Mercedes escaped from Imola with its lead of both Formula 1 world championships still intact, but the team is under no illusions of the gap to Red Bull that remains. Lewis Hamilton scraped pole position for Mercedes on Saturday, aided by mistakes from both Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez behind. A rocket start by Verstappen […]
The reigning world champion made slight contact with the returning Marquez at the Turn 11 Portimao right-hander on the opening lap of Sunday’s race as he made a move for third. The pair came to blows again a lap later at Turn 3 when Marquez clipped the rear of Mir, though both stayed mounted. This […]
Formula 1’s second race at Imola in the space of six months offered a vastly different affair to the inaugural Emilia Romagna Grand Prix in November. A pre-race rain shower left some drivers and teams battling to make it to the grid at all, while the greasy track made mistakes all the most costly once […]
Bagnaia was set to start Sunday’s 25-lap Portimao race from pole after blitzing the lap record in qualifying, only for his effort to be cancelled for a yellow flag infringement, leaving him in 11th. It took Bagnaia four laps to move up from 11th at the start of the race, but eventually worked his way […]
Norris took his second F1 podium with McLaren after battling from seventh on the grid to third, holding off Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc behind F1’s leading duo Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. Norris benefited from Sergio Perez’ spin behind the safety car and McLaren team orders to release him past team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. But Norris… Continue […]
After a nine-month injury layoff, the six-time MotoGP world champion made his long-awaited return to action at the Algarve Circuit last weekend. Qualifying sixth and going on to finish a very respectable seventh, Marquez broke down in tears when he returned to his Honda garage after the chequered flag as his successful return put the […]
We speak to George Russell, the man who might become Lewis’s next team-mate… or Valtteri Bottas’s new team-mate! And we speak to Daniel Ricciardo, the man of the moment at McLaren. GP Racing editor Ben Anderson and columnist Mark Gallagher join Executive Editor Stuart Codling to debate what happens next with Lewis Hamilton. Both… Continue […]
Rins led the race in the early stages before eventual winner Fabio Quartararo came past at Turn 1 on the ninth of 25 laps. The pair ran line astern for the next 10 tours, lapping almost identically as they broke away from the chasing pack. But Rins’ hopes of a fourth MotoGP victory were dashed […]
The Williams driver was left furious with Bottas after believing that the Mercedes driver had deliberately squeezed him off the track as they battled for position at Imola and came together in a 200mph accident. In the wake of their incident, Russell angrily marched to Bottas’ car to let his feelings be known. He later […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion qualified sixth and finished seventh in his first race since suffering the right arm break in last year’s Spanish GP that would require three operations and rule him out of the 2020 season. Marquez broke down in tears when he returned to his Honda garage after the race, admitting he […]