Gabarrini has been crew chief to the two riders to claim MotoGP world titles for Ducati, Stoner in 2007 and Francesco Bagnaia this year, while he also worked with Stoner at Honda when he took his second world title in 2011. Gabarrini, who returned to Ducati as Jorge Lorenzo’s crew chief in 2018, has worked […]
Ben Sulayem took over at the helm of motor racing’s governing body at the end of last year, just weeks after the controversial finish to the 2021 F1 world title battle in Abu Dhabi. Since then, the governing body has found itself in the firing line over a number of issues, including its report in […]
The Spanish rider, who returns to KTM with its rebranded Tech3 GasGas squad for the 2023 season, said it was “difficult to accept” the team’s decision to pause development on his bike ahead of his departure. Espargaro struggled this season, finishing 16th in the standings with a best finish of third at the season opener […]
The 2022 Australian GP drew what was a record crowd of the Melbourne era with a four-day attendance of 419,114. That eclipsed the previous four-day record of 401,000 set in 1996, the year the AGP moved from Adelaide to Melbourne. In response to the record, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation has announced that grandstand capacity […]
As part of its punishment for breaching last year’s cost cap, Red Bull was handed a $7 million dollar fine and a 10% reduction in windtunnel time as part of F1’s aerodynamic testing restrictions. The extra loss of windtunnel running will mean Red Bull is heavily compromised compared to Mercedes, which gets a lot of extra running as the result of finishing […]
Rao joined the FIA in June as its interim secretary general for motorsport, replacing Peter Bayer following his exit from the governing body. Rao previously worked at the FIA as its legal director between 2016 and 2018 before joining Mercedes, serving as general counsel and later as a special advisor to team principal Toto Wolff. […]
For the first time since the turbo hybrid rules were introduced in 2014, Mercedes failed to win either a drivers’ or constructors’ championship this year. But with F1 history books often showing that dominant teams can spend years in the doldrums once they are finally beaten, Mercedes knows that there is a risk this year’s dip in form may not be a […]
Three front runners emerge when Autosport asks two-time CART Indycar champion Gil de Ferran for his favourite team-mate, before the 2003 Indianapolis 500 winner selects a driver he spent but one season racing alongside back in 1990. Their careers might have gone in different directions, but de Ferran and David Coulthard have been firm friends […]
The recent bankruptcy of FTX in the wake of an $8 billion liquidity crunch sent panic through the crypto markets – which in turn has had an impact on F1 teams. Eight of the squads on the grid have sponsorship deals with crypto firms, with F1 itself having a major deal with exchange Crypto.com. FTX was a sponsor of the […]
Vettel retired from grand prix racing after the Yas Marina event last weekend, having decided to call time on his career so he can spend more time at home with his family. It also comes against the backdrop of him becoming an environmental campaigner, having done much to raise the profile of climate and social concerns over […]