That’s the challenge Williams team principal James Vowles and chief technical officer Pat Fry have taken on as they try to get the Grove outfit up to speed, on and off the track.The team made decent progress last season during Vowles’s first year in the job, securing seventh place in theContinue Reading
Moss, widely regarded as the greatest driver never to win the F1 championship, passed away in April 2020 at the age of 90.But, amid the lockdown restrictions that were imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic, Moss’s family was unable to arrange any memorial ceremony at the time.The opportunity to celebrateContinue Reading
As F1 teams have fully understood the new ground-effect regulations, they have found ways to increase the downforce and better manipulate outwash to improve their performance.But one of the consequences of this is that it is getting much harder for drivers to follow each other, and that means tyres canContinue Reading
Resta has been signed as strategic development director and will work directly with technical director James Allison to push forward with car-related projects.Also joining Mercedes is Enrico Sampo, who is joining as head of performance software applications.Sampo has been Ferrari’s driver simulator team leader for the past few years, andContinue Reading
When teams embark on such a change of direction, it is inevitable that they endure a learning phase in understanding how to extract pace out of their new platform.In Alpine’s case, however, the revamp for this year has not yet delivered any of the progress hoped for – and hasContinue Reading
Aston Martin came out of the gates flying last year, with Fernando Alonso scoring six podiums across the first eight grands prix in a car that raced better than it qualified.The team then found it harder to keep up the development of its 2023 machine compared to the steeper curveContinue Reading
Albon’s Bahrain GP was compromised by overheating issues on his way to an unrepresentative 15th, while in Saudi Arabia he just missed out on the points by finishing 11th.Despite being beaten in Jeddah only by the nine surviving cars from the top five teams – plus the Haas of NicoContinue Reading
This weekend’s Australian Grand Prix marks the home race for Piastri, who is contesting his second top-flight season. The driver acknowledges that he tried to keep a low profile in 2023 given he arrived in F1 at the centre of a heated contract dispute between Alpine and McLaren.Amid the popularityContinue Reading
The Frenchman has become the third partner in the semi-professional club that is based in the commune of Versailles, near Paris. It currently plays in the Championnat National, the third tier of the French football league system.Gasly will join the club as a joint shareholder alongside President Alexandre Mulliez, whoContinue Reading
Having hoped that its new W15 car would help it make the leap to get within striking distance of Red Bull, its recent struggles in Saudi Arabia have served as a wake-up call about how much more work still needs to be done.But while the competitive picture did not lookContinue Reading