Although Ricciardo had another year to run on his contract at McLaren, he and the team mutually reached a deal for them to part ways at the end of this season in the wake of disappointing results. While Ricciardo was rarely able to show his true potential at McLaren, having struggled to get on top […]
The eight-time F1 race winner will split with McLaren after this season, one year earlier than his initial contract with the Woking-based team after struggling for performance and the team’s car. Ricciardo, who is now a free agent for next year, is uncertain where he’ll race but remains confident he still has the fight to […]
After dominating F1’s turbo hybrid era since 2014, Mercedes has yet to win a race so far in 2022 after not having an easy time getting on top of its W13 car. It spent months trying to tame the extreme porpoising that was hampering progress for Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, but has recently enjoyed an uplift […]
Aprilia has enjoyed a breakthrough season in MotoGP in 2022 in which it earned its first victory in the modern era – which began back in 2002 – with Aleix Espargaro at the Argentine GP. Espargaro currently sits second in the MotoGP standings 32 points adrift of reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo after the first […]
After almost a full month off, F1 resumes after the summer break at Spa-Francorchamps which starts a run of nine races over the next three months to conclude the 2022 campaign. Max Verstappen’s F1 world drivers’ championship lead stands at 80 points following his victory at the Hungarian GP last time out, coupled with a […]
Never one to hold back on his true feelings, Steiner can sometimes be pretty brutal when it comes to speaking out about any errors that he, his team and especially his drivers have made in the heat of competition. It’s part of his personality and, far from a boring corporate boss who just spouts PR […]
After his demotion from Red Bull to Toro Rosso – now AlphaTauri – halfway through 2019, Gasly regained his confidence and started growing into the role of team leader in Faenza. But while he was hoping to have done enough to earn a second chance at Red Bull’s main team, Red Bull instead enlisted Sergio […]
The 2020 MotoGP world champion was thrown from his GSX-RR bike on the opening lap as the field descended into Turn 4, the Spaniard running slightly ride before the rear wheel came around and spat him into the air before landing hard in the gravel trap. X-rays performed at the track revealed a small fracture […]
The Chinese driver said it was “nice to see” the drivers holding common ground, including on controversial topics such as whether the Saudi Arabian GP should take place after a missile strike nearby. He also said he was heartened by the reaction to his massive Silverstone crash, with both F1 and his peers checking on […]
The Aprilia rider struggled all weekend at the Red Bull Ring and had to go through Q1 in qualifying for the first time since the Austin weekend at round four. Eventually qualifying ninth, a front holeshot device issue dropped him to 12th at the start before he ultimately ended the race in sixth. The result […]