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F1 teams have been complaining to Michael Masi about Paul Ricard’s harsh kerbs – but as circuit designer Jarno Zaffelli explains, it’s the drivers that have become more aggressive, not the track furniture
Formula 1 is a game of minute differences and details but the series aims to help fans gain further insight into just how closely-matched the 20 drivers on the grid truly are
Max Verstappen was a massive 0.7sec quicker than anyone else ahead of qualifying at Paul Ricard
Why do Red Bull and Aston Martin seem to be able to run their tyres at a lower pressure than F1 rivals? Step forward Jan Matsuzaki who has an uncanny understanding of race rubber
McLaren will run ‘Mansour’ on the side of its cars in Paul Ricard in tribute to the late shareholder, who passed away earlier this month
Tyres are a complex thing in Formula 1. They are the only four points of contact with the track and therefore a huge performance influence. More importantly, they have the…
Valtteri Bottas has dismissed suggestions he has been told he will be replaced at Mercedes for 2022
Mercedes has changed the “brake magic” button that cost Lewis Hamilton a potential win in Baku in an attempt to ensure that it can’t be activated by mistake again. Hamilton…
Esteban Ocon’s strong opening to 2021 has been rewarded with a new three-year deal by Alpine – Enstone believes its seen a few shades of another French hero to justify its faith
F1 teams have been complaining to Michael Masi about Paul Ricard’s harsh kerbs – but as circuit designer Jarno Zaffelli explains, it’s the drivers that have become more aggressive, not the track furniture
Formula 1 is a game of minute differences and details but the series aims to help fans gain further insight into just how closely-matched the 20 drivers on the grid truly are
Max Verstappen was a massive 0.7sec quicker than anyone else ahead of qualifying at Paul Ricard
Why do Red Bull and Aston Martin seem to be able to run their tyres at a lower pressure than F1 rivals? Step forward Jan Matsuzaki who has an uncanny understanding of race rubber
McLaren will run ‘Mansour’ on the side of its cars in Paul Ricard in tribute to the late shareholder, who passed away earlier this month
Tyres are a complex thing in Formula 1. They are the only four points of contact with the track and therefore a huge performance influence. More importantly, they have the…
Valtteri Bottas has dismissed suggestions he has been told he will be replaced at Mercedes for 2022
Mercedes has changed the “brake magic” button that cost Lewis Hamilton a potential win in Baku in an attempt to ensure that it can’t be activated by mistake again. Hamilton…
Sepang’s abrasive tarmac did more than shred Formula 1 tyres – it scrambled team simulations and may well have handed Red Bull an unassailable advantage in the Bahrain Grand Prix, that reshaped the competitive order, as Mark Hughes explains
Back in Malaysia for the first time in nine years, plenty of Formula 1 teams were caught out by the unique characteristics of the Sepang circuit where one decision had a devastating effect on their whole Bahrain GP weekend
Mark Hughes dissects how Sepang’s brutally abrasive surface and restricted tyre allocation are turning this weekend into a strategic gauntlet where the right compound choice could matter more than raw pace
The first few months of this season were nervous ones for the bosses of Red Bull’s Formula 1 team. Victories were not on the agenda. The car Red Bull had…
Who knows what riches Max Verstappen was offered to lure him away from Red Bull Racing? A blank cheque, the keys to any kingdom he might desire and all the…
Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Riders Academy – established a decade ago by the seven-times MotoGP king to create a new generation of Italian talent – has so far produced one MotoGP…
A software bug, a long wait for the rain to clear and a track that produced better racing than the streets: Sepang reminded Formula 1 of some of the things it has lost
Formula 1 returns to Sepang, 13 years after Red Bull’s Multi 21 controversy joined some of the most notorious team orders in grand prix racing
Hamilton backed Vasseur at Sepang while saying the hierarchy above him is “a question”. A day later, Vasseur’s answers were only about relationships and unity
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