The Middle Eastern country already hosts a grand prix at a street circuit in Jeddah, but that was always been viewed as an interim measure before its new state-of-the-art facility at Qiddiya near Riyadh in complete. It is currently projected for Qiddiya to be ready in 2026, and the original plan had been for Saudi Arabia’s F1 race to permanently shift there. However, Saudi Arabia’s […]
The topic was discussed at a safety commission meeting on Friday following several close calls with wildlife at the Australian circuit. Aleix Espargaro narrowly avoided a collision with a wallaby in the Free Practice 1, while the Cape Barren Geese that populate Phillip Island have caused issues across a number of categories so far this […]
The French 19-year-old, who currently lies second in the FIA Formula 2 points standings, will make his first appearance in Alfa Romeo’s C42 at the Circuit of the Americas after driving a 2019-spec Alfa in a private test at the Hungaroring last August. He will stand in for Valtteri Bottas at COTA, Zhou Guanyu’s debut […]
Turn 4, for the slowest point on the fast, flowing, layout, has long been colloquially known as Honda. However it has now been officially renamed to Miller Corner in celebration of the four-time MotoGP race winner. The new name was unveiled in a special ceremony ahead of MotoGP qualifying at Phillip Island today and the […]
After a long drought since its last constructors’ championship in 2013, Red Bull is set to secure this year’s title in the coming weeks, after Max Verstappen took his second successive drivers’ crown at Suzuka last weekend. It will be Red Bull’s first constructors’ title of the hybrid era. Horner paid tribute to chief technical […]
Quartararo comes into this weekend’s 18th round of the season just two points clear in the standings, after a disastrous wet Thailand GP – in which he battled with a high front tyre pressure – left him 17th. Phillip Island, which last featured on the calendar in 2019, has always proven to be a strong […]
Palou will take part in FP1 at the United States Grand Prix, taking over Daniel Ricciardo’s car for the 60 minute session at Circuit of the Americas, while O’Ward will drive Lando Norris’s car in opening practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. These outings follow the pair’s driver development tests in the MCL35M and […]
The six-time world champion’s return last month from a fourth major arm operation is as much about getting himself into shape for 2023 as it is helping to steer development of next year’s Honda. Trying several updates already since the Misano test, Marquez debuted a new aerodynamic package on Friday at Phillip Island which features […]
In Singapore, Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel finished sixth and eighth, propelling the team from ninth to seventh in the constructor’s championship, ahead of Haas and AlphaTauri. Then, during the rain-interrupted Japanese Grand Prix, Vettel put in a storming drive to sixth after winning a final-lap tussle with Fernando Alonso, edging the team closer to […]
Bagnaia begins this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix just two points behind Quartararo having overturned a 91-point deficit since June’s German Grand Prix. The Italian has only recently begun publicly to consider himself as a championship challenger but remains adamant that he will not change his approach in races right now. As a result, he admits […]