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Giorgio Piola

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Inside the technical battlegrounds that made F1 2024 a classic

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Inside the technical battlegrounds that made F1 2024 a classic

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

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

Why Ferrari changed plans with its experimental F1 floor in Qatar

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Qatar GP
Why Ferrari changed plans with its experimental F1 floor in Qatar

How grooved brake discs are making an F1 return

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Qatar GP
How grooved brake discs are making an F1 return

How McLaren adapted to life post ‘mini-DRS’

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How McLaren adapted to life post ‘mini-DRS’

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

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

Why McLaren brought its seventh new rear wing to Brazil

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Brazilian GP
Why McLaren brought its seventh new rear wing to Brazil

McLaren ups ante in F1 title push with new rear wing for Brazil GP

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Brazilian GP
McLaren ups ante in F1 title push with new rear wing for Brazil GP

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

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

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

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

The Ferrari tweaks that helped Leclerc turn the tables on McLaren

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Italian GP
The Ferrari tweaks that helped Leclerc turn the tables on McLaren

The subtle McLaren upgrades that highlight its F1 title focus

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Italian GP
The subtle McLaren upgrades that highlight its F1 title focus

How Red Bull is still improving its RB20 despite upgrade doubts

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How Red Bull is still improving its RB20 despite upgrade doubts

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

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

How McLaren offered a glimpse of its future with new rear wing concept

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Belgian GP
How McLaren offered a glimpse of its future with new rear wing concept

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

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

How McLaren chased a top speed boost at F1's British Grand Prix

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How McLaren chased a top speed boost at F1's British Grand Prix

How Haas has taken a McLaren direction with its British GP upgrades

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How Haas has taken a McLaren direction with its British GP upgrades

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

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

The new Ferrari F1 upgrades overshadowed by its old bouncing problems

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Spanish GP
The new Ferrari F1 upgrades overshadowed by its old bouncing problems

Red Bull’s Barcelona F1 upgrades are bigger than it claims

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Red Bull’s Barcelona F1 upgrades are bigger than it claims

Ferrari fast tracks upgrades in F1 Spanish GP push

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Ferrari fast tracks upgrades in F1 Spanish GP push

How Red Bull has taken another leap with F1’s rear wing trend

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Canadian GP
How Red Bull has taken another leap with F1’s rear wing trend

F1 Canadian GP: New updates from Mercedes, Red Bull explained

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F1 Canadian GP: New updates from Mercedes, Red Bull explained

How F1's top teams went all in with their Monaco rear wings

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How F1's top teams went all in with their Monaco rear wings

F1 Monaco GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

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F1 Monaco GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

How McLaren’s challenge is forcing Red Bull to ramp up its F1 upgrade game

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How McLaren’s challenge is forcing Red Bull to ramp up its F1 upgrade game

Mercedes delivers fresh batch of F1 car upgrades at Imola

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Emilia Romagna GP
Mercedes delivers fresh batch of F1 car upgrades at Imola

F1 Emilia Romagna GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

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F1 Emilia Romagna GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

First glimpse of Aston Martin F1 upgrades appear as new front wing idea spotted

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First glimpse of Aston Martin F1 upgrades appear as new front wing idea spotted

How Mercedes is going "all in" as first F1 upgrade steps appears in Miami

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How Mercedes is going "all in" as first F1 upgrade steps appears in Miami

F1 Miami GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

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F1 Miami GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

From tweaked headrests to new floors: China’s F1 updates in full

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Chinese GP
From tweaked headrests to new floors: China’s F1 updates in full

How Ferrari has kept itself in the F1 hunt despite no major upgrades

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Japanese GP
How Ferrari has kept itself in the F1 hunt despite no major upgrades

Alpine and Williams pursue Mercedes-inspired F1 front wing idea

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Japanese GP
Alpine and Williams pursue Mercedes-inspired F1 front wing idea

Red Bull's inner F1 cooling secrets explained

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Red Bull's inner F1 cooling secrets explained

F1 Japanese GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

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F1 Japanese GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

F1 steering wheels: Why customised controls are vital to drivers

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F1 steering wheels: Why customised controls are vital to drivers

Why Ferrari bucked the trend with its F1 2024 suspension choice

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Why Ferrari bucked the trend with its F1 2024 suspension choice

How Red Bull's unique F1 cooling approach helped boost its top speed in Jeddah

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Saudi Arabian GP
How Red Bull's unique F1 cooling approach helped boost its top speed in Jeddah

F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

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F1 Saudi Arabian GP: Tech images from the pitlane explained

Mercedes goes aggressive with rear wing tweak for Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabian GP
Mercedes goes aggressive with rear wing tweak for Saudi Arabia

What we learned about the new F1 car designs in the Bahrain GP

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What we learned about the new F1 car designs in the Bahrain GP

Bahrain GP: Tech images from the F1 pitlane explained

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Bahrain GP: Tech images from the F1 pitlane explained

Mercedes has new adaptable F1 suspension trick on W15

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Pre-Season Test
Mercedes has new adaptable F1 suspension trick on W15

The cooling tweaks that opened the door for Red Bull's bold F1 sidepods

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The cooling tweaks that opened the door for Red Bull's bold F1 sidepods

Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained

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Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained

Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained on day two

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Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained on day two

Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained

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Bahrain F1 testing: Tech images from the pitlane explained

Tech rewind: When Formula 1’s launch season turned ugly

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Tech rewind: When Formula 1’s launch season turned ugly

F1 tech review: Red Bull finds new ways to pull further ahead

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F1 tech review: Red Bull finds new ways to pull further ahead

F1 tech review: Mercedes takes design U-turn to beat Ferrari

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F1 tech review: Mercedes takes design U-turn to beat Ferrari

F1 tech review: Ferrari follows rivals’ route to get back on track

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F1 tech review: Ferrari follows rivals’ route to get back on track

F1 tech review: McLaren reverses fortunes after poor start

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F1 tech review: McLaren reverses fortunes after poor start

F1 tech review: Aston Martin starts strong, then stumbles

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F1 tech review: Aston Martin starts strong, then stumbles

F1 tech review: Alpine drifts despite inventive solutions

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F1 tech review: Alpine drifts despite inventive solutions

F1 tech review: Williams claws up from the back of the grid

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F1 tech review: Williams claws up from the back of the grid

F1 tech review: AlphaTauri makes inroads with big plans ahead

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F1 tech review: AlphaTauri makes inroads with big plans ahead

F1 tech review: Charting Alfa Romeo’s slide down the order

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F1 tech review: Charting Alfa Romeo’s slide down the order

F1 tech review deep dive: How marginal gains made Red Bull’s RB19 so good

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F1 tech review deep dive: How marginal gains made Red Bull’s RB19 so good