Toto Wolff has confirmed that Mercedes has been in ‘constant dialogue’ with the FIA concerning the front wing of their 2024 challenger, the W15. The Silver Arrows attracted plenty of attention within the paddock after revealing an innovative new design at pre-season testing in Bahrain. Confirming the legality of the W15’s all-new front wing design
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Red Bull capitalised on a key advantage throughout the previous season: their impressive aero efficiency, rendering their car potent on straightaways. Their edge was particularly pronounced when activating the DRS, with the team meticulously honing the drag ratio of their mainplane and its synergy with the beam wing. In 2023, other teams like McLaren began
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Despite Red Bull team principal Christian Horner recently admitted that the side have some catching up to do ahead of 2026, Ford CEO Jim Farley believes the Austrians are actually “on track”. Ford are partnering Red Bull from 2026 onwards as a technical partner, with the American manufacturer to supply the Milton Keynes-based side with
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has admitted that the Austrians have “a lot of ground to make up” on Ferrari and Mercedes, ahead of the new power unit regulations in 2026. For the first time in their Formula 1 history, Red Bull will become a manufacturer in 2026, with the Milton Keynes-based side set
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The FIA are keen to avoid a team having a superior power unit in 2026, when the new engine regulations are introduced. Effectively, the governing body don’t want a repeat of what happened when the engines were last significantly changed in 2014, when the turbo-hybrid era was introduced. Mercedes entered the turbo-hybrid era with an
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The FIA have confirmed that teams will be banned from working on their 2026 cars until 2025, meaning no work can be done for the entirety of next season. 2026 marks the introduction of the new power unit regulations and is when Audi will join the sport as a powertrain supplier, whilst they’ll also be
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Despite having previously been rejected by Formula 1 teams, the FIA are set to introduce a driver cooling device, following what was in many ways a disastrous Qatar Grand Prix. F1’s return to the Lusail International Circuit was a brutal affair, with the immense heat having had a greater effect due to each set of
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that the American team has “clear evidence” that several drivers exceeded track limits at Turn 6 at the United States Grand Prix without being penalised, including Sergio Perez. It was confirmed last weekend during the Brazilian Grand Prix that Haas had lodged a ‘right of review’ of the
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has called for the end of post-session investigations and for “common sense” to be used going forwards, with the volume of them starting to frustrate teams and fans. Post-session investigations have become a norm recently in Formula 1, with six having taken place alone across the opening two days
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Max Verstappen has called for set-up changes to be allowed deeper into sprint weekends, to enable teams and drivers to “correct your mistake or potential mistake”. Under the current sprint format, all the cars enter parc ferme conditions after Free Practice 1, which is the only practice session during a sprint weekend. As a result,
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