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‘Eyes open to understand if we missed a trick’.
Haas technical director Simone Resta says all the teams will go into the opening pre-season outing with their eyes wide open to “understand if we missed the trick”.
Date published: February 7 2022 - Michelle Foster
Already it is has been predicted that at least “one or two” teams will get it badly wrong while someone will come up with an interpretation of the rules that the rest of the field hasn’t thought of.
That could give them an advantage, leaving the rest scrambling to copy the design.
Resta says the teams will all be scrutinizing each others cars when they take to the track for the season-opening shakedown in Spain later this month.
More understanding on the missing of a trick;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/eyes-o...-a-trick-haas/
Mercedes 'unhappy' with Lewis Hamilton car just weeks before 2022 F1 season starts.
Mercedes director Hywel Thomas, who oversees the team's High Performance Powertrains department, has voiced his concerns over their new power unit for the upcoming Formula One season.
By ARCHIE GRIGGS
10:02, Mon, Feb 7, 2022
Thomas has since highlighted the difficulties of adapting to the new power unit regulations by insisting that Mercedes are less than pleased with certain aspects of their performance ahead of the upcoming season.
"What we have to do is change the fuel where we can and change the PU hardware where we can in order to maximise the effects of the things we do like and minimise the effects of the things we don't."
Mercedes disenchantment;
https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-a...r-2022-F1-news
New ethanol fuel requirement causing power unit challenges, Mercedes admit
2022 F1 season
Posted on
6th February 2022, 9:15 | Written by Will Wood
In a video posted to social media, Mercedes High Performance Powertrains managing director Hywel Thomas explained that the new fuel requirement has affected the performance of their Mercedes power unit.
“As in every year when we’re developing the fuel, it’s a partnership between ourselves and Petronas to make sure that the fuel is enjoying the power unit experience and the power unit is enjoying the fuel experience,” Thomas said.
“The change this year to go to the E10 is probably the largest regulation change we’ve had since 2014, so it was a sizeable undertaking to make sure that we really developed that fuel and the number of candidates that we had, the single cylinder running, the V6 running – it shouldn’t be underestimated how much work that took.”
Mercedes work, sweat and tears;
https://www.racefans.net/2022/02/06/...ercedes-admit/
Mercedes “absolutely desperate” to see 2022 F1 power unit run
Mercedes HPP boss Hywel Thomas says his engineers are “absolutely desperate” to see how their latest Formula 1 power unit behaves in the new W13.
By:
Adam Cooper
Feb 6, 2022, 3:36 PM
Thomas says that HPP has done a lot of homework in conjunction with the chassis team in Brackley, but is ready to make further changes after early testing with the new cars.
“We've got simulations, we've done all our calculations, and we've modified the engine and the way that the engine drives in order for us to be ready.
“Of course, we're absolutely desperate to get to the first track test so we can see if those simulations are correct. Hopefully they will be.
Mercedes simulations, calculations, mofications;
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/m...ngine/7926176/
Enhanced image: Mercedes 2022 F1 car revealed, claims it will be fast
February 4, 2022 · by thejudge13
TJ13 has acquired an enhanced version of that image to help fans glimpse at the W13 might look like just before the official launch happens later this month. The car looks remarkably similar to concept renders this website published, designed by Industrial designer Olcay Tuncay.
Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott says the 2022 cars will have the pace of last season’s F1 cars… “The performance of the new cars will probably not be that different from the old ones,” said Mike Elliott.
“When you have a whole new set of regulations, you don’t know what the limit is, you don’t know where you can go, and that’s exciting for the engineers – to explore that and do it in a better way than the competition. In a normal year you have a pretty good idea of what you need to find over the winter, but with the brand new regulations, who knows what’s going to happen or what the competition will have brought?”
Mercedes pace, Mercedes car, Mercedes gains, Mercedes performance;
https://thejudge13.com/2022/02/04/en...-will-be-fast/
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Ex-F1 driver backing Red Bull as team to beat for 2022.
Former Formula 1 driver Stefan Johansson is backing Red Bull to be the team to beat in 2022, as he feels they will be able to ace the new aerodynamic regulations better than any other.
By George Dagless
Published: 8 Feb 2022, 11:45
Former Formula 1 driver Stefan Johansson writes;
“Had the rules remained the same for next season, I think the grid would be even tighter,” said the 65-year-old Swede in his blog. “I keep saying it but the easiest way to even up the field and get close racing is rules stability. Eventually the smaller, less well-resourced teams will catch up. We’ve seen that many times over the years.”
“But as soon as the rules change, you’ll have one, maybe two teams that have the resources and talent to get it right out of the gate. The rest spend the next three years catching up again.”
