News Details

The 2018 upgrade plan for a 20-year-old F1 car

Not many Formula 1 technical gurus have the opportunity to re-engineer a car 20 years after they designed it. But that is the challenge now facing Mike Gascoyne, as Adam Cooper explains. The former Jordan, Renault and Toyota man has recently been appointed technical chief of Paul Stoddart’s F1 two-seater project. As such, he will be responsible for updating a car that is based on the 1998 Tyrrell 026 that he originally conceived, under the stewardship of the late Harvey Postlethwaite. Although he had nothing to do with the original two-seater conversion, it’s still a neat piece of symmetry for former Jordan, Renault and Toyota man Gascoyne, who was back in the F1 paddock at the British...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Whiting inspects ex-F1 venue in Buenos Aires

FIA Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting has completed an “informal...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

F1 race director Whiting inspects Buenos Aires track

FIA Formula 1 race director Charlie Whiting has completed an “informal...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Mid-season review: STR inches towards goal

– GPUpdate.net resumes its 2017 mid-season Formula 1 review series...
8y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Motorsport Week's Top 10 MotoGP riders of 2025

The 2025 MotoGP season had it all. With 22 rounds and 44 races, the...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Three points, and a little extra, up for grabs against...

Morning all. Arsenal are in Premier League action this afternoon, when...
57m ago from Arseblog.com

Chelsea rival Arsenal & Man Utd for 30m wonderkid...

Chelsea are reportedly showing an interest in highly-rated Rennes...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Arsenal put 45m wonderkid on their list of...

Arsenal are understood to be considering a transfer move for AC Milan's...
7m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta eyes rising star as next big Arsenal...

Arsenal are hoping to sign the AC Milan defender, Davide Bartesaghi.  The...
15h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Arvid Lindblad handed 'special' Red Bull drive

Arvid Lindblad has received a 'special' Red Bull... Read More »
37m ago from GPFans.com

Is Piastri shopping around for a new drive?

Oscar Piastri may be looking for another drive,... Read More »
1h ago from GrandPrix247.com

Albon reveals proudest achievement of 2025 season with...

The 2025 Formula 1 season was nothing short of a... Read More »
37m ago from F1i.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.