Carlos Sainz finished second ahead of Red Bull pair Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen, who was unable to gain as much time on ageing rubber during the qualifying simulation efforts in the mid-part of FP2 compared to his team-mate. At the start of the second session of Friday afternoon, most cars headed out immediately on […]
Hotter conditions greeted the field for the second 45-minute session of the Mugello weekend, but this didn’t have an adverse effect on lap time improvements on the combined order. Aprilia’s Espargaro set the early pace with a 1m47.126s inside the opening five minutes, before Pramac’s Johann Zarco set the best lap of the day with […]
America’s biggest race has largely been won by homegrown talents, or at least competitors from the regular IndyCar series, but Formula 1 does have its place in Indy 500 history. In particular, an F1 invasion in the 1960s changed American single-seater racing forever. In this episode of “Short View Back to the Past”, Autosport chief […]
The first 45-minute session of the Mugello weekend got underway in perfect conditions, with Ducati test rider and wildcard Michele Pirro getting his head down in the early stages on his World Superbike-liveried GP22. Pirro – who has completed thousands of laps around Mugello in his role as test rider – set the early pace […]
Under new F1 race director Niels Wittich, a number of elements of the FIA’s International Sporting Code have been enforced more strictly in the early part of the 2022 season, including the articles surrounding the wearing of jewellery in the car. After an initial reminder was issued in Australia regarding the wearing of piercings or […]
Following the Spanish Grand Prix, Autosport revealed Suzuki would be leaving MotoGP at the end of the 2022 season, with the Japanese manufacturer confirming at Le Mans that it had entered into discussions with Dorna Sports about terminating its contract. With both Mir and Rins’ camps claiming at Le Mans that the pair were close […]
Ecclestone was about to board a private jet on a flight to Switzerland from Viracopos in Campinas when an unloaded 32-caliber LW Seecamp pistol was discovered during x-ray screening at the security gate at 9:30pm on Wednesday night. He was not carrying any ammunition. Ecclestone, 91, was arrested and detained at a Police facility at the […]
Although the deal has not yet been signed, Autosport understands that the intention of both parties is to sign it before the next round of the calendar in Barcelona next week. Everything is in place for RNF, the former Sepang Racing Team (SRT), headed by Razlan Razali, to stop racing Yamaha bikes after four years. […]
The possibility of the race dropping off the calendar has been discussed in recent weeks, and some sources suggest that teams have already been told that it is likely to happen in 2023. Monaco has survived over the decades with a generously low race hosting fee that was agreed in the Bernie Ecclestone era. Liberty […]
The eighth round of the 2022 season sees MotoGP head to Italy for the first of two races in the country this year, with the series returning in September to Misano. It also marks the first race at Mugello to be held with a full attendance allowed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reigning […]