More on how Red Bull ‘acing’ the new aerodynamic regulations;
https://www.givemesport.com/87970114...-beat-for-2022
Formula 1: Helmut Marko rules out Brawn GP repeat in 2022
By George Dagless
Published: 8 Feb 2022, 11:56
Red Bull’s Helmut Marko has predicted that the 2022 regulation changes will not throw up a surprise to the extent of the Brawn GP emergence in 2009 in Formula 1.
Certainly, there’s every chance we could be in for a surprise or two in 2022 but Marko has sought to pour cold water on the fire of those hoping for a Brawn GP like run in 2009:
“The double diffuser was a political thing back then. With the standard teams like Mercedes and Red Bull have today – with simulation, computers and all the resources – I don’t believe in it.”
More on simulations, computers and resources ensuring no surprises;
https://www.givemesport.com/87970117...repeat-in-2022
Five technical innovations that changed F1
08/02/2022, 11:10
Author Michael Butterworth
After a pandemic-induced delay of 12 months, Formula 1 ushers in a new era of technical regulations for 2022. With little to no carryover from last year's cars, designers will be hoping to outmanoeuvre their competitors with clever interpretations of the new rules.
To mark the occasion, RacingNews365.com has trawled through the archives to bring you five of the best technical innovations in F1 history.
Double diffuser
F-Duct
Dual Axis Steering
Ground effect
Semi-automatic transmission
In more detail;
https://racingnews365.com/five-of-th...-in-f1-history
‘Doubts’ about Ferrari ‘aerodynamics’ – insider
“…some veiled doubts remain about certain innovative solutions in the field of aerodynamics.” Italian F1 insider, Leo Turrini.
ANDREW MAITLAND
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Some, including top teams Mercedes and Red Bull, have singled out Ferrari as a likely 2022 championship challenger. “You have to be careful with expectations,” Turrini insisted.
“It should be understood that, if at the first race of the season Ferrari is half a second behind Red Bull and Mercedes, the dream of a title race is over.”
Ferrari aerodynamic ‘doubts’;
https://grandpx.news/doubts-about-fe...amics-insider/
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‘Patient’ McLaren plays down 2022 title hopes.
Formerly a reliable world championship contender, the Woking based team has hit leaner times more recently but finished behind ‘big three’ Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari in 2021.
ANDREW MAITLAND
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Team boss Andreas Seidl says McLaren is only now putting the finishes touches on infrastructure improvements that are the next step in the team’s recovery.
“Our new wind tunnel is under construction and the goal is to complete it at the end of 2022, so it’s completely ready for development of the car in 2024,” he told the German language formel1.de.
McLaren ‘patience’ on infrastructure improvements and wind tunnel construction;
https://grandpx.news/patient-mclaren...2-title-hopes/
Ricciardo not expecting his problems to disappear with 2022 F1 car
07/02/2022, 13:40
Author Anna Francis
After a difficult first season with McLaren, Daniel Ricciardo is hopeful that he can continue to make progress in 2022. However, the Australian does not think that the issues he faced last year will suddenly be gone.
"I certainly never give up hope," Ricciardo told Auto Motor und Sport when asked whether his driving style might be better suited to the 2022 challenger.
The high point of Ricciardo's 2021 season was his victory at the Italian Grand Prix in September, which marked a 1-2 finish for McLaren, with Lando Norris finishing in second. McLaren will launch their new car, the MCL36, on 11 February.
More on McLaren and Ricciardo;
https://racingnews365.com/ricciardo-...th-2022-f1-car
The Case for McLaren's Lando Norris to Contend for F1 Title
Last year, Norris made a leap in Formula 1 from promising to good. Can he and McLaren make another leap from good to great?
BY FRED SMITH
Feb 7, 2022
With Lando Norris entering his fourth season of Formula 1, it can be easy to forget that he is just 22 years old.
The young English driver has spent every one of those four F1 seasons with a McLaren team that had struggled mightily in the years immediately before hiring him, leading to years of less-than-promising results. That changed last year, the season where he finally led the team in points scored and cracked the podium on four separate occasions. With a new rule set arriving this year, the hope is that he can take McLaren even further.
The next part relies on how well the team has done their part. If Zak Brown's McLaren has successfully built a competitive car for 2022, Norris will have a chance to win races regularly.
Lando Norris in contention;
https://www.autoweek.com/racing/form...tend-f1-title/
Ricciardo hoping for new racier F1 era after 'dragster' years
Ian Parkes & Ewan Gale
Tuesday 8 February 2022 09:30
With components being taken from the top face of the cars in favour of the re-introduction of ground-effect, F1 machinery will be considerably lower with less rake from front to back.
It is something McLaren driver Ricciardo feels will lend the new breed to similarities with F2.
"So I really hope that it can give something like that. F2 have pretty exciting races. Obviously, all the cars are the same, but I like to think some of these rules could help Formula 1 out, and I think that's obviously the direction we're going."
