Verstappen’s title rival Lewis Hamilton led a Mercedes 1-2 in first free practice, but the Dutchman bounced back to top FP2 later in the afternoon – setting the quickest time of the day at 1m17.301s. Mexico City Grand Prix FP1 results: Bottas fastest from Hamilton What happened in free practice 1? On a dirty and dusty track,… […]
The outgoing world champion has endured a difficult title defence in 2021 owing to the Suzuki’s lack of development compared to its rivals, with Mir scoring just five podiums so far. The recent races at COTA and the second Misano round were particularly difficult for Mir, who finished eighth in America and crashed out on […]
China was the first race to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic back in 2020, and it failed to make it back on to either last year’s or this year’s schedule. With international travel restrictions still quite tight as the country bids to keep control on the impact of COVID-19, F1 has decided to again […]
On Thursday Bagnaia said his target for the final two races following the end of his title hopes last time out at Misano was to have a proper on-track duel with Yamaha’s Quartararo. The pair topped both sessions on Friday in Portugal, with Quartararo edging ahead in both outings – the world champion ending the […]
The world champion had arrived in Mexico City well aware that Red Bull would likely have the edge, with its car and engine package having proved so good at the high-altitude venue in the past. Although Hamilton’s teammate Valtteri Bottas led the way in opening free practice, it appears that Mercedes’ tactic of running more […]
The factory Yamaha rider celebrated clinching the 2021 riders’ world title by topping both Friday practice sessions at Portimao – a circuit he won at back in April – edging Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia by 0.132s at the end of FP2. Jack Miller on the sister factory Ducati claimed third place in both Friday practice sessions, […]
The F1 world championship leader produced a 1m17.301s to top FP2 by an impressive 0.424s from Valtteri Bottas, who had been fastest in the first practice session, with Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton slotting into third place. That meant home hero Sergio Perez had to settle for fourth place in FP2, but did recover from a […]
Honda has endured a tough 2021 campaign despite the fact it has won three races courtesy of Marc Marquez – who is absent from this weekend’s Algarve GP due to a concussion – and scored its first 1-2 since 2017 last time out at Misano. In general, the 2021 Honda has suffered with a lack […]
Both Tsunoda and Stroll are taking a fourth internal combustion engine, turbocharger and MGU-H for the event from their respective engine manufacturers Honda and Mercedes. Tsunoda will also use a fourth MGU-K system, while Stroll will add a third suite of control electronics to his pool. With the engine limit at three per season, that… […]
Nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi will call time on his illustrious 26-season career at the conclusion of next week’s Valencia finale, but is likely to end his final MotoGP season without a podium. Rossi hasn’t won a grand prix since Assen in 2017 and his appearances on the rostrum have declined in recent […]