At last season’s Mexican Grand Prix, Mercedes turned up with an interesting prototype front wing, which never actually made it onto the car due to concerns that the FIA would find their invention illegal. The front wing featured a large number of slot gap separators, which main purpose is to keep the gap between the
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has revealed that former Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto is “in a good place”, with the Italian-American believing that his friend will “land on his feet” with his next role in Formula 1. It’s reported that Binotto’s absence from the paddock is due to him having agreed to a 12-month period
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Ahead of this weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, it has been announced that Mercedes have partnered up with a former major sponsor of Ferrari – Snapdragon. The Italians and Snapdragon went their separate ways at the conclusion of last season, with the deal having been worth $25 million, according to RacingNews365. The addition of Snapdragon
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Charles Leclerc had a mixed opinion on Ferrari’s pre-season testing, with the Monegasque having identified where the team’s new car – the SF-23 – is lacking ahead of this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Based on last week’s testing at the Bahrain International Circuit, Ferrari look set to be in a three-way fight with Red Bull
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Mercedes’ pre-season testing in Bahrain did not go exactly as the team would have hoped, with the team even being forced to retire from one session with a hydraulic issue. While the porpoising issues which hindered them so severely last season seem to be a thing of the past, the Silver Arrows have not managed
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With launch season officially over and the start of pre-season testing just a day away, the world has been able to see all of the liveries that will be on display in the forthcoming season; however, not all of the actual cars have yet been captured. A number of sides opted to launch their 2023
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Porpoising was a major issue that was encountered by teams last season, as the aerodynamics surrounding the new regulations caused the cars to bounce. While teams like Mercedes, who suffered heavily with the bouncing last season, appear to have fixed the problem heading into 2023, others seem to still be struggling. When Charles Leclerc and
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When the regulations underwent a major change at the start of the 2022 season, the teams encountered a number of unexpected issues when designing their cars. One issue that was mostly overlooked by both the FIA and the teams was porpoising, a violent bouncing that is caused by the aerodynamics surrounding the new cars. This
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With the 2023 season fast approaching, Ferrari have made a crucial team change ahead of next weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix, with the hope being that they won’t suffer yet another strategic nightmare. It was revealed by the Maranello-based team that they’ve replaced former head of strategy Inaki Rueda with Ravin Jain, who’ll feature on the
MoreThe opening morning of pre-season testing was a peculiar one for Ferrari, with the Italians having faced two interesting issues at the Bahrain International Circuit. Carlos Sainz was behind the wheel of the SF-23 during the opening session, where it looked fascinatingly like he was experiencing porpoising. Ferrari did suffer from the bouncing phenomena in 2022;
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