Red Bull advisor Helmut Marko explained that sister team AlphaTauri have not yet taken the step forward expected of them in 2022. The outfit was formerly known as Toro Rosso, traditionally used as Red Bull’s junior team to bring their top prospects into Formula 1 and ready them for a future Red Bull drive. But for 2020 the team underwent a rebranding to become AlphaTauri, promoting Red Bull’s fashion line under that name as the outfit was upgraded to the status of being Red Bull’s sister team. However, for all the success which Red Bull has enjoyed in 2022 as a new regulatory era was ushered into Formula 1, AlphaTauri have struggled to make their mark. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship , while Red Bull top the Constructors’ standings, but AlphaTauri find themselves P8 in the standings ahead of only Aston Martin and Williams . After dropping to the back of the pack in Austria, AlphaTauri rolled out a much-needed upgrade for the French … [Read more...] about Helmut Marko not satisfied with AlphaTauri’s progress during F1 2022 season
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Tracking the trends of car development in 2022 · RaceFans
The new regulations for Formula 1 this year created a unique opportunity for ten very different looking cars to line up on the grid in Bahrain at the start of the season. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free Each team had their own design philosophy and took different design approaches to the new set of regulatuions. However, over the course of the season, some of these concepts have shown clear advantages and many of the cars on the grid have started to converge into a handful of particular design philosophies. Sidepod concepts The three main sidepod design philosophies that had emerged at the beginning of the season were the inwash, downwash, and outwash concepts. Mercedes and McLaren had notably taken the inwash concept where, from the top view of the car, the rear of the coke bottle section narrows inwards into the rear bodywork without a very aggressive undercut on the sidepods, making for a rather short sidepod. The inwash concept is designed for the … [Read more...] about Tracking the trends of car development in 2022 · RaceFans
Nigel Mansell feels Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is ‘taking it easy this year’
1992 F1 champ Nigel Mansell sees an opportunity for George Russell, as Lewis Hamilton has not “dusted off his right foot yet”. Following the controversial conclusion to the 2021 season, which saw Hamilton miss out on a record eighth World Championship on the last lap of the Abu Dhabi season finale, the Brit went into 2022 as a favourite to get that eighth title in the bag. However, that possibility already looks to be off the table by the summer break, Mercedes having fallen adrift of Red Bull at the start of Formula 1’s new regulatory era, with Ferrari assuming the role of main challenger to Red Bull. Hamilton also has a new team-mate for this season in the shape of Russell, who claimed his first career pole last time out in Hungary, also Mercedes’ first pole of the season. All eyes on Spa as porpoising and flexi-floor TD arrives As F1 gets set to return, a new technical directive could have a major impact on the first race back. In the … [Read more...] about Nigel Mansell feels Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is ‘taking it easy this year’