When you’re trying to go as fast as possible around a race track, the most important piece of the puzzle is almost always the driver. Sure, Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen wouldn’t be winning races every week if they didn’t have the best equipment, but there’s a reason they’ve ended up with the fastest cars […]
AlphaTauri finished seventh in last year’s constructors’ championship, but looks to be in contention to break into the top five in 2021 after showing impressive pace in Bahrain and Imola. Pierre Gasly qualified fifth for both races, and although the team only scored eight points across the two rounds, it appears to have a pace […]
Morbidelli remains on the ‘A-spec’ M1 for the 2021 season, which is effectively a slightly upgraded 2019 Yamaha, on which he rode to second in the championship last season and scored three of the Japanese marque’s seven victories. Yamaha has won all three races in 2021 so far courtesy of its factory duo Maverick Vinales […]
Following lengthy discussions about the idea of holding a trio of sprint race Saturday events this year, a framework of rules plus an extra financial package have been put in place between the teams and F1’s bosses. The matter still needs to go through the formal channels to be put in to the rules, with […]
The nature of modern Formula 1 is such that cars are designed by committee, which means it’s near-impossible to single out the efforts of one person for any resultant success. But if it’s too simplistic to lay credit at the feet of one individual, equally it would be fatuous to suggest that individuals can’t make […]
Julian Jakobi has been involved in managing drivers for over 30 years and has represented the interests of some of the biggest names. At one time he pulled off the incredible feat of looking after Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost at the same time, while more recently he achieved a coup by landing a Red […]
Latifi progressed to Q2 for the second time is his career at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after showing promising pace in practice, with Russell admitting his team-mate had the upper hand over the weekend. “Nicholas had the upper hand on me every single lap this whole weekend, I was just confused as to why,” […]
Brivio left his position running Suzuki’s MotoGP squad off the back of last year’s world championship victory to take up a senior F1 role with Alpine. The Italian serves as the racing director for Alpine, jointly running the outfit alongside executive director Marcin Budkowski following its restructuring of its management team. … Continue Reading on […]
Every form of motorsport comes with its own set of dangers, although few are quite as risky as motorcycle racing. Unlike in Formula 1 or IndyCar, riders in MotoGP are completely exposed on the race track, with no survival shell or halo to provide protection in the event of a crash. Nowhere was this more […]
Allison announced recently that he will move in to a new position as chief technical officer in July, with technology director Mike Elliott stepping up to replace him. While Allison has played an important role in helping Mercedes stay on top of F1 since he joined the outfit at the start of 2017, he has […]