TV coverage showed the car bottoming heavily at times during the test as it appeared to tend towards bouncing. However, Harman insisted that was a result of experiments that weren’t necessarily intended to be useful at the Sakhir track specifically, but which could apply to other tracks. That focus on exploring the car meant that […]
Stroll had to miss last week’s Bahrain test due to a wrist injury, leaving Alonso and rookie Felipe Drugovich to undertake the initial sorting and development work on the new car. Alonso admits that he doesn’t have enough of a reference to properly analyse the behaviour of the AMR23 and compare it with its predecessor. […]
Last year, many F1 teams struggled with excessive bouncing on the new ground effect cars, which led to lobbying to tweak the regulations for 2023 on safety grounds. For 2023 the floor edges were raised by 15mm to prevent teams running their challengers as closely to the ground as last year and reduce the bouncing […]
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The facility beneath the 63,000-seater state-of-the-art venue’s South Stand will open later this year to electric karts and upon completion will become London’s longest indoor track. It will gain accreditation from the National Karting Association, meaning it can be used as a venue for national championships, while Spurs will create a driver academy programme. F1 […]
Straight off the back of pre-season testing, F1 stays in Bahrain for the opening grand prix of a 23-race season which concludes in Abu Dhabi in late November. Red Bull impressed at the three-day test, meaning it is up to the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes to take the challenge to the reigning world champions. […]
The Sakhir International Circuit has hosted the opening round of the F1 season on four previous occasions since it made its debut on the calendar in 2004 – claiming the honour in 2006, 2010, 2021 and 2022. In each of those years, at least one driver made their first F1 start in the Bahrain Grand […]
At last year’s first Barcelona test, the Alfa Romeo team was hit by various reliability issues, a trend which continued to persist throughout the season. But last week Bottas and Zhou Guanyu completed a combined 401 laps over three days, albeit after one stoppage for Bottas with a suspected Ferrari power unit issue and a […]
From a potentially dominant Red Bull to Aston Martin’s surprise strength, to the unknown levels of Mercedes and Ferrari, and the disappointing test for McLaren. We look at the five biggest stories to come from Bahrain, with Alex Kalinauckas in Bahrain, Matt Kew having recently returned from testing, and Martyn Lee asking the questions you […]
While the Aston was only the seventh fastest car on aggregated headline times over the three-day test, its consistent pace and a good long run performance by Fernando Alonso caught the eye of rival teams, with many observers suggesting that Aston could lead the chase of the top three. However, when asked if expectations have […]