Inter-team collaboration became a major talking point at the end of the 2023 season amid concerns from rivals regarding the close working relationship between sister squads Red Bull and AlphaTauri. An aggressive late run of upgrades lifted AlphaTauri from last to eighth in the points, with the FIA moving to confirm both were respecting rules […]
In 2023, MotoGP introduced sprint races for the first time in the series’ history and ran them at every grand prix weekend (the Australian GP sprint was cancelled due to bad weather). The idea behind the sprints was to offer more value for money for fans at the track and attract a bigger audience watching […]
As the 2023 campaign drew to a close, AlphaTauri brought a string of aggressive upgrades to climb from last to eighth in the constructors’ championship. Meanwhile, Red Bull did not meaningfully update its car from August. With the upgrades giving AlphaTauri major gains in low-speed corners – an area of weakness for Red Bull – […]
Ben Sulayem took over from Todt at the end of 2021, and has pointed out several times that one of the biggest headaches he has had to deal with was a deficit that he inherited in the FIA’s budget. Speaking about the issue for the first time last year, Ben Sulayem said: “There was a […]
In June it was announced that Otro Capital had acquired a 24% share in Alpine Racing Limited for €200 million, a deal that valued the Enstone company at around $900 million. That transaction has now been completed, and as part of the arrangement Otro co-founder Alex Scheiner recently became a director of the team. Otro’s […]
Following a difficult start with the MCL60 the Woking outfit introduced a successful series of updates from mid-season onwards that moved the car up the pecking order. Rookie Piastri logged two podium finishes in grands prix plus a sprint race victory, while his team-mate Lando Norris made the top three on seven occasions. Piastri hopes […]
Alpine logged two third places this season, but slipped from fourth to sixth in the world championship. The team has accepted there’s little to be gained from developing the current car, and has focused instead on wholesale changes for next year’s model. Like other teams it also faces the challenge of creating a 2024 car […]
Martin fought Francesco Bagnaia all the way to the final race of the 2023 season on his Pramac Ducati, but ended up 39 points short after a crash in the Valencia Grand Prix handed the title to the ltalian. Had Martin won the championship, he would have been automatically promoted to the factory team in […]
As F1’s regulations have got ever more complicated, there are now a number of restrictions that teams face in terms of the way they can operate things at their own bases. There are limits on wind tunnel and CFD testing, how much information can be shared between collaborating squads, plus elements of the cost cap […]
After the two squads that fought for the 2021 world titles ended up racing in very different parts of the F1 pecking order at the start of the new ground-effect era, there was much expectation that Mercedes – along with Ferrari – might be able to close the gap to Red Bull’s new position as […]