From the ‘dragster’ years, back to ‘ground effect’;
https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/75...ragster-years/
Lego Technic McLaren F1 set promises a glimpse at the 2022 McLaren car
The Lego Technic McLaren Formula 1 is the first ever Technic F1 car, it's pretty damn cool
BY MATTHEW BOLTON
PUBLISHED 8 FEBRUARY 22
It'll go on-sale on March 1st, and will cost £159/$179. For that, you'll get 1,432 pieces, to build a model that's full of the signature functions of Lego Technic sets, and will measure a not-inconsiderable 25.5 inches long when complete.
Even more exciting for engineering fans is that McLaren says that the car is a chance for F1 lovers to get a closer look at the 2022 McLaren F1 car design. The colours are drawn from the 2021 car, but the physical design is drawn from the new car, thanks to a collaboration between McLaren and Lego on the design. James Key, Executive Director, Technical, McLaren Racing says that the set "celebrates our 2021 season livery while giving fans a hands-on interpretation of the new 2022 F1 car design."
Build and own your own McLaren;
https://www.t3.com/news/lego-technic...22-mclaren-car
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Mark Hughes: Newey’s genius solutions to F1’s last big resets.
Intriguingly, what each of those new sets of regulations triggered were hugely innovative and influential designs from Adrian Newey, the McLaren MP4/13 and Red Bull RB5 respectively.
Feb 9, 2022
By Mark Hughes
With Newey still very much part of the Red Bull technical team, it lends extra anticipation to what features might be revealed in the new RB18 when it emerges on Wednesday afternoon.
C&P this excerpt;
Just like at McLaren in ’98, Newey’s lateral thinking sent Red Bull in a different direction to the others.
Although he missed the double diffuser ruse, Newey’s initially single diffuser Red Bull was close to the double diffuser Brawn in performance and faster than the two other double diffuser cars – from Toyota and Williams.
When the RB5 then got an enhanced double diffuser from Silverstone, it became F1’s fastest car. So what was so different and effective about it?
FANTASTIC article, about the WORK of a GENIUS, Adrian Newey;
https://the-race.com/formula-1/mark-...st-big-resets/
Perez made Red Bull ‘stronger’ through his experience
Date published: February 8 2022 - Michelle Foster
Jonathan Wheatley says fans should not underestimate the challenge Sergio Perez faced last season when he moved to Red Bull, applauding the Mexican driver’s efforts.
“It’s very difficult to make that transition to a big team from a small team. Very difficult,” Red Bull sporting director Wheatley told The Jack Threlfall Show podcast. “And understanding how to use the tools available to you, and the people available to you, and to use them correctly, and to sort of separate the wheat from the chaff. “This is what a more experienced driver brings to a team. They know what’s important.
“Now, with Checo, [it’s] completely different. [It was] more like when we brought Mark Webber into the team, to be honest. [We] brought in a massively experienced guy, [with a] huge amount of F1 experience. “We’ve learned from him, it’s made us stronger. He’s learned from us, it’s made him stronger,” he added.
Checo adapting to Red Bull;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/sergio...bull-stronger/
F1 title rivals ‘need a year off’ – Webber
ANDREW MAITLAND
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Max Verstappen has questioned how upset his 2021 title nemesis should be about missing out on his eighth world championship.
After a long period of radio silence and speculation about his retirement, Lewis Hamilton is now back at work at Mercedes’ Brackley HQ.
Red Bull’s Dr Helmut Marko admits Verstappen, 24, also struggled with the intensity of the 2021 head-to-head, and could not sustain too many years at that level.
“It’s hard, I think we need a year off. They need a year off,” former F1 driver Mark Webber told Australia’s Channel 9.
Needing a year off and more….
https://grandpx.news/f1-title-rivals...ar-off-webber/
Horner’s Mercedes factory tour unlikely
ANDREW MAITLAND
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
An epic troll carried out by Red Bull boss Christian Horner appears to have hit a snag.
Many observers giggled when it emerged that the Briton had won a more than $5000 bid at an awards show to secure a guided tour of arch rival Mercedes’ Brackley headquarters.
“I’d like to take Adrian (Newey), Pierre Wache, maybe Paul Field, our head of production,” Horner smiled.
“It will be very interesting to see how Mercedes spends its budget.”
Mercedes, however, insist that the “terms and conditions” of the prize may explicitly exclude Horner.
More on the reason for the MAY exclude Christian Horner;
https://grandpx.news/horners-mercede...tour-unlikely/
Now Red Bull will find out if Verstappen’s title came at a cost to their 2022 chances
2022 season preview
Posted on
8th February 2022, 13:428th February 2022, 19:17 | Written by Will Wood
Casting an eye beyond the insular European sports-sphere and over the Atlantic to the world of American Football, the concept of the ‘Super Bowl hangover’ is a curious yet powerful phenomenon.
