Six-time MotoGP world champion Marquez swept top spot on both Friday practice sessions at Circuit of the Americas, edging Ducati’s Jack Miller in each session, with the Spaniard’s advantage narrowed to just 0.015s at the end of FP2 by the Australian. After struggling in the damp conditions in the morning session, MotoGP points leader Fabio […]
Aston Martin F1 driver Vettel has spoken frequently about his environmental interests this season, taking part in a number of events and becoming involved with various initiatives. In lockdown last year, Vettel completed an internship in bio-farming. He took part in an event to build a bee hotel at a school ahead of the Austrian […]
The wet weather of the morning session gave way to blazing sunshine for the second 45-minute outing of the weekend. Pramac’s Jorge Martin set the initial pace on his Ducati at a 2m07.650s, though this was immediately bettered by Yamaha’s Fabio Quartararo. The championship leader’s 2m07.529s didn’t keep him top of the pile for long, […]
Gasly had been as high as third fastest in practice on Friday at Sochi, but at the end of Q2 he was kept out on old intermediates while rivals changed to new tyres, and he failed to progress in 12th place. The Frenchman labelled the incident a “big mistake” that cost him a place in […]
Honda has endured a tough couple of seasons, with a difficult bike making results hard to come by – Marquez’s injury-forced absence last season leading to HRC’s first winless campaign in MotoGP ever since it returned full-time in 1982. Marquez broke that drought in Germany earlier this year, but that was largely down to the […]
Whitmarsh was recently announced as the Group CEO of the newly-created Aston Martin Performance Technologies entity. Since leaving McLaren in 2014, the 63-year-old has mainly been involved in the America’s Cup with Ben Ainslie Racing, latterly as chairman of BAR Technologies. He also briefly had a consultancy role with the FIA when the… Continue Reading […]
Razgatlioglu, who leads the WSBK standings over Jonathan Rea by 20 points ahead of this weekend’s Portimao round, was strongly linked with a potential move to the grand prix paddock earlier this year with his current employer Yamaha. The Turkish rider defied those expectations by signing a fresh two-year agreement to remain in WSBK with […]
“He used to disallow the use of caffeine within the team, and now it’s an open shop!” japed Ricciardo when asked about what had built the team’s confidence in recent weeks. But while the caffeine explanation is certainly wide of the mark, what isn’t is the influence Seidl has had in helping steer McLaren from the doldrums… Continue Reading on Autosport
Having not been used for F1 since 2011, Istanbul Park was resurfaced in 2020 as part of the preparations for the championship’s return last year – the venue being one of those added to the schedule in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the work was completed only a couple of weeks before last […]
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