Some opt to shut themselves away completely for a bit, so their mind is clear of all stresses and distractions. Others will kick a football about behind the garages to raise the heart rate and sharpen their responses. Pierre Gasly is often spotted playing a reaction test with his trainer; who drops tennis balls from […]
Motorsport history is full of iconic moves that raised questions at the time but ultimately proved to be major coups for a marque. Michael Schumacher’s switch to Ferrari in 1996 as the Italian brand’s Formula 1 title drought stood at 15 years and Lewis Hamilton’s switch to an inconsistently competitive Mercedes in 2013 – one […]
In 2021 F1 trialled sprint races at three grands prix to a mixed reception, the latest push by F1’s owners Liberty Media to find new ways of engaging fans and growing the sport. Efforts to improve the spectacle also include drastic new technical regulations for 2022 as well an ever-decreasing budget gap, awarding a point […]
Carter had been with the Grove team since May 2016. He was twice the most senior team member present at a track on a race weekend, first when acting team principal Simon Roberts was sidelined by COVID at the 2020 Turkish GP, and again when Capito tested positive prior to last year’s Saudi Arabian GP. […]
Former Formula 1 driver Tim Schenken presented the Formula 2 champion with the prestigious award at Albert Park, home of the Australia Grand Prix, this morning. Piastri is just the second driver to win the award twice, the other being Will Power, and the first to go back-to-back. The award is one of Motorsport Australia’s […]
The Swiss-based squad was one of the first to call time on any upgrades for last year’s challenger, as it instead decided to focus all its resources on preparing its 2022 design for the new regulations. But while it hopes that the work for this season will pay off, Vasseur has confessed that there were […]
The Milton Keynes-based squad, which has set up its own engine facility in the wake of Honda’s withdrawal from F1, announced a number of high-profile signings from Mercedes last year. In April, Hodgkinson was announced as the new technical director, but it was unclear when he would be able to join because he was firmly […]
The Ducati MotoGP rider has been back in his native Australia since early December, when he returned for a cameo in the Australian Superbike Championship. He was due to return to Europe ahead of next Friday’s pre-season launch, however those plans have been scuppered by Miller contracting COVID-19. In a video posted to social media […]
But despite a rollercoaster of a rookie F1 campaign in 2021, from the highs of a headline-grabbing first race in Bahrain to the lows of a run of crashes that risked his future, the Japanese star never shied away from owning up to the errors of his ways. Instead, Tsunoda admitted that a combination of […]
Bumps have been an ongoing issue at the Austin venue, leading to complaints from both Formula 1 drivers and MotoGP riders. When MotoGP returned to COTA last year after missing the previous season riders were quick to express their concerns, led by 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo who branded the circuit a “joke”. “It’s more or […]