Honda «very surprised» by «unbelievable» Red Bull 2024 F1 car changes
Red Bull crushed the 2023 season by winning 21 out of 22 grands prix, with its early dominance allowing the team to hold off on producing many in-season car upgrades. Instead, the team focused most of its resources on 2024, producing a car that looks substantially different despite its predecessor’s successes. Its decision to go […]
F1 teams downplay risks of ‘sprint cars’ with new parc ferme rules
The Shanghai round was the first event where F1’s latest sprint format has been deployed –with the parc ferme restrictions on car adjustments relaxed between the two Saturday sessions. This opened the possibility for teams to run very experimental set-ups in the shorter races – especially for cars starting outside the top 10 on the […]
RB plans Miami upgrade to keep «surfing on the top» of F1 midfield fight
The Faenza-based squad has found itself locked in an intense fight with Haas for supremacy of the five-squad chasing pack that is behind F1’s top teams of Red Bull, Ferrari, McLaren, Mercedes and Aston Martin. The current competitiveness of the F1 grid means that there are scant few points on offer for the bottom five […]
F1 might never have a driver with Alonso’s longevity again
Alonso’s recent Aston Martin contract extension means he will carry on racing until at least the end of the 2026 F1 campaign, by which time he will be 45. That would make him the oldest F1 driver to compete since Graham Hill in 1975. Alonso already holds the record for the most grand prix races […]
Why do so many F1 stars live in Monaco?
Sponsored by Monaco is considered home for almost half of the 20 drivers on the current F1 grid as well as Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff but there are more reasons than just the huge tax-free benefits that draw them there. One of the world’s smallest nations, Monaco has a total area of just over […]
Teams expect Sainz’s F1 China qualifying incident to be cleared up
Aston Martin protested against the qualifying result in Shanghai after Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz rejoined Q2 after spinning off the track. Sainz was stationary for 77 seconds after tapping the wall coming out of the final corner, but the Spaniard managed to get going again and advanced to Q3 at the expense of Aston driver Lance […]
How a sportscar friendship prevailed over F1 rivalry
Of far greater importance to Marc Surer than the results he achieved in his on-and-off partnership with Manfred Winkelhock between 1977 and 1985 is his friendship with the exciting German driver. The late elder brother of the no less flamboyant ‘Smokin’ Jo’ Winkelhock shared BMW, Ford and Porsche machinery with Surer in endurance racing, most […]
History of the F1 points system with proposed structure for 2025
F1 has changed its points system several times over the years, with the first structure used in 1950 looking very different to what it is now. There is even another change on the cards for the 2025 season and a decision over if to introduce it or not will be made later this year — […]
Newey set to leave Red Bull F1 team
Newey has decided to leave Red Bull after a two-decade stint as the team’s stalwart designer, playing an instrumental role in designing the cars that propelled Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen to a total of seven drivers’ world championships and six constructors’ titles for Red Bull. The news of Newey’s impending departure was first reported […]