How Mercedes and Ferrari are chasing Red Bull’s F1 top speed advantage

Having seen that Max Verstappen could not be challenged for overtakes on the straights, and found it fairly easy to breeze past other drivers if he needed to, Red Bull’s opposition set about improving the efficiency of their cars and wings to reduce drag.
Mercedes found it needed a pretty big step on this front from its draggy W13, but found itself at the pre-season test in Bahrain still down …Keep reading
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Leclerc: Ferrari must understand why Red Bull is on “another planet”

Leclerc qualified third for the season opener and, having saved a new set of soft tyres, he was able to jump Sergio Perez at the start.
Later the Mexican got back ahead and Leclerc had to settle for third as leader Max Verstappen and Perez pulled away.
However, his race was ended by a loss of power that saw him stop on track on lap 40.
“It’s not good enough,” said Leclerc of Ferrari’s …Keep reading
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Red Bull ‘wouldn’t mind boring year’ but expects closer F1 races

Defending champion Max Verstappen controlled proceedings from pole to never face a genuine threat as he claimed his first win in Bahrain by almost 12s.
Team-mate Sergio Perez completed a comfortable Red Bull 1-2, helped by Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc retiring on lap 39 of 57 with an electronics system failure.
That left the Mexican to hold a 27s cushion of his own over podium finisher …Keep reading
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