The Yamaha rider will take the penalty after crashing with Espargaro during the Dutch TT at Assen while trying to overtake his championship rival last time out. But the Aprilia rider, who sits second in the standings and just 21 points adrift, says riders lose “just eight tenths” taking the penalty at Silverstone compared with […]
Both seasons saw seven grands prix held during the April-June period, allowing for a useful comparison as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic fell away. The number of races is significant as F1 divides up its revenue across the year depending on how many events are held in each quarter. In the first part of […]
Following May’s Spanish Grand Prix, Suzuki sensationally informed its race team that it was pulling the plug on its MotoGP project at the end of the 2022 season. This put Mir and team-mate Alex Rins onto an already busy rider market, with the latter announcing a two-year deal with Honda to join LCR ahead of […]
There have been some stupendous performances over the years and, in this episode of Autosport’s “Short View Back to the Past” series, Chief Editor Kevin Turner picks out F1’s greatest qualifying laps. Please let us know in the comments about any laps we’ve missed and any other topics you’d like us to take on. Want […]
MotoGP’s return to Silverstone comes several weeks earlier than its traditional August bank holiday weekend slot, with sunny-but-windy conditions greeting the field. Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco set the early pace in the first MotoGP track action for five weeks following the summer break, the Frenchman going top with a 2m03.905s. Championship leader Fabio Quartararo […]
Over the Budapest race weekend, a video emerged on social media showing a fan at the track wearing what appeared to be an orange Verstappen shirt burning a black Mercedes cap. It came just weeks after a similar incident was filmed in a fan area at the Austrian Grand Prix, where abusive fan behaviour led to F1 […]
The Yamaha rider shares Monster Energy and Petronas sponsorship with seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton and joined the team for the French Grand Prix weekend at Paul Ricard in July. It was reported during that weekend that Quartararo would be completing a test with the team later this year, but he says it is “not […]
The AlphaTauri driver was left stranded in 19th on the grid after losing a lap that would have got him through to Q2. The offence took place at Turn 5, where officials were using CCTV for monitoring purposes. Sergio Perez also lost a lap time at the same corner in Q2, but a replay on […]
The Italian was involved in a road traffic accident in Ibiza following June’s Dutch Grand Prix. The Ducati rider had been out partying with friends to celebrate his Assen victory when he crashed a Citroen road car while over three times over the legal alcohol driving limit in Spain. Bagnaia was the only person involved […]
Verstappen scored his eighth victory of the season in Hungary last weekend to extend his advantage over Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in the drivers’ championship to 80 points. It came despite an engine issue in qualifying that forced Verstappen to start the race from 10th place on the grid, and a spin during the race that […]