With the Brackley-based squad feeling it is finally making some progress in unlocking the potential of the W13, the team has scheduled some development for the car for the next race at Silverstone. But while the smooth nature of the Northamptonshire track could be especially good for the team, its technical director Mike Elliott remains […]
Bagnaia’s championship hopes were dealt a small boost on Sunday at Assen when he stormed to victory from pole position, while points leader Fabio Quartararo crashed out and made contact with Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro early on. This allowed Bagnaia to reduce his points deficit to 66, after it stood at 91 ahead of Assen following […]
Although Gasly was under contract with AlphaTauri until the end of next year, news of Sergio Perez’s two-year deal at Red Bull led to questions about Gasly’s future, given his aspirations to return to the senior squad in the future. But AlphaTauri team principal Franz Tost stressed in Canada last weekend that Gasly was “100% […]
The Yamaha rider crashed on the fifth lap of the race at Assen while trying to overtake Aprilia’s Espargaro on the inside of Turn 5. Quartararo lost the front and slid into Espargaro, who was forced onto the gravel and lost over eight seconds as he re-joined in 15th. Points leader Quartararo also remounted, but […]
Like most teams, Alpine brought updates to the Spanish GP last month, including a high downforce rear wing, new front endplates and revised rear brake drum winglets. For the Azerbaijan round the team had revised sidepods and low drag front and rear wings, while for Montreal it had a more efficient beam wing. However, while some rivals have […]
Espargaro jumped Quartararo at the start when the Yamaha rider ran wide into Turn 2, with the former moving up to second. After a brief battle went the way of Espargaro through Turns 5 and 6, Quartararo spent the next three tours stalking the Aprilia rider before launching another attack into Turn 5 on lap […]
Stroll has generally been overshadowed by team-mate Sebastian Vettel over the course of 2022 thus far, especially in qualifying. Despite missing the first two races due to COVID, the German has made more appearances in Q3, and he only lost out to Stroll in Miami. Stroll meanwhile has logged three 10th-place finishes in Imola, Miami and his home race […]
Coming into the Assen weekend 91 points behind Quartararo after two successive DNFs, Bagnaia’s title hopes were boosted by an early crash for Quartararo that also forced Aleix Espargaro off track. Taking Ducati’s first Assen win since 2008, Bagnaia’s lights-to-flag victory from pole puts him 66 points behind Quartararo going into the summer break. Poleman […]
Four-time F1 world champion Vettel joined Aston Martin ahead of the 2021 season, but his existing deal expires at the end of the current campaign. Vettel has been in no rush to make a decision on his future, previously indicating he would look to make a call on whether or not to continue over the summer. Vettel’s […]
As first reported by Autosport earlier in the Dutch Grand Prix weekend, outgoing Suzuki rider Rins is nearing a deal with Honda to join LCR next season on factory machinery. This was coming at the expense of Marquez’s place at LCR, with team boss Lucio Cecchinello all but confirming on Friday at Assen that the […]