It does not matter if it is bright green, yellow, blue or orange paint, flow-vis has become almost the universal way for teams to assess aero parts.However, Alpine raised a few... read more »
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Formula 1 bosses are looking at possible regulation changes for 2025 in response to driver complaints concerning performance losses when following other cars. The current... read more »
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Nico Hulkenberg has been vocal about his frustration after Haas failed to introduce a low downforce specification for the Italian Grand Prix. read more »
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Hamilton, who has won in Singapore four times, believes that his team's high-downforce package will work well at the Marina Bay street track.In July, he took pole position... read more »
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The team struggled for performance with its low downforce package over the Italian GP weekend, with Fernando Alonso qualifying 10th and finishing ninth, and Lance Stroll out of... read more »
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Aston Martin endured a difficult weekend at Monza and will look into solving their low downforce set-up problems with their 2024 machine, according to Mike Krack. read more »
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The Belgian GP exposed the weakness of the MCL60 at high-speed tracks, and Norris found himself unable to defend in the race on his way to seventh place.At Monza, Norris... read more »
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Pierre Gasly was made to lament the Italian Grand Prix being a "super painful" weekend for Alpine. Alpine arrived at the low-downforce Monza circuit already expecting... read more »
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While there are other high-speed tracks on the F1 calendar, the 'Temple of Speed' remains an outlier because so much of it is straights, and this necessitates a... read more »
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Monza - the temple of speed - is one of the most power-sensitive track on the F1 calendar. This means a team needs to optimise its setup to a low drag configuration rather than... read more »
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Lando Norris insists McLaren’s pace is "not as good as it looks" at Monza after he managed the second-fastest time in FP2 at the Italian Grand Prix. McLaren has... read more »
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McLaren prioritised a revamp of the car before the summer break to add downforce to the car, meaning it didn't have the time to come up with a separate low-drag... read more »
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The current generation of cars must be run very low to the ground and be very stiffly sprung for the underfloor venturi tunnels and floor edges to generate the best downforce... read more »
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Ferrari has decided to make wholesale changes to its car for next year to dial out its unpredictable and sometimes downright crippling handling issues that have held back Sainz... read more »
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Although Alonso is coming off the back of an impressive second place in last weekend's Dutch GP, the low downforce nature of the Monza circuit in Italy is not expected to... read more »
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Carlos Sainz believes that Ferrari’s poor Dutch Grand Prix "confirmed" its 2023 Formula 1 car struggles more on high-downforce circuits. Prior to the summer break,... read more »
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Leclerc had a collision with Oscar Piastri on the damp first lap of the race before diving into the pits for a switch to intermediates, which proved to be slow as the crew... read more »
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Albon was the star of Saturday qualifying by taking fourth on the grid on the high-downforce Zandvoort loop. Rookie team-mate Logan Sargeant also claimed his best qualifying... read more »
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Alex Albon has defied claims that Williams' exploits in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix were down to optimising a low-downforce set-up. After showcasing promising pace... read more »
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Albon topped Q1 on Saturday, ran third in Q2 and then completed the second row of the grid in the final shootout, having lapped 0.852 seconds adrift of clear polesitter Max... read more »
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After Ferrari reserve Robert Shwartzman ran in the car during FP1 and classified 19th, Sainz clocked 16th in FP2. Team-mate Charles Leclerc finished 16th and then 11th.Both... read more »
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Charles Leclerc has challenged Formula 1 to strike a compromise between making the next generation of cars lighter whilst retaining the "very impressive" downforce... read more »
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The ballooning weight of current-era F1 cars has become increasingly unpopular with drivers and teams, with this year's minimum weight of 798kg well over 200kg higher... read more »
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With the German manufacturer having realised it has taken the wrong approach with its 2023 car, having been too cautious with its ride height target, the team has been chasing... read more »
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Cars are currently locked into parc ferme after the first session on Friday, and thus they have to run both qualifying sessions and the sprint and main event with the same... read more »