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What Williams's 'new car' shows it got wrong for F1's 2022 rules
Williams introduced a massive mid-season upgrade package at the British Grand Prix that represented a dramatic departure from its original design. Not only did it transform the look of the car, but it also represented an admission of the big mistake Williams made with its original concept for F1’s return to full ground effect cars in 2022. It doesn’t require an expert technical eye to spot that the key change was the Mercedes-style narrow sidepods being abandoned. These have been replaced with a more conventional design that takes inspiration from both Ferrari and Red Bull – but fundamentally is more in the direction of Red Bull. But the sidepods were a symptom of what Williams got wrong, rather than the cause. The original approach demonstrated a misunderstanding of the optimum way to generate consistent, useable downforce with these new 2022 regulations. #F1 #F12022 #Williams Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: @wearetherace Instagram: @wearetherace Facebook: http://facebook.com/wearetherace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace
The other problems Mercedes still needs to fix on its 2022 F1 car
For most of the 2022 Formula 1 season so far the core reason for Mercedes’ lack of performance has been one specific problem: porpoising. A recent, crucial breakthrough with that issue pointed to the world champion team finally starting to salvage its misfiring campaign. But it isn’t as simple as that. One massive hurdle has been overcome but Mercedes’ 2022 car still has other limitations that need to be addressed if either Lewis Hamilton or George Russell have any real hope of winning races this season. #F1 #Mercedes #LewisHamilton READ MORE HERE https://the-race.com/formula-1/the-other-weaknesses-mercedes-2022-f1-car-still-has/ Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: @wearetherace Instagram: @wearetherace Facebook: http://facebook.com/wearetherace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace
Why Ferrari hasn't upgraded its 2022 F1 car yet
In a Formula 1 season everyone was tipping to be a massive development race with all-new rules - Ferrari is leading both championships without upgrading its car at all. The F1-75 has won two of the first four races despite pretty much existing in its launch specification, give or take some circuit-specific downforce configurations. Rival Red Bull already introduced one big upgrade during testing and it has started a big weight-saving exercise as well. So the pressure is on Ferrari to respond at some point - but it’s sticking to its original plan for now. #F1 #Ferrari #CharlesLeclerc Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: @wearetherace Instagram: @wearetherace Facebook: http://facebook.com/wearetherace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace
Red Bull reveals F1 upgrades as radical Mercedes faces scrutiny
All eyes were on Red Bull on the final day of pre-season testing in Bahrain, following talk of a major upgrade that could transform Formula 1’s competitive order. And while its car changes weren’t as extreme as those deployed by Mercedes at the start of the test - part of which could face a challenge from rivals - it was another salvo in a fierce development war that will rage throughout the 2022 season. Red Bull has refined the design it grabbed the headlines with when the RB18 first broke cover on the opening day of pre-season testing in Barcelona. As always in Formula 1, it’s about taking a design that was already aggressive and making it even more so. #F1testing #F12022 #RedBull Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: @wearetherace Instagram: @wearetherace Facebook: http://facebook.com/wearetherace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace
Why 'Z-floors' have taken over F1 in 2021
Every team on the F1 grid except Haas has now adopted the 'Z-floor' design, initially pioneered by a handful of teams in pre-season in response to rule changes for this year. In this video Edd Straw explains what a Z-floor is, the aerodynamic effect the design achieves, and why all of the teams except the one not developing its car this year rushed to copy it over the first few races of the campaign. READ MORE HERE Gary Anderson's Z-floor insight https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-anderson-why-all-but-one-f1-team-adopted-the-z-floor/ Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/WeAreTheRace Instagram: http://instagram.com/WeAreTheRace Facebook: http://facebook.com/WeAreTheRace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. #F1 #F12021 #Zfloors https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace
Mercedes’ upcoming F1 technical reshuffle explained
Changes are coming behind the scenes at Mercedes, with a technical reshuffle resulting in a new role for current technical director James Allison. In this video Scott Mitchell explains the reasons for Mercedes making the change, and how it fits in with the team managing the transitions between various senior staff during its period of dominance in F1 #F1 #Mercedes READ MORE HERE What Mercedes’ tech shuffle means https://the-race.com/formula-1/what-mercedes-major-f1-technical-department-reshuffle-means/ Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/WeAreTheRace Instagram: http://instagram.com/WeAreTheRace Facebook: http://facebook.com/WeAreTheRace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace
Have F1’s new rules hurt Mercedes’ low-rake car concept?
Mercedes has been one of the few F1 teams in recent years not to follow the ‘high rake’ ride height concept pioneered by Red Bull. But have the rule changes around the floor of the 2021 cars created an aerodynamic situation that works against the Mercedes concept? In this video Edd Straw explains what ‘rake’ really means, how it impacts the downforce produced by an F1 car, and why the rule changes for this year could be causing Mercedes headaches #F1 #Mercedes #RedBull READ MORE HERE https://the-race.com/formula-1/gary-anderson-have-new-f1-rules-hurt-low-rake-mercedes/ Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/WeAreTheRace Instagram: http://instagram.com/WeAreTheRace Facebook: http://facebook.com/WeAreTheRace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace
The top tech secrets already revealed in F1 testing
F1 teams love hiding key parts of their cars when they launch them, but once they hit the track in testing many of those secrets are out in the open. After two days of pre-season testing in Bahrain, Scott Mitchell picks out the main tech secrets we’ve uncovered so far READ MORE HERE https://the-race.com/formula-1/mark-hughes-whos-really-fastest-in-f1-testing/ Subscribe: http://the-race.com/youtube_subscribe Website: http://the-race.com/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/WeAreTheRace Instagram: http://instagram.com/WeAreTheRace Facebook: http://facebook.com/WeAreTheRace Podcasts: http://the-race.com/podcasts Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, please also hit subscribe to show your support so we'll keep doing what we're doing. #F1 #F1Testing #F12021 https://www.the-race.com http://www.twitter.com/wearetherace