In the wake of Grosjean’s fiery crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Mercedes offered the Frenchman a test as a final farewell to F1 – as it didn’t want his last experience in a car to have been his accident. The original plan was for the test to take place at the 2021 French […]
UK firm Apex Circuit Design has laid out the 3.36-mile anticlockwise circuit – which winds around the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens – with an expected lap time of 1m35s and an average speed of just under 135mph. It is expected to produce overtaking opportunities in at least three points around the 19-turn circuit, […]
Last weekend at the Grand Prix of the Americas, the MotoGP paddock saw a different Marc Marquez. He was more serious than usual, more thoughtful and subdued, with less spark. His brother Alex declared that “he had never seen him so low in morale”. Despite celebrating the possibility of returning to racing after missing the […]
As a result the company is set to rely on some Friday FP2 running later in the year in order to trial its prototype tyres for next season. The rules allow for 25 car days of dry and wet tyre testing, focussed on the development for the following season, which this year will be conducted […]
The Spaniard’s title defence last year proved difficult, as a lack of development on the GSX-RR meant he could do no better than third in the standings and failed to add to his victory tally. While Mir is yet to score a podium in 2022 while team-mate Alex Rins has two – including last weekend […]
Aston Martin is the only team not to have scored a point thus far in 2022, and it currently lies 10th in the World Championship, handicapped by a struggle to control porpoising. Between them Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll were involved in four accidents over the Australian GP weekend, with the damage further compromising development […]
Allan McNish has never enjoyed much success at Suzuka. Only ever entered in three races at the 3.608-mile circuit which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year, the Scotsman was withdrawn from the 2002 Japanese Grand Prix on medical advice following a 175mph qualifying crash and managed a best finish of third in his two prior […]
Ferrari has indicated that it will hold back on developments for its local race because of the added complication of it being a sprint weekend, with the restrictions on Friday practice running that entails. However Szafnauer says that his team is sticking to the traditional schedule of using the first European race to introduce new […]
In the first of our new A Short View Back to the Past series, Autosport Chief Editor Kevin Turner takes a look at how Enzo Ferrari’s team started its winning ways in grand prix racing. It’s the tale of how former racer Ferrari went from running the factory Alfa Romeo team before the Second World […]
For fans, the most obvious contrast has been the alternative green and red colours at the front of the field – but it’s been a different story for the F1 drivers themselves. For the out-and-out performance of the two safety cars was thrust into the spotlight at the Australian Grand Prix when drivers took aim […]