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
McLaren has stuck to its popular papaya orange and black colour scheme for the new F1 season, reverting to its standard nomenclature for the MCL38 that will get its first mileage on Wednesday during a filming session in Silverstone.The car builds on the much-improved MCL60 which, after a slow start,Continue Reading
The stated aim is for a more manageable car, with a broader setup window, that’s easier to drive and quick across the course of an entire race weekend.Delving into the changes made by the Scuderia, we’ll start with the sidepods. At the start of last season, Ferrari decided to holdContinue Reading
Ferrari has now revealed its 2024 F1 car, the SF-24, with the team describing it as a complete redesign. But can Ferrari’s latest machine truly take the fight to Red Bull? And with the recent Hamilton 2025 signing, what does this say about Ferrari’s future as a team? Bryn LucasContinue Reading
He jokingly compared it with making the first call to his close friend and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff after tempting his driver away.Vasseur expects that despite his obvious disappointment in losing his seat, Sainz will remain fully dedicated to the Ferrari cause this year, insisting that the team willContinue Reading
Following Ferrari’s Tuesday launch, the Monegasque joined team-mate Carlos Sainz in giving the new car its first laps around Ferrari’s Fiorano test track, albeit only for a handful of laps.Charles Leclerc explained at the launch that his work on the simulator with the new car suggested that the team hadContinue Reading
Hamilton’s signing, which was announced by the Maranello team earlier this month, has left the Spaniard looking for a drive for next season and beyond.Ahead of the launch of Ferrari’s 2024 challenger on Tuesday, Sainz made it clear that the news was unexpected but conceded he’d had time to digest it,Continue Reading
One of the main advantages that Red Bull exploited throughout last season was good aero efficiency, which made the car strong in a straightline.Its advantage increased when its DRS was opened, as the team had made the most of perfecting the drag ratio of its mainplane at the rear ofContinue Reading
The Milton Keynes- based team is officially launching its 2024 challenger at an event at its factory on Thursday, and had hoped to keep the design secret until then, despite some early running.But despite world champion Max Verstappen’s first laps in the car on Tuesday being a strictly behind-closed-doors event,Continue Reading
The upgrades brought during 2023 carried a similar aim but after the summer break, in Zandvoort, Sainz and Leclerc still needed to split their car set-ups to refine the tricky handling.A shift towards understeer thereafter favoured Sainz before late-season tweaks enabled Leclerc to score four pole positions and three podiumsContinue Reading