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Energy Recovery Systems are not new to Formula One. But this feature has now been heavily relied on this year more than ever. We have several types of ERS which have been used this year in ways the cars are moving can create power to use on the lap constantly. ERS has two energy recovery […]
The end of the 2014 Formula 1 season is just two races away, but in America teams were still trialling new aerodynamic and chassis developments, ready for 2015. Ferrari The Italians had assembled a complex new endplate for the US GP. It features a much flatter profile, with the rear wing flap no longer merging […]
In great excitement Lotus showed us their brand new nose idea yesterday. We all saw before that the twin Tusks concept was quite radical at the start of the year and only just was suitable for the 2014 regulations. Nevertheless Lotus showed their new nose on Twitter as they were preparing for FP1. Whereas their old design […]
As we saw last time out Toro Rosso introduced a new front nose on the STR-9. Before their new design they had the common “finger nose” style as seen on the Sauber C33 and McLaren MP4-29. Their new nose design is what Adrian Newey calls the keel design, and is what Red Bull have been running […]
Sochi will hold its first ever Grand Prix in its history. After only creating a one off F3 racer from the 1960’s Russia has not been a main player in motorsport world. There new track has whats called a “50/50 limit” as its has high and low speed corners so engineers will have to find […]
The Japanese Grand Prix is one of the old-fashioned circuits which require 100% of all the aspects in order to do well round here. Cars need low drag but high down-force so engineers have to find the 50/50 balance so that the car works well. It also tests high-speed braking, and mid-corner grip, and the team who does […]
F1 is back after the two week break. We have arrived at the ‘night race’ of Singapore. Singapore is a much higher downforce track than Monza where the car were as light as they could possibly be. Now we will see Louvres back and bigger brake ducts for better cooling on the brakes. Here are […]
“Alonso always gives 110% effort in the car, with he’s very exciting driving style he managers to extract everything from the tank which no other driver does as good.”. Which three times LeMans winner Allan Mcnish said. […]
Formula E has taken the engineering and motorsport world by storm. The first race kicks off this weekend with practice, qualifying and the race in one whole day! Each race is held on street circuits across the world. After speaking to Peter McCool (Amlin Aguri technical director) he tells me that “this is a very […]
Reports suggest that Stefan GP the outfit from Serbia are in talks with Marussia about buying the the team for 2016. As we know Marussia are struggling financially along with Sauber and Lotus. If Stefan GP buy Marussia for next year they will re-brand the team “Stefan GP” and still construct there F1 and road […]
Monza is a very fast track, So teams have to slim their cars aero in order to make them faster and more competitive on the Monza circuit. Here are the updates from Monza. Sauber have no major upgrades to the C33 for the Monza GP, apart from the rear wing. On the endplate there are […]
It’s not hard to see that both Ferrari and Renault have failed to live up to the benchmark set by Mercedes with the 2014 power unit. As always there is nothing to stop manufacturers from trying to make up ground, with both Ferrari and Renault making strides since the start of the season. Ferrari have […]