Many reasons can lead to this: From how the game itself works, to how teams acquire new players to replace retiring veterans and how the player salary cap restricts how much money can be spent on a team’s roster. But it’s in how that phenomenon determines how a team approaches each season that is the most interesting aspect.
There appear to be parallels between that go-for-broke attitude and Red Bull’s approach to the 2021 Formula 1 world championship. Ultimately, it was one that led to them securing the coveted number one on Max Verstappen’s car for the upcoming season.
More on the ‘hangover’ effects of a tough season;
https://www.racefans.net/2022/02/08/...-2022-chances/
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Horner expects Red Bull RB18 to ‘evolve very quickly’.
Christian Horner expects evolution of the RB18 to be “very quick” as Red Bull make discoveries about how they can improve their 2022 challenger.
Date published: February 9 2022 - Jon Wilde
The car that will display the No 1 in honour of Max Verstappen’s World Championship triumph – and No 11 for his team-mate, Sergio Perez – was presented during an online event, with Red Bull the second constructor after Haas to stage a pre-season launch.
“The biggest change, obviously from a regulatory point of view, is the car is a lot cleaner, there are not all the added bits that were on last year’s car,” said Horner.
“The whole concept of the car is to try and promote overtaking and closer racing, so it’s a new concept, a new philosophy and it’s a clean sheet of paper for every single team.
How the Red Bull will ‘evolve’;
https://www.planetf1.com/news/christ...b18-evolution/
Red Bull Racing unveils RB18 Formula 1 car and it is a thing of absolute beauty and Christian Horner and Max Verstappen can't wait to go racing again
By Dave Hammond
Wednesday, 9th February 2022, 5:39 pm
Oracle Red Bull Racing teamed up with fans to launch the RB18. Christian Horner, Max Verstappen and Checo Perez joined forces with the engineering Team to reveal the 2022 car to the world in a fan first experience.
"By the time we get to the first race, the RB18 won’t look much like it looks today, the evolution will be very quick as we progress through the season. It is a steep learning curve for everyone and it is a contest in development between the first and the last race."
‘Absolute beauty’ to be read by all;
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spor...-again-3561769
Red Bull Unveils Next-Gen 2022 Formula 1 Race Car, It’s Straight Out of Ready Player One
9 Feb 2022, 17:02 UTC ·
by Sergiu Tudose
These new cars look both futuristic as well as a little retro, like overgrown early 90s F1 models, but I’m certain we’re going to get used to their appearance as soon as we start seeing them on the track every other weekend.
Pictures of the futuristic, retro and ‘Ready Player One’;
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/r...ne-181241.html
Red Bull wary rivals may have “stolen a march” while they focused on 2021
2022 F1 season
Posted on
9th February 2022, 17:15 | Written by Keith Collantine
“We’re aiming very much to build on what we achieved last year, so the target is to try and obviously retain the title,” he said at the team’s presentation of its new car.
“The big unknown is, have we missed something with these regulations? Has another team stolen a march because of the focus and effort that went into 2021?
“We believe we’ve got a good car, RB18, as you know, coming to life and seeing it today is fantastic. It’s the culmination of a huge effort from the team and we’re looking forward to seeing it out on the track in anger.”
The ‘big unknowns’ and ‘stolen marches’;
https://www.racefans.net/2022/02/09/...cused-on-2021/
Gary Anderson: How Red Bull’s real 2022 car will likely differ
18:40, 09/02/2022
By Gary Anderson
Red Bull has always been very good at pulling the wool over the eyes of those in other teams and also us poor journalists. This year is no exception and – if anything – by launching what is clearly very much based on the show car it has gone further this year.
What we’ve seen will almost certainly bear no resemblance to what will hit the track. Even then what we see in Barcelona will be subject to constant changes.
That means we can draw no conclusions from Red Bull from it launching what is very much a version of the show cars we’ve already seen.
We still have to wait and see what Red Bull’s main rivals come up with, but what I’ve seen so far doesn’t get me too exciting.
‘Pulling the wool over the eyes’;
https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-...likely-differ/
F1 2022 cars will be a "lot faster" on straights, says Red Bull
Formula 1's 2022 cars are going to be a "lot faster" on the straights this year, reckons Red Bull technical director Pierre Wache.
By: Jonathan Noble
Feb 9, 2022, 6:03 PM
Explaining the new approach with the 2022 rules, Wache said: "What they wanted to do is clearly to create and generate the downforce from the ground compared to before - where it was generated by the ground but also mainly by the front wing, rear wing and the body work.
"It will affect, for sure, the ride of the car, the mechanical grip and the drag of the car.
"This generation of downforce is quite efficient, and this type of car should be a lot quicker on the straight at these levels of downforce."
