The key storylines to follow as F1 returns from summer break

Formula 1’s shutdown is over, with teams heading to Zandvoort for the first of 2024’s 10 remaining rounds. As F1 wakes up from its summertime siesta, here is a refresher of some key storylines you may have missed, and some lingering questions seeking an answer in the Dutch dunes and beyond.Red Bull is backing Perez; will it be a costly mistake?Shortly after the Belgian Grand Prix Red Bull decided …Keep reading

Exclusive: What was really behind the FIA’s F1 asymmetric brake rule change

Speculation in Formula 1 got intense during the summer break in the wake of a change the FIA made to the technical regulations outlawing asymmetrical braking systems.Off the back of the most recent FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting that ratified a host of revised and future rules, an added clause regarding braking systems set tongues wagging.The changed Article 11.1.2 of F1’s Technical …Keep reading

McLaren aims to “cash in” on aero development, set for testing limit advantage

McLaren is set to “cash in” on its Formula 1 aerodynamic testing over the first part of the season, after bringing relatively few upgrades in the opening 14 races.The aerodynamic testing regulations (ATR) in contemporary F1 restricts how much wind tunnel time and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) resources can be used, with each team receiving limits. These are allocated depending on their …Keep reading