The Enstone-based team has endured a torrid start to the new campaign as the A524 was initially off the pace and lacking downforce amid its major off-season concept change, running extra bodywork weight to pass a specific crash test and down on engine power compared to the Honda, Mercedes andContinue Reading
The Woking-based outfit has spent recent weeks working on addressing weaknesses that it feels its MCL38 car has.However, despite the raft of changes that it has revealed ahead of first practice in Miami, Lando Norris has explained that the tweaks brought this time out are more aimed at purely liftingContinue Reading
As a consequence of production delays over the winter, the team had come into the 2024 campaign without a third chassis ready for its drivers Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant.It was a situation that proved costly at the Australian GP when a practice crash for Albon meant his car couldContinue Reading
Ahead of F1’s second sprint event of the year in Miami, Mercedes has taken on board a better understanding of what it did wrong in Shanghai two weeks ago.There, thanks to new parc ferme rules that opened up after the Saturday race, it elected to make massive set up changesContinue Reading
Following Nico Hulkenberg’s impending departure at the end of 2024 to join Sauber next season, in preparation for its Audi rebrand in 2026, Haas now has an empty seat for 2025.Bearman, who is currently reserve driver for both Haas and Ferrari, is considered as the favourite to take over Hulkenberg’sContinue Reading
As the RB20 is prepared for action we are able to see the front and rear brake assemblies in various states of undress. Disc fairings are used at both ends of the car to help control the passage of airflow and transfer of heat, with a window employed at theContinue Reading
Ocon and team-mate Pierre Gasly endured a torrid start to the 2024 season with Alpine, which is one of three teams yet to score points.The Bruno Famin-led outfit fast-tracked a new floor to China, which both drivers will now use in Miami, while it has also made efforts to bringContinue Reading
Audi is one of several possible destinations for Sainz ahead of his upcoming exit from Ferrari, with the German OEM having long been interested in securing his services for its F1 entry in 2026 when it rebrands the Sauber squad.In recent weeks, Red Bull motorsport advisor Helmut Marko suggested thatContinue Reading
Despite a contract that runs until 2028 and a dominant car in the RB20, Verstappen’s future at Red Bull was called into question in the wake of the team’s power struggles that had been simmering under the surface for a while and boiled over this year.Verstappen previously said it wasContinue Reading
F1 returned to Vegas for a first grand prix in 41 years with the 2023 event eventually won by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, using a new track incorporating the city’s famous Strip.But the event attracted considerable criticism for some initial ticket packages costing close to $1,000 for just the ThursdayContinue Reading