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The article missed out on the cars easier to follow
It’s literally the focus of 20% of the article, ‘Revolutionary rules package faces ultimate test’.

1. Will the series hit its target of holding a record 23 races on the 2022 F1 calendar?
Yes. The experience of running multiple races at the same circuit last year in particular will come into play, should […]

The Race on YouTube released a video showing how they think McLaren are dealing with it – apparently much less affected by the issue than other teams, and able to run higher off the road to avoid the bottoming out […]

Watched a very interesting video from The Race re: McLaren having very energised vortices sealing the floor, helping them avoid porpoising (v=LsDo_mKV0NQ).

Would be very interested to see another take on that, […]

I think the McLaren livery has seemed a little better every time I see it, and on track it looks great. The RB livery I have no huge problems with, but the car with the dramatic undercut sidepods just does not […]

Last year Newey said this (I think this is an English translation from the German translation, but the gist is clear).
”By nature, that rake will be less. We are talking about a kind of venturi car. And they […]

They always sounded hollow.

Those look like absolutely enormous sidepod cooling intakes.

I much preferred that grey livery, personally. Not the best in design, but perhaps I’m just partial to grey.

I agree predominantly white can look good. I just think this particular livery is terrible. The livery of the BMW you mention would, with minimal alterations, have been an excellent fit for the current colour […]

That is a staggeringly bland livery. Hard to think of something more boring unless it was pure white, and even then I think it would be an improvement. The VF-17 and VF-19 were dramatically better.

I misread that as “Tabasco sponsorship” and was briefly very confused.

Oracle’s main area of expertise seems to be litigation. Might be a truly strategic partnership after all!

You may need to do a little bit of fact checking (along with a lot of spell checking). Presumably you are referring to the Howard Springs quarantine facility?

RE: COTD
I have to agree. Whether F1 races on specialist tracks or street circuits, it’s still almost always possible to go and drive your own vehicle (or a rental) on the same tarmac, or stand by a famous corner […]

Not sure Sainz has much of a point here. Ricciardo runs him to the edge of the road, but not off – Sainz just gets his outer wheels on the paint. At the point they make contact, though, Sainz is a metre or more […]

It rained a lot more than I got told or that they knew, and if they knew they didn’t tell me to box. But this is something we will talk through.

We did what we thought was best at the time and I can’t fault the […]

Okay, all the bolded bits went away. Oh for an edit system…

The bolded parts were “improvements in energy efficiency” and “low-resistance, highly efficient”.

“This new ES has been developed in a project that has taken several years, with an aim to combine improvements in energy efficiency with significant reductions in weight,” said Asaki in a statement issued by Hon […]

McLaren hardly gave him the win. It’s not remotely clear that Norris could have passed him; Ricciardo obviously had pace in hand (fastest lap on the final tour confirms that) and he was able to resist pressure […]