Year: 2021

03 Apr 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

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03 Apr 2021

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 […]

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03 Apr 2021

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 […]

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03 Apr 2021

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 […]

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03 Apr 2021

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 […]

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03 Apr 2021

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 […]

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03 Apr 2021

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

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03 Apr 2021

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 […]

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