The inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will take place in Jeddah later this year as part of a 10-year deal for the nation to stage an F1 race, with a view to moving to the new entertainment city of Qiddiya in the future. But the decision to hold a race in Saudi Arabia has led […]
Month: July 2021
Ferrari “needs to be realistic” about Hungary F1 win chance
Off the back of a recent run of encouraging races, including Leclerc finishing runner-up at the British GP, the Italian squad is upbeat about the progress it is making with its SF21. And heading to this weekend’s race at Budapest, the team is well aware of how strong it was at F1’s last high downforce […]
Saudi Arabia eyes early 2022 slot on F1 calendar
The inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will be the penultimate round this year, taking place on 5 December, one week before the finale in Abu Dhabi. But despite its positioning for its first event, the promoter of the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix and chairman of the Saudi Automobile and Motorcycle Federation, Prince Khalid Bin Sultan […]
Mercedes braced for ‘bruised’ Red Bull to fight back in Hungary
Mercedes ended Red Bull’s five-race win streak at the British Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton fought back from a 10-second time penalty to score his eighth home victory. Hamilton was penalised after clashing with Red Bull driver Verstappen on the opening lap at Copse, resulting in a 51G crash for the Dutchman. The weekend saw […]
F1 cannot rule out further Hamilton/Verstappen crashes
The collision between the drivers at the recent British Grand Prix has become a major talking point in F1, after Red Bull and Verstappen angrily hit out at their Mercedes rivals for what happened. And ahead of what is likely to be an intense Hungarian GP this weekend with the two drivers set to meet for the […]
People “forgot” who Marc Marquez was for a while, says Honda MotoGP boss
Marquez suffered a serious break to the humerus in his right arm in a crash in last July’s Spanish GP, which ultimately ruled him out for the entire 2020 campaign and required him to undergo three operations. The six-time world champion overcame his career threatening injury to return this year at the Portuguese GP and […]
“Not unrealistic” for Norris to target P3 in F1 championship
Norris has scored points in every single race so far this year and only failed to finish in the top five once, including podiums at Imola, Monaco and the Red Bull Ring. Fourth place at the British Grand Prix lifted Norris into third place in the standings above Red Bull’s Sergio Perez. He sits five […]
F1 teams warned over lobbying stewards after British GP controversy
One of the controversial aspects of last weekend’s British Grand Prix was the way in which both Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and Christian Horner lobbied the stewards as they looked into the crash involving Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen. Wolff had gone there on the advice of F1 race director Michael Masi in a bid […]
Vinales “suffered a lot” due to Quartararo’s speed in MotoGP
Quartararo has comfortably been the top rider within Yamaha’s own stable in 2021 having scored four wins from the first nine races and opening up a 34-point championship lead ahead of the summer break. Vinales failed to get close to the podium following his stunning Qatar GP win until the Dutch TT, where a bad […]
Ricciardo “past the point of frustration” with McLaren F1 struggles
The Australian has struggled to match teammate Lando Norris all season and has been trying to adjust his driving style to the requirements of the MCL35M. There have been consistent signs of progress, and at Silverstone he finished fifth, a place behind Norris. “It’s still definitely at times frustrating,” he said. “But I’m probably past… […]