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Haas Accidentally Leaks 2025 F1 Car, but Ferrari’s SF-25 Stands Apart

Haas has inadvertently revealed its 2025 F1 car, the VF25, through leaked images that circulated online following a private shakedown at Silverstone. The images showcased a revamped design, including updated sidepods and a new rear wing. However, despite Haas’ longstanding relationship with Ferrari, the VF25 and Ferrari’s SF-25 will look very different this season. Distinct

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Adrian Newey Addresses Red Bull’s Downfall Amid Rising Tensions With Max Verstappen

Red Bull’s 2024 Formula 1 season has been a dominant display of engineering excellence and strategic brilliance, largely driven by Max Verstappen’s relentless pursuit of success. However, recent reports suggest that the development of the RB20 has not been entirely smooth, with Red Bull’s legendary chief technical officer Adrian Newey admitting that certain design challenges

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Toto Wolff opens up on ‘illegal’ Mercedes

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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Ferrari copy Red Bull with 2024 F1 car

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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Ford CEO makes big Red Bull prediction

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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Christian Horner remark will alarm Max Verstappen

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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FIA make massive Mercedes admission

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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FIA announces ban amid concerns

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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FIA set to introduce unusual device in Formula 1

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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FIA to be given ‘clear evidence’ against Red Bull

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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