MotoGP returns to Indonesia for the first time since 1997 this weekend at the newly built Mandalika street track on the island of Lombok. The series staged its final pre-season test at the venue, though that weekend was plagued by issues with the track which prompted a partial resurfacing of the circuit ahead of the […]
Williams has been competing at car racing’s pinnacle for more than four decades and 16 drivers have won world championship races with the team, which makes selecting the top 10 Williams F1 drivers a challenge. For this list we’ve taken into account the amount of success the drivers scored with Williams, the impact they had […]
The 2013 Moto3 world champion is a nine-time race winner in MotoGP, but has endured a wildly inconsistent career since switching from Suzuki to Yamaha in 2017. Though taking eight of his nine wins with Yamaha between 2017 and 2021, Vinales never came close to challenging for the title and his relationship with the marque […]
Red Bull and Ferrari came away from testing in the strongest shape, but neither team is convinced that Mercedes is truly in trouble despite Lewis Hamilton’s fears it may not be able to win a race at present. Everyone will start from zero in Bahrain, making it the perfect time to make some predictions ahead […]
Bastianini kicked off his sophomore MotoGP campaign and his first with the Gresini squad with a stunning maiden win in the premier class on his 2021-spec Ducati. PLUS: Why MotoGP’s newest winner can be a menace in the coming races The 2020 Moto2 world champion made waves in his rookie season last year with the […]
The wait is finally over. There are some laudable targets behind the changes to the Formula 1 aero regulations, described by many as the most significant since the banning of ground-effects ahead of the 1983 season. Primary among those are closing-up the field and improving the racing. The reduction in the impact of ‘dirty’ air […]
The reigning constructors’ world champions endured a complicated weekend at the Qatar Grand Prix, which began with the announcement that it would be switching to a hybrid 2021/2022-spec engine for Bagnaia and factory team-mate Jack Miller. This followed a winter testing phase in which the new 2022 Ducati engine proved to have an aggressive […]
While some of the changes seen have been quite dramatic, like the Mercedes sidepods, other modifications have been more subtle and offer us some insight in to how teams feel their 2022 cars are performing. Ferrari made a small change to its front wing arrangement between the first and second test, as it appears that […]
Although AMSP ace O’Ward was thrilled by his F1 test with McLaren in Abu Dhabi and the team was said to be impressed by his performance, it was announced last week that McLaren F1 has signed fellow IndyCar ace Colton Herta to its test program. O’Ward, although stating that he is firmly focused on IndyCar […]
Autosport Grand Prix Editor Alex Kalinauckas and F1 Reporter Luke Smith stayed out in Bahrain and will be back in the paddock this weekend. They’re joined by our latest recruit to the Autosport F1 team, Matt Kew. With time over the last few days to crunch the numbers, we discuss why Mercedes might genuinely be […]