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Red Bull’s modification to the cooling inlet/outlet arrangement in Suzuka brought the focus very much on a key aspect of the car’s concept. In today's Tech Weekly, F1 technical expert Mark Hughes takes a close look at the detail, with illustrations from Giorgio Piola.

Alpine's troubled start to the season continued in Japan where again they failed to trouble the scorers – and to make matters worse their two drivers made contact with each other on the opening lap which damaged both cars.

Japan is always one of the drivers' favourite countries to visit, with Suzuka being an incredibly popular ciruit to boot. But along with the racing, there is always plenty going on off-track too. Here is all the best social media you might have missed from the Japanese Grand Prix...

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Last year tyre management over race stints was a major weakness for Ferrari, with a lack of consistency across stints and from set to set.The SF-24 has been competitive over long runs at the first four events of the season, with Carlos Sainz winning in Australia and the team making the podium in the other three races.Read Also:


Formula 1Leclerc focussed on "negative" tyre preparation ...Keep reading

Coming into the 2024 MotoGP season, three riders stood on the edge of making history: Vinales was one with Aprilia, Alex Rins with Yamaha and Jack Miller with KTM are the others.All grand prix winners already with two manufacturers (Vinales with Suzuki and Yamaha; Rins with Suzuki and Honda; Miller with Honda and Ducati), a victory in 2024 would make them the first riders in the MotoGP era to have ...Keep reading

The issue has been especially apparent on the three tracks 1-mile in length or less in which the package has been used so far in 2024 – Phoenix, Richmond and this past weekend at Martinsville.While some drivers have noted some improvement in maneuverability in the car, the fields still seem to quickly get strung out with only a handful of drivers in each race able to gain positions on the ...Keep reading

Live coverage of Tuesday's National League game between Gateshead and Aldershot Town.

While its super small sidepod inlets, and eye-opening undercut, are the most visually grabbing elements, there is a lot of detailed work that has gone into bringing the entire package together to deliver the required cooling and aero needs.This has meant a lot of work in optimising the efficiency of the RB20 throughout the early stages of the season, with an interesting update arriving for the ...Keep reading

Live coverage of Tuesday's Championship game between Leeds United and Sunderland.

WRC teams Toyota, Hyundai and M-Sport-Ford collectively penned a letter to the world motorsport governing body last week expressing a desire for the current Rally1 technical regulations to remain in place until the end of 2026.The move came in response to the release of the FIA’s vision for the future of top-level rallying, issued in February. While WRC Rally1 teams have shown their unanimous ...Keep reading

Alonso qualified fifth at Suzuka and eventually finished sixth, losing out to the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc.He managed to stay clear of the Mercedes of George Russell and the McLaren of Oscar Piastri in the closing laps of the race.He believes that the Aston Martin AMR24 is the fifth fastest car at the moment, and thus he and the team is scoring better results than expected.“Obviously not fully ...Keep reading

With Perez returning to the Japanese Grand Prix for the first time since one of his most disappointing events of the 2023 campaign, Horner was especially intrigued about how well the Mexican would do.So, with Perez’s previous best qualifying performance in Japan having been fourth place on the grid in 2022, he offered to pay out a hefty wager if his driver could get himself on the front row of ...Keep reading

Legge, 43, will drive DCR’s Rick Ware Racing-partnered No. 51 Honda and feature primary sponsorship from e.l.f. Cosmetics. In expanding its partnership with Legge, e.l.f. Cosmetics becomes the first-ever beauty brand to serve as a primary sponsor of an entry for the Indy 500.This year will mark Legge’s fourth attempt at “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing”, most recently competing last year ...Keep reading

Amid preparations for the opening round of the season, Gerhard Freundorfer was involved in a fatal incident with one of the Proton Huber trucks in the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya paddock on Tuesday.Although the circuit medical staff were quickly able to attend to Freundorfer, he succumbed to the injuries and was declared dead.No further information has been made available by the Le Mans Cup ...Keep reading

With the bottom five teams – including Tsunoda’s RB squad – a step slower than the fastest five it is very difficult to secure any points, so how did the Japanese racer beat the odds and snatch that 10th place?

The American reckons his car escaped without any "major" damage and won't contribute to the team's chassis shortage.

Dirty air has become a talking point this season in the context of how closely drivers can follow other cars.However, Russell notes that it has also impacted his comfort in the cockpit, having highlighted the issue on team radio in the course of last weekend's Japanese GP."It's been a bit of a theme this year," he said when asked by Motorsport.com about the issue."But I have had no problem with ...Keep reading

Fabio Quartararo, the 2021 world champion, announced last week that he would stay at Yamaha for another two years despite speculation linking him with other teams as the Japanese manufacturer continues to struggle to be competitive.Autosport understands that the French rider's new contract with Yamaha is worth €12 million per year, making Quartararo the highest-paid rider on the grid.In recent ...Keep reading

The former McLaren, Renault, Caterham and Lotus F1 driver announced in March that he would undergo an operation after being diagnosed with an ascending aortic aneurysm, a medical condition that affects the arteries.As a result of the diagnosis, Kovalainen has halted any motorsport activities. The Finn had been set to defend his Japanese Rally Championship title, driving a Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 ...Keep reading