Along with his team of F1 engineers - who have since transferred across to work for the FIA - Symonds was one of the chief architects of the current aerodynamic package, having... read more »

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has emphasised that its W13 has the potential to fight at the front of the field, after its subdued showing during qualifying in Bahrain. Mercedes... read more »

For the final pre-season test in Bahrain, Mercedes completely overhauled its mirror set-up as part of the sidepod revamp of the W13.Rivals questioned what Mercedes had done, as... read more »

AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost has claimed it is 'impossible' for a team to alter its sidepod philosophy this year with a number of solutions on display. read more »

Damon Hill believes Mercedes' "slim sidepod" concept could be causing "trouble" for the team. read more »

Zero-pods? Been there, done that for Haas. read more »

As part of the upgrades that Mercedes brought to its W13 for last week's Bahrain test, it included an innovative mirror stay concept on its side impact structure fins -... read more »

Christian Horner has seemingly performed a U-turn over Mercedes striking 'zeropod' concept by now declaring the design 'absolutely legal'. read more »

Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has conceded the team has "a lot of work to do" to 'validate' its striking sidepods concept. read more »

The German manufacturer revealed a radical new concept ahead of the start of the Bahrain test, using the Side Impact Structures (SIS) as separate fins to help shrink its... read more »

There had been whispers ever since Barcelona about the concept potentially exploiting some grey areas of the regulations, and it did not take long for such concerns to be... read more »

The French manufacturer has built an all-new power unit for this season, which most significantly sees it finally adopt the split turbine and compressor concept pioneered by... read more »

He also admits that the tighter cap will make it hard for a team that discovers it has followed the wrong concept with the new rules to switch direction and produce a... read more »

Ferrari's out-of-the-box thinking helped produce a "brave" design concept for its 2022 Formula 1 car, says team principal Mattia Binotto.  read more »

As is revealed here, Ferrari has constructed a 'modular' nose concept on the new F1-75 - something which has never been seen in F1 before.Rather than having a single... read more »

F1's all-new rules era this season has led to a shift to a more ground effect concept, with much more of a car's downforce generated by airflow running under the... read more »

The FIA has introduced all-new regulations for this season in a bid to help cars race each other better. The cars have shifted away from generating much of their downforce from... read more »

The new car will not be properly seen in public until next week's first pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain, with the team only offering a concept version in a... read more »

But as teams and drivers have begun digging deeper into the new cars, the reality of an entirely different handling model has come to the fore.For after years of teams having... read more »

On the face of it, the AMR22 looks dissimilar in all the right places from last year's FOM show car to give us a feel that it is a big departure in concept.However,... read more »

Rather than it being the machine that Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez will take into battle this season, it was simply a modified version of an F1 show car concept that has... read more »

What do we think about the launch of Red Bull's RB18 F1 car? Is there anything new to spot on 2022's 2nd launch, or is it just a concept car with a new lick of paint?... read more »

Haas has become the first team to unveil the new-for-2022 aerodynamic concept that will now feature in F1 from this season. read more »

The all-new 2022 rules means designs are much more constrained by regulation than in the recent past, and it means that any differences between teams will undoubtedly lead to a... read more »

A showcar created by FOM last year provided some insight into the basic form that the new designs will take,  but teams have been busy developing their own ideas based on what... read more »