Verstappen won the award following his 2021 F1 title triumph over former Laureus award winner Lewis Hamilton, who jointly won the 2020 edition of the awards with footballing great Lionel Messi. The Dutchman beat American football icon Tom Brady, Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, marathon running legend Eliud Kipchoge, swimmer Caeleb Dressel – […]
Mir led the 25-lap race early on, but was soon swallowed by eventual winner Fabio Quartararo and dropped to third late on as he battled with a lack of feeling on his medium front tyre. On lap 19 Miller lined up a pass on Mir into the first corner, but lost the front-end of […]
The seven-time world champion endured a hugely frustrating Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, as he was left a ‘sitting duck’ when he got trapped in a DRS train and ended up a lowly 13th. After the race, team boss Toto Wolff apologised to Hamilton over team radio for being given an “undriveable” car. Hamilton’s title chances […]
The Yamaha rider passed early leader Joan Mir on the fourth lap and romped to a crucial first win of a so far difficult season, having failed to win a race since Silverstone last year. Mir streaked away off the line from second on the grid to lead a race for the first time since […]
Alonso qualified sixth for Alpine on Friday in wet conditions, but struggled with tyre degradation in the sprint race, causing him to slip back to ninth place over the 21-lap event. It has left Alonso on the fifth row of the grid for Sunday’s main grand prix, which looks set to be hit by rain […]
The first 15-minute segment of qualifying started off with the best laps coming on wets before a crossover point materialised where slicks were the best option. And throughout Q2 the fight for pole was dictated by track evolution, with Pramac Ducati’s Zarco setting the pole lap on his final lap with a 1m42.003s. Qualifying started […]
The German manufacturer’s competitive struggles have hit a season low so far at Imola, with neither Lewis Hamilton or George Russell making it in to the top 10 in qualifying. The pair did not make much progress in the sprint race either, and are at risk of coming away from the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix […]
The drama started in Q1 when Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia crashed heavily while on slicks when the track was still too wet and needed to be taken to the medical centre for checks. He has been cleared on any fractures for now, but will go to hospital nearby for further examination. If he is cleared fit […]
McLaren got off to a disastrous start the 2009 season as Brawn GP seized the initiative with its double diffuser, and then Red Bull became a regular winner. It the first half of the season, Hamilton scored only a fourth, sixth and seventh place, and regularly finished outside the points. However, the Woking team worked hard […]
The three-time MotoGP race winner made his debut with LCR back in 2015 when he was signed to a three-year contract by Honda to come directly from Moto3, where he finished runner-up in the championship in 2014. After a difficult debut aboard the underpowered RC213V-RS open class bike, Miller moved to Marc VDS for the […]