The modifications centre around the car's sidepods, with the shape of the inlet and underbite corrected in order to improve flow to the radiators, coolers and ancillaries... read more »

Aston Martin's AMR23 has been claimed to be a simple Red Bull RB19 clone - but if you take a closer look at the car, it's abundantly clear that's not the case.... read more »

With the team open to the fact that it has gone down the wrong path with the design of its 2023 F1 car, it is inevitable that the most visual of changes will be the biggest... read more »

Lewis Hamilton has warned Mercedes that simply adopting Red Bull-style sidepods might actually make their 2023 F1 car slower.  read more »

Lewis Hamilton has admitted that Mercedes will need to make wholesale changes to the design of the W14 if they're to be competitive with Red Bull. read more »

Lewis Hamilton says putting Red Bull-style sidepods on Mercedes' 2023 Formula 1 car would not improve the W14 and could actually make it slower. read more »

After the Bahrain Grand Prix team boss Toto Wolff made it clear that it was time to look at a change of direction, and that there would be "no holy cows" in terms of... read more »

Mercedes' decision to abandon their flawed F1 car concept has been the biggest story of the new season so far.  read more »

Now we've seen 2023's F1 race cars on track, the actual aero tech behind the speed cannot be hidden any longer. We've seen various front wing designs, floor... read more »

Mercedes technical director Mike Elliot admits that the German team could give up on its zero-sidepod philosophy, but not yet. read more »

Ferrari's F1-75 package from 2022 packed on impressive downforce levels with its heavily sculpted sidepods feeding upper level airflow into the critical floor and... read more »

Ferrari will have to explain to the FIA about the unique S-duct concept with the sidepods of the new SF-23 car, according to a report in Italy. read more »

2009 F1 world champion Jenson Button says he is "surprised" Mercedes did not change their 'zero sidepod' concept during the off-season.  read more »

But while it may stick to the core philosophy of the F1-75, there are some fascinating areas of development that the Scuderia has focused on. Starting with the sidepods, this... read more »

Aston Martin F1 technical director Dan Fallows has labelled the new AMR23 as "bold and aggressive", highlighting the sidepods as a "big area of difference". read more »

After a challenging start to the 2022 campaign, where the Silverstone-based squad had to change concept early on, it believes it has made a good step over the winter.Technical... read more »

As part of an optimisation process conducted over the winter, Ferrari has targeted key areas of improvement that it thinks can lift it chances for the new season.The first is... read more »

The German car manufacturer went completely its own route for 2022, adopting a 'zero sidepod' solution on the W13, which was very different to the downwash Red Bull... read more »

The Woking-based outfit has used this weekend's Marina Bay event to bring what it calls its biggest development step of the year so far.The comprehensive changes include... read more »

The new upgrade package includes a new floor and sidepods, with Norris getting priority on it for Singapore as Ricciardo will take delivery of it next weekend in Japan.The... read more »

With the new floor and diffuser of the ground-effect generation of cars offering very different design challenges compared to the past, the learning curve is still pretty... read more »

Let's take a look at some of the more interesting solutions we've seen so far, which might be registering on the radar of other teams or has already influenced the... read more »

The American-owned outfit has introduced a major overhaul of its 2022 F1 challenger at the Hungaroring, having held back so far on any developments.The tweaks to the bodywork,... read more »

Mercedes turned heads in pre-season testing when it arrived in Bahrain with a super-slim sidepod design, dubbed the 'zeropod', as one of the biggest design diversions... read more »

As technical director Francois-Xavier Demaison said: "We can really call it a new car, because the list of parts we kept is much shorter than the ones we changed."The... read more »