Aleix Espargaro set the early pace as FP2 got underway with a 1m55.204s, before Francesco Bagnaia dropped into the 1m54s with a 1m54.625s to take over top spot moments later. This lap stood for just a few seconds, as his factory Ducati team-mate Miller edged ahead with a 1m54.571s before the session was red-flagged briefly […]
With growing indications that the lower-rake cars have come off worst with F1’s 2021 rule changes, it appears that those affected have been hard at work trying to mitigate the damage. While Mercedes has been the focus of the impact on the low rake cars, Aston Martin too appears to have suffered a step back […]
Aprilia announced earlier this week that 15-time MotoGP race winner Dovizioso will ride the RS-GP during a three-day private test at Jerez on 12-14 April. Dovizioso is currently on a sabbatical from MotoGP after losing his Ducati seat last season and turning down a race offer from Aprilia for 2021, as well as a role […]
Mercedes had a surprisingly difficult test at the Bahrain track earlier this month, finishing with the lowest lap count of any team after losing the opening morning to a gearbox issue and then Lewis Hamilton spinning off on the second day. Hamilton’s off was put down to a rear-handling weakness the Mercedes drivers encountered with […]
This year, F1 will again hold a pre-race moment for drivers to express their personal views following the ceremony’s introduction in 2020 in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests that followed the killing of George Floyd. A change has been made ahead of the 2021 season, with the moment no longer being held […]
Verstappen’s best lap of 1m31.294s is 2.334s slower than the 1m28.960s he set to top pre-season testing at the Sakhir track earlier this month, but that was set in much cooler conditions than the cars ran in the mid-afternoon sun in Bahrain on Friday afternoon. Alpine’s Fernando Alonso led the pack out of the pits […]
The former Mercedes reserve and test driver is starting his second season at the rebranded Alpine team, after an encouraging 2020 campaign as he got himself up to speed at the outfit. And with Renault introducing some upgrades to its power unit for this year, ahead of an all-new concept coming in 2022, Ocon says […]
The identity of Mercedes’ future line-up remains the subject of intense speculation after only concluding a one-year contract extension with Hamilton in February, while team-mate Bottas has been on one-year deals for several seasons. That means Mercedes is free to swap drivers for 2022 when Mercedes protege Russell, who starred in last… Continue Reading