With the overhaul of the technical regulations on the horizon for 2022 and limited car development allowed for this year, F1’s most successful and famous team was able to spend much of this season focusing on getting the basics right. It resulted in a season that showed impressive steps forward by Ferrari in pretty much […]
Ahead of this season, the American squad finished assembling its car in Bahrain ahead of the start of pre-season testing as the chassis was basically unchanged from 2020. But with a rules overhaul for next season meaning teams will have all-new cars, Haas will finish assembling it in the Dallara factory in Italy before flying […]
For although there was little time to make major changes to the W11 in the short period he had before the Bahrain weekend got going, the insight he got in to Lewis Hamilton’s approach and demands was hugely valuable. One example was the way he had to use Hamilton’s steering wheel layout, which includes his […]
As the dust settles on the fallout from the season finale in Abu Dhabi, F1 has witnessed the balance of power shift between Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton throughout the season, with the Red Bull driver taking the world title in a stunning final-lap showdown. But we go back to the start of 2021 and […]
MotoGP has enjoyed a boom of fast young talents coming up to the premier class in recent years, with the likes of 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo and 2020 champion Joan Mir, and multiple race winners in Francesco Bagnaia, Brad Binder, Jorge Martin and Miguel Oliveira to name but a few. In 2021, Pramac’s Martin […]
Less than a fortnight on from the final round of the 2021 F1 campaign, the Brackley-based outfit published a short video on Thursday revealing the fire up of the new W13. The video showed staff at its factory overlooking the event, with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff being kept up to date with developments via […]
While F1 chiefs have successfully pulled off two campaigns amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and have been able to open up the grandstands and paddocks more recently, concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant have prompted worries about more challenges ahead. It means not only question marks about future races, with next year’s Australian Grand […]
Grand prix racing’s chiefs have always tried to give the impression that they are doing their best to manage the difficulties those that working in the pitlane face. However, as F1’s calendar looks set to explode even more in the future, and triple-headers are now the norm, many within the paddock have expressed some private […]
Ferrari announced last July that it had completed work on a new state-of-the-art simulator facility at Fiorano after two years of work, developed by the British company Dynisma. The team revealed at the time that it was aiming to have it up and running for the final stages of the 2021 season, as well as […]
The election of a new FIA president is a rare occurrence, when you consider that only Jean Todt and Max Mosley have served in the role since 1991. So for 30 years – the entire span of many motorsport fans’ followership of the sport – these two giants have been at the helm. It is […]