The German’s retirement news has turned the driver silly season on its head, and opened up a raft of possible scenarios that could impact several teams. The bottom line is that Aston Martin doesn’t have a definitive plan in place. While Vettel’s retirement was always a possibility, and was obviously a topic of conversation between […]
The three-time MotoGP race winner was unexpectedly thrown onto the 2023 rider market when Suzuki informed its team that it would be ending its MotoGP project at the end of the year back in May. Rins engaged in discussions with several teams, including KTM, Gresini Ducati and LCR – ultimately signing a two-year deal directly […]
While some developments have been minor tweaks and optimisations, at other times there have been hefty upgrade packages thrown into the mix as the team balances a well-coordinated development programme that’s repositioned it in the fight for fourth place. But while few of its rivals have been able to keep up with the scale of […]
The car’s strengths and weaknesses have meant that at circuits including slow and twisty sections, like Monaco and Baku, it has produced the goods. At high-speed venues, with faster corners, it has struggled a lot more. The team is aware of this problem and the major update it brought to last weekend’s French Grand Prix […]
The Woking-based team started the 2022 campaign on the back foot, as brake problems in the final pre-season test in Bahrain left it struggling for pace at the Sakhir opener. The extent of its troubles there prompted McLaren to put in place a recovery plan to get it back towards the front of the pack – which appears […]
For as long as cars have raced each other for grand prix wins, tyres have played a crucial role in securing victory. As the only contact points between the vehicle and the road, through which every piece of engineering wizardry must ultimately be channeled, that’s logical enough. And although the technology has progressed in line […]
Despite the lack of any official press release announcing that the long-rumoured partnership between the German car manufacturer and the Milton Keynes-based F1 squad is go, formal processes have begun to ensure that the tie-up does not hit a snag. One of the hurdles that needed to be overcome was a green light from anti-cartel […]
Just as Michael Masi sometimes took a different line to his immediate predecessor Charlie Whiting, so new FIA race directors Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas have followed had their own interpretation of the regulations, one that hasn’t always gelled with that previously understood by drivers and teams. There has been much frustration among the drivers […]
Ricciardo’s F1 future has been subject to significant speculation in recent weeks after a difficult start to the 2022 season with McLaren. The Australian has struggled to match team-mate Lando Norris’s form, scoring 17 out of McLaren’s 81 points so far this season and recording just three top-10 finishes. Ricciardo has a contract in place […]
The Maranello outfit came under fire in the immediate aftermath of the Paul Ricard race when the television coverage gave the impression the pitwall was hesitant and confused by its tyre strategy for Sainz. With the Spaniard running mediums, Ferrari had to decide late on whether or not his tyres were going to make it […]