Williams driver Russell collided with Bottas when trying to overtake for ninth place at high-speed during Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, resulting in a sizeable crash. The incident left debris strewn across the track and caused the race to be red-flagged, and sparked angry reactions from both Russell and Bottas, who blamed each… Continue Reading […]
Vinales plummeted from 12th on the grid to 20th on the opening lap and struggled lapping in the 1m41s bracket, before eventually dropping into more competitive mid-low 1m40s on – though this was still some way off the 1m39s race-winning team-mate Fabio Quartararo managed. The Qatar GP winner crossed the line 23.7s off the win […]
Following years of discussions about getting a race in Miami, F1 chiefs announced on Sunday that a 10-year deal had been signed for a grand prix to be held around the city’s famous Hard Rock Stadium. While no firm date has yet been set for the inaugural event in 2022, F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has […]
Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia posted a record-smashing lap time to initially claim pole in Saturday’s Q2 session at the Algarve circuit. However, his pole time was stripped from him after he was deemed to have set it while travelling through a yellow flag zone at the Craig Jones corner where KTM’s Miguel Oliveira had crashed. Bagnaia […]
Tsunoda crashed heavily at the exit of Variante Alta early in qualifying for the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix on Saturday, causing a red flag and bringing his session to an end. The Japanese driver was able to walk away from the crash unscathed, but his car was less fortunate after he spun rearwards into the […]
Vinales had two laps scrubbed in the latter stages of Q2 in Portugal, which looked set to allow him to fight for the front row. These laps were cancelled because he was deemed to have exceeded track limits, although footage of his transgressions show on both occasions it was marginal. For 2021, pressure sensors have […]
The reigning F1 world champion saw off both Red Bull drivers Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen to claim his first pole position of the season – the 30th different F1 track he has achieved the feat across his career – by a tiny margin of 0.035s from Perez. Hamilton admitted after qualifying that he hadn’t expect […]
The Suzuki rider and the returning Marquez both had to face the Q1 session in Portugal on Saturday afternoon, with the pair locked together on circuit on their first runs. Mir initially followed Marquez, but was forced into overtaking the Honda rider at the Craig Jones Turn 9 left-hander. This allowed Marquez to hook onto […]
It was announced last week that as of 1 July, Mercedes technical director Allison will hold a newly created position of chief technical officer, a change that some observers interpreted as a possible first step to the former Lotus and Ferrari engineer eventually being the overall head of the team. Wolff retains the team […]
The six-time MotoGP world champion hasn’t started a grand prix since last July’s season-opener at Jerez, and hasn’t seen a chequered flag since he won the 2019 Valencia GP. Coming through Q1 – courting some controversy from Joan Mir over his tactics – Marquez went on to qualify on the back of the second row […]