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A decision on next year will be made in July, and in the interim Pirelli has to develop and test tyres that the drivers, teams and the FIA are satisfied with. It’s not only a race against the clock, but it will have to be done with limited track running.Pirelli Read more

Last year, many F1 teams struggled with excessive bouncing on the new ground effect cars, which led to lobbying to tweak the regulations for 2023 on safety grounds.For 2023 the floor edges were raised by 15mm to prevent teams running their challengers as closely to the ground as last year Read more

TV coverage showed the car bottoming heavily at times during the test as it appeared to tend towards bouncing.However, Harman insisted that was a result of experiments that weren’t necessarily intended to be useful at the Sakhir track specifically, but which could apply to other tracks.That focus on exploring the Read more

Stroll had to miss last week’s Bahrain test due to a wrist injury, leaving Alonso and rookie Felipe Drugovich to undertake the initial sorting and development work on the new car.Alonso admits that he doesn’t have enough of a reference to properly analyse the behaviour of the AMR23 and compare Read more

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The Australian is making his F1 debut for McLaren at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and had his first proper run in the new MCL60 last week.Although McLaren is facing some competitive struggles with its new car, that has not stopped Piastri from showing just what he is capable of.In particular, Read more

At last year’s first Barcelona test, the Alfa Romeo team was hit by various reliability issues, a trend which continued to persist throughout the season.But last week Bottas and Zhou Guanyu completed a combined 401 laps over three days, albeit after one stoppage for Bottas with a suspected Ferrari power Read more

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Straight off the back of pre-season testing, F1 stays in Bahrain for the opening grand prix of a 23-race season which concludes in Abu Dhabi in late November.Red Bull impressed at the three-day test, meaning it is up to the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes to take the challenge to Read more