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Join us as we delve into the new and interesting technical features on display up and down the pitlane as Formula 1 teams prepare for the Monaco Grand Prix, ...

Also note the vast quantity of detail we’re able to see in regards to the radiator layout, power unit installation, floor contouring, gearbox casing and inboard rear suspension. Also note the diffuser-like strakes that coincide with the external louvres that help to channel the heat that’s being rejected. Red Bull has equipped the RB18 with a high downforce rear wing and notably it plans on capturing footage from the rear-facing camera to help it understand how much flexion it’s getting. Photo by: Uncredited Photo by: Uncredited However, we are treated to a decent view of the bib wing too.

Home favourite Charles Leclerc pipped Red Bull's Sergio Perez and Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz to top the first practice session ahead of Formula 1's 2022 ...

He complained about a pedal box issue and pitted but never returned to the circuit thereafter as his Friday misfortune endures. Verstappen finished the opening gambit 0.2s in arrears of Leclerc, while Norris, Gasly and Ricciardo were shuffled to places 5-7. Verstappen ran quickest with a 1m14.7132s upon his switch to medium tyres but soon headed for the Sainte Devote escape road after a sizeable front-right lock up. Medium-shod Norris lowered the benchmark to 1m15.301s and then 1m15.056s to keep 0.2s in hand over Ricciardo on the same tyre. Russell led the troublesome Mercedes attack in eighth, with Hamilton rounding out the top 10. The position of his Haas notably forced Alonso to a halt when he was unable to manoeuvre past the stricken Schumacher, forcing the Alpine driver to toggle reverse. The blockage swiftly led to red flags. Leclerc, who has yet to finish an F1 or FIA Formula 2 race at Monaco, had to abort a couple of potentially even faster laps late on. The first practice to take place in Monaco on a Friday during the modern era was typified by a breathless run of fastest laps from Max Verstappen and the Ferraris to that led to constant changing at the top of the leaderboard in the early part of the hour. Mick Schumacher had complained of a transmission gremlin and then stopped at the entrance to the pitlane. While Hamilton and Russell complained of extreme bouncing returning with a stiff set-up around bumpy Monaco, Verstappen then dropped below the 1m16s as he sailed to a 1m15.933s on the slower Pirellis. But he was soon up to speed, as Daniel Ricciardo set the early benchmark with a 1m20.364s effort to lead Fernando Alonso and McLaren stablemate Lando Norris - still under the weather after his bout of tonsilitis in Spain.

Proof of concept for direct production of monoethylene glycol (MEG), a key building block in sustainable PET manufacturing, has been completed at lab scale.

The company has continued to expand applications of its game-changing carbon-capture and -transformation technology and partner with major companies to scale its impacts. By combining and prototyping various sets of enzymes identified from different sources in novel ways, LanzaTech has successfully reprogrammed its ethanol-producing bacteria to fix and channel carbon into MEG. LanzaTech’s carbon-capture technology uses a proprietary, engineered bacterium to convert the CO2 directly into MEG through fermentation, bypassing the need for an ethanol intermediate, and simplifying the MEG supply chain.