Alonso: Aston progress “hurt” by Stroll’s absence from test

Stroll had to miss last week’s Bahrain test due to a wrist injury, leaving Alonso and rookie Felipe Drugovich to undertake the initial sorting and development work on the new car.
Alonso admits that he doesn’t have enough of a reference to properly analyse the behaviour of the AMR23 and compare it with its predecessor.
While the Spaniard drove last year’s AMR22 in November’s Abu Dhabi …Keep reading

Alpine “exercised the envelope” with extreme F1 testing set-ups

TV coverage showed the car bottoming heavily at times during the test as it appeared to tend towards bouncing.
However, Harman insisted that was a result of experiments that weren’t necessarily intended to be useful at the Sakhir track specifically, but which could apply to other tracks.
That focus on exploring the car meant that team never ran with the softer Pirelli tyres and low fuel …Keep reading

The laps that offered McLaren a glimpse of Piastri’s F1 promise

The Australian is making his F1 debut for McLaren at the Bahrain Grand Prix, and had his first proper run in the new MCL60 last week.
Although McLaren is facing some competitive struggles with its new car, that has not stopped Piastri from showing just what he is capable of.
In particular, McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has cited the way in which Piastri made rapid progress in a series …Keep reading

F1 signs 15-year partnership with Tottenham Hotspur

The facility beneath the 63,000-seater state-of-the-art venue’s South Stand will open later this year to electric karts and upon completion will become London’s longest indoor track.
It will gain accreditation from the National Karting Association, meaning it can be used as a venue for national championships, while Spurs will create a driver academy programme.
F1 and the club will …Keep reading

Red Bull finds RB19 F1 car solution that suits both Verstappen and Perez

The Milton Keynes-based squad is coming off the back of a 2022 campaign where its RB18 had phases where either one or the other driver was happier.
At the start of the season, when the car suffered from understeer due to being overweight, those characteristics favoured Perez much more. But as the team reduced the car’s mass, that help make its front end better at turn-in, and that swung …Keep reading