A controversial first corner incident involving Takaaki Nakagami wiped out Alex Rins, leaving the Suzuki rider with a fractured left wrist, and Francesco Bagnaia, putting a dent in his championship hopes. Reigning world champion Quartararo – who announced he’d re-signed with Yamaha for two more years last Thursday – took another step forward in his […]
Following two painful races for Ferrari and Charles Leclerc, losing from winning positions at both the Spanish and Monaco GPs, the Italian squad will look to strike back in Baku this weekend. Sergio Perez, who claimed his maiden Red Bull win at the Azerbaijan GP last year, celebrated his Monaco GP triumph by signing a […]
LCR Honda rider Nakagami came under fire from Rins after the pair came together during the Italian Grand Prix and the latter crashed out of the race. Then last Sunday at the Catalan GP, Nakagami crashed braking aggressively into Turn 1 having started 12th and wiped out both Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and Suzuki’s Rins. Rins […]
At the Spanish Grand Prix world champion Max Verstappen saw his final push lap in qualifying ruined by a malfunctioning DRS flap, which made him abort the lap. While Red Bull thought it had found a quick fix between qualifying and the race, the problem reared its head again on Sunday, hindering the Dutchman on […]
The LCR Honda rider crashed braking aggressively into the first corner having started 12th, wiping out both the Ducati and the Suzuki riders. Rins – who slammed MotoGP’s stewards for taking no action on the incident – was left with a left wrist fracture, while Nakagami was kept in hospital overnight having hit Bagnaia’s rear […]
F1 introduced a budget cap at the start of the 2021 season, initially limiting teams to spending $145 million per year. This figure dropped to $140m for 2022 and will fall by a further $5m next year, although talks are ongoing about the impact of inflation and increased freight costs. There are a number of […]
The reigning world champion grabbed the holeshot from third on the grid and led every lap of Sunday’s Barcelona race to score his second win of the season by 6.4 seconds. The Yamaha rider admitted after Friday’s practice at Barcelona that he was worried about his pace on the low-grip surface, and in general felt […]
After Magnussen left Haas at the end of 2020, the team set up what was dubbed a ‘Haas hub’ in Maranello at Ferrari’s headquarters, with more of the Italian team’s personnel moving over to the US squad to form a department headed up by technical director Simone Resta. The change has allowed Haas to forge […]
The 21-lap Moto3 race kicked off Sunday’s action at the Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya, with poleman Dennis Foggia getting the holeshot on his Leopard Honda. But the Italian’s race only lasted a handful of laps when the chain on his Honda broke as he entered Turn 10, forcing him into his second retirement in […]
Both Max Verstappen and team-mate Sergio Perez have been summoned to see the FIA race stewards for “allegedly failing to stay to the right of the yellow line at pit exit”. Verstappen had just pitted for slicks on lap 22 when he emerged in third place on the still damp track, pushing hard to stay ahead […]