And in sport, seven is a number that has also come to gain great significance, reaching far beyond the back of David Beckham’s football shirt. In Formula 1, Michael Schumacher’s tally of seven world championships long stood as a landmark most though impossible to reach. That was until Lewis Hamilton drew level in 2020, and […]
Month: May 2022
“Not my problem” other Yamaha MotoGP riders struggling
Yamaha has come into the 2022 season with a bike that hasn’t evolved much from the 2021 M1 Quartararo won the championship with, particularly in terms of horsepower. Quartararo struggled to ninth in Qatar, was eighth in Argentina and seventh in Austin, while in the wet in Indonesia he was second, victorious in Portugal and […]
Haas tech boss doesn’t care for F1 rivals’ polemics
The American-owned squad has had a positive start to the 2022 campaign, with its VF-22 proving to be a Q3 contender and able to challenge for points. Following on from a difficult 2021 campaign, where Haas was pegged to the back of the grid thanks to abandoning any development work on its old car, the […]
The Red Bull F1 ‘ice skate’ that could be its porpoising cure
And just as we’ve seen a variety of different sidepod solutions from teams this year, it appears – from the glimpses we have been able to get – there are varied approaches to the floor too. Each team has its own interpretation on how best to extract performance within the bounds of the new regulations, […]
Tony Brooks on the 1958 F1 German GP
1958 German GP, Nurburgring Car: Vanwall The previous year the Vanwall had been diabolical at the Nurburgring, with no real suspension on what was a very rough circuit. By 1958, however, the team had learned its lessons well and in practice I was just one second slower than Mike Hawthorn in his Ferrari, with a […]
“I didn’t know what I was doing” in F1 debut year
Tsunoda was brought into Red Bull’s second team amid plenty of expectation but struggled to adapt to F1 in the first half of 2021 which was marred by plenty of mistakes. But following a summer move to Italy to be closer to the team’s Faenza base, Tsunoda gradually started improving, culminating in a fourth place […]
How the Miami GP has prepared for Florida’s natural hazards
Due to its location at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, F1’s newest racetrack – designed and overseen by UK firm Apex Circuit Design – has had to fit in with its environment. From the busy stadium usage side, the Miami Open tennis tournament required that a stretch from Turn 3 to Turn 5 was […]
Why the Miami Grand Prix weekend will be a game changer for F1
For the first time since 1984, F1 is hosting two grands prix in the USA – with Miami joining the calendar alongside Austin – and the buzz around the championship in the country has perhaps never been higher. The excitement is in stark contrast to years gone by when F1 was left struggling to find […]
Mercedes has found ‘several directions’ that may cure F1 porpoising woes
The German car manufacturer has endured a challenging start to the 2022 season, with Lewis Hamilton and George Russell being hampered by their car suffering from excessive bouncing. In a bid to dial out the problem, the team has found itself having to raise its ride height quite considerably, and that is costing it a […]
Aprilia’s 2022 MotoGP title challenge is “real” – Espargaro
The veteran Spaniard is now just seven points adrift of Fabio Quartararo in second in the standings after claiming third in last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix after getting the better of Jack Miller and Marc Marquez late in the race. It marked the first back-to-back podium of his MotoGP career after his third in Portugal, […]