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A new dawn has approached the World of Formula 1. As a result of again a new breed of technology evolves. What grabbed us all in Jerez and Barcelona testing was the sheer power of the Honda power unit (PU) but also the reliability of the Mercedes engine. Furthermore, Renault and Ferrari seemed to have closed the […]
Toro Rosso was the first team to show their car in flesh on the first day at Jerez in testing. It’s the STR10 and is the 10th car produced by Toro Rosso. Toro Rosso had a very mixed season in 2014, with Kvyat’s fire in Germany and Vergne’s 6th place in America. This team can […]
Red Bull caused a lot of controversy on the first day of testing at Jerez. They turned up with this “camo” livery on the RB11 to obscure its hidden aero secrets that the firm had come up with over the winter. It was a disappointing season in 2014 for a team that set their sights […]
It’s a whole new era of Formula 1 for McLaren who are now called McLaren Honda, with Honda back into the sport after a 22 year absence. They will be producing the 2015 Power unit for McLaren. On the front of the car they have the slopping nose. This is mainly for aerodynamic reasons, it is […]
After a torrid season in 2014 (no points), Sauber hope that their new car the C34 will fare much better. The Sauber C33 lacked in roar engine pace as well as its aero, of which Sauber are strong at due to their facilities normally, so was strange to see bad aerodynamics on a Sauber. Looking […]
Yesterday afternoon Ferrari came swiftly out of the box with its new 2015 challenger the Ferrari SF15-T. And already it looks a simple evolution for the 2014 car the F14-T. In terms of roar pace Ferrari were below par to its other competitors with the lack of front grip and BHP from its power unit. […]
This Monday afternoon Lotus showed off its new 2015 challenger the E23. And straight away the car looks to very neat in the 2015 regulations. Firstly we see that every new car this year will be assessed on its new nose shape due to the new nose tip regulations. Lotus has evolved the 2014-style nose […]
With car launches fast approaching, with several teams having delays and car issues, what are the problems? With the noses being even more aero unfriendly teams would struggle to re-gain the front end downforce which is oh so valuable to the cars. After writing the front nose article earlier this month, – http://www.f1update.co.uk/F1/f1-2015-front-nose-analyis/ I realised they […]
The 2015 Formula One season is almost upon us, we are days away from the first car launches and pre-season testing. What has brought much confusion is the 2015 nose design. As we saw in 2014, several teams introduced the “finger nose”, which is an extension mounted on the front of the nose cone and […]
It has been a year of brilliance for Mercedes this year in 2014. With 16 race wins, 1 drivers title and the constructors all wiped up by the Brackley based team. But why all a sudden was the Mercedes WO5 so good, what made the car simply unbeatable in 2014? Chassis They made an inverted ‘U’ […]
And so the final race has passed with Lewis Hamilton coming out on top . The strange thing is that the final race brought upon quite a few upgrades as well as an infringement from one of the teams. Abu Dhabi applies itself to the medium downforce tracks as well as Sochi and Malaysia. Teams have […]
As Brazil is a short lap, teams need to find ways anywhere on the car in order to find a tenth or so. But as we have back-to-back GP’s it’s hard for the teams to add upgrades as there is not much time to do so. Mercedes On the W05, what previously was three-element vanes […]