In general, that's not where we aim to be, and we certainly have improvements to make to ensure we're qualifying in much stronger positions at later races. read more »
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This is promising, but there is still much to do to get the car to where we want it. read more »
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His comments echo those the seven-time world champion made after his first run in the troubled W13 last season in what turned out to be his first winless campaign in F1.However... read more »
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There has been much speculation about Aston's potential for the upcoming campaign after Fernando Alonso put the AMR23 in the top three spots on both the opening two days... read more »
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Zak Brown has taken a fresh swipe at Red Bull over that much-publicised F1 budget cap breach which has dominated headlines for the past five months. read more »
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The Milton Keynes-based squad is coming off the back of a 2022 campaign where its RB18 had phases where either one or the other driver was happier.At the start of the season,... read more »
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Reading too much into F1 pre-season testing is somewhat of a fool's game but there were some things that it was impossible to ignore. read more »
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Much happier than he was after 2022 testing, Lewis Hamilton feels that Mercedes W14 is still lagging behind Red Bull and Ferrari. read more »
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Lewis Hamilton and George Russell made an encouraging start to the 2023 test on Thursday with a car that didn't seem to suffer from porpoising like its cursed... read more »
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Team principal Andrea Stella's admission that the squad was not "entirely happy" with the launch specification version of its 2023 challenger had laid down a... read more »
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The Woking-based squad has been open since its launch that it is not entirely happy with the initial specification of the MCL60, which has lacked competitiveness in the Bahrain... read more »
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Mercedes have taken encouragement from their 2023 F1 car and believe the W14 is a "much calmer" and "more stable" than its predecessor. read more »
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The German manufacturer had an encouraging opening day to pre-season testing in Bahrain on Thursday, its 2023 challenger proving to be much better handling than last... read more »
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen set the fastest time on the opening day of Formula 1's 2023 pre-season test at the Bahrain International Circuit on Thursday. Verstappen... read more »
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As Max Verstappen dominates the first day of testing, team boss Christian Horner claims that three days is too much. read more »
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The Milton Keynes-based squad was handed a $7 million fine and a 10% reduction in its aero development allowance as the result of being found to have overspent on its way to... read more »
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Toto Wolff said the early signs are that Mercedes' 2023 car does not have the same bouncing issues that the team struggled with so much last year. read more »
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Twelve months on from its troubled test in Bahrain, where the German car manufacturer was plagued by excessive porpoising, the team seemed in a much happier place with its... read more »
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Stella says the team will try not to focus initially on direct comparisons with Lando Norris, who is heading into his fifth year of F1.Instead the team will concentrate on... read more »
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But once the finished cars had gone public, it was inevitable we would see teams hone-in on the agreed best ideas, even if it meant switching concept. The imposition of a cost... read more »
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F1's budget cap has been vital in securing financial stability for teams in the sport since being introduced for the 2021 season. read more »
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The change of specification was formally approved at today's meeting of the F1 Commission, which was held at the F1 organisation's HQ in London.An F1/FIA statement... read more »
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Seidl's move to Sauber was announced late last year, and Stella was immediately named as his successor as team principal.Stella joined McLaren from Ferrari in 2015 and has... read more »
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Max Verstappen is the highest-paid F1 driver in 2023 - here is a list of how much money each driver will pocket this year. read more »
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Black is back, and in a big way. The coming Formula 1 season is hardly shaping up to be a vintage year for eye-catching liveries. As the name of the MCL60 alludes, McLaren is... read more »