The turbulent outcome of the relationship between Maverick Vinales and Yamaha, who has parted ways with the Spaniard with immediate effect following his suspension from the Austrian Grand Prix, has foreshadowed a series of bizarre chain of events. The divorce with Vinales has left a void in the factory Yamaha garage, which will be temporarily […]
But the Briton still has “no news” to announce regarding Mercedes’ decision on whether to promote him to its works team as a new team-mate to Lewis Hamilton in place of Valtteri Bottas, or keep him at Williams for a fourth successive season. Speculation continues to mount over the F1 futures of Russell and Bottas, […]
Honda rider Marc Marquez and his brother Alex Marquez were invited guests at Premier League side Manchester City ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Aside from the usual photo opportunity, Marquez revealed he was invited to a two-hour lunch by City manager Guardiola. Marquez says he was able to learn a lot […]
With F1 still analysing exactly what went wrong at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend as it failed to run any racing laps, there have been some comparisons with how the series managed to pull off events in the past in even worse conditions. One of the most difficult wet races was the 2007 Japanese […]
The factory Yamaha MotoGP rider was offered the opportunity by reigning F1 constructors’ world champions Mercedes to drive its simulator at its Brackley base on Wednesday ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Quartararo, Yamaha and Mercedes all share key sponsors in Monster Energy and Petronas, with energy drinks giant Monster paving the […]
The return of Zandvoort to the calendar for the first time since 1985 marks a home race for Max Verstappen. Perimeter roads by the seaside track have been lined with flags, overwhelmingly showing support of the Red Bull driver. Although there is no on-track action on Thursday, fans also queued up on the access roads […]
The Honda rider had been in control for much of the first session of the Silverstone weekend but brought FP1 to a premature end when he tucked the front of his RC213V on the entry to the fast Maggotts left-hander and his wrecked bike ended up in the middle of the track. Marquez walked away […]
Formula 1 was a very different place the last time the coastal resort of Zandvoort hosted a grand prix. Three-time world champion Niki Lauda was in the twilight of his career, doing battle with rising stars like Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna. Nelson Piquet was right in the middle of his illustrious F1 career, heading […]
The nine-time MotoGP race-winner was ousted from the factory Yamaha squad earlier this month following a suspension by the team after he deliberately tried to damage his bike in the Styrian Grand Prix. Vinales had already made the decision to quit Yamaha a year earlier than his current contract period was due to expire as […]
Hamilton faced booing and jeering from F1 title rival Verstappen’s fans at the Hungarian Grand Prix before the summer break following their controversial collision at Silverstone two weeks earlier. Hamilton brushed off the boos at the time, but is set to face a similarly hostile welcome to the Dutch Grand Prix this weekend as Verstappen… […]