Yamaha announced on the Monday following the Dutch TT at Assen in June that it – upon request from Vinales – had agreed to part ways with the nine-time MotoGP race winner at the end of this season, one year earlier than his current contract was due to expire. Vinales joined Yamaha from Suzuki in […]
Bagnaia was part of the leading group which pitted on lap 25 of 28 of Sunday’s crazy Red Bull Ring race when the rain fell harder. The Ducati rider began the final lap 27.3s behind eventual winner Brad Binder – who’d stayed out on slicks – down in 10th, before putting in a lap 15s […]
Binder has emerged as the leading candidate to take one of the two vacant SRT Yamaha’s for next season, the younger brother of double MotoGP race winner Brad Binder set to be promoted directly from SRT’s Moto3 team. Analysis: The Moto3 rider set for the great leap to MotoGP in 2022 This comes after Maverick Vinales’ […]
Unlike the hyper-specific world of engineers, Garage Technicians are expert adapters, getting involved with a bit of everything to help the team run through a race weekend. This flexibility and diversity makes the role an interesting and varied one, and to find out more we spoke to Haas F1 Team’s Marek Smrek to see what […]
As rainfall intensified in the closing stages of last Sunday’s 28-lap Austrian GP, Binder was the only rider of the leading six to stay out on lap 25 as conditions worsened. This proved to be an inspired decision as he managed to keep his KTM upright to take a stunning victory on his team’s home […]
All-new car rules will be introduced in the sport in 2022, the goal being to have closer racing and increase overtaking through simpler aerodynamics revolving around ground effect. Although the DRS didn’t feature on the full-scale model of a 2022 car revealed last month at Silverstone, F1 bosses have decided to retain it at least […]
Rossi was one of a handful of riders, which included race winner Brad Binder, to stay out slicks for the wet final three laps of Sunday’s chaotic Austrian GP. The Petronas SRT rider looked on course to claim a shock 200th podium when he found himself in third, but was shuffled back to eighth in […]
The rookie burst onto the F1 scene winning over plenty of fans with his aggressive driving style in the opening races, highlighted by a series of impressive overtakes on his way to ninth on debut in Bahrain. However, in the races that followed the FIA Formula 2 graduate struggled, with his approach catching him out, […]
Vinales has been suspended by Yamaha for allegedly trying to deliberately blow up his bike’s engine during last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix. He has been withdrawn from the Austrian GP – though was at the circuit on Friday in Yamaha team gear – and is unlikely to race for the Japanese marque again, having already […]
With an RB16B car and engine combination that is much improved on last year, Red Bull has taken the fight to Mercedes and left the German manufacturer facing up to its biggest title threat since the start of the turbo hybrid era. But it’s not all been plain sailing for the energy drinks giant, as […]