Much of the focus around the RB19 has revolved around its top speed – and especially the way that its DRS delivers a straight-line advantage that rivals are nowhere near matching. There are numerous theories floating around about why the team’s DRS appears to be so effective – from it simply Read more
While some love the way that the series is trying to open its doors for new followers, others are not so happy with the direction.They feel that there is a danger the championship’s chiefs are ignoring the quality of the racing that is critical to keeping the hardcore fan interested.But Read more
The seven-time champion is out of contract at the end of this year, but he and Mercedes are already in discussions about extending their deal.At last weekend’s Miami Grand Prix, Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff suggested that it was only a matter of agreeing on finances for things to get Read more
Speaking exclusively to Autosport at a IWC Schaffhausen basketball event ahead of the Miami Grand Prix – which featured seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and Hollywood movie stars James Marsden and Simu Liu – Coulthard said that the never-raced street track venue in Weehawken, New Jersey, could complete F1’s roster Read more
P1 Fuels technology shot to attention at last year’s British Grand Prix when Vettel completed a demonstration run in Nigel Mansell’s championship-winning 1992 car using its own fossil-free fuel. At the time, Vettel said that one of the motivations for the run was to prove that it was possible to keep using internal combustion engines Read more
Of course, it’s the FIA’s F1 safety car driver Bernd Maylander. The 51-year-old from Waiblingen, in the southwest of Germany, has the ice-cold veins required to keep F1’s racers in check when things go off the rails.Maylander is in his 24th season of driving the safety car and has only Read more
Despite the landmark shift to the ground-effect design regulations for 2022, the MCL36 of last season was still blighted by the same mid-corner handling unpredictability as its 2021 predecessor. Lando Norris has since raised the same complaint with the current MCL60, while team boss Andrea Stella says the car is weakest Read more
A difficult start to the 2023 season for the Faenza outfit was followed by critical comments from team boss Franz Tost and the sudden departure of head of aerodynamics Dickon Balmforth.The team is pushing on with a substantial development programme as it tries to find more performance from its car.Last Read more
Team boss Andrea Stella reckons despite the floor damage sustained by Lando Norris and a brake-by-wire failure for Oscar Piastri, a Miami result of 17th and 19th is a “reality check”.The ‘supertimes’ metric, which compares the fastest lap set by each team during a full race weekend, listed McLaren as Read more
During the Miami GP Albon was heard to question the team’s requests to push harder, and on a different occasion, to manage his tyres.Although such responses appear uncharacteristic given Albon’s calm personality out of the car, Vowles says he’s happy to have such feedback from his driver.“I actually encourage it, Read more