Ranking the teams after 2022 F1 testing
Quick as a flash, Formula 1 testing is over, the 2022 season is upon us - and the question we all want to know the answer to is: who is fastest? The final leaderboard is a little misleading so we have gone way beyond that by scrutinising the headline laptimes, analysing long runs, watching...
Red Bull reveals F1 upgrades as radical Mercedes faces scrutiny
All eyes were on Red Bull on the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, following talk of a major upgrade that could transform Formula 1’s competitive order. And while its car changes weren’t as extreme as those deployed by Mercedes at the start of the test - part of which could face a...
McLaren's 'race against time' and Williams's melted F1 suspension
McLaren’s pre-season preparations have suffered a blow in Bahrain, with the team finding itself in a “race against time” to complete some vital work before the Formula 1 season begins. McLaren is the first big hitter to be hit by a sustained problem in testing but as we’ll explain in...
Mercedes' radical new F1 sidepods spark 2022's first tech debate
While Red Bull’s sidepods were the big talking point of the first pre-season Formula 1 test of 2022, Mercedes has resoundingly stolen its thunder with its ultra-narrow, super shrink-wrapped design that has appeared in Bahrain this week. But how has Mercedes achieved this, how are they...
Which teams will bring big updates for the Bahrain F1 test?
Formula 1’s second pre-season test kicks off in Bahrain on Thursday and offers the 10 teams their final opportunity to fettle their cars ahead of the first race of the season. Although the test starts after a gap of just 12 days since Barcelona, every team will have some new parts and...
Why there are calls for banned active suspension to return to F1
Active suspension was banned from Formula 1 28 years ago. But since the new 2022 Formula 1 cars ran for the first time, there have been suggestions it should return. This is because of the problem of cars porpoising, which was the technical talking point of the first pre-season test in...
How McLaren has beaten F1 2022's major car problem
Porpoising was the big talking point of the first pre-season Formula 1 test in Barcelona, with everyone afflicted by it to a greater or lesser extent. But the team that seemed least concerned about the situation was McLaren. Thanks to the sharp eye of our technical expert Gary Anderson, and the...
How fast the new 2022 F1 cars really are
Formula 1 pre-season testing confirmed something that team development curves have been hinting at for a while - the 2022 cars are looking seriously quick. Back at the initial presentation of this new technical ruleset in late 2019, the FIA’s simulations from detailed research into the new...
10 things we learned from the first F1 test of 2022
F1 didn't want to call its three days of pre-season running at Barcelona a 'test', but let's not pretend: this was F1 testing, pure and simple. While the laptimes from any test can be spectacularly misleading, that doesn't mean everything that happens should be ignored. The Race had a team of...
The unexpected car problem F1 teams are battling in pre-season testing
Modern F1 teams are always super-prepared for a new season, even in a year like 2022 where the cars are designed to brand new rules. But there was one element that proved very difficult to simulate ahead of the cars running on the track for real. The problem is known as porpoising. And it is a...
What Red Bull was hiding with its fake F1 2022 car launch
When Red Bull launched a show car earlier this month, then didn’t release anything from its shakedown, it was clear that Adrian Newey’s latest creation was being kept as secret as possible, for as long as possible. As soon as the car appeared, it became very clear why Red Bull wanted to...
The F1 tech secrets under Alfa Romeo's camouflage testing livery
Brought to you by Aramco: https://bit.ly/34yCFjL We caught a few glimpses of the Alfa Romeo C42 when it was shaken down at Fiorano earlier this month, but our first clear look at the whole car came when it hit the track on the first morning of pre-season testing in Barcelona. It’s still...
10 strange things that happened at F1 testing
Formula 1 pre-season testing is a time of excitement for drivers, teams and fans alike as new cars hit the track. But it’s also a time when strange things happen. Cars don’t work as anticipated, drivers turn up in unexpected places, crashes bring whole teams to a juddering halt - with myriad...
