F1 tech review: Charting Alfa Romeo’s slide down the order
2023-12-29
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Zhou doesn’t “give a shit” about crazy F1 future rumours
2023-12-29
Zhou joined the team formerly known as Alfa Romeo for 2022 but owing to being the first full-time Chinese driver in F1 history, some speculated that his seat was bought rather than earned.He combated that by scoring points on his debut in Bahrain before earning a one-year contract for 2023.Continue Reading
Newey: Plans for more active aero “appropriate” for F1
2023-12-29
F1 has long had active aero on cars – the rear-wing-opening overtaking aid, DRS, for instance, has been used since 2011 – but this is set to increase in the 2026 rules reset.The FIA and the championship’s promoter are currently finalising the design rules for 2026 onwards, when simplified hybridContinue Reading
Verstappen: Red Bull still needs to improve on F1 street circuits and kerbs
2023-12-28
The RB19’s only defeat in the 2023 season came at a venue where those two elements combined with Red Bull making mistakes on its efforts to adjust its ride height settings among its typical event set-up work, which contributed to Carlos Sainz’s win for Ferrari in Singapore.Speaking to Autosport inContinue Reading
Wolff: Mercedes must not “give up” on recovery before F1 2026 rules reset
2023-12-28
Mercedes has long since decided to ditch its ‘size-zero’ sidepod car architecture for the 2024 season, for which it will converge around the downwash solution used by the rest of the grid.This will leave the eight-time constructors’ champion to play catch-up to Red Bull, which has already had two seasonsContinue Reading
Behind the Scenes at Brixworth and Brackley: Lewis, Toto and Mick
2023-12-27
Taking you behind the scenes with Lewis, Toto and Mick for their end-of-season Team Talks at Brixworth and Brackley. SourceContinue Reading
Key: “Immensely tight grid” a reason for optimism at Sauber
2023-12-27
In its final season under the Alfa Romeo name, the Swiss outfit slipped from sixth to ninth in the constructors’ standings after a difficult season with the C43.However, in the background the team has been building towards the arrival of Audi in 2026, with the hiring of former McLaren manContinue Reading
Norris: F1 2023 has “been my best year”
2023-12-27
That was the year Norris made his F1 debut with McLaren, with which he has remained after signing two contract extensions in 2021 and 2022.Although the papaya team had a tough start to the season just gone, its development work helped it go from battling to escape Q1 to regularlyContinue Reading
Bottas “in denial for five years” at versus Hamilton at Mercedes F1
2023-12-26
Following the shock retirement of newly crowned F1 world champion Nico Rosberg, Bottas left Williams to join Mercedes for 2017. He remained alongside Hamilton until a 2022 move to Sauber (then branded Alfa Romeo). During their time together, Hamilton won 50 grands prix and four drivers’ titles while Bottas scored 10Continue Reading
Adrian Newey’s F1 championship-winning cars from FW14B to RB19
2023-12-26
Adrian Newey today (26 December) celebrates his 65th birthday in a year where he has contributed to yet another F1 championship-winning car.He and his Red Bull colleagues created the RB19, which won 21 of 22 grands prix to dominate both the 2023 F1 constructors’ and drivers’ world championships.However, it was not theContinue Reading