The three-time MotoGP race winner was wiped out by LCR Honda’s Takaaki Nakagami at the first corner of the Catalan GP and suffered a fracture to his left wrist. The Spaniard was cleared to ride this weekend at the Sachsenring and ended Friday’s practices a solid 11th on the combined times. However, he admitted he […]
In the wake of an especially brutal Baku race for a number of drivers – with Lewis Hamilton’s back pain highlighting the battering some are facing right now – intervention by the FIA in trying to eradicate the problem has added a fresh dimension to the debate. In a technical directive sent on Thursday to […]
The seven-time champion evaluated an experimental floor in Montreal’s first session on Friday. However, that was abandoned for second practice, when he and team-mate George Russell went completely separate ways with their set-up directions. But after telling his team over the team radio that the car was left “undrivable”, Hamilton later explained just how terrible […]
With the ever-present threat of rain, the first session was busier than usual with teams and drivers maximising track time. But the rain also stayed away throughout the second session, which featured both Ferrari and Red Bull quick on the low-fuel runs. The long-run race pace was good for the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, […]
Having topped the morning 45-minute practice, Ducati’s stranglehold in Germany continued into the afternoon when Bagnaia went fastest of all with a 1m20.018s to beat the absent Marc Marquez’s existing lap record. It only took five minutes for Friday morning’s best time of 1m21.479s to be beaten in the sweltering afternoon conditions at the Sachsenring. […]
Leclerc was forced to retire from last Sunday’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix while leading the race after a failure on his engine that Ferrari has since confirmed left it “beyond repair”. It was the latest reliability setback for Leclerc in a tricky period that also featured him retiring when leading in Spain due to a problem […]
The three-time MotoGP race winner fractured his wrist at the first corner of the Catalan GP when he was wiped out by Takaaki Nakagami in an incident that led many riders to question race direction’s operation. Rins was passed fit to ride on Thursday at the Sachsenring and ended Friday 11th overall despite suffering a […]
The Japanese driver has encountered a spate of engine problems over the opening phase of the season that left him on the verge of a penalty. But ahead of the Montreal race, his AlphaTauri team has elected to break his season’s limit and fit all-new Red Bull components for the weekend. Going over his limit […]
The 2022 Yamaha doesn’t perform well when grip is at a premium on tracks, with the reigning world champion admitting on Friday in Barcelona he was worried about his pace in low grip conditions before ultimately going on to win the race as the circuit improved over the rest of the weekend. Quartararo has gone […]
After more than a year of struggles at McLaren, where he has more often than not been in the shadow of Lando Norris, there finally appears to be a glimmer of hope that things are getting better. His improved pace in Baku put him in the window where McLaren had to intervene with team orders […]