How new F1 cars are designed + built - with Dan Fallows

F1 Explains is back for 2024! Christian Hewgill and Katie Osborne are starting by answering your questions about new F1 cars. When do teams start working on their challengers for a new season? How much of a new F1 car is actually new? What happens when a team comes up with something that has never been seen before?

Aston Martin's Technical Director Dan Fallows explains how a new Formula 1 car goes from sketches on paper to carbon-fibre reality.

F1 Explains is the official F1 podcast that answers your questions about the sport.

You can send your question - as a voice note or an email - to [e-mail]

F1 Explains Season 1 is available to listen to now:

• What we learned in 2023
• Why you need to see F1 live
• Racing lines, driver drinks + 'number 1 drivers'
• LIVE at the US Grand Prix - with F1 Explains listeners + David Coulthard
• The incredible logistics of F1 - with DHL + Alfa Romeo
• How F1 racetracks are designed - with the masterminds behind Miami
• How car liveries are created - with Alfa Romeo + McLaren
• The mental pressure of F1 - with David Coulthard
• Steering wheels - how they're designed + what the buttons do
• DRS - how F1's overtaking aid works and why it matters
• Tyres - an engineer, a driver and a designer explains why they matter
• The 2024 F1 calendar - why it helps make F1 more sustainable
• Wind Tunnels - the top secret tools where cars are created
• Race engineers - the voices on F1 Team Radio, with Zhou Guanyu
• Pit stops - how to do them perfectly
• Simulators with Aston Martin's Stoffel Vandoorne
• Racing in the rain with Mika Hakkinen + Haas race engineer Mark Slade
• Street circuits with Mika Hakkinen + Bernie Collins
• F1 driver fitness with Alexander Rossi + Sebastian Vettel's former trainer
• F1 in the USA - why the US has 3 races in 2023
• F1 Sprint weekends with Haas driver Kevin Magnussen

For in-depth interviews with F1's biggest names, listen to F1 Beyond The Grid. For race previews and reviews, head over to F1 Nation.