The former MotoGP rider, who competed in the premier class from 2012 to 2021 and won twice with Ducati, will contest the 2022 MotoAmerica Superbike season for the Warhorse Ducati squad. He made a stunning debut in the series at the Circuit of the Americas on the support bill to MotoGP, qualifying third and winning […]
The repainted former McLaren show car has been transformed as part of an art project called ‘Senna Now’. One side of the car is made up of three different iconic liveries from Senna’s F1 career – the black-and-gold of Lotus, the Rothmans Williams and Marlboro McLaren. The other side of the car has been given […]
The Australian has been part of Ducati’s stable since the 2018 campaign when he joined Pramac from Marc VDS Honda, and has been under a factory contract – first at Pramac, and then the factory squad – since 2019. PLUS: How ‘Beast’ mode is putting Ducati into 2022 MotoGP title contention During last week’s Americas […]
The Spaniard endured a torrid Melbourne weekend, as a problem getting his car started for his final qualifying lap left him without enough time to warm his tyres up properly and left him ninth on the grid. He then had to have his steering wheel replaced before the start, hit anti-stall off the grid and […]
Perez and team-mate Max Verstappen were both sidelined in the closing laps of the Bahrain Grand Prix last month by a fuel pump issue, costing the team P2 and P4. A separate fuel system problem emerged on Verstappen’s car with 20 laps to go in last Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, forcing him to retire and […]
The team realised after testing that it hadn’t made the expected step with the FW44, and then progress wasn’t helped by two heavy accidents in Saudi Arabia for Nicholas Latifi that led a huge effort to ready his car for Melbourne. Latifi was then involved with a collision with Lance Stroll in Q1 in Australia. […]
It’s the job of an aerodynamicist to ensure that the car they work on is as efficient and quick as possible, but what is a Senior Aerodynamicist and what do they do to help an F1 team? We spoke to McLaren’s Rebecca Wilson to find out. What is an Aerodynamicist? The main role of an […]
The pace has come despite the Maranello outfit not bringing any major developments to its F1-75 since the start of pre-season testing back in February. Team boss Mattia Binotto also made clear after the Australian Grand Prix that there would be no major update for a while, either, with the squad opting to hold back […]
The Argentina race winner went from qualifying on pole and scoring victory at Termas de Rio Hondo to qualifying 11th and finishing there in the Circuit of the Americas race the week after. Espargaro owned up to his crash in Q1 which hindered his weekend as he allowed traffic frustrations to boil over, but […]
McLaren started the season well off the pace in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, with both of its drivers Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo unable to get through to Q3. In Melbourne the team’s competitiveness improved as both drivers did qualify in the top 10, and then stayed there all race to score a big haul […]