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Red Bull get a proper engine

It’s safe to use the H word again. Honda got a lot of stick for its under-performance during its McLaren partnership, but the Honda engine being used by Red Bull in 2019 (having done well powering the Toro Rossos last year) worked a treat in

Barcelona testing – powerful and reliable.

New Brits storm the grid

Lando Norris, 19, driving for McLaren alongside Carlos Sainz, is Britain’s youngest ever F1 driver. F2 champion George Russell joins Williams with Robert Kubica, who’s returning to a full-time F1 schedule for the first time since his rally crash eight years ago. Alexander Albon is Thai, but was born and raised in Britain; he’s at Toro Rosso with Daniil Kvyat.

Ferrari’s flying

Everything looks rosy for Ferrari, marking 90 years since the Scuderia was founded. New team principal Mattia Binotto (tech chief under the departed Maurizio Arrivabene) and his crew clearly didn’t waste the winter, as both Sebastian Vettel and new boy Charles Leclerc flew in the SF90 during Barcelona testing. Leclerc impressed at Sauber last year, finishing sixth in Azerbaijan.

New rules, same old promise

You’ve heard it before, but here we go again: the aero rules have been tweaked to make overtaking easier. Higher, wider and simpler wings have been introduced to help the cars follow one another more closely without a battle-stymying loss of downforce. Meanwhile the minimum weight has increased, so drivers no longer need starve themselves.