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Feb232023 by Blaž Štremfelj3 Comments

F1 testing: Fastest current champion Verstappen, but just a hair ahead of Alonso

The current F1 world champion, Max Verstappen, was the fastest driver on the first day of winter testing in Bahrain, but the driver's time of 1:32.837 was only 0.029 seconds closer to Fernando Alonso, who replaced the Alpine team's racing car for a green Aston Martin this year. The Dutchman drove the Red Bull Racing RB19 by far the most laps among all the drivers, 157, and he will remain in the car until Friday morning, and in the afternoon he will hand the car over to his team-mate Sergio Perez, who will then perform test duties for the entire last day , Saturday. Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc set the third and fourth times, while McLaren's Lando Norris set the fifth time. Lewis Hamilton, who took over the W14 car in the afternoon, set the sixth time, which was 0.67

Feb82023 by Blaž Štremfelj19052 Comments

The Ferrari team has revealed the name of this year's racing car

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The Ferrari team will present this year's racing car in less than a week, on February 14, but before that they revealed to the public the real name of this year's challenger. This year, Scuderia Ferrari will put a racing car named SF-23 on the track, thus returning to the abbreviation SF (Scuderia Ferrari) in the naming of its products, which has been in use since 2015. The only exception was last season, when the name of the racing car was F1-75 dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Ferrari's first production car. Ferrari's preparations for the new season are in full swing. Last week, the power unit was started for the first time in this year's racing car. https://twitter.com/ScuderiaFerrari/status/1622909690643447813

Jan172023 by Blaž Štremfelj2 Comments

F1 2023 race calendar confirmed without Chinese GP

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Formula One has confirmed that the Chinese Grand Prix will not return to the 1 F2023 racing calendar, nor will it be replaced. However, China has recently relaxed strict measures to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus, due to which F1 announced some time ago that there will not be a race there this year, as it cannot risk any of the team members or staff being caught in the grip of the measures. But even the relaxation of the measures is clearly not enough for F1 to return to Shanghai. It was initially believed that the race might be replaced by a race in Portugal, but today F1 announced that there will be 23 races on the calendar, the most to date, after seeing 2022 Grand Prix races in 2021 and 22. New on the calendar is the race in Las Vegas, the first Grand Prix will be held on Saturday, and six sprint di

Nov212022 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Aston Martin rear wings will be banned in 2023

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F1 Chief Technical Delegate Pat Symonds has revealed that the unusual rear wing developed by the Aston Martin team this year will not be allowed next season. At the Hungarian Grand Prix, the Aston Martin team presented the rear wings with an interesting shape, reminiscent of an armchair, and the special shape is said to help create more negative pressure, but this is not entirely in the spirit of the new rules, as among other things, it also creates more eddies behind the racer, which annoys the racers driving behind. Symonds says that they do not want to significantly change the new rules. "No, we have to let the teams develop. But there are a few little things that we've changed to not allow things like the Aston Martin rear wings, because the teams could go in the wrong direction with the development. But generally I'm fine with the new ones