Giorgio Piola

The images of the Haas Formula 1 car may not have been the finished article, but they still gave us answers about how teams are interpreting the 2022 rules.

Join us as we take a look at some of the best technical illustrations and images, courtesy of Giorgio Piola and Sutton Images, focusing on the development stories of Mercedes and Red Bull.

On the anniversary of the death of the great Niki Lauda, we look back at the cars that helped define his brilliant career and were observed up close by Giorgio Piola.

Giorgio Piola and Sutton Images bring you an update of the best technical images from the Barcelona pitlane on second day of the final Formula 1 test of 2020.

Giorgio Piola and Sutton Images bring you an update of the best technical images from the Barcelona pitlane on first day of the final Formula 1 test of 2020.

Giorgio Piola’s F1 tech decades: The rock and roll 1970s

F1’s iconic cars: The brutal Benetton B186 by Giorgio Piola

F1’s iconic cars: The Ferrari 312 by Giorgio Piola

Giorgio Piola and Matt Somerfield look at the changes made by Ferrari to the diffuser on the SF16-H ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Red Bull may still be struggling to compete directly with the top teams due to its power unit deficit but that doesn’t stop it from trying to marginalise it.

As such we’re expecting a new, shorter nose mated to a more complex front wing, although it is not expected to arrive at the circuit until Friday. There is already a small visible amendment to the FW38, as the vertical fins on the front edge of the splitter have been increased in height and turned outward to promote the direction of the airflow around the bargeboards and sidepod undercut, whilst affecting how the airflow rolls up in the splitter’s outer channel, as they look to improve the diffu…

The steering wheels used in Formula 1 are amazingly complex pieces of kit and, whilst the teams have a design ethos that is provided to both of their drivers, each driver has their own calling cards that suit them ergonomically. Let us take a look at how Nico Rosberg’s steering wheel has changed for 2016, especially in light of the regulation changes surrounding the clutch release at race starts - which now means the drivers are only allowed to use one clutch paddle rather than the several previ…

Mercedes reveals radical new nose

Tech analysis: What F1 2017 car rules will actually look like