Aston Martin began the season as the surprise second-best team to Red Bull with Alonso scoring six podium finishes across the opening eight weekends of the year, including second-place results in Monaco and Canada. However, as rival teams have introduced upgrades at recent grands prix, Aston Martin has fallen down the pecking order, with Mercedes and McLaren leapfrogging […]
Haas’s 2023 challenger showed flashes of pace in qualifying, particularly in the hands of the returning Nico Hulkenberg. But problems with the VF-23’s excessive tyre overheating, especially on more demanding circuits and in warmer conditions, have prevented the team from converting its one-lap pace into decent results over a race distance. Hulkenberg and team-mate Kevin […]
Former Mercedes man Vowles took over the reins of Williams at the start of this year, having been appointed by owners Dorilton Capital to oversee a complete overhaul of the historic Grove squad. He found a previously cash-strapped team that had been focused on short-term survival until Dorilton took over its ownership in 2020 and […]
McLaren missed its 2023 season targets with a draggy launch car, which led to significant changes within the organisation led by incoming team principal Andrea Stella. The first fruits of Stella’s revamped technical structure were brought to the track in the final races before the summer break, propelling Norris to two podiums while his impressive rookie team-mate […]
The legendary F1 designer is currently Red Bull’s chief technical officer and, although he admits the countdown to his retirement is now underway, he still maintains a hands-on involvement in the squad. Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache thinks that the manner of Newey’s involvement, in looking at the big picture, works really well in helping […]
Piastri looked set for a low-key debut season with McLaren as his team missed its development targets for its 2023 car and started off the season on the back foot. The MCL60’s deficiencies only allowed the Australian to score five points in the first nine races, while experienced team-mate Lando Norris similarly failed to wring […]
The Milton Keynes-based squad has produced some eye-opening performances this year thanks to a huge advantage that drivers Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez enjoy when the DRS is open. The opposition have been looking closely to try to understand if there is a clever trick that Red Bull has deployed to deliver the speed boost. […]
Verstappen has repeatedly voiced his concerns over F1’s growing calendar, which will peak at 24 races next year and involve nearly 200,000 miles of air travel despite modest efforts to reduce its footprint. A double-header in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia will kick off F1’s record season, followed by four individual flyaway events in Australia, Japan, […]
Vowles was headhunted by Williams owner Dorilton from Mercedes at the start of this year to oversee a total rebuild of the struggling squad. He soon impressed on the American investment firm that Williams’ overhaul would take years as it is lagging behind its midfield rivals in many areas of its Grove base’s infrastructure. Despite […]
McLaren, with 183 world championship grand prix wins, is the second-most successful team in Formula 1, behind only Ferrari. Like any team that’s been around for six decades, it’s had its ups and downs, but there can be no doubt that the British squad has produced some of the greatest racing cars of all time, […]