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While several rivals have opted to make major concept changes Aston focussed on an evolution of the 2023 model, which earned eight podium finishes in the hands of Fernando Alonso despite a dip in form in the second half of the season. The days of testing in Bahrain suggested that the team has made the […]
Sporting a bold, new design for its RB20, F1’s dominant force Red Bull impressed at Sakhir with its consistently-rapid long runs. Ferrari also caught the eye with a much more balanced and stable SF-24, which appears to have gone some way towards addressing its 2023 race pace struggles, while Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz also […]
Rather than opting for an evolutionary step on last year’s RB19, Red Bull opted for a bold concept shift that has included an eye-opening sidepod solution and Mercedes-style gulleys on its engine cover. The new car hit the ground running in this week’s test in Bahrain with its performance being widely considered to put the […]
The German manufacturer has revamped its car for this year in a bid to dial out the obvious weakness that plagued Hamilton and team-mate George Russell throughout 2023. Although early running of the W15 appears to indicate that the Mercedes 2024 challenger has dialled out many of its vices – including the ‘spiteful’ rear end […]
This was a last chance for teams to try new parts and run aerodynamic tests ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix, which begins on Thursday. Mercedes F1 W15 with sensors Photo by: Giorgio Piola The Mercedes W15 fitted with a Kiel probe rake ahead of the rear wheels and rear wing assembly. Red Bull Racing […]
Sainz set the quickest time on the second of the three days of testing, before the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at the Sakhir circuit on 2 March. However, he set his lap using the C4 Pirelli tyre, which is not available next weekend. His Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc was second quickest overall, setting his best […]
Norris has committed his future to McLaren with what is being described only as a “multi-year” deal, which supersedes an existing contract that expired at the end of 2025. The announcement from McLaren arrived less than a week before the shock news broke of Hamilton having decided to depart Mercedes at the end of the […]
Hamilton drove for the Frenchman’s ASM F3 team in 2005, winning the European title. The following year he graduated to GP2 with Vasseur’s rebranded ART GP outfit, again winning the championship, before moving into F1 with McLaren. Inevitably when Vasseur joined Ferrari at the start of 2023 there was speculation that he might attempt to […]
The Italian said that, thus far, the car has performed as it was expected to and stressed that adding more overall grip remains the priority as the team embarks on a busy development programme. McLaren has enjoyed an encouraging two days of testing in Bahrain so far, although it lost some valuable track time with […]
F1 is officially underway for 2024 with pre-season testing this week at the Bahrain International Circuit. It follows a dominant championship-winning campaign for Max Verstappen, who broke several records in 2023 including most wins in a season (19), most points in a year (575) and biggest title winning margin to second (290 points) in the […]