With the Mercedes junior driver having stood out in all the categories he has raced in so far, a stellar rookie season in F2 this year could prove to Wolff that he is ready to make the leap to a Mercedes F1 drive in 2025. But there could be another “bold” scenario playing out for […]
In the first official comment from the American automotive giant since a statement rejecting the bid was issued by F1 on 31 January, GM’s vice president of performance and motorsport Jim Campbell said the project was still proceeding “at pace”. Speaking at Daytona on Friday, Campbell also reaffirmed that the team had requested a meeting […]
The 2022 rules cycle has been dominated by Max Verstappen and Red Bull, but behind them teams have gradually closed up, with 2023 one of the most competitive seasons in history in terms the lap time differences between all 10 teams. Heading into the third year of stable regulations, Stella believes teams will start encountering […]
Once the top dog in MotoGP, Honda has slowly plummeted down the pecking order, ending the last two seasons last in the manufacturers’ standings. Marc Marquez, the rider with which it built its current empire in MotoGP, broke his contract with HRC at the end of last year to switch to a satellite Ducati, while […]
Hamilton will conclude his long-term relationship with Mercedes at the end of this season to partner Charles Leclerc at Ferrari from 2025 on a multi-year deal to fulfil a “childhood dream”. Triple world champion Verstappen is contracted to Red Bull until the end of 2028 but repeatedly stated last year that he could be ready […]
Six-time world champion Marquez will ride a Gresini-run Ducati from 2023 this year, having left Honda after 11 years with the Japanese manufacturer. Marquez was one of the biggest attractions during the first pre-season test at Sepang, where he finished with the sixth quickest time of the three days of running. The Spaniard was hindered by some… Continue […]
The Milton Keynes-based squad raised eyebrows at the unveiling of its 2024 F1 challenger on Thursday night as it emerged with several concepts that Mercedes has previously used and abandoned. This includes the full-length engine gulleys that are reminiscent of the 2023 Mercedes, plus an extreme version of sidepods that is not totally removed from […]
Rival teams have been offering up their own renditions of the underbite inlet and undercut solution that Red Bull has developed over the last two seasons. But Red Bull has ditched the underbite on the RB20 and has an overbite arrangement instead, with that high panel now forming an extension for the sidepod’s upper surface, […]
This is proven once again by some of the design choices it has made with its latest challenger, the W15. That’s not to say Mercedes hasn’t taken notice of trends that have emerged over the past two seasons, or that it has clung to the zeropod route for a third year running. But rather than […]
As could be seen in the spy shots captured at Silverstone’s on-site hotel during Red Bull’s shakedown running on Tuesday, the RB20 unveiled on Thursday features long cooling gulleys that run backwards from the halo along the length of its engine cover. This appears to be very similar to the design Mercedes used on its […]