With the Red Bull Ring putting extreme demand on brakes, Brembo has designed a new system of ventilated carbon discs and pads using the larger 340mm brake discs, which have been upgraded with small holes to generate a ventilation that helps prevent rising temperatures and keeps it in the maximum working range of 700-800 degrees. […]
Perez scored his second F1 win on Sunday in Baku after team-mate Max Verstappen suffered a late tyre failure while heading up a 1-2 for Red Bull. Perez had displayed impressive pace throughout the race weekend in Baku, leading FP2 and finishing second in FP3 before traffic in Q3 left him sixth on the grid. […]
The Ducati rider has scored four podiums so far in 2021 and all of them have been second-places, with his latest coming in last weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix when he narrowly missed the win to KTM’s Miguel Oliveira. Now five years into his MotoGP career, Zarco is overdue a victory having come close on a […]
Roberts joined Williams last June as its managing director of F1 operations before taking over as interim team principal in September following the departure of the Williams family. Roberts was appointed in the role on a permanent basis in December after the arrival of former Volkswagen motorsport chief Jost Capito as CEO. But as part […]
The French rider edged Petronas SRT Yamaha’s Franco Morbidelli by just 0.021s at the end of the second practice session to claim top spot, as MotoGP world championship leader Fabio Quartararo on the factory Yamaha secured third place on the times. Fresh from signing a new KTM contract, Brad Binder grabbed fourth place in the […]
In Baku Charles Leclerc took his second consecutive pole of F1’s 2021 season, albeit helped by a late red flag which prevented others from attempting a second flying lap. In Sunday’s race, Leclerc was soon overtaken by title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen and then got into what he described as a “vicious circle’ […]
Perfect conditions for the start of FP3 meant several riders improved on their Friday lap times in the early stages of the session. Significantly inside the top 10, KTM’s Miguel Oliveira and his team-mate Brad Binder were big movers. Oliveira shot up from 14th to fifth in the opening moments with a 1m39.677s, improving to fourth […]
F1 is set to stage its first grand prix in Saudi Arabia on 3-5 December this year, serving as the penultimate round of the 2021 season ahead of the finale in Abu Dhabi. The planned track layout for the Jeddah track was revealed by F1 in March, which is set to be the longest and […]
No rider since Marc Marquez during his dominant 2014 season has scored five poles in a row, while no Yamaha rider since Jorge Lorenzo in 2010 achieved that feat before Quartararo ended that drought with a 1m38.853s in Q2 at Barcelona. Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro set the initial benchmark at 1m39.834s, though this was immediately bettered […]
With new tougher FIA pull-back tests not due to come into force until the French GP, the race in Baku was the last chance for outfits to get away with their more bendy rear wings. That prospect annoyed teams like Mercedes and McLaren, and the threat of a protest remained if outfits went too far […]