Quartararo was trailing Miller in the closing stages of Q2 on Saturday evening when the Ducati rider had a massive moment at Turn 3 that wasn’t caught on the TV cameras. The Yamaha rider says it was much more aggressive than the big moment Miller had during FP2 on Friday, but the Australian still managed […]
Year: 2021
Mercedes hopes to find F1 gains from augmented reality push
The world champion team has revealed plans to work with new sponsor TeamViewer to explore what opportunities can be provided with AR technology. Global software company TeamViewer, which has just become Mercedes’ third biggest sponsor in its $300 million (USD) total portfolio, works with many industry partners in helping… Continue Reading on Autosport
MotoGP Doha Grand Prix – how to watch, start time, & more
MotoGP rookie Martin will start his second premier class race from pole position after lighting up the times in the final minutes of qualifying to produce a 1m53.106s to edge out team-mate Zarco. In a complete contrast of fortunes, nine-time world champion Valentino Rossi suffered the worst-ever qualifying of his premier class career and will […]
Red Bull won’t “burn” rough diamond Tsunoda in F1
The Japanese youngster marked himself out as a future star with a great showing at last weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. He set the second fastest time in Q1 and finished the race in ninth place, having pulled off a great overtaking move on Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll on the final lap. Tsunoda’s pace and the […]
Quartararo tops windy third practice
The wind had picked up considerably for the start of FP3, with a lot of dust being blown onto the Losail circuit which guaranteed there would be no combined time improvements. Tech3 KTM rider Iker Lecuona set the early pace in the session with a 1m58.073s, before Quartararo moved ahead on his Yamaha with a […]
Turbo-hybrid F1 engines: In defence of the 'quiet' beasts
Arguments over the halo have quietened down after some high-profile accidents, but Formula 1’s V6 turbo-hybrid engines still get some flak. The points of attack usually concern the sound (‘they’re too quiet’), the cost, or the argument that everything is going towards electric so what’s the point of keeping a formula that includes… Continue Reading […]
Rossi “not fast enough” ahead of Doha MotoGP qualifying
The Petronas SRT rider is set to face the first qualifying shootout session Saturday having ended Friday practice for the second Qatar round 14th. Rossi’s 1m54.112s lap was three tenths slower than his FP2 best from the first Qatar round, in which he managed to qualify fourth. But the nine-time grand prix world champion struggled […]
Hamilton warns Red Bull “could be ahead a lot more” in F1 2021 battle
Verstappen claimed pole for F1’s 2021 season opener by 0.388-seconds and showed race-winning pace after leading the early stages of the Bahrain Grand Prix. He ultimately lost out after Mercedes’ aggressive strategy got Hamilton ahead, and the world champion’s tyre management skills on a long final stint meant the Dutchman only… Continue Reading on Autosport
Binder responds to “sensitive” Rossi after aggressive MotoGP riding criticism
Rossi took aim at Binder on Thursday ahead of this weekend’s Doha GP, after the South African nudged the Petronas SRT rider slightly wide at Turn 1 late on in last week’s Qatar race. Binder came in for criticism as Rossi talked about how some of the grid – including the KTM rider – don’t […]
New Albert Park F1 layout will be five seconds faster
The Melbourne parklands circuit is currently undergoing a major overhaul with a number of geometric changes, expected to help promote overtaking, to be in place in time for this year’s race in November. The most visible change is the Turn 9/10 complex, with the heavy stop into a tight right-hander replaced by a fast-flowing run […]