Fallows: Newey’s lack of “technical arrogance” in F1 a great strength

Despite many decades of involvement in F1, Newey remains at the top of his game and most recently helped Red Bull’s title successes last season.
Aston Martin’s new technical director Dan Fallows worked alongside Newey for many years at Red Bull, and says it was an eye-opening experience for him understanding how he operated.
Fallows reckons it was Newey’s mindset in not believing that …Keep reading

Set-up changes can minimise impact of new F1 tyre influence – Leclerc

Although the tyre compounds remaining unchanged from 2022 – other than the addition of a new C1, with the previous tyre of that specification becoming a new C0 to close the performance gap between the harder rubber types and those typically used as mediums – Pirelli has changed the construction of all its tyres.
The main changes have been made to the front tyres to reduce the understeer …Keep reading

Russell: F1 should allow two-car winter tests

F1 testing was reduced from six to three days for 2021, with just three test days in Bahrain instead of two three-day tests in Barcelona.
For 2022, winter testing expanded to six days again, a one-off concession so teams could get more time to trial their brand-new machinery following a major rule change.
But this year the number of days has been limited to three once again, with testing …Keep reading

McLaren completes key first run for MCL60 amid F1 secrecy games

Twelve months on from McLaren facing a disastrous test in Bahrain and disappointing opening race after suffering brake overheating problems, the squad has made efforts to ensure there is no repeat trouble this time around. 
Well aware that there is just a single test before the opening 2023 race at Sakhir, McLaren booked in one of its two filming days for Bahrain on Tuesday to check that …Keep reading