Aston Martin surprised by Mercedes ‘rocket ship’ in Spain – Stroll

Behind runaway race winner Max Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton led team-mate George Russell to bag a double podium for Mercedes to jump Aston Martin in the constructors’ standings. This came as Stroll classified in sixth ahead of home favourite Fernando Alonso in seventh.
Since the AMR23 has often been the second-quickest machine behind the Red Bull RB19 throughout the early races this season, the …Keep reading
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Leclerc: Ferrari needs to focus on being at “the peak of our tyres”

Leclerc started from the pitlane in Barcelona after he qualified only 19th and the team opted to make changes to his car for the race.
However he was only able to rise to 11th place after his SF-23 again performed inconsistently across stints, even when running the same tyre compound.
Team-mate Carlos Sainz also struggled as he slipped from second on the grid to fifth at the chequered …Keep reading
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Did the Spanish GP’s faster final sector help or hurt F1’s racing?

F1 decided to bypass the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya tight chicane and instead restore its original final sector, with two fast right-handers leading onto the main straight, in a bid to improve the show.
It was a popular decision among the drivers, with Mercedes’ George Russell saying it “turned one of the worst corners in F1 into one of the best”, but the jury was still out on whether or …Keep reading
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Russell: Mercedes’ “magic” in Spain not owed to new sidepods

For the return of ground-effects at the start of 2022, Red Bull (downwash), Ferrari (in-wash) and Mercedes (size-zero) all developed radically different sidepod designs.
With Red Bull emerging as the dominant force, it left many to suppose that sidepods are the determining factor in car performance. As such, questions were asked of Mercedes for it not converging around the Red Bull design …Keep reading
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F1 pauses South African GP plans for 2024

To underline its status as a world championship, F1 has coveted a race in Africa. A return to the famed Kyalami circuit, which last hosted a GP in 1993, has long been the frontrunner.
F1 CEO and president Stefano Domenicali has held meetings with circuit officials and other South African GP stakeholders over the past year to revive the event.
A 2024 slot was originally in mind although there …Keep reading
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How Red Bull has taken inspiration from slower F1 rivals to go even faster

At the Spanish Grand Prix, Red Bull appeared with changes to the floor’s edge wing and the diffuser, using features widely seen on competitors’ machinery.
These were most likely spotted by Adrian Newey on his regular grid walks before the Milton Keynes-based squad applied its own twist on a couple of solutions others have used for some time.
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