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Mercedes’ problems with bouncing and porpoising re-emerged at the bumpy Baku street track this weekend, with both Hamilton and teammate George Russell complaining of back pain after practice and qualifying.The seven-time world champion complained of back pain over his team radio during the race, with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff apologising to him for the car’s bouncing problem, as Hamilton …Keep reading

To varying degrees Formula 1 teams have suffered from either porpoising or bouncing with the 2022 era cars, which are being run as close to the ground as possible to maximise performance from the ground effect.Therefore, the ride of the current crop of cars is extremely stiff, which is causing a lot of drivers to constantly bottom out on the straights.The issue was amplified in Baku where …Keep reading

The Hinwil-based team has a limited supply of the latest upgrades and opted not to put them on the cars of Bottas and Zhou Guanyu on Friday so as not to risk sustaining any damage.Bottas expects the upgraded spec car to be faster on Saturday, and added that his best lap in FP2 was spoiled by a lock-up, costing time that would have put him on the edge of the top 10.“I don’t think it’s Read more…

Alfa’s livery tweak on its C42 F1 car is meant to celebrate the launch of the Alfa Romeo Tonale road car, an electric SUV.As part of the change the engine cover and sidepod will be painted green for the Baku weekend, turning the livery into an Italian tricolor flag.In a statement the Hinwil-based team said “the colour green is a nod to the Montreal Green hue used in Tonale’s launch, but …Keep reading

Although Mercedes – eight-time consecutive constructors’ champions – is currently 101 points behind leaders Red Bull after seven races, Marko still regards it as “dangerous” due to the quick lap times its cars have occasionally been able to unleash.Red Bull’s points leader Max Verstappen is 41 points clear of the top Mercedes driver, George Russell, and 75 ahead of Lewis Hamilton …Keep reading

F1 overhauled its technical regulations for this season to use cars that generate much more downforce from the floor and therefore rely less on undisturbed air flowing over the wings.This season’s races have shown that the rules have succeeded in allowing cars to follow each other much closer in faster corners, but that hasn’t necessarily resulted in more overtaking.Most of the action has …Keep reading

After Magnussen left Haas at the end of 2020, the team set up what was dubbed a ‘Haas hub’ in Maranello at Ferrari’s headquarters, with more of the Italian team’s personnel moving over to the US squad to form a department headed up by technical director Simone Resta.The change has allowed Haas to forge closer ties to Ferrari, while the team had already been taking as many components as …Keep reading

Drive to Survive has bucked the trend of most series by enjoying a steady rise in its viewership instead of tailing off season-on-season. Season three, filmed during the COVID-hit 2020 season, enjoyed a bigger viewership than season one and season two, while that benchmark has since been surpassed by season four that came out earlier this year.It is little surprise that Netflix has …Keep reading

Polesitter Charles Leclerc was leading the race when Ferrari made several strategic blunders during the race’s transition from wet to dry tyres, which not only made Leclerc lose the race to Red Bull’s Sergio Perez but bumped him off the podium to finish fourth.“Sometimes mistakes can happen but there have been too many mistakes overall,” a furious Leclerc said after another chance to win …Keep reading

In 2021, as he continued to fight to get up to speed with his new team, Ricciardo was lapped by podium-bound team-mate Lando Norris. It was a stark display of the gulf between them at the time, portrayed fairly brutally in the most recent season of Drive to Survive.Back then, it was about Ricciardo getting to grips with life at Woking. Come Monza, he emphatically hit back at his critics by …Keep reading