Red Bull will have the new RB14 ready for the first test in Barcelona ​​while Toro Rosso is in front of the big sister squad with their STR13 although they had to adjust the car to the Honda power unit.

Formula One Power Unit elements usage prior 2018 Brazilian GP

Red Bull drivers Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso drivers Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley and McLaren driver Fernando Alonso will take penalties for 2018 Russian GP for using new power unit elements prior this event.

Mercedes has brought several aerodynamic modifications to its W09 in Russia and among them are the new dual rear wing pillars that follow Ferrari's development direction.

Eleven drivers took the new V6 F1 engines for 13th round of 2018 F1 Championship, but only Valtteri Bottas and Nico Hulkenberg will get penalties as they used fourth engines.

Sergio Perez in Force India set the new top speed record in 2018 F1 Championship at the Canadian GP, which was as much as 10 km/h faster than the second fastest driver.

For the sixth time in a row, Sebastian Vettel was at his brilliant best in the last part of the qualifying as he managed to string his best sectors together and drive a ideal lap to extract the maximum out of the Ferrari SF71H, just as Esteban Ocon did in Force India, who was the best of the rest.

After the introduction of a large upgrade package for Spain, McLaren continued to make minor changes for the next race in Monaco, and the most obvious change is the addition of T-wing in front of the rear wing.

Porsche delighted the world of motorsport with a special edition of the 919 Hybrid which doesn't obey the technical regulations of the WEC series and created a monster that was faster than fastest Formula 1 car at Spa Francorchamps in 2017 F1 qualifying - MAXF1.net reveals key modifications that made 919 Hybrid about 12 seconds faster at Spa Francorchamps.

Lewis Hamilton set  the fastest time in qualifying for the Australian GP taking his seventh pole position in Melbourne after driving a record-breaking lap in the second Q3 attempt and leaving Ferrari drivers over six tenths of a second while his teammate Valtteri Bottas crashed in Q3.