How F1 rake angles have shaken up the 2021 championship
From the moment the regulation floor trim of 2021 was announced there were competing theories about how it would affect the low-rake and high-rake cars respectively. The fact that the…
Max Verstappen stamped his authority on this race right from the start despite qualifying his Red Bull only third. Lewis Hamilton, having qualified his Mercedes on pole, became the chaser…
Aside from it being the second instalment of the Mercedes/Red Bull contest, Imola this weekend also offers further insight on the intriguing prospects of Sergio Perez at Red Bull. We…
The confirmation of Nico Hülkenberg as Aston Martin’s official reserve driver might be read as simply the logical continuation of last year’s status quo after he did a fine stand-in…
We are going to take a dive here into statistics regarding how representative might the Mercedes performance at Bahrain last weekend be for the rest of the season. Yes, it…
Red Bull may have had the faster car, but an aggressive strategy by Mercedes — and Hamilton's pace — proved decisive in the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix
It's easy to believe that Lewis Hamilton is fired up about the prospect of a duel with Max Verstappen ahead of the 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix, writes Mark Hughes
Mercedes’ chief strategist James Vowles wasn’t making any bones about where the team stood in testing last week: “No one up and down the paddock will be able to pinpoint…
Three days of winter testing at Bahrain two weeks ahead of the race there threw up an intriguing picture, one in which the Honda-powered Red Bull and AlphaTauri teams emerged…
Both Mercedes F1 drivers are in a contract year this season but it's Valtteri Bottas who's under all of the pressure to perform to save his future
After seeing the first handful of new F1 cars it would be fair to say that comparison to the 2020 and ’21 models would make for a challenging game of…
The injuries incurred by Fernando Alonso in his cycling accident just add to the tenor of uncertainty around the whole Alpine programme created by the recent high level management changes.…
What is Daniel Ricciardo’s route to a world championship? On the verge of beginning a new partnership with McLaren, he’s a world champion calibre driver but in 10 seasons of…
An F1 team owned by an automotive company is always liable to spring a nasty surprise on that team – as Toyota, Honda and BMW showed a few years ago.…
Carlos Sainz Jr got his first runs behind the wheel of a Ferrari at Fiorano earlier this week. It was only in a 2018 car, but it’s the beginning of…
On paper, the team with the biggest potential for improvement this year is Aston Martin (Racing Point as was). Which may sound odd given the very strong 2020 it enjoyed…
There’s an increasingly propounded theory in F1 technical circles – seemingly supported by the competitive evidence of the last two seasons at least – that the low-rake aero concept followed…