Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Yas Marina Circuit

round 22 - 2021-12-12

The flashing light tech helping F1 drivers get in the zone

Some opt to shut themselves away completely for a bit, so their mind is clear of all stresses and distractions.
Others will kick a football about behind the garages to raise the heart rate and sharpen their responses.
Pierre Gasly is often spotted playing a reaction test with his trainer; who drops tennis balls from his hand for the AlphaTauri driver to catch.
But tucked away in the ...

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Red Bull, Mercedes reach agreement over F1 engine chief

The Milton Keynes-based squad, which has set up its own engine facility in the wake of Honda's withdrawal from F1, announced a number of high-profile signings from Mercedes last year.
In April, Hodgkinson was announced as the new technical director, but it was unclear when he would be able to join because he was firmly contracted to Mercedes' own power unit division.
And with tensions ...

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Alfa Romeo underestimated impact of no F1 2021 upgrades

The Swiss squad was one of the first to call time on any upgrades for last year's challenger, as it instead decided to focus all its resources on preparing its 2022 design for the new regulations.
But while it hopes that the work for this season will pay off, Vasseur has confessed that there were some negatives from not progressing with its 2021 car that he had not expected.
"We took very ...

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How "lazy bastard" Tsunoda banished his F1 rookie wobbles

But despite a rollercoaster of a rookie F1 campaign in 2021, from the highs of a headline-grabbing first race in Bahrain to the lows of a run of crashes that risked his future, the Japanese star never shied away from owning up to the errors of his ways.
Instead, Tsunoda admitted that a combination of over-confidence and a lack of application helped trigger a sequence of incidents that left his ...

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