Aston Martin’s immense early-season form in 2023 tailed off dramatically, so a lot depends on whether it has been able to understand, recover and build on the performance that was lost throughout the course of last season. As has become the norm with these launches, let’s start by looking at the sidepods: Aston, just as […]
The Canadian had a difficult start to the season after he was injured in a cycling accident and had to miss the Bahrain test last year. He spent much of the year trying to regain momentum relative to Alonso, who had a flying start with the team and logged a string of early podium finishes. […]
Marquez has left the Honda team with which he spent his entire MotoGP career to ride a Ducati for the Gresini squad this season. The eight-time world champion moved to the Italian team without his crew chief Santi Hernandez, who moved up to MotoGP with Marquez when the Spaniard jumped up from Moto2. Despite the […]
As the Silverstone-based squad revealed its new AMR24 car on Monday morning, it suggested that the closing up of the F1 grid provided a golden opportunity for someone to knock the world champions off the top step. While Aston Martin’s technical director Dan Fallows suggested that success was now down to details, he reckoned there […]
Quartararo made his MotoGP debut in 2019 alongside Morbidelli at the Yamaha SRT squad before the Frenchman was promoted to the works teams from the start of the 2021 season, when he claimed his first and so far only title. Morbidelli was reunited with Quartararo in 2022, when the Italian also secured a factory ride. […]
As well as FP1 rookie sessions, the Australian is undertaking 10 days of private F1 testing in older cars throughout the season, while also doing extensive simulator work at the factory, where the facilities are being upgraded this year. Should either Esteban Ocon or Pierre Gasly move elsewhere as the silly season ramps up, Doohan […]
Brad Binder and Jack Miller helped officially launch the Austrian manufacturer’s updated RC16 which debuted in Malaysia last week during the three-day pre-season test. On the final day of running, South African Binder took seventh and Australian team-mate Miller was 14th, while GasGas Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta caught attention throughout the test as he… Continue […]
It has been known for a while that Mercedes technical director James Allison has been leading a push for a dramatic overhaul of the squad’s F1 challenger, after accepting that its previous approach had not worked. Team boss Toto Wolff revealed at the end of last year that no stone was being left unturned in […]
As part of a push to be more aggressive with its 2024 C44 design, Sauber has made some extensive changes to the car that Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will race this season. One of the most intriguing design shifts is in its suspension layout, with the squad changing to the pull-rod front suspension layout […]
In a season launch at its Enstone headquarters, that also included the unveiling of its hypercar for the World Endurance Championship, Alpine revealed the challenger that it hopes will return it to the front after dropping from fourth to sixth in 2023. Alpine’s livery, which was designed in collaboration with artist Felipe Pantone, sticks to […]