Zhou joined the team formerly known as Alfa Romeo for 2022 but owing to being the first full-time Chinese driver in F1 history, some speculated that his seat was bought rather than earned. He combated that by scoring points on his debut in Bahrain before earning a one-year contract for 2023. It was eventually announced […]
Photo by: Giorgio Piola Alfa Romeo side details Alfa Romeo teased everyone with its launch render at the start of the season, as the floor edge featured a series of winglets, a design that would never actually see the light of day. Photo by: Giorgio Piola Alfa Romeo C43 front suspension comparison The C43’s front […]
F1 has long had active aero on cars – the rear-wing-opening overtaking aid, DRS, for instance, has been used since 2011 – but this is set to increase in the 2026 rules reset. The FIA and the championship’s promoter are currently finalising the design rules for 2026 onwards, when simplified hybrid engines are also being […]
The RB19’s only defeat in the 2023 season came at a venue where those two elements combined with Red Bull making mistakes on its efforts to adjust its ride height settings among its typical event set-up work, which contributed to Carlos Sainz’s win for Ferrari in Singapore. Speaking to Autosport in an exclusive interview, Verstappen […]
Mercedes has long since decided to ditch its ‘size-zero’ sidepod car architecture for the 2024 season, for which it will converge around the downwash solution used by the rest of the grid. This will leave the eight-time constructors’ champion to play catch-up to Red Bull, which has already had two seasons to develop its own […]
In its final season under the Alfa Romeo name, the Swiss outfit slipped from sixth to ninth in the constructors’ standings after a difficult season with the C43. However, in the background the team has been building towards the arrival of Audi in 2026, with the hiring of former McLaren man Key one of the […]
That was the year Norris made his F1 debut with McLaren, with which he has remained after signing two contract extensions in 2021 and 2022. Although the papaya team had a tough start to the season just gone, its development work helped it go from battling to escape Q1 to regularly being Red Bull’s closest […]
Newey, who celebrates his 65th birthday on Boxing Day, has been credited as being an essential part of turning Red Bull into a championship-winning machine upon his arrival in 2006. He initially made a name in F1 with his first technical director role at Leyton House before moving to Williams and then McLaren, designing cars […]
Following the shock retirement of newly crowned F1 world champion Nico Rosberg, Bottas left Williams to join Mercedes for 2017. He remained alongside Hamilton until a 2022 move to Sauber (then branded Alfa Romeo). During their time together, Hamilton won 50 grands prix and four drivers’ titles while Bottas scored 10 victories. To keep competing […]
Adrian Newey today (26 December) celebrates his 65th birthday in a year where he has contributed to yet another F1 championship-winning car. He and his Red Bull colleagues created the RB19, which won 21 of 22 grands prix to dominate both the 2023 F1 constructors’ and drivers’ world championships. However, it was not the first championship the […]