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Ferrari to test rear suspension update at Mugello F1 filming day

The Ferrari Formula 1 squad is making use of an allotted filming day at Mugello on Wednesday where both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will run the revised SF-25.

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Ferrari F1 filming day at Mugello offers rear suspension test chance

The Ferrari Formula 1 squad is making use of an allotted filming day at Mugello on Wednesday where both Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc will run the revised SF-25.

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Gallery: How F1 tech evolved during the 2024 season

A close-up of the Red Bull RB20's rear end, featuring a downward sloping surface at the tail end of the engine cover. It's also apparent how the semi-detached tip section sits ahead of the upper flap line and reaches out over the mainplane to expose more of the endplate cutout.

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How McLaren’s rear wing push changed the game in F1

McLaren surpassed even its own pre-season expectations in 2024, taking its first Formula 1 constructors’ championship title for 26 years.

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Why Ferrari changed plans with its experimental F1 floor in Qatar

Ferrari arrived in Qatar with its experimental floor in tow once more, fitting it on Charles Leclerc’s car for first free practice with Carlos Sainz having initially run it in Las Vegas.

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Ferrari's Las Vegas experiment that offers clues to 2025 push

Ferrari kick-started its 2025 plans in a public way at the Las Vegas Grand Prix as it ran a new floor that was purely experimental and was never actually intended to be raced with now.

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How F1 teams bucked historic trend in fight for victory in Mexico

The high altitude of Mexico's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez Autodromo has always been an outlier, with the thin air impacting downforce choices as well as the need for extra cooling for the power unit, electronics and brakes.

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How Mercedes upgrades have proved an instant hit at Austin

After a disappointing time since the Formula 1 summer break, George Russell’s front row start for the United States Grand Prix's sprint race has lifted hopes that a new upgrade package has hit the spot.

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Why ‘mini-DRS’ will not be Formula 1’s last flexi-wing controversy

Formula 1’s off-track political battles can often be as interesting as the action on track.

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How McLaren’s rear wing choice again caught attention in Singapore

For the second weekend in a row, one of the more interesting technical nuances from the Singapore Grand Prix revolved around McLaren and its rear wing choice.

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How Ferrari's new front wing will open up crucial set-up avenues

Ferrari has arrived in Singapore with a revised front wing arrangement that it hopes will help unlock extra performance from its SF-24.

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The Ferrari tweaks that helped Leclerc turn the tables on McLaren

Charles Leclerc’s brilliant tyre management was critical to his Italian Grand Prix victory for Ferrari.

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Why Red Bull’s Monza wing looks bold, but left it bottom in the speed trap

Red Bull remains baffled by the balance problems that left it struggling in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix, but one thing it knows it got wrong was wing levels.

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Why Red Bull’s Monza wing looks bold but left it bottom in the speed trap

Red Bull remains baffled by the balance problems that left it struggling in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix but one thing it knows it got wrong was wing levels.

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The Monza upgrade Ferrari needs to escape the “trap” it fell into

Ferrari has brought an upgraded floor to Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix in a bid to help cure the bouncing problems that have held the team back in recent races.

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FIA explains laser scanning system for F1 car scrutineering

Following the move to ground effect cars in the major aerodynamic rules reset the championship implemented for 2022, the FIA introduced a new scrutineering process to aid with checking the designs the teams run each weekend with the information they have supplied ahead of each race event.

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The old and new ideas used by F1’s top teams for the unique Spa challenge

While Spa-Francorchamps has a demanding middle sector, its long straights mean Formula 1 teams need to bring low-downforce solutions.

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How F1 teams have adapted their wings for the demands of Spa

Several Formula 1 teams have new front and rear wing specifications at their disposal this weekend, as they look for ways to overcome the challenges posed by the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

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How Aston Martin has applied some corrective surgery to its 2024 F1 car

Aston Martin arrived at Formula 1's Hungarian Grand Prix with a substantial update that it hopes will cure some handling quirks that have hurt its form recently.

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Why Red Bull has abandoned its Mercedes-style gulleys for now

Red Bull has fast-tracked a substantial update for Formula 1’s Hungarian Grand Prix, with changes moving it away from the Mercedes-style engine cover gulleys it has raced so far.

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What’s really behind F1’s Belgian GP flexi-wing checks

The FIA’s directive to Formula 1 teams this week that it plans video checks of flexi wings at the Belgian Grand Prix prompted fears of potential controversy on the horizon.

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What’s really behind F1's Belgian GP flexi wing checks

The FIA’s directive to Formula 1 teams that it plans video checks of flexi wings at the Belgian Grand Prix prompted fears of potential controversy on the horizon.

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Cooling or secret suspension revision? Mystery beneath Mercedes nose vanity panel change

Lewis Hamilton’s victory in Formula 1’s British Grand Prix proved that Mercedes finally appears to be properly back in the game.

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How the latest Mercedes tweak played its part in Austria F1 win

Formula 1’s Austrian Grand Prix was never likely to produce a huge list of updates as being a sprint in the middle of a triple header made it far from ideal to bring new parts.

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Why F1's most boring car tweaks are making the difference in the fight for wins

When it comes to Formula 1 car upgrades, it is always more exciting when there is a new wing, or sidepod concept, to get your teeth stuck into.

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