Onboard TV footage showed the Aston Martin driver apparently resting his right hand at times and focusing on using his left to push the top of the steering wheel into the tight right-hander at Turn 1.He was also seen using assistance from his mechanics to get out of the car Read more
Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez finished second and third respectively in FP2, narrowly behind Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso.But neither had a smooth day after Red Bull lost the car balance during FP1 and only got into a reasonable window well into FP2.Rather ominously, it meant that neither Verstappen nor Perez Read more
His comments echo those the seven-time world champion made after his first run in the troubled W13 last season in what turned out to be his first winless campaign in F1.However Hamilton says that the team is in much better shape as the porpoising that afflicted the old car is Read more
Relative to the size of the actual logos of the car, the deal received a lot of media coverage thanks to the familiarity of the brand across motorsport, and the perceived iconic status of its orange and blue colours.At a time when so many relatively obscure tech or crypto companies Read more
The dynamic in the Italian outfit changes this year as team veteran Pierre Gasly has moved on and been replaced by rookie Nyck de Vries.While the Dutchman is in his first year, he is older than Tsunoda and brings experience from other categories, as well as the knowledge gained with Read more
There has been much speculation about Aston’s potential for the upcoming campaign after Fernando Alonso put the AMR23 in the top three spots on both the opening two days of pre-season testing in Bahrain last week and then produced an eye-catching race simulation run on that event’s final evening.That meant Read more
As well as last year’s W13 suffering from porpoising and a lack of useable downforce, it also left Lewis Hamilton and George Russell facing a deficit on the straights.The team was keen to address its aero efficiency for this year, but one of the notable factors in last week’s Bahrain Read more
Behind the obvious top trio of Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, they say a toss of a coin will decide which of the seven other squads are strongest in 2023. Even then, the order will change from one race weekend to the next as the timing of upgrades and differing Read more
On Wednesday F1 announced increased revenue and profits for 2022, as well as a record overall payment of over $1.1 billion split between the 10 teams.In the early years of Liberty’s ownership several teams were in financial trouble and came close to failing, with Force India and Williams surviving only Read more
While there was a full 22-race calendar in 2021 there were still some restrictions on attendance in place. But last year, with those finally gone and F1 continuing to benefit worldwide from the Drive to Survive boost, the numbers rose significantly.The increasing interest in the world championship was reflected in Read more