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Ocon: Alpine F1 ‘couldn’t fight’ in Suzuka amid ‘backwards step’

16 days 15 hours ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Esteban Ocon has admitted that the Alpine Formula 1 team’s “backwards step” during the Japanese Grand Prix meant that he “couldn’t fight” against its competitors. Alpine has... read more »

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Ocon reveals how Saudi F1 battles exposed Alpine weaknesses

about 1 month ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 412 views )

Esteban Ocon has revealed how his battles with several rival cars throughout the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix exposed the weaknesses within Alpine’s 2024 Formula 1 car. Alpine has... read more »

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Red Bull finds RB19 F1 car solution that suits both Verstappen and Perez

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 405 views )

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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Alpine: Underweight A523 F1 car will offer ballast benefit

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 736 views )

Teams have long used ballast to optimise weight distribution from track to track, although in recent years with the hybrid cars it has proved harder for them to get below the... read more »

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Norris ready to wait a "few more years" for McLaren to come good

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 736 views )

The team failed to capitalise on the major 2022 ground-effects regulation changes after constructing an overweight MCL36 that struggled with early brake cooling issues and then... read more »

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Perez pushed Red Bull "in a certain direction" on 2023 F1 car

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 588 views )

Perez joined Red Bull for the 2021 season to replace Alex Albon, but like Albon and Pierre Gasly before him the Mexican found it tough to get close to team-mate Max Verstappen... read more »

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Verstappen buoyed by new handling characteristics of 2023 F1 tyres

about 1 year ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1177 views )

The Red Bull driver is well known for preferring a pointier front end, as he has no concerns about his cars being more nervous at the rear.This trait was the opposite of what... read more »

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Gasly: Overweight AlphaTauri ‘was like running with a backpack’

about 1 year ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 438 views )

Pierre Gasly says an overweight car was AlphaTauri's biggest issue through 2022, revealing it was unable to get down to the limit all season. AlphaTauri claimed a podium... read more »

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Gasly reveals critical issue that shattered AlphaTauri hopes

about 1 year ago

from: GPfans.com

( 406 views )

Pierre Gasly has suggested AlphaTauri's disappointing F1 season was due to the AT03 being "massively overweight". read more »

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Stroll says Aston's "shocking" changes help keep faith in F1 project

over 2 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 641 views )

A difficult start to the 2022 season has left the British sportscar manufacturer as the only squad not to have scored points, with Stroll and team-mate Sebastian Vettel... read more »

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Mercedes reveal hidden cost of overweight W13

over 2 years ago

from: GPfans.com

( 472 views )

Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has revealed how the W13's weight issue has further hampered the push for performance. read more »

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Red Bull have ‘two or three’ problems, reliability is just one

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 715 views )

Helmut Marko says reliability is not Red Bull's only problem - they are also lagging behind Ferrari and overweight. read more »

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Marko on the ‘problem’ with Red Bull’s overweight RB18

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 1148 views )

Helmut Marko says Red Bull's new RB18 is overweight and he hopes the team bosses agree to increase the minimum weight. read more »

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Some cars are 'double digits' overweight – report

over 2 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 594 views )

Some Formula 1 cars may need to go on a diet before the season starts, it seems. read more »

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Why drivers support return of refueling in F1 races

over 4 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 706 views )

Formula One drivers are in support of a return to in-race refueling as they see it as a temporary fix to one of the championship's biggest problems -- overweight cars. read more »

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Overweight Force India car forces Sergio Perez into 'extreme diet'

over 7 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 1541 views )

Sergio Perez has revealed Force India's overweight 2017 car has forced him into an "extreme diet" to shed pounds ahead of the new season. Force India's... read more »

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Sergio Perez on 'extreme diet' because of heavy Force India F1 car

over 7 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1418 views )

Sergio Perez has admitted that he has been on a crash diet ahead of the Australian Grand Prix to help Force India cope with its overweight 2017 Formula 1 car read more »

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Overweight Force India causing problems

over 7 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 1493 views )

Force India's new VJM10 is reportedly 10 kilograms above the minimum weight, a problem that hasn't been helped by the team's driver bulking up over the winter. read more »

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Sutil: Sauber still needs to lose weight

over 9 years ago

from: PlanetF1.com

( 862 views )

Although Sauber launched a lighter car last time out in Barcelona, Adrian Sutil says the C33 is still overweight... read more »

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Sutil didn't eat for two days to save weight

over 9 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1966 views )

Adrian Sutil has revealed that he didn't eat for two days in a bid to lose weight during the opening races of the 2014 season. The Sauber driver is one of the taller... read more »

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Sauber pinning hopes on lightweight chassis

over 9 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1247 views )

Sauber will debut a heavily revised lightweight chassis at the Spanish Grand Prix next week and the team is pinning its points scoring hopes on the upgrade. The Hinwil outfit... read more »

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Sauber hope to gain sixth tenths with new chassis

over 10 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1117 views )

Sauber are working on a new lightweight chassis which they hope to debut at the Spanish Grand Prix, in the hope of meeting the minimum weight allowance. The team have been... read more »

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Sauber admits it's running overweight

over 10 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 1115 views )

Sauber drivers Adrian Sutil and Esteban Gutierrez have revealed that the team's Formula 1 car is overweight at this stage of the 2014 season read more »

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Red Bull isn't sandbagging - Webber

over 13 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 1331 views )

Mark Webber has denied Red Bull is running its car overweight in testing in order to conceal its hand from its rivals read more »