With Red Bull and Mercedes locked in an ultra-tight fight for this year's F1 championship, the scrutiny on the strengths and weaknesses of both their cars has increased... read more »

Max Verstappen's triumph at the French Grand Prix helped him and Red Bull extend their lead in F1's title battles.On a weekend when Red Bull's straightline speed... read more »

Amid concern from the FIA that a number of teams were exploiting flexible rear wings to get a straightline speed boost, new rigidity tests are being introduced from the French... read more »

A number of outfits, including Red Bull, Ferrari, Alpine and Alfa Romeo, have been using clever aero designs to flex their wings at high speed for a straightline boost.However,... read more »

The FIA is introducing new tests from the French GP to ensure that rear wings are not flexing too much and handing some teams a straightline speed advantage on the... read more »

The subject become a hot talking point at the Spanish Grand Prix, when Lewis Hamilton suggested Red Bull had been running a 'bendy' rear wing to boost straightline... read more »

The Italian outfit spent much of its effort over the winter focusing on an all-new engine design aimed at overcoming the power deficit that hurt its form in 2020.It was clear... read more »

The AlphaTauri driver impressed with the second fastest time of the test on the final day, putting in a lap that was just 0.093 seconds off Max Verstappen's benchmark... read more »

Mattia Binotto is confident Ferrari has successfully addressed one of its biggest weaknesses heading into the 2021 F1 season.  read more »

Ferrari's hope of fighting back from last season's dreadful P6 hinges on whether the Scuderia can recover their lost straightline speed. read more »

Ferrari is confident its new SF21 car will not suffer from the same straightline speed deficit this year that hurt its form so much in Formula 1 last season read more »

Red Bull boss Christian Horner says the team's straightline deficit at the Russian Grand Prix was "skewed" by Honda's power unit running out of battery... read more »

Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto say his team's Belgian Grand Prix woes are not just down to its lack of straightline speed, as a number of issues are holding it back read more »

Numerous Formula 1 teams have brought lower-downforce wings in preparation for the Belgian Grand Prix in a bid to boost their straightline performance and top speed read more »

Ferrari admits that its 2020 engine is "not as strong", and that it must now overcome a straightline speed deficit to its Formula 1 rivals after working to improve... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari's new Formula 1 car is "a bit draggy", causing it to trail its rivals for straightline speed through pre-season testing read more »

Red Bull Formula 1 boss Christian Horner believes his team's straightline speed advantage at high altitude is just as much down to downforce levels as it is engine power read more »

Mattia Binotto has again insisted there was nothing strange about Ferrari's drop in straightline speed in Brazil as they once again gave up speed for cornering. read more »

Ferrari says its reduced straightline speed at the Brazilian Grand Prix was down to an aerodynamic configuration that meant it 'almost matched' Formula 1 rival Red... read more »

Ferrari insists that it has changed 'nothing' on its power unit following the latest Formula 1 engine rules technical directives, despite rivals suspecting its... read more »

Max Verstappen's Formula 1 rivals Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel say they are surprised by Red Bull's straightline speed performance in Brazilian Grand Prix... read more »

Ferrari’s loss of pace in the United States Grand Prix increased the speculation around what might be behind its straightline speed advantage in F1 2019. Its rivals suspect... read more »

Ferrari team boss Mattia Binotto insists there is nothing sinister about Ferrari's pace difference in Austin, they simply swapped straightline speed for cornering. read more »

Ferrari says its lack of straightline speed over the United States Grand Prix weekend was down to a setup experiment, rather than anything to do with its Formula 1 engine read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes Formula 1 team boss Toto Wolff both believe Ferrari has lost straightline performance at Austin, but stopped short of attributing that to the... read more »