Heading into the 2023 season, Max Verstappen and Red Bull look like a formidable force once again. The energy drink giants topped the timing screens across all three days of pre-season testing and head into the season opening in Bahrain as the clear favourites to take victory. The RB19 looks to be a positive evolution
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When the engine regulations undergo a major revamp ahead of the 2026 season, many teams will be chopping and changing their engine suppliers. Audi will complete their takeover of Sauber and produce their own power units while Red Bull will part ways with Honda to become powered by Red Bull Powertrains. The new engine manufacturer
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Martin Brundle has warned Lance Stroll against making questionable moves on new team-mate Fernando Alonso, or risk having “more than sore wrists” as a result. Aston Martin have proven already at the Bahrain Grand Prix that they are a real threat to the usual leading trio, with Alonso having topped both Free
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When the 2022 season got underway last season, Ferrari looked to be the favourites for the championship, such was their improvement under the new regulations. While the Scuderia did manage to build up an early lead in both championships with Charles Leclerc, their reliability and strategy issues meant that they were eventually no match for
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Qualifying for the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix could not have gone any better for Red Bull, as Max Verstappen went quickest in Q3 and will be joined on the front row by his teammate Sergio Perez. Verstappen and Perez went head-to-head on the final run of Q3 for pole position and the Dutchman came out
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Defending double World Champion Max Verstappen started 2023 in supreme fashion, by claiming the first pole position of the season and the 21st of his career in Formula 1, after setting a mega 1:29.708 at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen looked strong throughout qualifying and was predicted as the driver to beat ahead of this
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has warned Mercedes that they are possibly “further behind” than they were last season, after the Silver Arrows were comfortably behind the leading pace on the opening day of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 2023 season certainly hasn’t started the way Mercedes would’ve liked it to, with the Germans having
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Alfa Romeo’s pre-season testing in Bahrain ended on a high, with Valtteri Bottas finishing the third and final day of testing with the third-fastest lap time. Bottas’ team also completed a healthy 402 laps over the course of the three days, putting them in a good position ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The team
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Towards the end of F1’s previous era, the field was getting too spread out, with Mercedes and Red Bull being lightyears ahead of everybody else. Formula 1 decided to counter this by introducing a cost cap of $145m in 2021, hoping that every team being able to spend the same amount would allow more competitiveness
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There is something about the Bahrain Grand Prix that just generates magical moments for Haas. Last year saw the returning Kevin Magnussen soar to a phenomenal P5 finish in the Grand Prix and it could be Nico Hulkenberg’s year this year. The German has not raced in Formula 1 since his time with Renault came
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