June 22, 2024

FIA has no plans to intervene in Formula 1’s latest flexi-wing intrigue

The FIA sees no need to intervene in Formula 1’s latest flexi-wing intrigue, Motorsport.com has learned, despite teams openly admitting they need to push the boundaries to be competitive.A recent shift of front wing design direction from Mercedes, which has seen its front wing adopt a greater degree of flexibility to help deliver balance gains, has re-opened the debate about what teams can and …Keep reading

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Sauber: Audi’s F1 2026 focus not behind current struggles

Sauber has refuted that its current lack of performance is related to its new owner Audi focusing most of its efforts on Formula 1’s 2026 regulations.The team is the only one yet to score points after nine races, being hamstrung by pitstop and other reliability issues at the start of the year and, just when it started getting its pitstops under control, the Swiss squad has now fallen back in the …Keep reading

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F3 Spain: Boya wins sprint race as Trident pair implode

Mari Boya topped the F3 podium for the first time, securing only his second career top-three finish in a relatively straightforward affair for the Campos driver after early contact between Santiago Ramos and Sami Meguetounif cleared the path for the Spaniard.Alex Dunne (MP Motorsport) and Oliver Goethe (Campos) joined him on the top three, although the former’s position remains provisional as he …Keep reading

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Verstappen’s skinny Red Bull wing clouds F1 Spanish GP picture

Max Verstappen’s rivals are adamant Formula 1 is set for a Canada-style multi-team battle at the 2024 Spanish Grand Prix, but a key set-up change is set to boost the Red Bull driver.FP2 at Barcelona ended with the top three drivers – Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes, Ferrari driver and home hero Carlos Sainz, and McLaren’s Lando Norris – separated by just 0.055s.Verstappen, meanwhile, finished …Keep reading

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Why Red Bull put Verstappen in a 2022 F1 car at Imola this week

Max Verstappen’s build-up to the Spanish Grand Prix involved a detour this week as he conducted a private test in a 2022 Formula 1 car at Imola.After completing some promotional work in France on Tuesday, he travelled south that evening to Imola for some running on Wednesday in an RB18, before jetting across to Barcelona for Thursday’s media day.While teams regularly host 2022 car tests, these are …Keep reading

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Red Bull’s Barcelona F1 upgrades are bigger than it claims

Red Bull has been at pains to play down the extent of modifications made to its Formula 1 car for the Spanish Grand Prix aimed at improving cooling.Indeed, after the first day of running at Barcelona on Friday, world champion Max Verstappen said that the various tweaks were almost irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.”I mean, they were very tiny,” he explained. “It’s nothing, nothing too …Keep reading

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