Month: February 2024

22 Feb 2024

Marini urges patience at Honda as new MotoGP season approaches

Honda is looking to snap a barren period that has seen it score one race win in two years and go without a title since 2019. While HRC made big gains with its 2024 RC213 compared to its predecessor, Honda is still lagging behind its rivals as the new season approaches. “We tried everything we […]

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22 Feb 2024

Red Bull should be applauded, not criticised, over two-team ownership

The close alliance between the Red Bull squad and its sister RB operation has come under the spotlight recently, amid calls from McLaren boss Zak Brown for F1 to re-evaluate the regulations regarding co-operation between competitors. Brown believes that in the budget cap era, the time has come for F1 to ensure that all squads […]

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22 Feb 2024

Audi’s F1 project under fresh uncertainty as senior figure faces exit

Just a few months after CEO Markus Duesmann, regarded as the key advocate for its F1 project, left the company, it now appears that one of its other architects, chief development officer Oliver Hoffmann, is also set to move on. Hoffmann’s long-term contract as CDO had been extended as recently as last year, but according […]

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22 Feb 2024

Tech images from the pitlane explained

Wednesday was our first chance to see all the cars together with nowhere to hide their latest design developments and secrets ahead of the new season. Red Bull Racing RB20 detail Photo by: Giorgio Piola Red Bull has not only changed the sidepod inlet arrangement on the RB20 but also completely overhauled the internal makeup […]

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22 Feb 2024

Netflix’s 2023 F1 retrospective won’t change opinions

Providing behind-the-scenes access to one of the world’s most restricted championships has done wonders for F1’s booming popularity and expanded demographic, so the docuseries made by Box to Box Films has stuck to its guns for season six, half of which we have had early access to. Once again all 10 episodes are each built […]

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21 Feb 2024

F1 2024 pre-season testing day one reaction

Having won all but one race in 2023, Red Bull comes into the 2024 season as overwhelming favourite to win the championship again.  And it made the best start possible the new year, as Verstappen guided the RB20 – complete with its new design concept – to a dominant 1.14-second advantage over the filed on […]

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21 Feb 2024

Max Verstappen tops opening day of 2024 pre-season

Verstappen set the pace at Bahrain International Circuit in the first of three days of testing, ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz of Ferrari. 2024 Bahrain F1 test, Day 1 results: What happened in Bahrain F1 testing, Day 1? Running the C3 tyre in the Pirelli range, which will be the soft compound […]

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21 Feb 2024

Wolff says F1 figures should live up to role model status amid Horner investigation

Red Bull’s Austrian parent company instigated an investigation into team boss Horner after allegations of inappropriate behaviour were made by a female employee, which led to him being interviewed by an independent barrister on 9 February. So far there has been no outcome, and Horner, who has strongly denied any wrongdoing, is continuing to oversee […]

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21 Feb 2024

Big money offer won’t tempt Verstappen to break F1 contract

Verstappen committed his long-term future to Red Bull back in 2022, off the back of his maiden title success the previous year. The now three-time world champion has always raced for the Red Bull family in F1, having started with Toro Rosso in 2015 before he joined Red Bull from the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix. […]

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