F1’s teams are currently flat out working on the new rules era that comes in for next year. The aim of the radical ground effect cars is to try to allow cars to run much closer together in battle, which should have a benefit for making overtaking easier. PLUS: How F1’s upcoming rule changes are presenting headaches for […]
In fact, the push by F1 and the FIA to ensure that teams don’t overdevelop aero have led to concerns that the new regulations have restricted design freedoms too much. The fear is that with so many compliance boxes, and increased used of more standard parts, that all the 2022 cars will looks the same, […]
During the Jerez round of the World Superport 300 Championship last weekend, 15-year-old Dean Berta Vinales – cousin to Maverick Vinales – died in a multi-rider accident. He is the third teenager to die in an event at European and world championship level, following 14-year-old European Talent Cup racer Hugo Millan in July and Moto3’s […]
The Japanese youngster has had a rollercoaster season, having endured a number of highs and lows for the AlphaTauri team. After being hailed by Ross Brawn as F1’s best rookie for years following a strong debut in Bahrain, Tsunoda went through a painful period of unnecessary crashes that cast doubt over his future. His Red […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion has won at Austin every year except 2019, when he fell while leading convincingly, and holds the qualifying and race lap records for the Circuit of the Americas. Despite its anticlockwise nature, the physical nature of the COTA track – something worsened by the bumps that championship leader Fabio Quartararo […]
F1 is set to publish its 2022 schedule on 15 October, after the next meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council. Speaking this week, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali said that F1 was aiming for 23 races, which would be slotted in to a more compact timeframe than this season. While that means there will […]
The 2019 Circuit of the Americas winner made a lightning start from seventh on the grid to run fourth at the first corner, before scything into third later on the opening lap. But his charge for the podium didn’t last long as he quickly slid back, eventually finishing 11.098 seconds behind race winner Marc Marquez. […]
In fact, where once it would have been simply happy to get a single car into the top 10, its run of results since has left it with a healthy 23-point tally right now. Looking well clear of Haas and Alfa Romeo, Williams should feel pretty secure behind Aston Martin in the constructors’ championship barring […]
Espargaro and the Aprilia struggled more than most across the Circuit of the Americas’ vicious bumps, with the Spaniard left stranded in 19th on the grid after a crash in qualifying. The Aprilia rider’s woes continued into Sunday’s race and he only made it to lap nine of 20 before crashing out at Turn 13. That […]
The Frenchman endured a frustrating time in the Russian Grand Prix as he ended up lapped and in 14th, while teammate Fernando Alonso delivered a strong performance to finish eighth. Reflecting on what happened in Sochi, Ocon said it was especially confusing because he and Alonso had been running near identical setups. And, in a […]