2021 F1 Bahrain test de-brief with Scarbs

Only one pre-season F1 test in 2021, so there was lots to be learned and tried in Bahrain. I talked to Craig Scarborough after the test about new developments on the cars, the outstanding pace of Red Bull-Honda…and what appeared to be a disappointing test for Mercedes.

From inside the Mercedes garage

Steve Etherington – official photographer of the AMG Mercedes F1 team – shares some favourite images from his year with the World Champions

Sainz to Ferrari, Daniel to McLaren. Wow!

Good news all round, I think, to have Carlos Sainz in a Ferrari and Daniel Ricciardo a McLaren-Renault/Mercedes (post-2020). Carlos will bring a dash of Latin flair to the most glamorous team in racing; and Daniel will glide right in at McLaren alongside Lando Norris. Anyway, rather than reading about my opinions, here are my […]

F1 braking systems with Mercedes’ Mike Elliott

Mike Elliott, Technology Director of AMG-Mercedes Petronas F1, talks us through the braking systems of the Championship-winning Mercedes F1 car. The temperatures and the g-forces involved are mind-blowing; and, until the new F1 regs arrive (probably now in 2022), the brake suppliers in F1 will remain in fierce competition. Mercedes generally use Brembo calipers with […]

2019 Merc steering wheel analysis

A big thanks to AMG Petronas Motorsport for this short video about the 2019 F1 Mercedes steering wheel. It’s introduced by Valtteri Bottas and explained by Evan Short, Mercedes’ Team Leader, Trackside Electronic Communications.

F1 tech update with Scarbs

Time for another F1 tech update with the excellent Craig Scarborough. Although many of the mid-field teams are now concentrating on their 2017 cars, development continues unabated at the sharp end of the grid. Here are some separate thoughts on Mercedes, Red Bull-Renault, Ferrari and McLaren-Honda, with the final video focussing on the remaining teams. […]

Austria, Silverstone…

…and now the Hungary-Hockenheim double-header. For Lewis Hamilton, a sweet-tasting August lies ahead. In these two videos, I look back at those two most recent races – at his battle with his Mercedes team-mate, Nico Rosberg, and at the rise and rise of Red Bull-Renault Images: LAT Photographic

Shanghai Breezes

A friend in the LeTV (Chinese TV) studio generated some nice art after the race in Shanghai: it was a colour-coded lap chart – all lines, peaks, troughs, zigs and zags. It was that sort of race. About the only thing predictable/normal was that Mercedes would win – but even that was coloured by Lewis […]