Devising and implementing the perfect race strategy is a real ‘team effort’ in Formula 1. However, every team has a couple of people who are particularly tasked with determining the right plan of attack.Red Bull Racing has three: Head of race strategy Will Courtenay, principal strategy engineer Hannah Schmitz andContinue Reading
Toto Wolff’s post-race analysis is all beginning to sound rather too familiar.After each race weekend, there is a pattern, a moment of reflection followed by disappointment edged with some frustration, as the latest set of upgrades had failed to close the gap to Red Bull, Ferrari and even its engineContinue Reading
Toto Wolff’s post-race analysis is all beginning to sound rather too familiar.After each race weekend, there is a pattern, a moment of reflection followed by disappointment edged with some frustration, as the latest set of upgrades had failed to close the gap to Red Bull, Ferrari and even its engineContinue Reading
Looking to put some laps in around Montreal like the pros this weekend? Dani is here to take you through your braking points, setups and more so that you can get the jump on your rivals in F1 24! SourceContinue Reading
Somehow, the news that Red Bull has re-signed Sergio Perez for another two seasons, taking his tenure at the team to six years, is not a surprise. But perhaps it should be, given the Mexican’s performances alongside Max Verstappen.A case could be made for it being the wrong move forContinue Reading
Perez’s latest contract extension will see him carry on as Max Verstappen’s team-mate for six consecutive seasons, into F1’s new regulations cycle.The 34-year-old Mexican started off the 2024 season well alongside Verstappen, taking three runner-up spots over the first four grands prix that helped him gain momentum to salvage hisContinue Reading
Dissatisfied with the lack of progress, and at odds over the resources needed to move up the order, owner Gene Haas decided not to renew long standing team boss Guenther Steiner’s contract last winter.After finishing 10th with a car that fundamentally didn’t work over race distances, Haas instead turned toContinue Reading
Reflecting on how F1’s new American owner had transformed grand prix racing since it took ownership in 2017, its president Greg Maffei claims that some of its advances were helped by there being low-hanging fruit from day one.In particular, Maffei says that Ecclestone’s deliberate attitude of not being interested inContinue Reading
The Frenchman’s five-year stay at the Enstone outfit has yielded a race victory and two further podium finishes, achievements that will ensure that he is coveted by a handful of teams with seats available for next season.Speaking at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, before his impending Alpine departure was announced,Continue Reading
Williams undertook a huge effort to take 14kg out of its car compared to last year, but the Grove-based team still needs to reduce its chassis weight by a similar number to get to the minimum weight limit of 798kg.The added weight is expected to cost the team around 0.45sContinue Reading