Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko believes that Honda have found a fix to the reliability problems that have plagued his team in the early part of 2022. Having been running in second for much of the Bahrain Grand Prix behind eventual winner Charles Leclerc, Max Verstappen retired from the race due to a fuel
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Red Bull are said to have accidentally counteracted the “porpoising” issue that has been caused by the new technical regulations. In sweeping changes to the cars, the downforce is now generated by aerodynamics underneath the car rather than on the chassis, and this is known as ground effect. As a result, the rake design that
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Ferrari have signed a new aerodynamicist from Mercedes as they look to press home their advantage in 2022. New technical regulations have been introduced this year, meaning that designers and engineers have had to adopt an entirely new philosophy to extract maximum performance from the cars. The Scuderia spent much of last year developing for
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has praised Sergio Perez’s development in the early going of the 2022 season after the Mexican’s second-placed finish at the Australian Grand Prix. Max Verstappen was set to take second place in Bahrain in the opening round of the season before a fuel vacuum failure put him out of
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has affirmed that the team’s ambitions to build their own powertrains from 2026 remain very much alive. It was anticipated that Red Bull would start manufacturing their own engines and gearboxes out of Milton Keynes from this season after agreeing a deal to purchase Honda’s intellectual properties following the
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko concedes that he worried his world champion driver Max Verstappen might have been tempted elsewhere while they were still climbing back up to the top of the timing screens. After four consecutive world championships with Sebastian Vettel between 2010 and 2013, during such time they won 41 races between
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There has been quite the guessing game over recent weeks surrounding the true weight of the cars, and exactly which ones are the heaviest after the turn of the new technical regulations. As ground effect aerodynamics returned, the cars became substantially heavier, leading the FIA to increase the weight limit to 795kg. It was then
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that his team’s car is an astonishing 10 kilograms heavier than Ferrari’s 2022 challenger. The new technical regulations introduced this season have meant that the cars are naturally heavier, and the FIA increased the weight limit to 795kg to accommodate this. However, Alfa Romeo were reportedly the
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has revealed that the mechanical failure Max Verstappen suffered at the Australian Grand Prix was unrelated to the one he had in Bahrain. The Honda-manufactured Red Bull powertrains have endured a tough start to the 2022 season, with six failures now occurring over the course of the first three
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Much of the talk in Formula 1 in recent weeks has been that of upgrades as we venture into the European season, but it is now understood that Ferrari will not be bringing anything major as was first anticipated. Recent reports have suggested that Ferrari’s car sits at around 208kg, five heavier than Mercedes and
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