Enlarge / On the left, a 2021-spec 13-inch Formula One tire. To its right, a 2022-spec 18-inch F1 tire. (credit: Steven Tee / LAT Images) Pirelli provided flights to Austin and three nights in a hotel so we could attend the US Grand Prix. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Formula One goes to […]
Enlarge / Bernd Mayländer stands next to the Formula 1 safety car, a Mercedes-AMG GT R. The station wagon in the background is the F1 medical car. (credit: Mercedes-AMG) Despite having followed Formula 1 closely for several decades, I still don’t feel comfortable making predictions about the races. Take the recent Turkish Grand Prix, for […]
Formula 1 has new technical regulations for 2022, the most sweeping changes to the sport in many years. This is what the new cars will look like. [credit: Formula 1 ] On Thursday in Silverstone, England ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Formula 1 revealed next year’s car to the public. 2022 will see […]
As the name suggests, F1 2021 is this year’s official Formula 1 racing sim. [credit: Electronic Arts ] If you’re old enough to have started playing video games by the turn of the century, the words “EA releases a new Formula 1 game” might strike fear into your heart. After all, the gaming behemoth published […]
Enlarge / This year’s installment of the official Formula 1 game, F1 2021, arrives on PCs and consoles on July 16. (credit: Codemasters) If you’ve ever wanted to race with Formula 1 legends like Michael Schumacher or Ayrton Senna, your wish could come true later this summer—sort of. The iconic drivers and their driving styles […]
Enlarge / Red Bull is assuming control of its own engine development next year once Honda leaves the sport. But could we see Porsche badges on the cars before too long? The rumors won’t stop swirling. (credit: Lars Baron/Getty Images) Even though we’re only two races in, this year’s Formula 1 season is already shaping […]
Valtteri Bottas (L) and Lewis Hamilton (R) shake hands after a race. Bottas gets far more screen time than his teammate, who only broke a number of long-standing F1 records in 2020. It’s an odd omission by Netflix. [credit: Netflix ] Drive to Survive, the fly-on-the-wall documentary about Formula 1 racing, started streaming its third […]
{Expand / F1 driver Romain Grosjean climbs over a crash barrier and {} the fires consuming his race car following a crash in this season’s Bahrain Grand Prix. |} (charge: Formula 1) After Romain Grosjean’s F1 year arrived to a dramatic end in Bahrain that a couple weeks back , it was the flame that […]
Pierre Gasly stands out to his Alpha Tauri racing vehicle after winning the 2020 Italian Grand Prix. So much it’s Honda’s sole F1 triumph of this year. [charge: Red Bull ] On Friday afternoon in Tokyo, the Honda Motor Company stunned the world of Formula 1 by declaring that it’s made a decision to leave […]