As part of F1’s rules overhaul for 2022, which has included a switch to ground effect cars, official tyre supplier Pirelli is also moving to 18-inch wheels. The change, allied to a desire to have rubber that is not so sensitive to overheating, has led to the compounds shifting towards being slightly harder. That will […]
Tsunoda showed flashes of speed and promise in 2021 but his rookie season was also marred by various crashes and errors as the Japanese youngster was overshadowed by teammate Pierre Gasly. Tsunoda raised eyebrows with a ninth place on his Bahrain debut but then struggled to build on that result. While Gasly consistently raked in […]
While that run of eight successive crowns is remarkable in itself, what is especially impressive is that it has been done under different eras of technical director. With James Allison having taken up the reins from Paddy Lowe in 2017, last year he stepped into a new senior group role with his place as F1 […]
After a short winter break, attention has turned from a controversial title-decider to how teams will have interpreted a new rule book. This year we’ll be talking about the Venturi effect, listed parts and wheel covers. The rule-makers have even mandated some open source parts which will force teams to upload their designs for anyone […]
The Enstone-based team’s fortunes ebbed and flowed dramatically in the former Renault squad’s first season following its Alpine rebrand, with the returning Fernando Alonso and Esteban Ocon qualifying between fifth and 17th place in the first half of the year. Their points finishes proved equally irregular, but the team enjoyed a breakthrough Hungarian Grand Prix before […]
While work is continuing on its 2022 challenger, which has a codename of 674 and is being launched on 17 February, the Maranello outfit wants to ensure its drivers and team personnel are back up to speed after the winter break. It has therefore slated in a four-day run with last year’s SF21 at its […]
F1 teams are currently putting the finishing touches to their 2022 car designs ahead of the first pre-season test that will take place at Barcelona in Spain from 23-25 February. The new designs are a complete overhaul of the regulations, with the ground effect challengers aimed at making the racing better and closing up the […]
Formula 1’s new era begins in 2022 with new technical regulations set to see the return of ground effect cars aimed at making racing closer. After a year delay to F1’s all-new aerodynamics package due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the long-awaited technical overhaul is set to arrive this season. The changes have a lot to […]
However, there remains a firm conviction that, when the new F1 cars are unleashed in battle for the first time in Bahrain, the new regulations will hit the target of allowing the racing to be better. And, while it is inevitable that some details will have to be cleaned up over the long haul, there […]
Alfa Romeo team principal Vasseur will reunite with Bottas for the 2022 season upon his move from Mercedes. Vasseur previously worked with Bottas at his ART Grand Prix squad in both Formula 3 and GP3. Bottas won the GP3 title in 2011 with ART, putting him on course for an F1 drive with Williams in […]