After losing his last full-time F1 drive with Renault at the end of the 2019 season, Hulkenberg took part in three events for the Aston team that was then known as Racing Point during the last campaign on the occasions when its regular drivers were unable to race after contracting COVID-19. Hulkenberg entered the two […]
Year: 2021
No change to Spielberg Turn 2 after horror MotoGP smash
Zarco and Morbidelli collided at 200mph through the Turn 2 kink at the Austrian venue in the first of two Red Bull Races last year, with their errant motorcycles narrowly missing Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales up at Turn 3. ANALYSIS: The difficulties in making the Red Bull Ring safer for MotoGP Zarco […]
Alpine won’t let Alonso and Ocon F1 rivalry get out of hand
Alonso’s return to F1 has teed up the thrilling prospect of a tough battle between the Spaniard and his young French team-mate Ocon, who is in the final season of a two-year contract at the outfit. With Alonso having a history of being ruthless in dealing with his team-mates in the past, Alpine is well […]
Wolff feels same 2013 ‘pump’ at Mercedes, clarifies Brown comments
Although Mercedes won the F1 season opener in Bahrain, the pace shown by Red Bull throughout the weekend points to the RB16B being the quickest car on the grid right now. But rather than Mercedes being downbeat about the task it now faces to close the gap to Red Bull, Wolff says the German manufacturer […]
F1 sprint race plan set for green light as teams agree financial deal
As previously reported by Autosport, F1’s desire to run Saturday sprint races at three grands prix this year had hit a snag with teams not happy about the extra costs involved. Beyond some teams wanting a bigger financial compensation from F1 chiefs for the extra money it would cost to add three more races, the […]
Verstappen and Hamilton in the league of their own
Verstappen and Mercedes rival Hamilton were engaged in a race-long battle for the win in F1’s season-opener, which was ultimately settled in the dying moments of the race. Verstappen caught Hamilton in the final stint and overtook him with four laps to go, but completed the move off-track and was forced to hand back the […]
Two quick drivers ‘key’ to F1 resurgence
After a rough patch, McLaren worked its way back up the grid under team boss Seidl and technical director James Key. Drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz proved to be a competitive pairing, ultimately handing McLaren third place in the 2020 championship. With Sainz leaving McLaren to join Ferrari, the Woking team moved quickly to […]
Sharing Doha MotoGP podium with Zarco a career highlight
The Yamaha rider stormed to victory in last Sunday’s Doha GP in Qatar ahead of Pramac’s Zarco, securing the first ever French 1-2 in the modern MotoGP era and the first in the premier class of grand prix racing since the 1954 French GP at Reims – when Pierre Monnerret won on a Gilera and […]
Sprint races are the way forward for Formula 1
His son Sebastian is now on the racing ladder in the Italian and German F4 series. Juan Pablo spends a lot of his time today thinking about the education of young drivers and how the sport needs to adapt to attract younger fans. He also believes that Esports plays a vital role in the future […]
Bagnaia slams “unacceptable” Doha MotoGP race mistake
Bagnaia made a shocking start from sixth on the grid after his holeshot device didn’t work, dropping down to 11th by the end of the first lap of last Sunday’s second Qatar outing. He was able to charge forward again back into the podium places by lap 13, but ran wide at the first corner […]