A late flurry of time attack laps on fresh soft rubber at the end of the 45-minute session led to a total shake-up of the order, with Miller prevailing by 0.273 seconds as just 1.273s covered the top 21 of 22 riders. KTM’s Miguel Oliveira set the early benchmark pace with a 1m50.039s, which he […]
Albon was dropped by Red Bull at the end of 2020 after one-and-a-half seasons as Verstappen’s team-mate, with the team opting to bring in Sergio Perez as his replacement. Albon has worked as Red Bull’s reserve driver through this year, but will make a racing comeback in 2022 after being signed by Williams to replace […]
The biggest news coming into the Aragon weekend is Vinales’ debut with Aprilia following his exit from the factory Yamaha team last month. The nine-time MotoGP race winner – who completed a two-day test at Misano on the RS-GP prior to this weekend – was one of the first out on track and steadily chipped […]
The former Red Bull, Toro Rosso, Force India and HRT driver made five starts in his home Grand Prix in a career that spanned the 2005 to 2011 seasons. A driver whose F1 career is filled with ‘what-if’ stories, Liuzzi often found himself in the right place at the wrong time, but talks candidly about […]
Mercedes put an end to months of speculation by announcing on Tuesday that Russell would be joining its works F1 team next year, replacing Valtteri Bottas after spending three seasons with Williams. Russell has been a member of Mercedes’ young driver programme since 2017, and deputised for Hamilton at last year’s Sakhir Grand Prix… Continue […]
The Aragon circuit is the second anti-clockwise circuit MotoGP visits in 2021, with Marc Marquez having won at the first in Germany in June – the left-handed nature of the Sachsenring masking his physical limitations with his recovering right arm that he badly broke last year. Throughout his career Marquez has been a specialist on […]
Mazepin and Schumacher were involved in another incident that nearly led to a major collision between the two Haas cars in last weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix as they ran down the main straight on the second lap. The Russian driver moved across his team-mate’s line when Schumacher looked to pass and they clashed when the […]
The relationship between Vinales and Yamaha deteriorated dramatically across the 2021 campaign, with Vinales requesting his two-year deal be terminated at the end of the current campaign. The fallout worsened irreparably in the Styrian GP, when he was found to have deliberately tried to damage his bike’s engine – leading Yamaha to suspend him for […]
Mercedes endured some difficult spells when Hamilton and then team-mate Nico Rosberg raced alongside each other from 2013 to 2016. As well as having a difficult relationship behind the scenes, Mercedes found itself having to manage an increasingly fraught situation between the two drivers – especially as there were a number of collisions… Continue Reading […]
The factory Yamaha rider comes into this weekend’s Aragon GP holding a commanding 65-point lead in the championship after dominating the British GP at Silverstone for his fifth win of the season. Going forward into the final six races, Quartararo only needs to finish third in each of them to be guaranteed the title. But […]