The Yamaha rider sits 23 points behind title rival Francesco Bagnaia heading into Sunday’s race, with the pair lining up fourth and eighth respectively. Quartararo must win the race to have any chance of clinching the title, while Bagnaia just needs to finish 14th. Marquez, who starts second, says Quartararo will be “aggressive” and that […]
Haas is currently weighing up its driver options for the second seat in 2023, with it believed to be a straight call between retaining Mick Schumacher or going for the more experienced Hulkenberg. The choice of Hulkenberg is intriguing because he and Magnussen, who is under contract for 2023, have had their moments of controversy […]
The session was red-flagged just over a minute in when VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi crashed at Turn 7 on an out-lap and his bike burst into flames. The scene was quickly cleared and the session resumed a few minutes later at 10am local time, with Miller leading the way at the chequered flag by […]
Over the United States Grand Prix weekend last month, it emerged that F1 was planning to launch its own all-female racing series as early as next year, serving as a potential feeder series into Formula 3 and Formula 2. It came just weeks after W Series was forced to call off the final three rounds […]
The VR46 Ducati rider was over a tenth clear of second-placed Jorge Martin for Prima Pramac in Friday’s second practice, with a 1m30.217s. Jack Miller rounded out an all-Ducati top three, with Marc Marquez in fourth for Honda. A dramatic FP2 saw several crashes inside the first 10 minutes, with Franco Morbidelli first to go […]
Just a fortnight after Mateschitz passed away, Red Bull has settled on how the company will be controlled going forward. It has been decided that strategic-operational responsibility at Red Bull will no longer be executed by a single CEO, as it did under Mateschitz, and will instead be divided among three people. In a letter […]
The Ducati rider leads reigning world champion Fabio Quartararo by 23 points coming into this weekend’s Valencia finale and simply needs to finish 14th or higher to win the title on Sunday. Both title rivals were line astern at the end of Friday’s running, with Quartararo eighth and Bagnaia 0.050s adrift in ninth at the […]
The Spaniard struggled to come to terms with the Ferrari F1-75 in the first part of the year and had to adjust his driving style to suit it. However, while his personal form has improved relative to team-mate Charles Leclerc, the car has latterly not been as consistently competitive as it was earlier in the […]
The six-time world champion, who finished Friday’s FP2 fourth-fastest, went down at Turn 2 in FP1 before crashing at Turn 1 in FP2. But Marquez put the crashes down to his willingness to take risks, and said he will do the same on Saturday for FP3 and qualifying even if it means a third crash. […]
However, the change was not as dramatic as in previous quarters because income in the latter part of 2021 was not impacted as dramatically by the pandemic, as last year race attendances began to return to normal levels and the lucrative Paddock Club got back up to speed. Overall F1 revenue rose from $668m in […]