Plan to reduce 2023 F1 car weight dropped despite team opposition

The 2023 F1 technical regulations were published some time ago with the reduction from 798kgs to 796kgs highlighted as part of a general push to eventually have lighter cars.
However, in the interim, the 2022 car weight was increased from 795kgs to 798kgs early last year largely in response to the porpoising seen in testing, in essence to take account of items such as floor stiffening and …Keep reading
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Perez pushed Red Bull “in a certain direction” on 2023 F1 car

Perez joined Red Bull for the 2021 season to replace Alex Albon, but like Albon and Pierre Gasly before him the Mexican found it tough to get close to team-mate Max Verstappen and get on top of Red Bull’s machinery.
With the onset of new ground effect regulations for 2022, Perez made a strong start relative to Verstappen in the initially-overweight RB18. His early form yielded a pole in …Keep reading
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Why Audi’s distant future in F1 is already helping Alfa Romeo

The team will continue to run under the Alfa Romeo name in 2023, and is expected to revert to the Sauber identity for two final interim years with Ferrari power, before its partnership with Audi begins in 2026.
The Hinwil outfit has also seen a change of management in recent weeks as Fred Vasseur, who hired both Bottas and Zhou, has left for a new job at Ferrari.
Meanwhile, former McLaren …Keep reading
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Magazine: Karun Chandhok answers Big Questions of F1 2023

It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were reviewing the 2022 F1 season and rating the performances of the drivers and teams. And yet, here we are already in F1 2023 launch season, ignoring for the moment the fact that most teams have so far only really ‘launched’ new liveries (kudos to Alfa Romeo for actually showing us a fresh car!).
Amid all the usual showings of confidence and …Keep reading
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Ricciardo drives Supercars Mustang in Ford base visit

The eight-time grand prix winner is now linked to Ford through the carmaker’s recently-announced deal with Red Bull.
As part of his third driver duties Ricciardo spent the day at Ford’s HQ where he sampled a number of cars on Ford’s test track.
Among them was a DJR Team Penske-built Gen2 Ford Mustang Supercar which is based at Ford HQ and often driven by Ford CEO Jim Farley in demonstration …Keep reading
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