As reported by Autosport earlier, Ferrari is abandoning its long-running in-wash style sidepod concept for a Red Bull-style downwash design. As our exclusive images show, the new Ferrari sidepods are a total revamp of what the SF-23 has run with so far. The new version does away with the bathtub central section that has been […]
Month: June 2023
Morbidelli “feels trust” from Yamaha over his MotoGP future
The 2020 championship runner-up has endured a torrid spell in MotoGP since the 2021 season when he lost most of the campaign to a knee injury while also stepping up to the factory Yamaha squad midway through the year. His form failed to improve in 2022 as Yamaha started to slip behind its rivals, with […]
Ferrari poised for Red Bull-style F1 sidepod switch
The Italian outfit is bidding to turn around a disappointing start to the campaign where it has especially struggled with the race pace of its new SF-23. But as it gets ready to introduce a raft of updates for this weekend’s race at Barcelona, sources have revealed that one key area of change will be […]
F1 teams set to trial new Pirelli tyre in Barcelona
The new tyres are a response by Pirelli to increasing downforce levels and cornering loads, and represent a fast-tracking of a construction that was originally intended for 2024. Some teams have already tried the new spec in “blind” 2024 testing, but Barcelona will be an opportunity for everyone to run the definitive versions, with each […]
F1 Monaco GP quali pace shows Ferrari driver complaints are overblown
Leclerc overcame a three-place grid penalty for blocking Lando Norris in qualifying to score sixth in his home race last weekend but made the SF-23 out to be “very difficult to drive in traffic”. Team-mate Carlos Sainz notably tagged Esteban Ocon and ran off at Mirabeau corner on his way to eighth. Meanwhile, an upgraded […]
F1 rivals will struggle to copy RB19 floor, says Red Bull
The way that stranded cars are retrieved by marshals in Monaco, by being lifted high on cranes rather than on the back of low loaders, meant several stricken machines had their undersides revealed in all their glory after incidents. Just hours after the Mercedes W14 floor was shown off following Lewis Hamilton’s crash in final […]