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Verstappen: Red Bull wing set-up should be better for Monza F1 race

8 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Verstappen lost out on pole by 0.013s to Carlos Sainz, who sent the Ferrari tifosi into raptures with his fourth career pole and his first on the Scuderia's home... read more »

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F1 aero expert explains crucial rear wing choices for Italian Grand Prix

8 months ago

from: GPfans.com

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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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McLaren unveils revamped Monza F1 wings to avoid Spa top speed woes

8 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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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 upgrades F1 teams have brought to the Italian GP

8 months ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Formula 1 returns to Monza, the Italian Temple of Speed this weekend and all but one of the 10 teams on the grid has brought updates to its cars ahead of the Italian GP. Given... read more »

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Williams ‘not a slow car anymore’, concedes Gasly

8 months ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Pierre Gasly is expecting a difficult Dutch Grand Prix after being outqualified by both Williams cars on Saturday. Gasly was only able to qualify 12th, and will start the Dutch... read more »

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Red Bull shocked by F1 rivals' failure to work out vital advantage

9 months ago

from: GPfans.com

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Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache has admitted it is 'crazy' that their fellow Formula 1 rivals have failed to work out the key to the team's enormous... read more »

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Why McLaren F1 didn't address its high drag problem sooner

9 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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McLaren started the season off the pace with a car that was both lacking overall downforce and suffering from a lack of aerodynamic efficiency, meaning it creates too much drag... read more »

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Stella defends F1 rules: Low-drag tracks are now a problem

9 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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To help reduce the dirty air produced and allow cars to follow one another more closely, the design rulebook was reset for 2022 to move to ground-effects and away from complex... read more »

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Albon: "Vicious cycle" meant slicks were quicker in the wet at F1 Belgian GP

9 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Spa was seen by the Williams team as a track that would favour the low-drag characteristics of the FW45 and give Albon a chance to repeat the points-scoring form that he's... read more »

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McLaren pushing to sign off final 'conceptual evolution' update for F1 2023 car

9 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Ahead of a landmark moment for the team, as it prepares to put its 2024 car in its new wind tunnel for the first time, the squad still wants to eke out one final effort for its... read more »

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The upgrades F1 teams have brought to the Belgian GP

9 months ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Nine of the 10 teams on the F1 grid have brought upgrades for this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, with many changes being made to meet the low drag demands of the... read more »

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McLaren pursuing Red Bull DRS solution with Spa F1 update

9 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Red Bull has frequently enjoyed a top speed advantage in qualifying, up to 5mph, when drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez can activate their DRS on the main... read more »

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Hamilton questions F1 future amid Mercedes contract delays

9 months ago

from: GPfans.com

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Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he has questioned his commitment to Formula 1 as talks between himself and Mercedes continue to drag on over a new... read more »

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Tsunoda reckons AlphaTauri F1 upgrades not working

10 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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The team submitted eight technical changes to the FIA for the Silverstone weekend. These are led by a reworked floor with a raised edge, a tweaked diffuser to reduce how much... read more »

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The Monaco GP form suggested by F1 2023's closest comparison

11 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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For one round only, having the power of a 'GP2 engine' isn't insurmountable as drivers spend just 43% of the lap on full throttle - the least of any circuit on... read more »

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McLaren: Early indications show Piastri is a future F1 world champion

11 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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McLaren parted ways with eight-time grand prix winner Daniel Ricciardo a year before his contract was due to expire to secure the services of Piastri, who won the Formula... read more »

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Forget DRS, Red Bull's true F1 brilliance lies elsewhere

12 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Much of the focus around the RB19 has revolved around its top speed - and especially the way that its DRS delivers a straight-line advantage that rivals are nowhere near... read more »

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The numbers behind Red Bull's 'unbeatable' and 'genius' DRS

12 months ago

from: Crash.Net

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Sky Sports pundit Karun Chandhok has revealed Red Bull's Drag Reduction System reduces their 2023 F1 car's drag by "about 25 percent".  read more »

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Brown: McLaren F1 car "still has too much drag" despite floor upgrade

12 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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McLaren introduced a new package in Baku which represented the car it felt it should have started the season with, adhering to a different floor philosophy that tried to... read more »

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Russell: Baku race "speaks for itself" after F1 drivers weren't consulted on DRS

12 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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In the second year of the 2022-era of ground-effect machines, following other cars in traffic has become more difficult as teams have found ways to add downforce to their cars,... read more »

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Aston Martin seeks permanent F1 DRS solution after lubricant fix in Baku

12 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll were reckoned to have lost 0.2s on the main straight in Baku during the Friday practice run and both the grand prix and sprint race... read more »

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Alonso: Aston Martin "cannot be 100% sure" of DRS fix

12 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Alonso and team-mate Lance Stroll had been struggling with the DRS overtaking device all weekend on their new low-drag wing for Baku's long straights.The problem came up... read more »

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McLaren reveals extent of F1 floor and wing changes for Baku

12 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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The Woking-based squad admitted at the launch of its new MCL60 that it had not hit the performance targets it wanted with its 2023 challenger and was working on a major... read more »

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FIA shortens Baku DRS zone for F1 Azerbaijan GP

12 months ago

from: Autosport.com

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Last year the second of two DRS activation points was drawn 347 metres past Turn 20, the final flat-out kink leading onto Baku's ultra-long main straight.For 2023, the... read more »

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Norris admits McLaren is 'shocked' by its DRS deficit

about 1 year ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Lando Norris says that McLaren has been left "shocked" by its deficit to rivals when activating the drag reduction system (DRS). McLaren has endured a difficult start... read more »