Ricciardo looks set to leave McLaren at the end of the 2022 season as the team looks to agree terms to end his contract early, having swooped to sign Oscar Piastri to partner Lando Norris. It will bring to an end two difficult seasons for Ricciardo at McLaren, where despite scoring the team’s first victory […]
Already a three-time winner in MotoGP this year, Bastianini finally added a pole position in the premier class to his credit after beating Bagnaia by 0.024 seconds at the death of a tight qualifying. Having come through Q1 after an FP3 fall, Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro set the early pace with a 1m29.255s, before Jack Miller […]
The team founded by Jack Brabham won back-to-back drivers’ and constructors’ championships in 1966 and 1967, with Brabham himself and Denny Hulme delivering the goods, before adding further drivers titles courtesy of Nelson Piquet in 1981 and 1983 following the team’s sale to future F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone. With 35 victories split between nine drivers […]
First reported by Autosport on Friday and then officially confirmed by Dorna Sports and the FIM on Saturday at the Austrian Grand Prix, MotoGP will have sprint races at every round next season. The half-distance sprints will take place on Saturday of each weekend and will be a completely independent contest, without any bearing on […]
Norris made his F1 debut with McLaren in 2019 after rising through the single-seater ranks, but he sampled sportscar racing with an appearance at the Daytona 24 Hours in 2018 when he raced for the United Autosports LMP2 squad co-owned by his McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown . But Norris is now eager to give […]
The M1 lacks in power compared to the rest of the bikes on the current MotoGP grid, with the Red Bull Ring layout dependent on top speed for strong lap times – even with the new chicane installed at Turn 2 for this year. Quartararo had a strong Friday and was quick in FP3 on […]
The frequency of changes is always heightened around the introduction of a major regulation shift, such as the one we’ve just had for 2022, which often results in amendments throughout the course of the year and for the following season. The main changes for 2023 have centered on the floor of the cars, owing to […]
First reported by Autosport on Friday of the Austrian Grand Prix weekend and officially confirmed by MotoGP on Saturday, sprint races will take place at every event next year.These will be half-distance races with half-points on offer and will have no bearing on the starting grid for the main grand prix.Why is MotoGP running sprint […]
The BT3 was genesis, Brabham’s first Formula 1 car. But a delayed birth was compounded by unsteady first steps. After the team was supplied with the wrong exhaust, Ron Tauranac’s design wouldn’t replace the stopgap Lotus 24 as Jack Brabham’s steer until the 1962 German Grand Prix. Engine failure during practice at the Nurburgring forced […]
First revealed by Autosport on Friday, MotoGP officially announced on Saturday at the Austrian Grand Prix that from 2023 it will add sprint races to every round of the season. The proposal was initially met with mixed views from riders on Friday, with Espargaro one of those who felt it was wrong for the championship […]