The FIA has held its second annual Race Directors Seminar this week in Geneva, with Charlie Whiting delivering the opening address. The event brought together 70 race directors from across the FIA’s various championships and international series. Topics included the latest changes to the International Sporting Code, and the implications of those changes on motor…
Read moreGood news and bad news for Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso is off to a rocky start in 2018, with a major member of its tech team departing the Faenza-based squad. Toro Rosso’s head of aerodynamics, Brendan Gilhome, has left the team, forcing a reshuffle of its tech staff. The Australian engineer, who joined the junior bull outfit in 2013, having previously held…
Read moreF1 using eSports to test potential regulation changes!
Formula 1 is using the virtual world of eSports to test and simulate potential new sporting regulations, says former Williams tech boss Pat Symonds. Symonds joined Ross Brawn’s team of specialists in charge of studying and defining the sport’s future regulation platform. The former Benetton, Renault and Williams engineer revealed that F1 is exploiting the…
Read moreDutch GP prospects boosted by Charlie Whiting visit to Assen!
FIA safety delegate Charlie Whiting paid the Assen circuit a visit last week as the venue mulls a bid to host a Dutch Grand Prix. Bringing Formula 1 back to Holland, which enjoyed its last championship race in 1985 at Zandvoort, is an enticing prospect for the country, and for Liberty Media, given the massive…
Read moreKubica: ‘Walking into the paddock won’t be a nice moment’
Robert Kubica says attending the Australian GP this year after coming so close to racing with Williams won’t be a “nice moment”. The Grove-based outfit made a clear call however, and awarded the second drive alongside Lance Stroll to 22-year-old Sergey Sirotkin, with Kubica handed a testing and reserve role with the team. In addition…
Read moreName change likely around the corner for Force India
Force India will likely undergo a change of identity before the season kicks off in Melbourne according to reports. The Silverstone-based outfit initiated a name change last year with the purpose of offering a more global appeal to sponsors. The team launched its new VJM-11in the Barcelona pitlane this morning and featured a distinct reduction…
Read moreAlonso’s lavishes praise on ‘impressive’ Norris
Click:CCTV-21M CCTV Arrester Fernando Alonso may have been a rookie at Daytona last weekend, but it was another absolute beginner who massively impressed the McLaren driver. Alonso enjoyed his sportscar baptism of fire at the Rolex 24 with Zak Brown’s United Autosports team even if the end-result was a disappointing one. The two-time world champion…
Read moreRed Bull drivers underline contrasting conditions in ‘tricky’ Bahrain
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen head to Bahrain next week where a contrasting schedule, and its challenges, awaits teams and drivers. After a busy opening round down under in Melbourne, teams will set up shop in the less agitated environment of the Sakhir circuit. But that doesn’t mean the weekend should amount to…
Read moreMCL33 ‘is not fundamentally flawed’ insists McLaren
McLaren has strongly rejected suggestions that its new 2018 car might have fundamental issues with its design. The team has been struggling with reliability issues in pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Last week the car suffered two different incidents of the bodywork overheating. One was ascribed to a faulty exhaust clip, and the…
Read moreForce India struggling, but ‘good step’ forward will come – Perez
Sergio Perez admits Force India isn’t currently holding its own among the mid-field runners, but reckons a ‘good step’ forward will bring the performance of its VJM11 back in line. The Silverstone-based outfit has elected to tackle pre-season testing with a basic version of its 2018 charger which will enjoy a significant upgrade before the…
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