Year: 2024

04 Feb 2024

Haas reveals 2024 VF-24 F1 car livery

Compared to the colour scheme the American team ran on its VF-23 2023 car, the new livery is not a substantial change, with the main area of alteration being the upper nose section. This is now predominantly black compared to being white last year, which makes the VF-24 appear dark from all angles compared to […]

Continue Reading
03 Feb 2024

Launch renders reveal design secrets of new Haas F1 car

The team is looking to build on the development trajectory that it pursued during 2023 and the most obvious alteration is the design of the sidepods. This is a continuation of the development made by Haas at the United States Grand Prix last season. Its ability to fully commit to the downwash ramp-style sidepod solution […]

Continue Reading
03 Feb 2024

MotoGP rookie Acosta tops Sepang shakedown test

Reigning Moto2 champion Acosta, who will ride a GasGas Tech3 KTM in his debut season in MotoGP, posted the quickest time of the three days of running on the final session on Saturday. The Spaniard’s 1m58.189s was 0.066s faster than KTM test rider Pol Espargaro and over two tenths quicker than Johann Zarco on the top Honda bike. MotoGP’s […]

Continue Reading
03 Feb 2024

Hamilton opens up on Ferrari F1 move after “crazy few days”

Having been quoted briefly in a Mercedes press release that flagged his departure, Hamilton used an Instagram post on Saturday to give an extensive and more personal insight into his decision, and the thought process behind it. After years of competing against the Maranello team, the seven-time world champion made it clear that driving for […]

Continue Reading
03 Feb 2024

Why Adrian Newey was initially depressed by F1 2022 rules

The 2022 regulations cycle put much more emphasis on exploiting the ground effect to reduce how much cars were affected by turbulent air from the cars in front, in a bid to improve the racing. Initially, the regulation changes were met with weariness by some designers and observers, fearing the much more limiting and prescriptive […]

Continue Reading
03 Feb 2024

Why Haas will already start F1 2024 on the back foot

The 2024 F1 season is one of change for Haas amid the departure of team boss Guenther Steiner and its technical director Simone Resta. Dissatisfied with the lack of progress, owner Gene Haas has swung the axe and entrusted new principal Komatsu to undertake a full-scale revision of its technical programme and employ a more […]

Continue Reading
03 Feb 2024

Andretti Cadillac challenges key F1 rejection claims

Four months after approval of the entry by the FIA, the team’s bid was rejected by F1 in a lengthy statement issued on Wednesday. The championship spelled out various reasons why it believed that the entry could not be accepted that went well beyond the commercial aspects that most observers expected F1 to cover. One […]

Continue Reading
02 Feb 2024

All to know about upcoming Netflix series on the F1 legend

Netflix has revealed its first behind the scenes look at the upcoming drama Senna, which is due to be released in the near future. Senna will be a biographical sports drama based on the F1 legend who won the world championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991 for McLaren. Filming for Senna is already underway and […]

Continue Reading
02 Feb 2024

When are the 2024 F1 car launches and how can I watch them?

The Bahrain Grand Prix is less than a month away, with excitement beginning to build for the start of the 2024 F1 season. Teams have been working tirelessly to prepare their new cars ahead of their launches over the coming weeks. Each team has already announced the dates of their car launches and will be […]

Continue Reading