The six-time MotoGP world champion returned to action last month in Portugal after a nine-month layoff caused by a badly broken right arm in the 2020 Spanish GP. Marquez scored a seventh in the dry in Portugal and ninth at Jerez and has been struggling to ride in his natural position on his Honda due […]
The team released a short video clip showing a mechanic working on the car in the Brackley factory on Tuesday morning, shortly after the transporters returned. The wheel became stuck after Bottas pitted during the race and the nut was stripped by the airgun, making it impossible to remove. Rather than work further on the […]
An exclusive and extraordinarily frank interview with Bottas is the cover feature of this month’s GP Racing magazine. In the latest edition of the Flat Chat podcast, GP Racing editor Ben Anderson and columnist Mark Gallagher join host Stuart Codling to debate where Bottas’s career goes from here. Is it time for him to reconcile […]
Ricciardo has had a difficult start to his McLaren career, as he has found himself struggling to match the pace of teammate Lando Norris. He has lacked confidence in the car, especially under braking, and has had trouble extracting maximum performance in qualifying. Last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix was especially difficult as he was… Continue […]
Leclerc endured a hugely disappointing Monaco race day, when a driveshaft hub failure on his way to the grid meant he could not take up his pole position slot. But, rather than use the difficult situation as an excuse to leave early, Leclerc stayed with Ferrari to watch the race – and even joined the outfit at the […]
This will affect where motorsport fans can attend races this season, with some countries completely off-bounds to visitors because of travel restrictions. Fans have already attended the Spanish Grand Prix and Monaco Grand Prix, and Portugal was added to the green list just one week after the race in Portimao. The traffic lights will be… […]
Jack Miller secured back-to-back MotoGP wins in a stunning charge at the French GP at Le Mans, coming back from two long-lap penalties for speeding in the pitlane, in a chaotic flag-to-flag race. Miller, who had the option of a second year on his factory Ducati contract taken up by the Italian manufacturer earlier this […]
Hamilton lost the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship for the first time this year after struggling to seventh place on Sunday in Monaco, dropping four points behind Red Bull rival Max Verstappen in the standings. Hamilton failed to feature with the frontrunners in either qualifying or the race, while an undercut strategy backfired and… […]
Verstappen led from lights to flag in Monaco to secure his second win of the season and move into the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship for the first time, capitalising on a bad weekend for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes. After fending off Valtteri Bottas at the first corner, Verstappen rarely looked at risk of […]
In a precarious economic climate where the need to control escalating costs is paramount, Formula 1’s key stakeholders approved a power unit development freeze from 2022 back in February. But it’s a move that the MotoGP factories are not even contemplating, and for a variety of reasons. Pressure from F1’s promoters and rule makers – […]