Faster on the straights with Red Bull;
https://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/f...-bull/8025146/
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Red Bull talk through 'very unusual' process with RB18 design.
"It's a huge regulation change, the biggest one we've had since 1983, when the venturi [tunnel] cars were banned and flat-bottomed cars were introduced.”
Author RacingNews365 Staff
10 Feb 2022, 07:00
"It's been a very unusual process, this one," Newey commented, reflecting on the car's development.
"The aerodynamic changes which lead as a representation to this are designed to help overtaking, so the theory is that if you create a shape where - as the downforce is produced - that always produces upwash at the back of the car [and] you get this kind of rooster tail coming up at the back.”
"If that back fills or side fills from underneath, then the wake goes above the car that's following it, so the car behind keeps its downforce much better than [it did in 2021]."
More on ‘back fills’ and ‘side fills’;
https://racingnews365.com/newey-expl...design-process
Red Bull tricks everyone with the biggest fake
February 9, 2022 · by thejudge13
Today we saw the launch of the Red Bull Racing RB18, a car designed for the 2022 Formula 1 season under the dramatically changed F1 rules, but in reality, Red Bull has appeared to have tricked everyone by launching a totally fake car and yet still calls it an RB18 throughout the launch event.
The closest Red Bull team boss Christian Horner confirmed that the RB18 unveiled on Wednesday is not the final version was the usual rhetoric heard at such events; that the car that will be on track at the first race in Bahrain will be very different from what it is today.
But this is not entirely honest, as technical analysts have immediately seen that Red Bull has simply taken the FIA mule car and dressed it in the new Red Bull livery. Therefore, the real RB18 would actually be seen at the first testing event later this month. This is not unprecedented, but never before has a team been so blatant with providing something completely different to the real car, to the point where very little of it conforms to the 2022 regulations.
More on the ‘rhetoric’ and ‘fakery’;
https://thejudge13.com/2022/02/09/re...-biggest-fake/
Podcast: Why Red Bull’s 2022 F1 car launch was so secretive
9th Feb 2022.
With Red Bull eager to hide its secrets, Gary Anderson and Mark Hughes join Edd Straw to explain why Red Bull has gone to such extremes not only not to reveal key areas – but avoid showing anything at all.
We also discuss whether Adrian Newey is still the essential designer for new regulations set, and explain how Red Bull’s ‘new’ engine supply deal with Honda works.
Listen on the link;
https://the-race.com/formula-1/podca...-so-secretive/
Red Bull fear rivals 'stealing a march' after Verstappen title-winning focus
Ewan Gale
Thursday 10 February 2022 07:00
(Christian) Horner is coy on whether his team could have missed a trick in development. "We're aiming very much to build on what we achieved last year, so the target is obviously to retain the title," he said during the launch of the RB18.
"The big unknown is, have we missed something with these regulations? Has another team stolen a march because of the focus and effort that went into 2021?
"It's a steep learning curve for everyone and it's a race of development between the first race and the last."
‘Steep learning curves’ and ‘race of development’;
https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/75...winning-focus/
Red Bull launch ‘purely marketing’ – Marko
ANDREW MAITLAND
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
Red Bull’s official presentation of its 2022 car was actually just a “marketing campaign” because key technical details were not on display.
“It’s purely a marketing campaign,” Dr Helmut Marko confirmed to Sport1.
‘Marketing campaign’;
https://grandpx.news/red-bull-launch...rketing-marko/
Red Bull F1 Just Secured Half a Billion Dollars From Oracle. Here’s What That Means
In theory, that money should go a lot further now due to the new budget cap.
BY JAMES GILBOY FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Red Bull Racing's "car reveal" today gave Formula One fans about as much to chew on as an all-liquid diet. Analysts have identified the "RB18" we saw today as just a re-skinned show model, and not even one bearing a special testing livery like Red Bull has treated us to in years past
The sponsorship (by Oracle) is said by The Washington Post to secure last year's constructors' championship runner-up about $100 million dollars a year for the next five years, for a total of $500 million.
Even if that money were all fronted today, it wouldn't last nearly as long, as F1's budget cap leaves exclusions for select competitive and non-competitive expenditures. Marketing, hospitality, team travel, demo drives, and heritage operations aren't subject to the limit, nor are fundamentals like power units, the salaries of the top three team personnel, or those of drivers.
Money, money, money, it must be funny, at Red Bull!;
https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator...hat-that-means
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Verstappen feeling recharged ahead of 2022 season as RB18 is launched.
“I’m feeling recharged and ready to get driving again, I feel good and it’s important that you prepare yourself in the best way possible physically, particularly when things are changing with the shakeup in regulations.” Max Verstappen.
By Ashley Cline
February 9, 2022
Verstappen said, the main distinction between this season and those previous.
