Steiner: F1 ‘needs to make its mind up’ over conservative tyres

Pirelli’s tyres have been on the cautious side in recent seasons, responding to the sport’s fastest generation of cars with more durable compounds that offer less grip but also don’t fall off a performance cliff like its early offerings did.
But the Italian manufacturer’s safe approach has progressively hamstrung the teams’ ability to play with different strategies. That was exemplified by last …Keep reading
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Vowles: Williams encourages Albon to speak his mind on F1 radio

During the Miami GP Albon was heard to question the team’s requests to push harder, and on a different occasion, to manage his tyres.
Although such responses appear uncharacteristic given Albon’s calm personality out of the car, Vowles says he’s happy to have such feedback from his driver.
“I actually encourage it, I think it’s a positive thing,” Vowles told Autosport. “There’s …Keep reading
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McLaren F1 car weakest in off-brake and off-throttle zones – Stella

Team boss Andrea Stella reckons despite the floor damage sustained by Lando Norris and a brake-by-wire failure for Oscar Piastri, a Miami result of 17th and 19th is a “reality check”.
The ‘supertimes’ metric, which compares the fastest lap set by each team during a full race weekend, listed McLaren as the slowest of the 10 entries in Florida with a 1.82% score.
This poor showing has been …Keep reading
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Pirelli will introduce tougher new F1 tyre construction from British GP

Amid the backdrop of teams having started to unlock dramatic gains in downforce with the 2023 cars, Pirelli feels it makes sense to intervene and introduce stronger tyres in time for the Silverstone race in July.
The move is not being made because of safety concerns, but more as a bid to guarantee no problems further down the line. The compounds of the new tyres will be identical to what is …Keep reading
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Horner: Verstappen used “damage” in Miami F1 first sector to overcome Perez

The first sector of the circuit, which includes eight turns, is largely comprised of a run of high-speed kinks.
Horner says in that particular area of the track Verstappen had an edge that ultimately enabled him to outpace Perez and claim victory.
The Dutchman started the race from ninth place after a red flag ended Q3 before he could complete his final flying lap, while Perez was on …Keep reading
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