Newey: Red Bull arguably spent too long developing 2021 F1 car

Verstappen swept to his second world title in dominant fashion this year, scoring a record 15 wins through the season behind the wheel of the Red Bull RB18 car, while Red Bull also clinched its first constructors’ title since 2013.
The dominance of the RB18 came despite an extended development cycle for the RB16B in 2021, when Verstappen was engaged in a close fight for the championship with …Keep reading

“Lucky” shows former F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone as you’ve never seen him before

With all the commotion about a certain Netflix release that hit the screens recently, docuseries are quite the thing at the moment. So it’s timely that the latest offering from BAFTA-winning “Senna” writer and producer Manish Pandey should drop at Christmas on Discovery+ and other platforms internationally.
Having dominated F1 for over 40 years, Bernie Ecclestone was moved aside in 2017 as …Keep reading

Norris: One F1 podium ‘isn’t enough’ despite ‘very tough’ year for McLaren

Norris claimed third place for McLaren at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in April, benefitting from a late error by Charles Leclerc that dropped the Ferrari driver back to sixth place.
Norris said ahead of the summer break that it “blows my mind” McLaren managed to score a podium given its early-season car struggles, the team having enduring a sluggish start in …Keep reading

Copying Ferrari/Red Bull F1 sidepods never an option for Mercedes in 2022

The German car manufacturer went completely its own route for 2022, adopting a ‘zero sidepod’ solution on the W13, which was very different to the downwash Red Bull idea and the inwash Ferrari concept.
But while Mercedes endured difficulties with its 2022 challenger, the team remained adamant that its issues were nothing to do with its very different sidepod solution.
With its key …Keep reading