Mercedes has endured a challenging campaign, the progress it had hoped to make with its W14 failing to materialise as it embarked on a ‘painful’ change in car concept.The team recognised it had aimed to run its aero platform too high, giving away too much performance compared to rivals running Read more
Haas has yet to get on top of its 2023 car’s severe tyre woes, which have left the American-owned team unable to replicate its often-reasonable qualifying pace over a whole race stint.The Ferrari customer squad particularly struggles on hot and twisty circuits where Pirelli’s tyres are tested the most, with Read more
Last year, F1 switched to ground-effect-based cars which are set up extremely stiff to generate the most downforce. That set-up had the unintended side-effect of porpoising on most cars, with drivers bouncing violently on the straights.But even without the highly publicised bouncing effect, the low-ride heights have generally made the Read more
The Silverstone-based team concedes that this year’s car has been weak in that area, which is why it endured such a difficult weekend at Monza.Fernando Alonso had his least competitive showing of the season at the Italian Grand Prix, struggling to finish ninth, while Lance Stroll was out of the Read more
Prompted by an interview with ex-F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone earlier this year, plus archive footage of late FIA race director Charlie Whiting, Massa believes F1 and the governing body were aware of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix ‘crashgate’ scandal in time to take action before the championship was decided.Former Ferrari Read more
From this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, the FIA has got tougher on the design of front and rear wings in a bid to stop teams from playing games with flexible parts.As first revealed by Autosport, the FIA has demanded to see all design drawings of wings ahead of the Marina Read more
Stevenson, 55, is a stalwart of the Silverstone squad. He joined the team in its first guise as Jordan in the early 1990s and climbed the ranks to become chief mechanic before moving into his current role in 2005. As sporting director, he leads Aston Martin’s dealings with the FIA.This Read more
Despite Zhou being the first full-time Chinese F1 racer, there has been speculation he does not come with major financial banking to incentivise Alfa Romeo to agree new terms.Speaking ahead of the summer break, Alfa Romeo F1 managing director Alessandro Alunni Bravi reckoned his squad wanted to retain its line-up Read more
At two races this year – Hungary and Monza after the initial trial set for Imola had to be abandoned amid that race’s cancellation – Pirelli has experimented with shipping fewer tyre sets, with adapted rules implemented for qualifying.By mandating drivers run hards in Q1, mediums in Q2 and softs Read more
It does not matter if it is bright green, yellow, blue or orange paint, flow-vis has become almost the universal way for teams to assess aero parts.However, Alpine raised a few eyebrows at last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix when it appeared to roll back the clock and do something a Read more