After it emerged in 2022 that numerous teams had been taking advantage of a grey area in the regulations and running tyre pressures outside of the recommended minimum limit, new regulations were implemented for 2023. For 2023, riders and teams must adhere to a minimum front tyre pressure of 1.9 bar (27.6psi) and 1.7 bar […]
The Australian, who signed for Red Bull for this season on a one-year deal in a third driver role, was parachuted in to replace sacked AlphaTauri racer Nyck de Vries after 10 races. He was trailed by a Netflix ‘Drive To Survive’ camera crew for the Thursday media day in Budapest and his sessions with […]
Ferrari has slipped back in the last two events, with the two cars finishing ninth and 10th at Silverstone, and seventh and eighth in Hungary last weekend. However, Vasseur says the Italian outfit should just focus on its own performance and not get too hung up about the pacesetters. “Red Bull are in front but […]
For an outfit that finished seventh in the standings last term, it emerged as the surprise package, the team closest to troubling Red Bull. PLUS: How Aston Martin broke into F1’s lead pack But in the five grands prix since, an Aston driver has only once more classified in the top three. Alonso’s second place in […]
The upgrade comes soon after a new front wing was introduced at Silverstone, as the team tries to improve its performance in the wake of the recent huge leap made by close rival McLaren. The team had a strong run when Esteban Ocon qualified fourth and finished third at Monaco, while Pierre Gasly was fourth-fastest in […]
F1 Academy launched in 2023 as a female-only single-seater feeder series, picking up several talents from the now defunct W Series. From next year all 10 F1 teams will be able to nominate one driver each in one of the 15 cars, while also having their livery used. The remaining five cars will be filled […]
A key part its strategy with next year’s W15 is to design a car that has plenty of scope for development and allows the team to make the in-season leap that McLaren has made this year. From the introduction of the current regulations last year, Mercedes had to concentrate on firefighting and addressing the bouncing […]
Standing on the balcony of the recently constructed Hilton hotel overlooking the Wing pit complex, as a bike trackday thunders beneath us, brings into focus just how impressive a facility Silverstone has become. Compared to the first time this writer attended the Northamptonshire venue in 2012, just two years after the wing was constructed, Silverstone […]
The German manufacturer secured its first pole position of the season at last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, when Lewis Hamilton beat Max Verstappen to the front spot on the grid by 0.003 seconds. However, Hamilton’s Mercedes W14 was no match for Verstappen’s Red Bull in the race, and he fell down the order to finish […]
As with previous 2023 events it means that car set-up is frozen after FP1 as the field heads into qualifying, and any changes thereafter will trigger a pitlane start for the sprint and the grand prix itself. The teams already have some experience of the new format, which was used in Azerbaijan and Austria. However, […]