The Mercedes driver established Mission 44 in 2021 in the aftermath of the recent Black Lives Matter protests – a stand Hamilton brought to F1 to highlight its importance via the championship’s media platforms and event ceremonies. Mission 44 is aimed at improving education and opportunities overall for black students, as well as improving diversity […]
Espargaro trails championship leader Francesco Bagnaia by 27 points coming into the penultimate round of the year and needs to be at least fourth to keep his hopes alive if the Ducati rider is not on the podium. But the one-time race winner’s Friday at Sepang got off to a miserable start, as a clutch […]
The appearance of a crane on the circuit after Carlos Sainz’s first lap crash in the Japanese GP led to immediate calls from drivers to avoid a repeat in the future, with many of them citing Jules Bianchi’s awful crash in the 2014 event that tragically led to his death in July 2015. Since this […]
This weekend’s return to Sepang marks the first match point in the championship battle, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia able to wrap up the title as he comes to Malaysia 14 points clear in the standings. Bagnaia needs to outscore reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo by 11 points and ensure he only loses two points to […]
A new front wing will feature in Austin that not only has a revised design in the outboard section, where the flaps meet with the endplate, it also has some interesting flow diverters mounted between the two upper flaps. This appears to be an interesting take on the slot gap separators that the teams are […]
This weekend’s return to Sepang marks the first match point in the championship battle, with Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia able to wrap up the title as he comes to Malaysia 14 points clear in the standings. Bagnaia needs to outscore reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo by 11 points and ensure he only loses two points to […]
In effect, an ABA means that the team admits to breaking the rules with its 2021 spending, and accepts the punishment levied. If a team doesn’t agree to an ABA, the case will move to the next stage, which is an investigation by the Cost Cap Adjudication Panel. It is understood that team principal Christian […]
The reigning world champion trails Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points coming to Sepang this weekend, with the latter needing to outscore Quartararo by 11 points to wrap up the title with one round to spare. Quartararo comes off the back of three non-scores in four races having crashed out of last weekend’s Australian GP, […]
F1 is currently waiting to hear from the FIA about any potential action against Red Bull after the team was deemed to have breached the $145 million budget cap for the 2021 season. Red Bull has strongly denied that it exceeded the budget cap for last year, and is now in talks with the FIA […]
Having returned to MotoGP in 2015 after quitting due to financial pressures at the end of 2011, Suzuki will quit the series again at the end of the current season. Announcing this shock move back in May, the Japanese company – who will also end its factory involvement in endurance motorcycle racing – cited financial […]