Norris and Sainz.The teamContinue Reading
Red Bull’s substantial step for this season has caught rivals by surprise after most of them focussed on trying to work out what made last year’s RB19 so competitive, and inevitably ended up with cars that owe much to the title winner.Red Bull itself has now gone in a differentContinue Reading
Audi and Ford/Red Bull Powertrains are both currently developing new power units for the first year of the new rules in 2026, while Cadillac intends to enter as a manufacturer in 2028 with the mooted Andretti team.The change to the new rules is a tricky one, even for the establishedContinue Reading