“In terms of the car, we don’t know what to fully expect so I’m excited to see how the car behaves on the track for the first time. The biggest adaptation this season will be the new regulations, we’ll need some time to get used to the car, it is not like you just jump in and it’s an upgrade from last year.”
A ‘recharged’ Max Verstappen;
https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2...8-is-launched/
Verstappen won't change under spotlight as defending champion
Issued on: 09/02/2022 - 19:12
London (AFP) – Max Verstappen said he is not feeling any extra pressure as defending Formula One champion as Red Bull launched their car for the 2022 season on Wednesday.
"There is no reason to suddenly be different," said Verstappen on the pressure of defending his title.
"With the new regulations you have to get used to the car and that is going to be the biggest adaptation but the rest is pretty straightforward.
Defending Champion, ‘no change’, ‘no difference’;
https://www.france24.com/en/live-new...nding-champion
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen eager for taste of new car
Feb 09, 2022
“A lot is unknown about the car,” said the 24-year-old, standing alongside team mate Sergio Perez, at the launch of his new RB18 unveiled virtually on Wednesday. “That’s why I’m also very curious to see how the car is behaving on track.
“I’m really looking forward to that first moment when you drive out of the pit lane and do the first few laps.”
“For me, actually, the biggest thing is just the view in the cockpit with these big tires,” said Verstappen. “To hit an apex in some tight corners is a bit more difficult.”
‘Tasting’ the new car;
https://torontosun.com/sports/auto-r...ste-of-new-car
Perez cannot contain excitement as Red Bull launch the RB18
By Darius Needham
February 9, 2022
Sergio Perez, speaking at the launch earlier today could not contain his excitement for the new season ahead, “I am so excited to start the new season and I cannot wait to be on track with the new RB18. All of us on the grid are starting from zero this season so it is set to be an exciting year”.
“Last year, we gave it our all until the very last lap and we are ready to do the same in 2022. The new regulations are said to improve the competition on track, so I hope that for us as drivers we can compete more, race more and follow each other more closely,” he added.
‘Excitement’ and ‘giving all’;
https://www.thecheckeredflag.co.uk/2...unch-the-rb18/
Perez "fully believes" in title opportunity
GPFans Staff
Saturday 5 February 2022 17:15
Sergio Perez "fully believes" he can claim a world championship with Red Bull.
“I think, to me, at the stage where I am in my career, the most important thing is that I enjoy it. The time that I don’t enjoy it is the time where I have to go home because I don’t need to be here anymore.
“I am here because I fully believe that I can be a world champion and because I fully enjoy working with my team. That is it and I am very thankful to Red Bull for extending my contract.”
‘Title opportunity’;
https://www.gpfans.com/en/f1-news/75...e-opportunity/
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Stroll’s Aston Martin masterplan is on course as team readies 2022 car.
“The team’s ambitions are to pick up where we left off,” Lawrence Stroll.
2022 F1 season preview
Posted on
10th February 2022
Written by Will Wood
Stating that the rebranded team would be “highly competitive” from the outset, Stroll later revealed Aston Martin’s core mission to transform “into a Formula 1 world championship-winning organisation within the next four to five years.”
Many a manufacture has heralded their arrival on the Formula 1 grid by expressing their desires for mid-to-long-term championship glory and the vast majority have departed with tails between legs. But Stroll’s Aston Martin is a different animal – no longer an underdog, but a powerful predator, entirely confident in its ability to reach apex status in its new, unforgiving habitat.
But beyond the facilities and equipment needed for Aston Martin to evolve the way its owners desire, the right personnel and leadership to make the most of them is absolutely critical. It’s no surprise that Aston Martin have been the most active team of the last year in terms of seeking out talent from rival F1 teams and other motorsport categories to bolster their ranks ahead of the next phase of the master plan to unfold.
‘Masterplan’ & ‘long-term championship glory’;
https://www.racefans.net/2022/02/10/...dies-2022-car/
Ex-Ferrari team boss Mattiacci joins Aston Martin Lagonda
Phillip van Osten09/02/2022 at 18:37
Former Ferrrai team principal Marco Mattiacci has joined Aston Martin Lagonda as the automobile manufacturer's new global chief brand and commercial officer. Mattiacci enjoyed only a brief tenure at the helm of the Scuderia in 2014.
"The new chapter for Aston Martin is the most exciting project in the automotive industry right now, and I am thrilled to join the incredible leadership team assembled by Lawrence Stroll and Tobias Moers in this role of Global Chief Brand and Commercial Officer," said Mattiacci.
‘New chapter’ & ‘exciting project’;
https://f1i.com/news/431580-ex-ferra...n-lagonda.html
How to watch the AMR22 launch
08.02.2022
The road to 2022 continues as we countdown to the reveal of the AMR22. Wherever you are in the world, we want you to be a part of our launch in Gaydon on February 10.
