After a crash midway through first practice, Jack Miller fought back to top the second practice session for Ducati, leading a factory 1-2 for the Italian manufacturer ahead of team-mate Francesco Bagnaia. The Italian rider went within 0.035 seconds of top spot but had to abort his final flying lap after Pol Espargaro crashed late […]
The Haas driver spun off exiting Turn 4 on the safety car restart early into the Bahrain Grand Prix, moments after fellow rookie and team-mate Nikita Mazepin suffered a similar spin on the opening lap at Turn 3 which ended the Russian’s race. The spin dropped the 2020 Formula 2 champion off the back of […]
The Avintia Ducati rider has stepped up to MotoGP in 2021 having finished runner-up in the Moto2 standings last year, and races on the same grid as brother Rossi for the first time. Struggling with the change of grip in the race compared to the practice sessions, Marini ended up third out of the four […]
The Spaniard was eager not to take risks immediately after the start, as he didn’t want his Ferrari debut in the Bahrain Grand Prix to finish with an early crash. However, by taking it easy, he got shuffled down the pack too much and then had to spend much of the evening recovering before he […]
Drive to Survive, the hit Netflix documentary centred around Formula 1, has proven to be a breakout hit on the streaming service since it first premiered in 2019. The series has brought F1 to a wider mainstream audience, which has in turn boosted interest in the championship – which is projected to broadcast to 1 […]
The Japanese driver already had a debut point for 10th place in his pocket, but he showed that he already means business by stealing ninth place from Stroll at the start of the final lap. Tsunoda had been frustrated in qualifying, starting only 13th after struggling on the medium tyres in Q2, while his team […]
Miller ended Friday’s running fastest of all after posting a 1m53.387s in the second session, leading a Ducati 1-2 ahead of factory team-mate Francesco Bagnaia. Morbidelli topped FP1 after setting his best effort on a 16-lap-old rear tyre, and was 0.289s off Miller’s time in seventh on the combined order after FP2. Miller admits the […]
The changes to the floor, brake ducts and diffuser were originally aimed at cutting downforce by 10%, although indications suggest teams have already clawed back a not-insignificant amount of that. Of more intrigue in Bahrain was how the floor tweaks in particular had favoured some teams over others, with the low-rake concept cars in… Continue […]
Mir ended Friday “very pissed off” after missing a place in Q2, with suboptimal track conditions on Saturday in FP3 resigning the defending champion to running in Q1. The Suzuki rider managed to progress into Q2, but could only manage 10th and almost a second slower than poleman Francesco Bagnaia’s Ducati. Explaining his issues, Mir […]
Bottas finished a distant third behind winner Hamilton and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, opting to take a third pitstop near the end of the race to claim the point for the fastest lap. But any chance for Bottas to win the opening round of the 2021 F1 season was lost after he was passed for […]