The Grove-based outfit had initially planned to hold its celebrations at next month’s Silverstone race, but the cancellation of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix meant that its 800th GP shifted back to Hungary. To not let down its British fans, with home support having played such an important part in its history, Williams has announced […]
Month: June 2023
How does it work and when is it happening?
F1 sprint races are into their third year, with the latest changes aimed at improving the spectacle. After the latest changes debuted at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the F1 sprint race is back for the Austrian GP. Here’s what you need to know about the F1 sprint race. What is a sprint race and why […]
Austria sprint “not ideal” for Aston F1 upgrade push
For the Canadian GP earlier this month, Aston Martin debuted more aggressive sidepod bodywork and a revised floor design for its AMR23 which Alonso used to secure his sixth podium result of the season, finishing second to Max Verstappen. But the Spaniard says Aston Martin’s push to fully understand its update risks being stymied by […]
Puig concerned by timeframe needed for Honda MotoGP turnaround
As MotoGP enters its six-week summer break, Honda is looking to solve its MotoGP crisis with three of its riders out injured and a bike which is at the back of the field alongside fellow Japanese manufacturer strugglers Yamaha. To make matters worse, during the triple-header in June, Honda lost Joan Mir and Alex Rins […]
Ferrari had first warning signs over F1 race pace in 2022
The Spaniard and his team-mate Charles Leclerc have struggled for much of this season with their SF-23 proving to have a lack of consistency, especially on Sundays. This has left the duo unable to take the fight to Red Bull in grands prix, even though in qualifying the car has often shown itself to be […]
FIA interviewing non-F1 personnel to ensure cost cap compliance
As reported by Autosport last week, the FIA has closed off a potential loophole that some teams may have been using in getting personnel outside of their main F1 team to help work on car design and development projects. The fear was that some squads were employing staff outside of the cost cap to work […]
Tsunoda to join Vettel in Red Bull Nordschleife showcase after Verstappen denied
Earlier this month, it was announced that retired four-time F1 world champion Vettel will make his return to the cockpit of grand prix machinery for the showcase event in Germany on 9 September. He will pilot the Red Bull RB7 – an Adrian Newey-designed car that claimed 12 race wins in addition to securing 18 […]
Why Aston Martin won’t copy Red Bull F1 floor design
Red Bull’s rivals were delighted over the Monaco Grand Prix weekend when images of the Red Bull floor design were obtained in the wake of Sergio Perez’s crash in qualifying. A number of outfits made sure to conduct a deep analysis of the Red Bull design to try to better understand how the RB19 is […]
How Honda’s stubbornness has left it in a MotoGP no-man’s land
The principle that when things go wrong they can always go worse suits Honda like a glove. It has hit rock bottom in the last two weeks. Neither Marc Marquez, Alex Rins nor Joan Mir, their three most competitive riders, took part in the last two stops of the calendar, at Sachsenring and Assen, as […]
F1 rivals would love to see us fall flat on our face
The team is currently embarking on its Red Bull Powertrains project, which was formed in the wake of Honda’s decision to pull out of F1 in an official capacity back in 2021 – a decision the Japanese manufacturer has since reversed and by 2026 will supply Aston Martin with engines as a part of a […]