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F1 steering wheels: How they work, what the buttons do and more

F1 cars are incredibly complex machines which take several years plus millions of dollars to design and build before heading to a track.

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F1 tech review: Alpine drifts despite inventive solutions

While the team continued to develop solutions that could later be found on its competitors machines, those great ideas weren’t cohesive enough to prevent them from being marooned on a points island of their own in the middle of the midfield pack.

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F1 tech review: AlphaTauri makes inroads with big plans ahead

Let’s take a look at some of the AT04’s finer details and how it was developed throughout the course of 2023…

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F1 tech review: Charting Alfa Romeo’s slide down the order

Alfa Romeo teased everyone with its launch render at the start of the season, as the floor edge featured a series of winglets, a design that would never actually see the light of day.

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F1 tech review: How Haas placed last despite upgrade push

Haas was among a handful of teams to include a blade style winglet at the start of the season, which was mounted on the endplate, above the last elements of the front wing. Combining with those elements the winglet helps to improve the outwash generated by the front wing.

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F1 tech review deep dive: How marginal gains made Red Bull’s RB19 so good

But while both cars missed out on clean sweeps by just one victory in their respective campaigns, what is perhaps most impressive is that Red Bull had to do that against the backdrop of 22 events rather than just 16.

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Abu Dhabi GP: F1 tech images from the pitlane explained

The Ferrari SF-23 being prepared with a kiel probe rake ahead of the rear wheel on the right-hand side of the car to capture data during practice.

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How Alpine’s intriguing Las Vegas tweaks helped its charge

With Pierre Gasly grabbing fourth place on the grid, and Esteban Ocon charging from 16th to finish fourth in the race itself, the A523 appeared well-suited to the high-speed demands of the Las Vegas track.

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How Alpine’s intriguing Las Vegas tweaks helped its F1 charge

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Las Vegas GP: F1 tech images from the pitlane explained

A new front wing configuration is available to Alpine in Las Vegas, with a trim made across the span of the upper flaps’ trailing edge but more so at the inboard end, including the static section alongside the nose.

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The shift of F1 approach that helped Red Bull avenge Brazil 2022 defeat

Although the squad has had no shortage of wins in the meantime, that did not mean it was going to sit back and accept a repeat of what happened at Interlagos 12 months ago which had opened the door for Mercedes.

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How F1’s top teams adapted their cars to Mexico’s unique demands

At 2285m above sea-level, the rarified air creates a significant challenge in respect of the car’s aerodynamics, cooling requirements and the performance envelope of the power unit.

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FIA originally planned to check only Hamilton and Leclerc planks at F1 US GP

Hamilton and Leclerc were excluded from the result of last weekend’s race in Austin after scrutineering checks discovered that their underfloor planks had worn away by more than the 1mm that is allowed in the rulebook.

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How F1 teams have adapted their cars for Mexico's cooling headache

Located at 2,200 metres, the Mexican capital's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez is notorious for its huge cooling demands to offset the reduced air density.

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Mexican GP: F1 tech images from the pitlane explained

Ferrari has opted for more cooling at the Mexican Grand Prix, as the rarified air at the circuit's altitude means teams are less concerned about the ill effects running so much cooling might have on the aerodynamic output.

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Mexico GP: F1 tech images from the pitlane explained

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The major updates that three Formula 1 teams are still chasing answers from

At Mercedes, its new floor appeared to have delivered some good potential, but there remains a degree of uncertainty about what we actually saw following Lewis Hamilton’s post-race disqualification for plank wear.

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United States GP: F1 tech images from the pitlane explained

A look at the internal structure of the VF23’s nose, without the front wing attached or the main vanity panel installed.

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Haas rented Austin workshop to fit F1 upgrades after tight Qatar turnaround

The American team has made big revisions to the sidepod, engine cover bodywork and floor of the VF-23 ahead of the final five races of the current campaign, in the process becoming the final F1 squad to switch to Red Bull's downwash sidepod design path.

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What has changed with Mercedes' upgraded W14 F1 floor

The changes that have been made to the W14's floor can be broken down into two segments: those that have an impact in the forward-most section and those that have an impact on the outer edge.

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How Haas rented Austin workshop to fit F1 upgrades after tight Qatar turnaround

The American team has made big revisions to the sidepod, engine cover bodywork and floor of the VF-23 ahead of the final five races of the current campaign – in the process becoming the final F1 squad to switch to Red Bull’s downwash sidepod design path.

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Qatar GP: F1 tech images from the pitlane explained

More cooling capacity is being employed by Red Bull in Qatar, with more louvres opened up in the engine cover panel than usual.

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The new F1 floor that helped Ferrari beat Mercedes in Japan

The aim of the update was to reduce some of the losses being generated along the floor's length, which in-turn will have helped result in an uptick in performance too.

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The four key concept changes that transformed McLaren's MCL60 F1 car

When McLaren launched its MCL60 before Formula 1's pre-season test, it painted a very downbeat assessment of what it had created.

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Ferrari brings new F1 car floor to Japan in bid to boost efficiency

With the team hunting further success after its triumph in Singapore last weekend, it is evaluating a revamped floor configuration at Suzuka.

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