Red Bull have signed engineer Phil Prew from Mercedes to help inform their work on power units from the 2026 season. Prew has previously worked at McLaren, where he was an understudy to Adrian Newey, before going on to become a race engineer in 2001, working with the likes of Sir Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez
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The Aston Martin F1 Team are set to be copied by every team on the grid, after introducing an innovative new rear-wing at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll had rear-wings that resembled the 2021 cars, which had considerably higher downforce than the current generation. Both drivers had additions to their endplates,
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Former race director Michael Masi reportedly signed a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) after his removal as race director by the FIA. Masi was the centre of controversy at last season’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when he made a bizarre call to allow a limited number of lapped runners to pass the Safety Car ahead of the
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Max Verstappen has grown frustrated at the stewards after the recent increase in track limits penalties. Verstappen was on the verge of a penalty in Austria a few weeks ago after team-mate Sergio Perez was sent down to 13th for cutting Turn Eight. Mick Schumacher lost a qualifying lap of his own in France last weekend
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Porpoising is once again a hot topic in the paddock, as a number of teams have called for the FIA to drop a set of new regulations for 2023 which are targeted at eliminating porpoising. The bouncing phenomenon has caused chaos for some, and absolutely nothing for others, with the latter being the ones who are rallying
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Red Bull and Ferrari do not believe that Charles Leclerc’s accident at last weekend’s French Grand Prix was at all related to “porpoising” and bouncing. The phenomenon has appeared this season amid the arrival of the new technical regulations, which have brought about the return of ground effect aerodynamics. It meant a complete change to
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Mercedes driver George Russell is “confident” that his fellow drivers feel the same way as he does about the potential health impacts of “porpoising” and bouncing. Ever since pre-season testing, the cars have visibly ad audibly been making heavy contact with the track surface, and this affects the cars’ performance down the straights. Raising the
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Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz wonders if Michael Masi came to an agreement with the FIA amid his departure from the motorsport governing body. Controversy surrounded the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last season when Masi allowed five lapped cars to pass the Safety Car ahead of the final lap of the race,
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Ferrari are poised to launch a protest against the changing of the regulations next season over concerns that it will hamper the performance of Red Bull and Ferrari. This is according to Auto Motor und Sport journalist Michael Schmidt, who suggested that Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto will attempt to veto the alterations next season. The
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Red Bull boss Christian Horner have reignited their rivalry in the latest debate over the technical regulations. Mercedes have been pushing for changes to the rules for several weeks due to the potentially detrimental long-term health effects of “porpoising,” the phenomenon that came with the arrival of ground effect
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