Mercedes Technical Director James Allison has praised Red Bull’s innovative designs on its 2024 Formula 1 car but denies comparisons to the team’s past designs. Red Bull has... read more »

Aston Martin Technical Director Dan Fallows says the team has designed a 2024 Formula 1 car with a “stable base” that should help it avoid the slump that occurred last season.... read more »

The team is looking to build on the development trajectory that it pursued during 2023 and the most obvious alteration is the design of the sidepods.This is a continuation of... read more »

This season will mark the third year of the current ground-effect design rulebook. The status quo is allowing teams to coalesce around the Red Bull-style downwash sidepod car... read more »

With F1 set to embark on its third year of the current rules set, there is growing anticipation of a major convergence of designs as Red Bull's rivals try to stop the team... read more »

Fernando Alonso has vowed that his second season with the Aston Martin Formula 1 team in 2024 will be “even better” than his debut year. The expectations placed on Aston Martin... read more »

AlphaTauri Formula 1 Technical Director Jody Egginton asserts that adopting a downwash aero concept doesn’t guarantee success in this era, citing the "devil is in the... read more »

Since the current regulations were introduced in 2022, teams have gravitated towards the downwashing concept, following the lead of pacesetters Red Bull.However, Egginton says... read more »

Mercedes has long since decided to ditch its 'size-zero' sidepod car architecture for the 2024 season, for which it will converge around the downwash solution used by... read more »

Fernando Alonso is clear that straight-line speed and the overall operating window are the two areas he wants to see most improved on Aston Martin’s 2024 Formula 1 car. Aston... read more »

After the two squads that fought for the 2021 world titles ended up racing in very different parts of the F1 pecking order at the start of the new ground-effect era, there was... read more »

Lewis Hamilton asserts that Aston Martin's slump midway through the 2023 Formula 1 season showcases why Mercedes can't simply try and copy Red Bull's car for... read more »

Haas introduced a revamp of its VF-23 at the United States Grand Prix that resulted in it becoming the final F1 squad to adopt the downwash sidepod concept that Red Bull has... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg concedes that Haas didn't receive the instant "boom" the team needed from its recent Formula 1 upgrades to return to regularly scoring points... read more »

Fernando Alonso asserts that it's incorrect to base Aston Martin's 2023 Formula 1 season on the mindset used in "football" where "only the last result”... read more »

Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen insist that the debut of Haas’ revised car at last weekend's United States Grand Prix delivered a “positive” initial impression. Having... read more »

After switching from Alpine, Alonso's 2023 got off to a positive start with six podiums in the opening eight races, as Aston was transformed into Red Bull's regular... read more »

In a bid to add performance and finally cure an in-race tyre wear problem that has hobbled its whole season, Haas brought a key update - new floor, sidepods, engine cover - to... read more »

The team rented a workshop in Austin leading up to the event to modify its VF-23s to become the final team to converge around the downwash sidepod concept pioneered by Red... read more »

The American team has made big revisions to the sidepod, engine cover bodywork and floor of the VF-23 ahead of the final five races of the current campaign - in the process... read more »

Kevin Magnussen says the eagerly-anticipated car concept change Haas is introducing at the United States Grand Prix is "exciting" amid a "tough year" for... read more »

The new bodywork continues to employ the downwash ramp concept that AlphaTauri has been using since the start of this regulatory era. However, it also blends some concepts seen... read more »

The American-owned outfit has remained an outlier in sticking to the in-wash solution that technical partner Ferrari has begun the new regulations rules era with.But with... read more »

However, despite some clearly more prescriptive regulations, there were distinct differences between each machine, with the sidepods, in particular, offering a wide variety of... read more »

From testing in 2022 until May's Monaco Grand Prix, Mercedes pioneered the use of its 'zeropod' car architecture. It then switched the W14 to run a downwash... read more »