Red Bull has been at pains to play down the extent of modifications made to its Formula 1 car for the Spanish Grand Prix aimed at improving cooling.Indeed, after the first day of running at Barcelona on Friday, world champion Max Verstappen said that the various tweaks were almost irrelevantContinue Reading
The FIA sees no need to intervene in Formula 1’s latest flexi-wing intrigue, Autosport has learned, despite teams openly admitting they need to push the boundaries to be competitive.A recent shift of front wing design direction from Mercedes – which has seen its front wing adopt a greater degree of flexibilityContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes topped the times as practice at Formula 1’s 2024 Spanish Grand Prix got under way, while Red Bull and Max Verstappen appeared to be struggling.But, digging beyond the headline times in FP2 reveals that Verstappen and co are far from panicking – with a major set-upContinue Reading
Max Verstappen’s build up to the Spanish Grand Prix involved a detour this week as he conducted a private test in a 2022 Formula 1 car at Imola.After completing some promotional work in France on Tuesday, he travelled south that evening to Imola for some running on Wednesday in anContinue Reading
The official FIA documents detailing the Formula 1 upgrades for the Spanish Grand Prix raised intrigue on Friday when Mercedes was shown to have brought no changes to its car.With the next European phase of the season kicking off as part of a critical run of five races in sixContinue Reading
Hamilton was the fastest driver on what was a relatively straightforward Friday, with the only interruption coming when red flags were shown to allow marshals to recover some debris in FP1.McLaren’s Lando Norris had edged the opening session and ended the day third, just 0.055s back from Hamilton’s 1m13.264s effortContinue Reading
Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time in FP2 ahead of Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix as the Mercedes driver beat Carlos Sainz by a scant 0.022 seconds.The seven-time F1 champion vaulted to the top of the order amid the mid-session soft tyre running to displace home favourite Sainz, who hadContinue Reading
Alpine Formula 1 team boss Bruno Famin says he “doesn’t really mind about the past” after the team announced the controversial Flavio Briatore as its executive advisor.On Friday morning Alpine confirmed the news that Briatore had been brought in by Renault group CEO Luca de Meo as an executive advisor.WhileContinue Reading
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has revealed that the police are involved in investigating the source of an anonymous email accusing the team of trying to deliberately sabotage Lewis Hamilton’s car.An anonymous email, sent to the same list of F1 and media representatives who were forwarded alleged WhatsApp messages involving ChristianContinue Reading
One wonders what is going on in the offices of the Renault Group in Boulogne-Billancourt on the outskirts of Paris for it to make such a decision about its Formula 1 operation.Just how bad has it got that Renault finds itself in this position to reappoint a disgraced former teamContinue Reading