Alfa Romeo driver Zhou qualified 13th on Saturday in Jeddah, only to drop all the way to the back of the field on the opening lap after anti-stall was triggered on his car following contact with Daniel Ricciardo at Turn 1. It left Zhou five seconds adrift of the pack in 20th place, and although […]
In the first event of the season in Bahrain, Alonso finished ninth, two places behind team mate Esteban Ocon, after a less than optimum race that was compromised by engine issues and his tyre strategy. Last weekend in Saudi Arabia the two Alpines battled for sixth place in the early stages, and while Ocon ultimately […]
The Red Bull Ring returned to the MotoGP calendar in 2016 and already came under fire for its safety, with a number of riders not happy with the proximity of barriers to the track and the lack of gravel in some areas. The latter was rectified for the following year, though the main problem area […]
In Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Red Bull’s world champion Max Verstappen and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc fought out a gripping battle, which culminated in the final 10 laps when Verstappen started attacking Leclerc for the lead. Realising the power of the DRS on Jeddah’s long city streets, Leclerc purposefully started easing off the throttle […]
“I am so happy the weekend is done. I am also just so happy that everyone is safe and I am just looking forward to getting out.” Lewis Hamilton spoke for much of the Formula 1 paddock last Sunday night after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as one of the series’ most turbulent weekends in […]
Following the missile strike on an Aramco oil facility less than 10 miles away from the circuit during opening practice for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, F1 held talks with all 20 drivers to assure them of their safety for the rest of the weekend. But following their usual pre-race briefing in Jeddah, the drivers […]
Westminster Coroner’s Court has heard that former FIA president Max Mosley died last May from “significant injuries consistent with a gunshot wound”. The 81-year-old, who presided over the FIA from October 1993 to October 2009, was found dead at his home in London on 23 May 2021. British media has reported that Westminster Coroner’s Court […]
Five cargo planes full of freight took off from the island of Lombok last Sunday following the Indonesian Grand Prix bound for Termas de Rio Hondo in Argentina for round three of the 2022 season. The planes stopped off at Mombasa in Kenya before continuing on to South America, with some of the freight arriving […]
F1 race director Niels Wittich told teams before the Bahrain GP that henceforth there will be no requests from race control telling drivers to give a place back for gaining an advantage by going off track. Instead it will be up to the team and driver to make their own call within a lap of […]
The Argentine GP will take place at Termas de Rio Hondo, which first featured on the calendar back in 2014, but has been absent since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. MotoGP had hoped to stage the Argentina race last year, but had to scrap it due to ongoing travel disruptions brought about by the […]