As we launch the AMR22, drivers Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll will be joined by key members of the team for a launch event open to all.
So, make sure you're tuned into every moment of our launch day, which springs into life with our 2022 team film at 8:00 GMT, live coverage on TikTok from 08:30 GMT, and the AMR22 reveal show from 14:00 GMT.
AMR22 launch is ‘GO’;
https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/...e-amr22-launch
KRACK ABOUT ASTON MARTIN’S CHANCES OF WINNING THE TITLE: ‘I DIDN’T SAY WHEN’
Lena Ferle
09/02/2022
“If someone said that you would change or move something big for the 2022 season, that would be very naïve,” Krack told Motorsport-Magazin.com. “The foundation will be laid in August, September. You have to look at it a bit more in the medium term. And you shouldn’t talk about ‘long-term’ in F1 anyway.”
Krack dampens the spirits that with his arrival and the changes in the team’s background, Aston Martin would now become a world champion team.
The press release announcing Krack as team boss said they wanted to win and would win together. In this interview, it now sounds a bit different. Krack smirks when asked if this newer approach fits with his previous statement of winning the title: “But I didn’t say when!”
‘Never say ‘when’ again’!;
https://www.formulanerds.com/news/f1...idnt-say-when/
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How big will Aston Martin’s F1 2022 recovery be? Our verdict.
Progress is a must. Patience will be important. Firmly in the best of the rest fight. Drivers could be a limiting factor. Expect only a small improvement.
The Race.
Thursday, 10th Feb 2022, 09:16
The team was hamstrung by aerodynamic changes that were brought in ahead of the 2021 F1 season and affected the low-rake cars of Aston and the Mercedes.
What followed was a pretty miserable year for the Silverstone-based outfit, with seventh in the constructors’ championship marking only the fourth time since 2012 it had finished that low.
Last year, the team quickly switched focus to 2022 and, away from the track, there was plenty of investment in new infrastructure and a hiring spree as part of Lawrence Stroll’s masterplan for the team.
But just how much progress can the team make in 2022 – if any at all? We asked our writers to give their verdicts.
More on ‘Progress’, ‘Patience’, ‘Best of the rest’, ‘Driver, limiting factor’, ‘Small improvement’;
https://the-race.com/formula-1/how-b...e-our-verdict/
In photos: Every angle of the new Aston Martin AMR22 F1 car
10th Feb 2022, 14:23
Aston Martin have unveiled their new 2022 F1 car, the AMR22, at a launch event at their Gaydon factory. Here's every angle of the team's brand new car.
The team took the covers off the AMR22 at Aston Martin's global headquarters in Gaydon in the United Kingdom, with the car placed on a factory production line for the big reveal.
Boasting a refined version of the livery used last year, the 2022 car features lime-coloured detailing and new sponsor logos to mark the arrival of Aramco.
‘The BIG reveal’;
https://racingnews365.com/in-photos-...n-amr22-f1-car
Aston Martin reveals first ‘real’ 2022 car
ANDREW MAITLAND
FEBRUARY 11, 2022
Aston Martin has become the first Formula 1 team to unveil a “real” car for the all-new 2022 regulations.
Haas launched with digital images only, while Red Bull pulled the wraps off what was fundamentally a re-painted version of the mocked-up 2022 Formula 1 show car – with no brakes and not all of it even in carbon fibre.
Aston Martin spokesman Matt Bishop confirmed that the lighter green-liveried car unveiled on Thursday was indeed the team’s “real racing car”.
It will be debuted during a filming day at Silverstone on Friday, with team owner Lawrence Stroll declaring that it is only year two of a five-year push for the world championship
A REAL car launch;
https://grandpx.news/aston-martin-re...real-2022-car/
Aston Martin Reveals Gorgeous AMR22 As Their 2022 Formula 1 Contender
BY ANDREW GUTMAN | POSTED ON FEBRUARY 10, 2022FEBRUARY 10, 2022
While they may be the third of ten teams to unveil their car, Aston Martin is arguably the first team so far to actually change their livery from last year. Gone are the (admittedly unique) splashes of pink from ex-sponsor BWT, and in their place is neon green detailing similar to Aston’s other race cars. And when fitted with the similarly-colored medium compound tires, the car is really quite the looker, dare we say the tentative best-looking of the season.
As for the actual design, the AMR22 shows a lot of details that differ from the both the show car as well as the other teams’ cars we’ve seen so far. At the front, the simplified wing features much straighter edges, with the flaps being much less exaggerated than the Haas’s and the leading edge having a much smaller center protrusion than the show car’s. The nose seems to be a combination of everything we’ve seen so far, being as long as the show car’s, as narrow as the Red Bull’s, and about as squared-off as the Haas’s, potentially a bit less.
