Sunday’s F1 news sees a variety of headlines around the paddock, with pre-season testing just around the corner.
We still have to wait a few days for that to happen, but now that all the cars are on sale, we’ve taken a closer look at last season’s front-runners and their new challengers.
There’s a lot more to Sunday’s F1 news headlines.
A closer look at the top 4 tech tips for 2024 F1
Now that all 10 cars are on sale, our tech writer Uros Radovanovic has taken a closer look at last season’s top four and assessed how the cars look from the outside.
There are a lot of changes compared to last year, and there’s a lot to gain, especially since Red Bull changed tack from the design that brought them so much success last season.
Click on the link below to find out more about what was discovered from Red Bull, Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren’s announcements.
read more: Revealed: Top 4 technical clues as Red Bull moves away from the convergence it started
Ivan Capelli: Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari switch ‘attractive’ to F1 elite
Former F1 driver Ivan Capelli candidly admits that Lewis Hamilton’s move to Ferrari in 2025 means that Adrian New could potentially be on the verge of joining non-driving staff. Even for Way, who has joined the team multiple times in the past, he believes Maranello will become even more “attractive”.
Capelli told Italian publication Autosprint: “Hamilton joining Ferrari will make the team more attractive for engineers as well. And above all, I say new way. In any case, the seven-time world champion arrives at Maranello, Because we are witnessing something that gives us the idea that there is a possibility of a future projected towards something different.
“Beyond the benefits on a marketing and commercial level, I believe this is Hamilton’s added value for Ferrari, and I believe this is the focus of this arrival.”
read more: Lewis Hamilton joining Ferrari ‘more attractive for engineers, especially Adrian Newey’
Aston Martin looks ahead after sluggish development race in 2023
Aston Martin technical director Dan Fallows believes the team has learned many lessons over the season about how to keep up in the upgrade race. 2023 got off to a strong start and has since seen the likes of Mercedes, Ferrari and McLaren overhaul their teams. The season continued.
“We are learning a lot as a team,” Fallows told media, including PlanetF1.com. “We learned a lot last year, including operationally and how we approach different things and how we approach introducing developments into the car.
“But we learned a lot about these rules and we also learned a lot about how these cars need to perform and how to get the most out of the car’s aerodynamics.
“So we’ve learned a lot of lessons and we’re confident that we can upgrade the car this year with confidence. That’s exactly what we’re aiming for.”
read more: Aston Martin’s confidence returns as team prepares for 2024 development race
Former driver examines Red Bull’s influence on Mercedes
Former F1 driver Robert Doornbos has expressed surprise that Red Bull did not launch the B-spec RB19 ahead of the new season, given the unprecedented success of last year’s title-winning car.
Given the obvious Mercedes influence, at least outwardly, the Dutchman is confident Adrian Newey has cracked the code on the Silver Arrow idea and made it work in a cutting-edge car. I doubt it can be done.
“It’s amazing, of course, that Red Bull has become more like Mercedes,” Doornbos said. Motorsport.com.
“Mercedes changed the concept precisely because the car wasn’t running, so I’m interested to see if Red Bull’s engineers were able to get these elements to work properly. Just as Red Bull had previously done the porpoise Just as we managed to get the outbreak under control, other teams continued to have problems with it. “
read more: F1’s big question: Can Red Bull make Mercedes parts ‘work properly’?
Max Verstappen makes sense of changes to sprint calendar
Max Verstappen is not a fan of the sprint format as a whole, but he does give some praise for the changes to the format’s schedule this season.
The changes, which move the Sprint Shootout forward to Friday while moving the Sprint down to early Saturday before Grand Prix qualifying, will extend the period before parc fermé conditions apply and lock in driver set-ups for the entire weekend. I can do it.
“I think it’s a little more logical given the way the format is formed,” Verstappen told media such as PlanetF1.com. “For me, it’s not more exciting to win sprints or compete in these kinds of races, but at least it’s a little more logical.”
read more: Max Verstappen thinks there is ‘further logic’ to 2024 F1 sprint changes following 2023 complaints