The first season of the new aerodynamic regulations will likely be remembered for one thing and one thing only, porpoising, a word that Mercedes have likely banned from their garage. It quickly became apparent in pre-season testing that the new cars had a rather peculiar issue; they bounced! This saw sparks fly at virtually every
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Following tweaks made by the FIA to the 2023 technical regulations, Mercedes and Aston Martin are being sent back to the drawing board following bans on their innovative designs. For Mercedes, the part in question that they can no longer use is their extreme front-wing endplates, which were first seen at the Miami Grand Prix much earlier
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Formula 1 teams have been trying out some new mirrors on their cars for past couple of races in a bid to improve visibility. Obstructed views were something that was already being spoken about when the new technical regulations arrived due to the bigger, 18-inch tyres. Sir Lewis Hamilton joked that he would start using
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Ferrari are set to beat the clock by bringing one final upgrade before engine development is frozen until 2026. Formula 1 underwent one of the biggest changes to the technical regulations in recent memory ahead of this season. More or less everything changed; ground effect aerodynamics were brought back, the chassis and wings were radically
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Ferrari will present a sheet to the FIA detailing what they believe are every team’s expenses in the opening rounds of 2022, including the costs incurred by Red Bull’s major upgrades. The raft of new technical regulations this season included the re-introduction of ground effect aerodynamics as well as a new $140 million budget cap.
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FIA head of single-seaters technical matters, Nikolas Tombazis, has declared that engine performance up and down the grid is relatively uniform after the introduction of the freeze. The engine freeze is one of many alterations made to the technical regulations this season, with an E10 fuel blend – made up of 90 percent fossil fuels
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FIA head of single-seater technical matters, Nikolas Tombazis, has reiterated that the governing body will not allow any skirting of the financial regulations. Along with new technical regulations this year has come a more stringent budget cap which has forced teams to adopt a more circumspect approach to how they bring upgrades to their cars.
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has called on the FIA to keep a close eye on the teams’ spending as they place more upgrades on their cars. Ferrari are expected to introduce a chassis upgrade to the 2022 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in Imola that they hope will lose them 3kg as they fight, along
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