2021 F1 Pre-Season Testing Recap
The Red Bull Racing car in particular looked strong in the hands of both Max Verstappen and Sergio Peréz
2020 F1 Pre-Season Testing Recap
Pre-season testing for the 2020 Formula One season has come to a close, and now fans have nothing left to do but to watch the new Drive to Survive series on Netflix before the regular season kicks off in Melbourne, Australia, on March 15. And speculate, of course. So what have we learned from the […]
2020 F1 Pre-Season: Week 1 Recap
For the first time ever, the entirety of the Formula One pre-season is being live-streamed — via the official F1 TV service — which has given the sport’s most enthusiastic viewership even more opportunity to watch the cars go round in circles and deliberate on what it all means. Testing came to a close on […]
F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing – Week 2 Recap
The second and final week of pre-season testing for the 2019 Formula One World Championship is over, which means we now have just speculation, rumors, and driver quotes to fuel our two-week wait for the season to start officially in Melbourne, Australia. Lewis Hamilton ended the second week having completed more laps than anyone else […]
F1 2019 Pre-Season Testing – Week 1 Recap
The first week of pre-season testing for the 2019 Formula One World Championship has come to a close, and now the teams and drivers are heading home for the weekend for a much deserved break — or more likely heading back to the office to go over the data and identify areas of improvement. Lap […]
2016 Hungarian Grand Prix Recap: Make F1 Great Again
The 2016 Hungarian Grand Prix was a perfect snapshot of everything wrong with the current formula of Formula 1. Never mind the fact that the restrictive technical regulations have essentially guaranteed that Mercedes would remain king of the hill after its initial dominance in 2014 and that this has robbed us of a good championship […]
2015 Australian Grand Prix Recap: The F1 Drama is Back
Another season begins! This will be the first of a series of recap articles covering the 2015 Formula 1 season, so if you’re a huge fan of the greatest motorsport in the world (hey, I’m biased), make sure to come back to The News Wheel after every Grand Prix weekend! Last Sunday’s race took place […]
New F1 Sprint Race Format is a Terrible Idea
Formula 1 is introducing an awful new sprint race format that nobody asked for
Red Bull Might Not Change Its F1 Driver Lineup for Once
Horner says Red Bull made the right choice looking outside of its own young driver program
F1: Turkish Grand Prix is Out, Replaced by 2nd Austrian GP
Scheduled to take place on June 13, the race in Turkey had to be called off after the country was placed on the United Kingdom’s “red list”
What Makes the 2021 Honda F1 Engine So Good?
Head of power unit development Yasuaki Asaki was surprisingly forthcoming about some of the details of the 2021 Honda F1 engine
How Did Honda Bring F1 Engine Upgrades Despite Lockdown?
When the 2020 Formula One championship finally got underway at the Austrian Grand Prix, Honda had already brought an engine upgrade. Rival engine manufacturers Ferrari, Mercedes, and Renault had all spent the preceding weeks in FIA-enforced shutdowns, so how was Honda able to get away with it? Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto openly made a […]
2020 Austrian/Styrian Grands Prix Recaps
After a long wait, Formula One was finally back to racing in Austria, the first time since the 1966 Monaco Grand Prix that an F1 season has kicked off in Europe. With 217 days since the last race of the 2019 season, it was also the longest period in the sport’s history without an official […]
Mugello Grand Prix May Be Part of 2020 F1 Season
Sebastian Vettel says the Mugello circuit in Tuscany, Italy, deserves a spot on the Formula 1 calendar — and it may well get the chance. Earlier this week, the four-time champion was back on the track for the first time since winter testing. Both he and teammate Charles Leclerc participated in a private test at […]
Honda Happy About F1 Progress, But Wants More
Honda F1’s technical director Toyoharu Tanabe says the 2019 Formula One season has so far gone better than he had expected, but he also admits the manufacturer still has ground to make up relative to Mercedes and Ferrari. “When we started the Barcelona test and the first race, early in the season, I saw a […]
2019 Chinese GP: Hamilton Wins 1000th F1 Grand Prix
The 2019 Chinese GP was the 1000th official Formula One Grand Prix, and though there was much buzz in the media around this fact, the race itself — and, in particular, its presentation — offered little of the spectacle that would have seemed fitting for the occasion. Mercedes secured its third one-two result of the […]
Honda Gets Ready for Biggest F1 Season Yet
(In the 2000s)
As an engine supplier, Honda has won only a single Formula One race (in 2006) since 1992, the last year in a glory decade that saw them win six world championships, 69 races, and 73 pole positions. Five difficult years after having returned to the sport, Honda may finally start filling its trophy case again. […]