F1 has introduced its biggest rule change since 2009 with cars that feature completely overhauled aerodynamics designed around ground effect. While F1’s pre-season officially starts in Barcelona on Wednesday with the first of two three-day tests, drives have already sampled their new equipment in the virtual world with plenty of hours in the simulator. Norris […]
During five seasons with Mercedes Bottas took 10 wins and 58 podiums while Hamilton won four world championships. With Mercedes opting to bring in protege George Russell as Hamilton’s new team-mate, Bottas headed to Alfa Romeo where he will be the team’s lead driver alongside Chinese rookie Guanyu Zhou. PLUS: The ‘underestimated’ 2022 rookie set […]
Leclerc and Sainz enjoyed a successful first season as team-mates at Ferrari in 2021, lifting the team from sixth in the standings the previous year to finish third with five podium finishes and two poles. The duo were evenly matched throughout the year, and enjoyed a handful of close on-track moments, most notably during their […]
Ahead of the new F1 season, motor racing’s governing body is mindful teams could try to make the most of bendy wings or floors to give themselves a performance advantage. Getting wings to flex down on the straights can bring a reduction in drag to improve straightline speed, while the new ground effect cars means […]
The French manufacturer has changed colour schemes for this season, off the back of a new title sponsorship with water company BWT, whose branding and iconic pink corporate colour features on the front wing, sidepods and rear wing. The A522 features a pushrod suspension at the front, with pullrod at the rear. The nose is […]
Alpine announced earlier this month that Austrian water technology company BWT had joined as its new title sponsor for this year, having previously been a partner of Aston Martin, Racing Point and Force India. The French team unveiled the livery for its new car, the A522, in a launch event on Monday before its on-track […]
The American owned outfit never tried to hide the fact that the livery renders it released were anything other than from an early stage of development, so it was no surprise that what appeared at its Barcelona filming day is very different. The front wing and nose are a more developed variant of the one […]
After decades when former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone famously opted for an understated motorhome and awning, current F1 owners Liberty Media have stepped things up with a new mega-structure. As teams get ready for this week’s first pre-season test at Barcelona, F1’s two-storey motorhome has been a surprise addition to the paddock, with its size […]
When Olivier Panis left his role as test driver for McLaren to get back into a Formula 1 race seat at British American Racing for 2001, he knew what he was letting himself in for. His new team-mate Jacques Villeneuve had made a point of psychologically destroying his previous two stablemates in Heinz-Harald Frentzen and […]
Speaking in public for the first time since the controversial Formula 1 season finale in Abu Dhabi where he lost the world title after a late race safety car call by race director Michael Masi, Hamilton spoke about how his love of the sport had been hurt by the events. And although he denied that […]