How to be an ace engineer: Single-seater performance guru Peter Wyss de Araujo

Swiss engineer Peter Wyss de Araujo has sampled virtually every motorsport discipline from hillclimbing to Formula 1, taking in a successful decade of touring cars and a spell in Formula E along the way. But he’s never stopped learning, and that mantra remains today in his current position race engineering an ORECA-Gibson 07 in the European Le Mans series for the Team Virage outfit set up by a …Keep reading
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Improving Williams F1 team ‘like fixing a bicycle puncture while riding it’ – Robson

The Grove outfit is undergoing updates to its factory infrastructure and changes to its working processes as owner Dorilton Capital tries to move it up the grid.Team principal James Vowles and chief technical officer Pat Fry have both made it clear that the team lags behind rivals, citing how late everything came together with the build of the FW46.The lack of a spare chassis that led to Logan …Keep reading
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McLaren reshuffles F1 technical team as Sanchez leaves after three months

Sanchez joined McLaren from Ferrari in January among a series of hires to augment the team’s engineering staff, but it became apparent that his duties as the technical director in charge of concept and performance were “not aligned” to those discussed previously. Team principal Andrea Stella will thus assume Sanchez’s duties in the interim, as the team searches for a replacement to head up the …Keep reading
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Gasly driving “like an animal” in difficult 2024 Alpine F1 car

The Enstone machine has been clearly benchmarked as the slowest in the 2024 field, and that pattern continued in Australia, where Gasly finished 13th and his team-mate Esteban Ocon was 16th after a brake issue caused an extra pitstop.Gasly says that the speed of the A524 has not compromised his motivation in the cockpit.    “Once I’m in the car, I’m like an animal,” he said. “I want …Keep reading
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Negotiating F1 and MotoGP TV deals together “a non-starter” – Liberty

On 1 April, American media giant Liberty announced it had acquired 86% ownership of Dorna Sports and the MotoGP World Championship in a blockbuster €4.2 billion deal.The buyout, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2024, means Liberty now owns the world’s two biggest motorsport series in F1 and MotoGP.During an investors call on Monday, Liberty CEO Greg Maffei ruled out any …Keep reading
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Verstappen: “No need to panic” over Red Bull’s 2026 F1 engines

In 2026, F1 switches to revised power unit regulations which drop the expensive and complicated MGU-H system and instead put a bigger emphasis on electric power provided by the MGU-K.F1 will also adopt sustainable fuels for the turbocharged V6 engine, which will remain in place as part of a projected 50/50 split between electric and internal combustion power.For 2026, Red Bull and sister team RB …Keep reading
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