How Alpine is keeping its Enstone base at F1’s cutting edge

It’s a challenge that many teams have either faced in recent years or are currently tackling head-on.At one extreme there’s Aston Martin, whose Silverstone factory – created for the birth of the original Jordan outfit in 1991 – had long ago outlived its useful life.Owner Lawrence Stroll had the funding and commitment required to buy an adjacent site, build a completely new facility, and …Keep reading
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Haas needs fix for “difficult to digest” tyre overheating woes before F1 2024 switch

Haas’s 2023 challenger showed flashes of pace in qualifying, particularly in the hands of the returning Nico Hulkenberg.But problems with the VF-23’s excessive tyre overheating, especially on more demanding circuits and in warmer conditions, have prevented the team from converting its one-lap pace into decent results over a race distance.Hulkenberg and team-mate Kevin Magnussen have each only …Keep reading
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F1 teams facing rookie FP1 scheduling headache

The FIA rules specify that every race driver has to give up an FP1 session for a rookie who has started no more than two grands prix.However, a race driver who is a rookie at the start of the season is deemed to qualify, which means that Oscar Piastri with McLaren, Logan Sargeant with Williams and Nyck de Vries with AlphaTauri all ticked the box when they took part in FP1 at the opening race of …Keep reading
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Mercedes: F1 cost cap prompts greater lags behind wind tunnel findings

The introduction of the cost cap for the 2021 season intended to close up the competition between F1 teams, by reducing the effect of the top teams’ financial advantage.Although that effect has helped to create a tight midfield pack thus far, it has also limited the development scope of the current generation of cars and made it more difficult to overcome a slow start.The effect on components with …Keep reading
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Vowles: Five-year plans “remarkably meaningless” in F1

Former Mercedes man Vowles took over the reins of Williams at the start of this year, having been appointed by owners Dorilton Capital to oversee a complete overhaul of the historic Grove squad.He found a previously cash-strapped team that had been focused on short-term survival until Dorilton took over its ownership in 2020 and has been severely lagging behind the competition in terms of its …Keep reading
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