Haas has reversed its 2023 decision to slim down its Formula 1 pitwall gantry, with the American team sporting a six-seater set-up at Bahrain pre-season testing this year.Two years at the same venue, Haas attracted attention by halving the size of its pitwall stand to just three seats – reservedContinue Reading
Take a step back in time to January 2024 and tell yourself that in a year’s time you’ll know that Lewis Hamilton has moved from Mercedes to Ferrari, Carlos Sainz is at Williams, Liam Lawson has landed a Red Bull seat, and a fellow called Franco Colapinto (did you evenContinue Reading
Taking over from Barcelona, Bahrain has become F1’s go-to spot for winter testing thanks to its more benign, reliable weather and its central location in the Middle East, with cars then shipped off to the opening round of the season.In previous years teams would just stay in Bahrain for theContinue Reading
This week as we digest the F175 launch and head off for pre-season testing, we speak to one of F1’s top race promoters to find out what goes on behind the scenes to stage an event for almost 300,000 people.This year is Miami’s fourth as an F1 host venue, partContinue Reading
Cadillac board director Mario Andretti vows Formula 1’s 11th team will be ready for its 2026 entry into the series, even if it will have to take more risks to get there.After a long-winded saga the Andretti effort to enter F 1 finally succeeded when the team secured a dealContinue Reading
A race engineer has one of the most important roles in any Formula 1 team. It is their job to optimise the performance of the driver-and-car combination. Throughout the race weekend, they translate the feedback coming from the driver into set-up decisions to achieve the best possible result. And, exceptContinue Reading
Red Bull has taken the covers off the RB21, the car with which Max Verstappen aims to conquer his fifth straight Formula 1 drivers’ title.Ahead of F1’s three-day winter test in Bahrain, which kicks off on Wednesday, Red Bull was the last team to unveil its updated car design forContinue Reading
Of all the development curves taken across 2024’s Formula 1 season, Alpine’s was arguably the steepest – and it needed to, given that its A524 was overweight, light on downforce and planted at the back of the field when the campaign started. That it finished the year sixth in theContinue Reading
Alpine’s new A525 Formula 1 car was revealed on Monday ahead of the 2025 season with the team conducting a shakedown at Bahrain International Circuit.Officially a filming day, the test was run over a maximum of 200km (124 miles) with demonstration tyres, as per the regulations.Both Pierre Gasly and hisContinue Reading
The moving goalposts, when it comes to allegories and idioms about luck, sidestep from “third time’s the charm” to “bad luck comes in threes”. And, when it comes to Formula 1’s current technical regulations, Mercedes’ own expectations may make a similar step as its third car in this ruleset –Continue Reading