Flow-vis paint: why do F1 teams use it during pre-season testing?
Why F1 teams use flow-vis paint during testing and practice sessions, including how it’s made and analysed
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The 2024 F1 season was one of the wildest every seen, for on-track action and behind-the-scenes intrigue – James Elson predicts how 2025 could go even further
A strikingly small number of F1 drivers have won a grand prix in their debut season, but Matt Bishop is backing Kimi Antonelli to be the first to do it since his Mercedes predecessor, Lewis Hamilton
Pirelli is bringing its full range of tyres to the 2025 F1 pre-season test in Bahrain, giving teams eight different compounds to run. Here’s more on the tyres available at Sakhir
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10. Fangio Five-time world champion who set the benchmark for the professional F1 driver “He was the greatest of them all,” said Stirling Moss. Who are we to argue? Especially…
September 9, 1984 Monza, Italy By the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, Williams had been racing with its modified FW09B for four races, with Keke Rosberg only making the finish line…
Christian Horner marks 20 years as team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team this year, flying high off four consecutive driver’s world championships for Max Verstappen. But we’re…
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Why F1 teams use flow-vis paint during testing and practice sessions, including how it’s made and analysed
The 2024 F1 season was one of the wildest every seen, for on-track action and behind-the-scenes intrigue – James Elson predicts how 2025 could go even further
A strikingly small number of F1 drivers have won a grand prix in their debut season, but Matt Bishop is backing Kimi Antonelli to be the first to do it since his Mercedes predecessor, Lewis Hamilton
Pirelli is bringing its full range of tyres to the 2025 F1 pre-season test in Bahrain, giving teams eight different compounds to run. Here’s more on the tyres available at Sakhir
Red Bull 2025 F1 car launch: date and location of reveal, plus driver line-up and key personnel – team now shows the first images of new car with livery
10. Fangio Five-time world champion who set the benchmark for the professional F1 driver “He was the greatest of them all,” said Stirling Moss. Who are we to argue? Especially…
September 9, 1984 Monza, Italy By the 1984 Italian Grand Prix, Williams had been racing with its modified FW09B for four races, with Keke Rosberg only making the finish line…
Christian Horner marks 20 years as team principal of the Red Bull Formula 1 team this year, flying high off four consecutive driver’s world championships for Max Verstappen. But we’re…
It’s a hot Thursday in late 1985, and the sleepy city of Adelaide is about to be changed forever. Nineteen eighty world champion Alan Jones, only the second Australian to…
Outperformed in Miami, George Russell fell further behind his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli in the F1 title race. It makes the upcoming Canadian Grand Prix vital for his championship hopes, says Mark Hughes, even though there’s a long season ahead
With the leading Formula 1 cars closely matched on pace, the 2026 Miami Grand Prix delivered an exciting race where driver pace and team strategy made the difference. But why the big gap between front-running team-mates?
The F1 season resumes in Miami this weekend with an even more complex set of rules. It’s a welcome attempt to improve the racing, but just goes to show that the fundamental problems remain unsolved. Mark Hughes explains
October 7, 2016 Suzuka, Japan By Round 17, Nico Rosberg led Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 23 points. Here’s Rosberg in practice dramatically demonstrating the concept of lateral load transfer.…
I raced in Formula 1 for five years at a dangerous time when you knew that at least one driver on average would probably be killed or maimed each year.…
Ferrari is bidding for a fourth consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours win this year. Or to put it another way, to continue an unbeaten run since it ended its 50-year exile from…
Formula 1 will reduce electrification next year following the backlash against the current rules
The FIA has updated Formula 1’s regulations in what appears to be an attempt at helping Honda
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