Ongoing difficulties with engine supplier Honda in 2017 left it facing performance and reliability troubles, and it ended the campaign ninth in the standings for the second time in three years. Its transformation since then has been remarkable, and its shock 1-2 at this year’s Italian Grand Prix has helped it already deliver more points… […]
But how unlucky has he really been in 2021? At Istanbul Park Alonso excelled in qualifying and managed to start in fifth, but during a wet start he was spun around at Turn 1 by AlphaTauri‘s Pierre Gasly, who was sandwiched in between Alonso and Red Bull’s Sergio Perez. Trying to claw his way back, […]
MotoGP legend Rossi said during the Americas Grand Prix weekend that Rea not getting a full-time ride in MotoGP was “a great shame”, and feels he could still be fast in the premier class of grand prix racing. Rea contested two grands prix with Honda as Casey Stoner’s injury stand-in at Misano and Aragon in […]
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It’s hardly surprising for a recently retired three-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner to have “absolutely no regrets” when recalling their time in motorsport. Marcel Fassler’s top-level racing career spanned 20 years, contesting of the DTM in the first half of the 2000s before a switch to sportscars yielded a Spa 24 Hours-winning stint… Continue […]
Last year Binotto sat out Turkish and Bahrain Grands Prix to work from Ferrari‘s base as a test run for this season, when teams are forced combine a packed calendar with an intensive development programme for 2022’s all-new cars. Binotto also missed the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix due to illness, handing over the reins on […]
Following a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council on Friday, a draft schedule for next season was released. The calendar, which stretches from the season opener in Bahrain on 20 March and finishes with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 20 November, has been put together as the sport hopes for a more […]
After joining McLaren at the start of the season, Ricciardo accepted a wager with Brown over him scoring his first podium for the team. With memories still fresh of Ricciardo’s famous tattoo bet with his former Renault boss Cyril Abiteboul, Brown was eager to avoid any physical discomfort from needles so opted for a racing […]
Gerloff has been one of the breakout stars to have emerged from the MotoAmerica paddock in recent years and has been touted as a future MotoGP rider by many within the paddock. Having impressed Yamaha when he replaced Valentino Rossi for practice in Valencia last season, Gerloff made his race debut at Assen earlier this […]
Masi visited the regular MotoGP venue this summer immediately after the Hungarian GP, in company with F1 sporting director Steve Nielsen, while negotiations to hold a race were still under way. Although the track has an FIA Grade 1 licence for car racing and was used for a GP2 Asia event in 2009, Masi’s inspection […]