The new enforced concept called for a total rethink, given the upper section of endplate had been eradicated and a contoured transition was needed to join with the mainplane... read more »
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Mercedes were "surprised" their rivals did not find the loophole that enabled them to come up with their radical sidepod concept for F1 2022. read more »
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McLaren executive technical director James Key believes teams will be searching for a "best-of-all-worlds" solution to combine the strengths of the designs of... read more »
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But the German car manufacturer certainly would never have predicted the kind of difficulties it faced with its W13.Having suffered the most extreme porpoising on the grid,... read more »
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But while it ultimately missed out on beating its rival on countback, even getting in that battle was impressive considering how challenging the start of its year had been.The... read more »
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Pierre Gasly may have moved on to Alpine, but he expects his former team AlphaTauri to have a much better 2023 season than they did in 2022. read more »
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There were plenty of different approaches to both car concept and development programmes, with no two teams opting for identical routes.With the dust now settled on the... read more »
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In Formula 1, all drivers use a fixed race number. The championship introduced this concept in 2014 to increase the recognition of the drivers on the track for the fans. In... read more »
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Gasly heads to Alpine in 2023 after a difficult final year with the Faenza team, which struggled to find form for much of the season.The Frenchman says that his former... read more »
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The German car manufacturer went completely its own route for 2022, adopting a 'zero sidepod' solution on the W13, which was very different to the downwash Red Bull... read more »
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The new model is the first to have been developed under former Red Bull man Fallows, who started work at the Silverstone outfit in April, and head of aerodynamics Eric Blandin,... read more »
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With car designers always keen to make mirrors interfere as little as possible with airflow over the car, the FIA has long had to push hard to enforce their size and position... read more »
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The innovative concepts, involving the Mercedes front wing endplate and the Aston Martin rear wing, have been made illegal through changes in F1's technical... read more »
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This weekend's third and final sprint event of 2022 has reopened the debate about the attraction of sprints.World champion Max Verstappen has, in particular, been... read more »
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Aston Martin says it "has to be aggressive" with the design of its 2023 Formula 1 car as it bids to move up the order. Aston Martin endured a fraught start to the... read more »
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The Silverstone-based squad is recovering from a poor start to the year where it went down the wrong concept route with its AMR22, before switching tact from the Spanish GP.And... read more »
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Aston Martin technical director Dan Fallows recognised before he had even started his new role that the team's car this year would be "a challenge" compared to... read more »
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The Brackley-based squad is still hunting for its first F1 victory this season, with it having been on the back foot against Red Bull and Ferrari throughout much of the 2022... read more »
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Mercedes director of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has conceded the team is yet to decide on a car concept for next season. read more »
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Mercedes' ongoing performance swings mean the team faces a "very difficult situation" over the direction to take with their 2023 F1 car concept. read more »
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With the German car manufacturer still facing battles to understand the W13, whose form is wildly inconsistent, time is running out if the squad does want to do something... read more »
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Although Ricciardo had another year to run on his contract at McLaren, he and the team mutually reached a deal for them to part ways at the end of this season in the wake of... read more »
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There was a major buzz created online earlier this year when it was announced that an all-new Formula 1 manager game would be released. There was anticipation that the game... read more »
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McLaren technical director James Key has suggested the team will be "braver" with its 2023 F1 concept in order to close the margin to the frontrunners. read more »
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McLaren technical director James Key has revealed the team will need to pursue different car concepts in order to track down Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes. read more »