The Briton was edged out by team-mate Nicholas Latifi for the first time at Interlagos, on a day when the duo struggled for form and were both knocked out in Q1. Russell says the lack of speed from the car was of greater concern to him than Latifi having done a better job, the Canadian […]
Despite the cool track conditions greeting the riders for the start of FP3, lap time gains were on offer in the first half of the 45-minute session. Honda’s Pol Espargaro set the early pace on the individual timesheet with a 1m31.908s, before brother Aleix on the Aprilia took over with a 1m31.544s that put him […]
The entire race weekend format has been shaken up to accommodate the new format, which will be used at three grands prix this season as an initial trial, with the first having taken place at the British GP in July and the second at the Italian GP in September. Lewis Hamilton went fastest in qualifying […]
Quartararo ended Friday’s running ahead of this weekend’s season finale at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit 11th overall after suffering a crash early in FP2 at Turn 2 which left him completely baffled. And when he re-joined the session he says he “couldn’t ride like [I have been able to] all the year. “I was lost, […]
Hamilton beat Red Bull driver Verstappen to pole position by four-tenths of a second in qualifying on Friday as the championship contenders locked out the front row of the grid for the sprint race. But Hamilton faces possible exclusion from the qualifying session after the DRS element of his rear wing failed the post-session checks […]
Bagnaia crashed out of last year’s European GP at the Ricardo Tormo circuit having qualified 17th, while he faded to 11th from eighth on the grid in the following Valencia GP. This followed a trend of poor form at the Spanish venue throughout the 2021 MotoGP championship runner-up’s grand prix career, with a broken collarbone […]
Hamilton topped qualifying at Interlagos on Friday afternoon, beating title rival Max Verstappen by four-tenths of a second at the end of Q3. But FIA technical delegate Jo Bauer found in his post-session checks that the DRS (drag reduction system) on Hamilton’s Mercedes W12 car was not in compliance with the rules. The gap between […]
After wet conditions curtailed the top lap times in the first practice session, dry weather saw Jack Miller claim the fastest time of the day on his factory Ducati, beating Honda’s Pol Espargaro by just 0.012s after the Spaniard suffered a late fall in FP2. Francesco Bagnaia grabbed third place on the sister factory Ducati […]
Hamilton spoke on Thursday about the difficulty of getting the set-up right on the Mercedes W12, and the anticipated challenge from title rival Max Verstappen and Red Bull at Interlagos. Hamilton slipped to 19 points behind Verstappen at the top of the drivers’ championship after suffering defeat in Mexico on Sunday, and will take a […]
On Thursday prior to the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix, Norris said he recently sent Rossi a “heartfelt” message ahead of the nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion’s retirement this weekend in Valencia. Norris revealed that he keeps in regular contact with Rossi – who is the McLaren’s driver’s personal hero – and explained that both have […]