McLaren is currently working on a new wind tunnel in its Woking headquarters after years of using Toyota’s facility in Cologne, amid other upgrades to its McLaren Technology Centre. The need for a new state-of-the-art tunnel was one of the first issues team boss Andreas Seidl raised on his arrival in May 2019 as he […]
Maverick Vinales’ decision to quit the factory Yamaha team at the end of the current season back in June means Franco Morbidelli will almost certainly be promoted to replace him in 2022. With Valentino Rossi announcing his retirement from racing last week, SRT now must find two riders from a pool that has almost run […]
The Silverstone-based squad had a tricky start to the season with F1’s new floor rules, designed to cut downforce, especially hurting its low rake concept. But after spending some time battling near the back of the midfield, Aston Martin made good gains with its challenger as it set about an aggressive development push. Sebastian Vettel… […]
The French rider complained last Friday during a wet Styrian GP practice that conditions were a “nightmare” for him because he completely lacked confidence on his M1. A sudden thundery downpour left the Red Bull Ring sodden for the start of FP2 on Friday, though the track would dry out by the end of the […]
Only 67 percent of the entire capacity of the circuit at Zandvoort can be used, with the Dutch government announcing the limit for sporting events on Friday evening. After the Formula 1 return was postponed for a year in 2020 the organisation was hoping for a full house this time around, swapping the initial date of […]
On Thursday Yamaha dropped the bombshell that it had suspended Vinales and withdrawn him from this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix for allegedly trying to deliberately blow up his bike’s engine in last week’s Styrian GP. Vinales is unlikely to see out the 2021 season following this incident, having already requested his two-year deal be terminated […]
The British-Korean driver, who is currently recovering from injuries he sustained in a sportscar crash at Spa recently, is hoping to land a golden chance to step up to grand prix racing next year. Although he only has one race outing so far, when he was called up as a last-minute stand-in for George Russell […]
The arguments presented by Yamaha for suspending Maverick Vinales from MotoGP’s Austrian Grand Prix are so serious that it is hard to see him representing the Japanese marque again. Yamaha justified its drastic decision after verifying, through telemetry, that the Spaniard had deliberately malfunctioned his M1 during last Sunday’s Styrian GP – a circumstance that […]
Schumacher, who is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy, has had a challenging season trying to get to grips with the tricky Haas car. While he has shown maturity and to be very much a team player, the German has been involved in some incidents with teammate Nikita Mazepin and had a big practice […]
A week after team-mate Jorge Martin took his and the team’s first MotoGP victory in the Styrian GP, Zarco continued Pramac’s purple patch in Austria on Friday morning by going 0.798 seconds clear of the field with a new Red Bull Ring lap record. The paddock was rocked on Thursday at the news Yamaha had […]