On Wednesday morning McLaren launched its 2024 challenger online, before conducting a rainy filming day at Silverstone.Last year’s predecessor, the MCL60, was revealed to muted expectations after team boss Andrea Stella’s admission that the team had missed its launch targets and that a full mid-season overhaul was already in theContinue Reading
Formula 1 cars will soon be back on track with pre-season testing at Bahrain International Circuit on the 21-23 February.That is just a week before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix on the 29 February-2 March, so preparations are firmly underway for the upcoming campaign.Recent weeks have seen excitement build forContinue Reading
One of the more fascinating of these was, as would probably be expected, hidden in the launch renders but could be seen in the images taken of the real car as the team conducted its filming day at Silverstone.The area in question is the uppermost front wing flap (highlighted inContinue Reading
Mercedes has unveiled their W15 F1 challenger at Silverstone, with Toto Wolff, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell providing a very simple, straight-down-the-line launch. But with the overhauled concept behind the W15, can they start challenging for the title again, or is all hope lost until 2026? And how will Lewis’Continue Reading
The heavily revised new W15 was launched at Silverstone on Wednesday morning, ahead of some initial shakedown laps by Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.Wolff is optimistic about the prospects for the new car, citing a “buzz” in the camp, but he acknowledged that it won’t be easy to take onContinue Reading
But, having placed so much emphasis on improvements last year, has McLaren reached the limit of its gains or is there still plenty of potential left in its package?Unsurprisingly, the MCL38 is an evolution of the machine that raced in Abu Dhabi, albeit with the bodywork and components optimised toContinue Reading
As part of a push by Red Bull’s rivals to close in on the world champion squad, a deep analysis has gone into the factors that helped make last year’s RB20 so strong.One area of interest has been its suspension layout, with its pull-rod front and push-rod rear suspension beingContinue Reading
As the covers came off the squad’s new challenger at Silverstone on Wednesday, the scale of its design revamp was clear with an all-new chassis and a raft of aerodynamic changes on display.But beyond the obvious visual differences, Allison said the key area of attention had been addressing the unpredictableContinue Reading
The W15 car is due to be given its track debut on the short international version of the circuit, with Hamilton and his team-mate George Russell both making brief appearances on what is classed as a 15km demo day.The first proper running will be in the form of a 200kmContinue Reading
While from initial looks the new MCL38 that was revealed on Wednesday morning appears to be a straight evolution of last year’s car, the team has hinted about there being some radical aspects to it.In the press release quotes issued after the car images were made public, team principal AndreaContinue Reading