F1Weekly Podcast # 1031
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NASIR AND THE HOST ARE BEGINNING TO SALIVATE IN ANTICIPATION OF 2024 F1 TESTING! MOTORSPORTS MONDIAL BRINGS A LATIN FLARE WITH THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW…2018 INDY LIGHTS CHAMPION, MCLAREN RESERVE DRIVER AND CURRENT INDYCAR DRIVER: PATO O’ WARD
ORACLE RED BULL RACING LAUNCH 20TH SEASON IN FORMULA ONE
Oracle Red Bull Racing today embarked on its 20th Season in Formula One with a globally livestreamed show, to launch the start of the Team’s new “Forever Rebl” campaign, which will celebrate two decades of Red Bull culture in the sport.
To fire up the festivities, today’s 2024 Season Launch kicked off a year of celebrations, that will explore the Team’s impact on F1 on and off the track, and how it grew from paddock upstarts to multiple championship winners.
Forever Rebl was created to highlight the role of Red Bull culture in developing a team that has continued to push the boundaries of the sport, since its F1 debut at the 2005 Australian Grand Prix. Forever Rebl will see the Team develop a series of special events and activations throughout the year, each designed to get fans closer to the Team and its 20 year history.
From building on last year’s Make Your Mark livery competition with new and even more exciting opportunities for fans to add their creative touch to this year’s car, to stunning collaborations in art and fashion, that will also result in exclusive merchandise. From multiple in-person events around the globe to giving fans the chance to get their hands on unique pieces of memorabilia that spans the Team’s two decades in F1. Forever Rebl will put the Team’s faithful right at the heart of the celebrations.
FP1 in Bahrain, the start of the 2024 campaign, lies 15 days away. Despite the lack of racing, the factories at Brackley and Brixworth have been buzzing with activity. Photo: Mercedesamgf1.com
MERCEDES LAUNCH THE NEW W15 WITH LCH!
Our journey towards the start of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship season continues today with the launch of the Mercedes-AMG F1 W15 E PERFORMANCE.
In the immediate aftermath of a disappointing 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix, the team looked hard in the mirror at every aspect of our operations. A new direction was set, beginning a period of renewal. Despite the limitations of the W14’s pre-existing architecture, there was tangible progress. A hard-fought, year-long battle netted second in the Constructors’ Championship. The mission continues into 2024.
“We know we have a mountain to climb to fight at the very front. There are no miracles in this sport,” Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team, commented. “But our ambition and determination are strong. Since charting this new course, development has progressed well. We had several items on our priority list for this car. We will soon see if we’ve made the step we’ve aimed for.”
FERRARI LAUNCH NEW 2024 F1 CAR
Ferrari reveal striking new 2024 Formula 1 car, the SF-24, as they aim to improve fortunes
Ferrari unveil a wholesale redesign of their F1 car for 2024 as they aim to battle Red Bull; Reworked livery features yellow and white stripes; Ferrari have already signed Lewis Hamilton for 2025; watch pre-season testing in Bahrain live on Sky Sports F1 on February 21-23
In the SF-24, Ferrari hopes to make amends for some of the problems that held back Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz last year. photo: Ferrari.com
Ferrari said the design group “aimed to give Charles and Carlos a car that is easy to drive and that reacts predictably, with as a starting point, the positive feeling the drivers had in the cockpit over the final few races of last season”.
“The goal is to allow them to make the most of the power unit’s potential, combined with their undoubted skill behind the wheel.”
The SF-24 livery is largely the same as the paint job on the SF-23, with a migration of the black colouring, and parallel yellow and white stripes running along the length of the sidepod and on the nosecone being the big differences.
It follows the SF-23 which was the only non-Red Bull car to win a race last year, in the hands of Carlos Sainz in Singapore.
But it was overall a disappointment relative to its predecessor which had mounted an early-season title charge, albeit one that quickly fell away.
Team boss Fred Vasseur confirmed late last year that the 2024 car would feature “95% new components”, such was the scale of change over the winter.
It’s the first Ferrari Vasseur has properly overseen the development of, having started in his role in January last year when work on the SF-23 was essentially complete.
The SF-24 will also be the last Ferrari Carlos Sainz drives in his current tenure – as he’ll be making way for Lewis Hamilton in 2025.