Norris used the soft C4 tyre in Wednesday’s afternoon session to lead the way with a 1m19.568s lap, over half a second quicker than Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. But the Briton, who completed 103 laps in his McLaren MCL36, said he was more interested in gathering valuable data for the team on F1’s first day of […]
The heavier cars for this year, rather than the shift to ground effect, has emerged as the biggest difference that drivers felt in their first day of testing the new F1 cars at Barcelona in Spain on Wednesday. As a result of ramped up safety structures and the shift to 18-inch wheels, F1’s car weight […]
Lando Norris put McLaren on top on the first day with the fastest time, set in the final hour of running, to displace Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc who set the pace in the morning. The day ran uninterrupted despite the wholesale rule changes set to challenge the teams, but the majority notched up significant milage although […]
With teams getting their first proper running of their new 2022 challengers, Leclerc ended the first day of the three-day Barcelona test second fastest, one spot ahead of team-mate Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari’s rivals are mindful about the potential of the Maranello squad, thanks to the extra development work it has been allowed to do […]
Red Bull team boss Horner and his Mercedes counterpart Wolff came to blows at times in 2021 as the intensity of last year’s F1 title battle increased in the closing stages. But things reached a peak in the wake of the controversial season finale in Abu Dhabi when Mercedes protested the way that the FIA’s implementation of the safety car rules had […]
Bottas joined the Swiss team this winter after five years at Mercedes, with whom he took 10 wins and 58 podiums in 101 grands prix. In sharp contrast Alfa Romeo finished ninth in the 2021 constructors’ championship with 13 points, finishing ahead of only the struggling and point-less Haas team. The Fred Vaseur-led team opted for […]
Teams have been unveiling their new cars in the past couple of weeks and completing shakedowns, but testing will mark the first opportunity to get in some proper mileage over the next three days. Reigning world champion Max Verstappen will complete a full day of running for Red Bull, sporting the #1 in an official […]
F1 enjoyed a small increase in its global TV audience last year, aided by increased interest through the Netflix Drive to Survive series and a compelling title fight between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Ahead of the 2022 season, a number of teams have announced major new partnerships, including an influx of companies relating to […]
Anyone who has taken a glance at the new batch of Formula 1 contenders can see that things will be different in 2022. The regulation changes are regarded as the biggest shift in F1 since 1983, but the aims of the new rules are relatively simple. A move away from complicated ‘overbody’ aerodynamic devices and […]
As with all the designs we’ve seen throughout this launch period, we should temper our excitement, as we should expect that there’s more to come from Alpine given the lack of complexity shown in the renders that have been released. However, they still offer an indication as to the direction Alpine is heading in, so […]