Seidl: McLaren must remain patient despite Australian GP progress

McLaren started the season well off the pace in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with both of its drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo unable to get through to Q3.
In Melbourne the team’s competitiveness improved as both drivers did qualify in the top 10, and then stayed there all race to score a big haul of points in fifth and sixth, bumping the team up to fourth in the constructors’ …Keep reading
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How to become a Senior Aerodynamicist in F1 – Qualifications, skills & more

It’s the job of an aerodynamicist to ensure that the car they work on is as efficient and quick as possible, but what is a Senior Aerodynamicist and what do they do to help an F1 team? We spoke to McLaren’s Rebecca Wilson to find out.
What is an Aerodynamicist?
The main role of an aerodynamicist is to add performance to the race car. We achieve this through detailed conceptual design of …Keep reading
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Capito: First Williams point of season a relief after tough start

The team realised after testing that it hadn’t made the expected step with the FW44, and then progress wasn’t helped by two heavy accidents in Saudi Arabia for Nicholas Latifi that led a huge effort to ready his car for Melbourne. Latifi was then involved with a collision with Lance Stroll in Q1 in Australia.
Meanwhile having suffered damage in a collision with Stroll in the Jeddah race …Keep reading
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Perez: Three Red Bull DNFs in three races “certainly a concern”

Perez and team-mate Max Verstappen were both sidelined in the closing laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix last month by a fuel pump issue, costing the team P2 and P4.
A separate fuel system problem emerged on Verstappen’s car with 20 laps to go in last Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, forcing him to retire and leaving the reigning world champion 46 points off early standings leader Charles …Keep reading
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FIA hits back at criticisms of ‘turtle’ Aston Martin safety car

After the Australian Grand Prix, a number of drivers expressed their frustration at the speed of the Aston Martin safety car, which is not as fast as the Mercedes one used at some races.
World champion Max Verstappen even described it as a ‘turtle’, as he said its lack of pace when running at the front of the pack resulted in the F1 tyre temperatures dropping too much.
“There’s so …Keep reading
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Haas rejects Uralkali request to repay F1 sponsorship money

In the immediate aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March, the Haas team unilaterally terminated its Uralkali sponsorship deal because of the links the company’s owner Dmitry Mazepin had with the country’s president Vladimir Putin.
It also ended the deal it had with race driver Nikita Mazepin, who has since been replaced by Kevin Magnussen.
At the time, Uralkali said it was …Keep reading
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