Excitement is building for the 2024 F1 season with car launch dates edging ever closer ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix on 2 March. Over the coming weeks F1 teams will reveal the look of its 2024 chassis, meaning last season will shortly become a distant memory providing the opportunity for all 10 constructors to […]
It came very close to overhauling Mercedes for the runner-up spot to the dominant Red Bull. Let’s take a detailed look at some of the car’s finer details in full. Photo by: Giorgio Piola Ferrari SF23 front wing comparison The SF-23’s nose assembly differed from its predecessor by virtue of its length, as the tip […]
Bayer and Mekies, who officially started his new job this week after serving out his Ferrari gardening leave, have combined to replace departed team boss Franz Tost. Tost left his role at the end of last month after 18 years in charge of the Faenza outfit, which is set to announce a new identity in […]
F1 has committed itself in the next rules cycle from 2026 to turbo hybrid power units that will run on fully sustainable fuel. One of the big changes from now, though, will be an increased reliance on battery power, with there being a rough 50/50 split between electrical and internal combustion engine power. F1 is […]
Formula 1 is in the midst of its off-season like many other motorsport championships, but it really is not long until racing gets back underway. The opening round of the new Formula E season is right around the corner, just like it is for the World Rally Championship, with both series starting this month. Other […]
Ferrari dropped a place to third in the 2023 constructors’ standings but did enjoy a notably strong end to the campaign thanks to a run of four podium finishes from the final five rounds. Drivers Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc struggled with the SF-23’s unpredictable handling and poor tyre degradation that led to wildly fluctuating […]
One of the most successful engineers in the history of F1, Newey has been a mainstay of Red Bull since he joined in 2006, contributing to the outfit’s 13 world titles – seven in the drivers’ championship with Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen plus six in the constructors’. Having taken up different projects in the Red […]
Formula 1 has just a handful of drivers left from the early days of the sport, with just two world champions over the age of 80 still alive. The first-ever world championship was recorded in 1950, with Hermano da Silva Ramos, the oldest driver still alive, racing in 1953. Here are the oldest living F1 drivers, including […]
A regular stream of parts were added to the car throughout its campaign, so let’s take a detailed look at some of the MCL60’s finer details and those crucial upgrades in full. Photo by: Uncredited McLaren MCL60 technical detail A close up of the forward, scrolled section of the MCL60’s edge wing, with three strakes […]
Norris finished sixth in the 2023 drivers’ standings, marking his joint-best championship finish in his F1 career, with a personal best of seven podiums. But it was his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri who took one of only two non-Red Bull wins from 28 possible chances, after the Australian won in the Qatar Grand Prix sprint […]