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IndyCar winner Herta handed McLaren F1 test programme

Herta races for Andretti Autosport in IndyCar, and became the youngest winner in the series’ history back in 2019.The American was in line to land an F1 drive at the Alfa Romeo team for 2022 if Andretti completed its plans to acquire a majority stake, only for plans to fall Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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Pirelli: 18-inch F1 tyres have to be driven in “different way”

Isola said that a stronger rear tyre encourages understeer, and admitted that it’s easier to lock the fronts than it was last year.He agreed that the 2022 cars are trickier to drive in slower corners.“These tyres are different, you have to drive them in a different way,” Isola said in Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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2022 F1 cars set for further 3kg weight increase

The limit for car plus driver increased from 752 to 795kg for this season in order to reflect both the change to 18-inch wheels and the introduction of new safety features.However, despite the increase, teams still found it hard to get down to that limit.One unexpected factor has been the Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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Mazepin and father now subject to EU sanctions

The latest additions were published by the Council of the European Union on Wednesday.The news came shortly after Mazepin had told the media that neither he nor his father were subject to sanctions, and thus that couldn’t be used as a reason for the Haas F1 team to cancel both Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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Sainz hopes F1 drivers don’t have to live with “annoying” porpoising

F1 teams found their first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain last month over shadowed by their cars suffering from excessive bouncing on the straights.The issue, which is a legacy of the switch to more ground effect aerodynamics for 2022, affected all teams to some extent but a few were Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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Drive to Survive S4 review: Essential viewing, but absences are felt

The Netflix series has been a resounding success for F1, helping it reach an enormous new audience and broaden the spectrum of its fanbase, from fair-weather followers to diehard ‘stans’.Season 3 marked a new peak for Drive to Survive, hitting #1 worldwide on Netflix and outperforming the first season, which Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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McLaren believes F1 teams will quickly solve porpoising headache

F1 squads were caught on the hop in the first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain last week with the way the new ground-effect cars bounced down the straights.It was caused by a return of the ‘porpoising’ phenomenon that was experienced in the early 1980s ground-effect era.The cycle is triggered Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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F1 teams have “little freedom” outside windtunnel for porpoising fixes

The reintroduction of ground effect-style aerodynamics for the 2022 season has resulted in the return of a phenomenon known as porpoising, at which the heave movement of the car is excited by the oncoming airflow and causes up-and-down oscillations in the car.This was a problem for F1 cars back in Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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Ferrari expects Mercedes to bring “big upgrade” to second F1 test

Ferrari enjoyed a solid start to F1’s pre-season running at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last week, completing more laps than any other team.Drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr both featured towards the top of the timesheets throughout the test, prompting Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell to talk Read more

By sbutler, 5 years ago
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F1 terminates Russian GP contract after cancellation of 2022 race

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, F1 announced that it would not be racing in Russia later this year, with the race for 25 September being called off.The promoter of the Russian Grand Prix, Rosgonki, claimed at the time that it was still possible the race would go ahead, Read more

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