In the latest episode of Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s ongoing feud with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, the Briton has warned the 50-year-old that working through the summer is not permitted. Teams are required to give their mechanics, engineers and drivers a break during the summer shutdown, when no work is allowed to be
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner suspects that there are some devious tactics at play from Mercedes as they try to action a change in regulations next season. The Silver Arrows have been off the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari this year after the return of ground effect aerodynamics under the new technical regulations,
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Recently appointed interim FIA secretary general, Shaila-Ann Rao, simply allows criticism of her position to roll off the shoulder. Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto conceded that he was ‘concerned’ when the FIA replaced the departing Peter Bayer with Rao who, prior to re-joining the FIA, had been special adviser to Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff. An
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner is unhappy at Mercedes as he feels they are trying to change the rules to suit them. Safety has become a concern for some of the drivers amid the “porpoising” and bouncing caused by the new technical regulations which saw the return of ground effect aerodynamics. The FIA stepped
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Six teams are expected to counter the FIA’s proposed changes to the technical regulations next season as they attempt to counter “porpoising” and bouncing. In Canada, the govern body started measuring the cars to see how much the cars were oscillating and, as of the Belgian Grand Prix, teams could be asked to raise the
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said that the regulations for next season are “up in the air,” and believes that there should have been instant action taken against deflecting floor planks. The FIA introduced a technical directive at the Canadian Grand Prix, in which they will create a metric for oscillating movement from the
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin has told Red Bull and Ferrari that there is no evidence to suggest that the proposed rule changes next year are designed to help them. In order to make sure that “porpoising” and bouncing do not become unsafe next season, the FIA are changing the design of the cars next
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Former Formula 1 driver Alex Wurz fears that track limits will be an even bigger issue at this weekend’s French Grand Prix than they were in Austria. Niels Wittich, one of two new race directors this season alongside Eduardo Freitas, had a lot to deal with in Spielberg a fortnight ago as he wrestled control
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner and Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto have both indicated that upgrades under the new technical regulations are having less of an effect than they did before. The new ground effect aerodynamics introduced this season necessitated an entirely new concept and approach from the teams as they tried to figure out the
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The Mercedes F1 Team’s hunt to end their victory drought may finally come to an end this weekend at the French Grand Prix, with many predicting the Silver Arrows to be favourites at the Circuit Paul Ricard. It’s been a troublesome first-half of the season for Mercedes, who have taken nearly half a year to get on
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