Honda failed to win a race in 2020 for the first ever since it returned to the premier class full-time in 1982, and though Marc Marquez won three grands prix this year despite still recovering from a serious arm injury, the RC213V proved to be a problematic bike. All of its riders struggled with a […]
Lewis Hamilton may still be trailing in the 2021 Formula 1 world championship battle, but the Mercedes driver laid down the gauntlet to Max Verstappen and Red Bull with a second dominant victory on the trot in Qatar. After Verstappen’s victory in Mexico, Hamilton has come alive and with two races to go it’s still […]
The younger brother of double MotoGP winner Brad Binder will make his MotoGP debut next year aboard a year-old Yamaha with the new RNF Racing team, which has taken over from the departing Petronas Sepang Racing Team. Binder’s MotoGP step has come under fire in recent weeks when he was involved in a controversial incident […]
The inaugural Qatar Grand Prix proved to be a significant challenge for the Pirelli tyres due to a combination of high-speed corners and aggressive kerbs at the Losail International Circuit. During Sunday’s race, Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas, McLaren driver Lando Norris and both Williams cars of George Russell and Nicholas Latifi all suffered… Continue Reading on […]
McLaren driver Ricciardo had qualified a disappointing 14th on Saturday and any chance of recovering was compromised by his team telling him to be very conservative during the first half of the event. Later in the race he was given the go-ahead to run flat out again, but he had already dropped out contention and […]
Horner was summoned to the stewards after the race at Losail on Sunday to face allegations that he had breached the International Sporting Code and damaged the reputation of the FIA and its officials. The Red Bull boss received an official warning for his remarks, which he made before the race to Sky, blaming a ‘rogue […]
Hamilton led from lights-to-flag in Sunday’s Qatar Grand Prix to cut Red Bull rival Max Verstappen’s championship lead down to eight points with two races remaining this season. It marked Hamilton’s second straight win following his victory at Interlagos last Sunday, which came after he started the sprint race in last place following… Continue Reading […]
Valtteri Bottas, Lando Norris, George Russell and Nicholas Latifi all had similar looking failures during the race. Only Latifi was forced to retire immediately as his occurred just after the pit exit, although – after a stop – Bottas was eventually called back into the garage to retire due to the damage he’d sustained. With […]
Norris was forced to pit with eight laps remaining after his tyre “blew up”, ending the race as one of four drivers to sustain a puncture. Valtteri Bottas, George Russell and Nicholas Latifi were also forced to pit due to front-left punctures, but Norris was the only member of the quartet to score points, finishing […]
While analysis of Verstappen’s onboard footage from qualifying clearly showed that the Dutchman had passed a double waved yellow flag for Pierre Gasly’s stationary AlphaTauri before finishing his lap, the overall situation was not crystal clear because of the lack of other warnings. In particular, as Red Bull duly argued with the… Continue Reading on […]