And, with rival teams all pretty much having switched off their work on current cars to focus on 2022, McLaren is still eyeing further updates after the summer break. But the likelihood is that what appeared at the Hungaroring was probably the last ‘major’ upgrade for the team this season, with smaller tweaks to be […]
On Thursday, nine-time grand prix world champion Rossi announced he will retire from MotoGP at the end of the 2021 campaign after 26 seasons in the world championship. Much of the current grid grew up watching Rossi race and have regularly cited him as their idol and reference in MotoGP. Ahead of this weekend’s Styrian […]
Controls Engineers in Formula 1 are responsible for monitoring car performance, ensuring systems like the brakes, differential, clutch and more are all operating correctly. To find out more about what a Controls Engineer does, what qualifications you need, and how to become one, we spoke to David Sloan – Controls Engineer for Haas F1… Continue […]
Rossi made his grand prix motorcycle racing debut back in 1996 in the 125cc class, and since then has written himself into the history books as arguably the greatest of all time – both on two wheels and perhaps across all of motorsport. Winning 115 grands prix across the 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP classes, Rossi […]
Sainz recovered from a crash in qualifying to rise from 14th to sixth in the early stages of Sunday’s race following the crashes at Turn 1 and the subsequent red flag. As the Ferrari driver found himself struggling behind Yuki Tsunoda and cars behind started to pit for the undercut, the team gave him the […]
On Thursday ahead of the Styrian Grand Prix, Rossi announced the 2021 season – his 26th grand prix world championship campaign – would be his last having elected to retire at the end of the year. Over the summer break the possibility for Rossi to race with his own VR46 team on a Ducati in […]
In addition the team has requested a separate process, a right of review, and says that it has “discovered significant new evidence” that was not available on Sunday night. The right of review is likely to take place ahead of any appeal hearing as it is possible that the original decision could be changed. It […]
Spanning 26 seasons, Rossi is one of the most decorated competitors in world motorsport, the Italian winning a record-equalling seven premier class title and nine overall across MotoGP, 250cc and 125cc. From 414 starts, Rossi has taken 115 grand prix victories, with 89 of those coming in the premier class, while his total podium haul […]
Having begun the 2021 season as a regular contender for Q3, Ocon faced a challenging spell once the campaign got into full swing. His qualifying form peaked with a P5 on the grid in Spain, but he then failed to make it out of Q2 in Monaco, Azerbaijan and France. Things then got even worse, […]
Alfa Romeo was dealt a blow in its fight with Williams for P8 after an eventful wet-dry Hungarian Grand Prix, in which Williams driver Nicholas Latifi and George Russell not only got their first points of the season on the board but grabbed a 10-point haul to move firmly ahead of Alfa in the constructors’ championship. Latifi’s and… […]