Wolff: Mercedes lost 8-10 months of development curing 2022 F1 car problem

The German manufacturer has endured a tricky season with the W13, which suffered a lot early on from excessive bouncing.
It took several months for Mercedes to understand the factors that were at play and implement car tweaks that have helped Lewis Hamilton and George Russell make progress over the second half of the campaign.
But while it was able to get on top of the porpoising, its …Keep reading
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The Mercedes F1 floor experiments that offer clues of 2023 changes

These were fitted to test driver Nyck de Vries’ W13 as he completed duties in FP1 as part of each teams’ requirement to run a young driver.
With Mercedes now having got on top of understanding the key weaknesses of the W13, it is using this stage of the season to conduct some experiments that can help it plot its best path for next year’s challenger.
As a result of its push, the new floor …Keep reading
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Alpine: Austin F1 protest drew ‘line in the sand’ for black and orange flag

Alonso initially lost his seventh-place finish in the United States Grand Prix after Haas successfully lodged a protest claiming his car was unsafe due to a missing rear view mirror, caused by the crash with Lance Stroll.
The resulting 30-second penalty dropped the Spaniard to 15th, but Alpine lodged a counter-protest on the grounds Haas had submitted its initial protest too late.
The …Keep reading
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Verstappen doesn’t understand need for more sprint races in F1

F1 debuted its sprint race format at three races in 2021 before tweaking the format for this year, including the return of designating pole to the driver who topped qualifying on Friday. The sprint race result then sets the final starting grid for Sunday’s race.
F1 will hold its final sprint of the 2022 season in Brazil this weekend ahead of expanding to six events next year, which are still …Keep reading
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