such as to lower the height from the ground of the rear axle in search of that missing downforce.” Ferrari is in dire need of a reboot having picked up just 94 points from the first six races.

The team’s work plan for Friday’s practice sessions at Imola is clear: “We will run one car with the new spec and the other car with the existing spec at the start of the event and make a ...

“It’s probably closer than it’s ever been with the Next Gen car now that we’re creating a lot of downforce underneath the car, the smaller sidewall tires and the cars are a lot more edgier ...

Ground-effect cars need to be run as close to the ground as possible to produce as much downforce as possible, but this comes at the risk of the car bottoming out. Not only can this be painful for ...

Since then, Ilott insists the team has made serious gains on the crucial speed-related tweaks, even though they haven’t begun the more aggressive steps like trimming downforce for qualifying. The ...

But the cars also differed; Brabham's fan ran off the engine rather than a separate motor, and its primary function wasn't downforce. More than 50 per cent of the Brabham's fan power was for cooling, ...

McLaughlin rose to third with a 225.005mph tour. Running in race configuration with higher levels of downforce was the plan for teams on Tuesday, which made the tow-assisted laps a valuable — but ...

Lewis Hamilton hasn’t been a contender for the Formula 1 drivers’ championship since the infamous 2021 title fight with Max Verstappen. This turned out to be a point of divergence with Red Bull going ...

It’s probably closer than it’s ever been with the Next Gen car now that we’re creating a lot of downforce underneath the car, the smaller sidewall tires, and the cars are a lot more edgier than they ...