After introducing a high downforce rear wing, front wing endplate tweaks and rear brake changes at the Spanish Grand Prix back in May, Alpine has tweaked its A522 design with... read more »

One of the most intriguing, that has been placed into the rules rather than fall under the remit of a technical directive, relates to rear wing flexibility tests.As teams have... read more »

The car in general is pretty good. Where we struggle most is on high-speed circuits, low-downforce. read more »

F1 overhauled its technical regulations for the 2022 season in a bid to make it easier for cars to follow each other and battle wheel-to-wheel, improving the on-track... read more »

Like most teams, Alpine brought updates to the Spanish GP last month, including a high downforce rear wing, new front endplates and revised rear brake drum winglets.For the... read more »

Mike tackles the big talking points from the Canadian GP, in our Akkodis Race Debrief – from slick tyre decisions in Q3, to downforce levels, pit stop strategies and more! ?... read more »

As per the original ground-effect F1 era in the early 1980s, porpoising has returned whereby airflow stalls over the floors and therefore detaches and reattaches itself to the... read more »

This is because of a run of tracks with medium/low downforce characteristics, so the updates are expected to pay out over the course of the next few races.The most substantial... read more »

Mercedes' George Russell believes it is only a question of time before a major crash occurs in Formula 1 due to the bouncing cars in 2022. This year, F1 introduced a new... read more »

A variety of solutions will be in play this weekend but teams will likely settle on the lowest downforce setup they can get away with, ensuring that they are not penalised on... read more »

F1 overhauled its technical regulations for this season to use cars that generate much more downforce from the floor and therefore rely less on undisturbed air flowing over the... read more »

While the new-for-2022 regulations have reduced the teams' ability to bring one-off aerodynamic upgrades to increase downforce as they have done in the past, there were... read more »

But there are some other changes - both big and small - that differentiate it from the Aston Martin car that was last rolled out in Miami.First up, the team has introduced a... read more »

Red Bull has so far appeared to favour a lower downforce approach to each track, maximising top speed at the expense of performance through corners.Ferrari, on the other hand,... read more »

The characteristics and set-up of the Ferrari and Red Bull cars have been markedly different through the opening phase of the campaign.Red Bull has opted for a lower... read more »

The German car manufacturer brought a range of updates to the Miami event, including a revised front wing endplate and low downforce rear wing package.Those tweaks helped... read more »

Leclerc, the points leader and two-time race winner so far in 2022, made the most of the extreme track evolution on the brand-new street track to set the benchmark at... read more »

The Brackley-based team's focus has been on chasing answers to its porpoising problems, but is also aware that its chances this year have not been helped by a lack of... read more »

Fernando Alonso says tyre degradation is still an issue when following a rival car closely, despite the introduction of new technical regulations. This year, the cars have been... read more »

Questions about whether or not the Mercedes power unit has fallen back have, for example, been clouded by its underperforming chassis and the drag levels of its high-downforce... read more »

The Maranello-based team has had a strong start to the 2022 campaign, winning two of the first four races as it knuckles down for an intense fight with Red Bull.But the scale... read more »

The German car manufacturer has been held back so far this season by porpoising, which has forced the team to run its W13 with a much higher ride height than it was originally... read more »

Until it can cure the bouncing phenomenon, it does not want to pursue more traditional updates as it cannot be sure that it will take the W13 in the right direction.That is why... read more »

The German manufacturer has had a difficult start to the 2022 season, with its W13 suffering from porpoising which is compromising its performance.The team has found that to... read more »

Attacking and overtaking is easier, says Kevin Magnussen, but the loss of downforce when very close to a car ahead is now worse than before. read more »