Raikkonen clipped the front-right tyre of Mazepin’s car while pulling away from his pit box when drivers pitted for slicks ahead of the race restart in Hungary, with the damage forcing the Haas driver to retire from the race. The stewards quickly announced that they would be investigating the incident, and handed Raikkonen a 10-second […]
Martin stunned in the Doha GP when he claimed his maiden pole in MotoGP and added a second to his tally at the Red Bull Ring on Saturday, posting the first ever sub-1m23s lap of the circuit to claim top spot after a late effort for Quartararo was scrubbed for exceeding track limits. Having missed […]
Stroll ran into the side of Leclerc’s Ferrari in damp conditions at the opening corner after misjudging his braking point, leaving both cars with damage that forced them to retire. The collision sent Leclerc into the path of McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo, who was spun and left with bodywork damage that compromised the rest of his […]
The Spaniard already has one pole to his credit in MotoGP after topping qualifying at the Doha GP in April, but has only made six grand prix starts in 2021 owing to a four-race injury layoff. Ducati has won all but one race held in Austria since 2016, with it expected every year to be […]
The Frenchman has been part of Renault’s F1 programme since 1999, and early in his career worked as an engine engineer for a host of drivers including Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button. In 2009, Taffin stepped up to take overall control of Renault’s F1 activities and then from 2014, at the start of the current […]
Over the course of last Sunday’s 27-lap Styrian race, 12 riders – including Petronas SRT stand-in Crutchlow – were hit with track limits warnings by race direction, signalling they’d exceeded the bounds on three occasions. Five riders then received long lap penalties for exceeding track limits on five occasions. Compared to the previous Dutch TT, […]
Red Bull’s sister team has impressed in F1’s 2021 season with a fast car, which allowed Pierre Gasly to qualify on the front three rows eight times out of 11 races and grab a podium in Baku. Rookie Yuki Tsunoda also showed flashes of promise but has generally struggled to match his more experienced teammate […]
Quartararo admitted after the wet FP2 session in Austria on Friday that it was “a nightmare” for him as he had no rear grip in the conditions. Sunday’s Styrian GP is set to be weather-affected, with the Yamaha rider hoping for heavy rain as the bike is better in those conditions than if it is […]
While sometimes the upgrades were pretty obvious, at other races the changes seemed negligible. However, nothing new is ever introduced by an F1 team if there isn’t performance to be had – so it’s always important to explore every minute alteration. Autosport has already covered the changes that Red Bull has been implementing… Continue Reading on Autosport
Espargaro qualified on pole and narrowly missed the win in last year’s edition of the Styrian GP when he was a KTM rider, while in 2021 on the Honda he was only 16th and 31.150s off victory. The Honda rider says his race was compromised by a “desperate” strategy to unsuccessfully get out of Q1 […]