‘Gorgeous’ and ‘Contender’;
https://www.carscoops.com/2022/02/as...a-1-contender/
Our next climb starts here
Aston Martin
10.02.2022
We know this new era of F1 will challenge and test us all, presenting new battles and hills to climb as we take on the sport's biggest technical revolution for many years.
But the challenges we face are part of something greater. They're part of what drives us. What brings us together. What makes us who we are. As individuals, and as a collective.
https://www.astonmartinf1.com/en-GB/...mb-starts-here
What secrets have Aston Martin revealed with their 2022 F1 car?
Aston Martin are the third F1 team to have unveiled their new car for 2022, but the first to reveal any secrets. Here are the most noteworthy features of the new AMR22.
11th Feb 2022, 07:50
Author Thomas Maher
Co-author Marnik Kok
Oval sidepods make way for square ones
Bodywork bulges due to Mercedes engine
Aston Martin hide their diffuser
A mysterious missing component?
Short nose with hanging wing element
Wide bodywork with several slots
Further in-depth analysis;
https://racingnews365.com/what-can-b...ns-2022-f1-car
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Video: McLaren present 'new' F1 car with LEGO [Real launch today, 11th February 2022]
McLaren and LEGO have collaborated to design the world's first LEGO-Technic F1 car.
08 February 11:30
Author Thomas Maher
"We are excited to unveil the unique LEGO-Technic model of our McLaren F1 car, a fun and engaging product that celebrates our 2021 season livery while giving fans a hands-on interpretation of the new 2022 F1 car design," said McLaren Technical Director James Key.
‘McLaren LEGO’
https://racingnews365.com/video-mcla...-car-with-lego
As McLaren commits to rising star Norris, his team mate needs to bounce back in 2022
2022 F1 season
Posted on
11th February 2022, 7:1911th February 2022, 0:22 | Written by Will Wood
In his ten-and-a-half seasons as a fully-fledged Formula 1 driver, Daniel Ricciardo has racked up eight grand prix victories – despite never once having a championship-winning car at his disposal.
So when Ricciardo announced he was leaving Renault at the end of the 2020 season to fill the Carlos Sainz Jnr-shaped gap at Woking, the legion of McLaren fans had every reason to think their beloved team had maintained the previous level of driving talent in the team – and likely upgraded it.
Ricciardo’s struggles stood in sharp contrast to the successes enjoyed by his team mate Norris. While Ricciardo could only manage a best finish of sixth in the first phase of the season, Norris reached the podium in Imola, Monaco and Austria. Surely not what was expected by the 85% of RaceFans readers who predicted Ricciardo would out-score Norris.
Gradually, Ricciardo became more comfortable with the car. He extracted the maximum from the McLaren at Monza, where he controlled the race from the start to claim an unexpected race victory, his first in a car other than a Red Bull. It demonstrated Ricciardo had lost none of his resilience under pressure nor his ability to capitalise on the hint of an opportunity to win. But it did not hail a dramatic turnaround in performance for the remainder of the season.
The Ricciardo ‘Bounce Back’;
https://www.racefans.net/2022/02/11/...-back-in-2022/
Will Ricciardo get his F1 career back on track? Our verdict
Feb 11 2022
Ahead of McLaren’s launch later today, our writers give their verdict on whether Ricciardo will get his act together in 2022.
Victory at the Italian Grand Prix was a part of Ricciardo’s improved form in the second half of last year but he still ended the season with several question marks over whether he’d ever return to the kind of form that made him one of F1’s highest-rated driver without a title when he was at Red Bull.
Can Ricciardo bounce back in 2022 amid a new regulations set that could produce a McLaren car concept that better suits his driving style? Or will he continue to fall short of his McLaren team-mate Lando Norris and struggle in 2022?
More on ‘getting a career back’;
https://the-race.com/formula-1/will-...k-our-verdict/
Lando long term deal points to secret ‘works team status’ deal with Audi
February 10, 2022 · by thejudge13
Lando Norris extended his contract with McLaren on Wednesday, revealing in the process that he has had some contact with other teams, but it has been long suspected and now confirmed that McLaren has been in deep discussions with VAG with a view to gain works status with Audi.
It has been a badly kept secret that VAG (Volkswagen Audi Group) has been talking to Formula 1 for some time with a view to entering at least one brand, possibly two, into F1. Of these brands, Porsche has been linked to Red Bull and Audi to McLaren.
TJ13 understands that the McLaren talks with Audi have been looking promising, and this along with the retention of team boss Andreas Seidl and James Key are committed to the long term with McLaren will no doubt be a big part of why Lando Norris has also committed to the team.
‘Secrets’;
https://thejudge13.com/2022/02/10/la...eal-with-audi/
