Teams are allowed to use eight exhausts during the season before they face grid penalties, and Alpine has already gone through seven for Esteban Ocon and five for team-mate Fernando Alonso. No other team has used more than four in the first 11 grands prix of the planned 23-race season. Alpine’s executive director Marcin Budkowski has… Continue […]
Suzuki finally debuted its rear ride height device during last weekend’s Styrian GP, having been the only manufacturer on the grid without it this season. The device works in the same way as the holeshot start device, in that the rider can lower the rear of the bike exiting corners to gain better acceleration out […]
Sainz joined the Scuderia after a two-year spell at McLaren and, unlike other drivers changing teams this year, was up to speed nearly straight away. The Spaniard has scored two podium finishes, including second place at Monaco, and is now ahead of Leclerc in the standings pending the result of the appeal following Sebastian Vettel’s… […]
Martin is still recovering from a wrist injury he suffered in the heavy crash in Portugal which ruled him out for four races, but – much like he did in the Doha GP – he absorbed all the pressure mounted on him by reigning world champion Mir to claim a sensational first win for himself […]
Despite all he has achieved in his motor racing career, and especially amid what has been a stellar 2021 campaign, he is not one to let himself get carried away and believe that he is infallible. What this season has delivered though are opportunities and experiences to help Norris wipe away much of the personal negativity… Continue Reading on Autosport
Pedrosa crashed at Turn 3 on the third lap of Sunday’s race at the Red Bull Ring and his KTM was left stranded on the racing line. Aprilia’s Savadori was caught unsighted as he exited the corner and smashed into the KTM, launching him off his bike as both machines erupted in flames from the […]
The twisty Hungaroring circuit had expected to play perfectly to the strengths of Red Bull’s RB16B chassis. However, Mercedes turned the tables on its main title rival – with Lewis Hamilton grabbing pole position and then recovering from a wrong strategy call to finish third on the road. Mercedes did not have any immediate answers… Continue Reading on […]
Marquez made heavy contact with Aprilia’s Espargaro at Turn 1 on the opening lap of the red-flagged Styrian GP on Sunday, which left the latter utterly furious on track. In the second start, the pair made contact again at Turn 1, though on this occasion Marquez was forced into the side of the Aprilia rider […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had opened up a 32-point lead over Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton in the drivers’ championship by taking a clean sweep of the France-Austria triple-header but goes into the August break trailing by eight points after two incident-filled weekends. In Silverstone, Verstappen made a 51G smash at Copse after being… Continue Reading […]
Honda rider Marquez forced Espargaro off track with an aggressive lunge at Turn 1 on the original start to the race before it was red-flagged for a fiery crash between Espargaro’s Aprilia team-mate Lorenzo Savadori and KTM wildcard Dani Pedrosa. Espargaro expressed his anger with Marquez on their lap back to the pits under red […]