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 […]
On Friday at the Valencia Grand Prix, MotoGP held a press conference to announce that 1982 500c world champion Uncini would be retiring from his role as official safety officer at the end of this season. His place will be taken by Bartolome Alfonso Ezpeleta, nephew to Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and formerly head […]
Mark Webber was one of Formula 1’s frontrunners during Red Bull’s purple patch, having impressed at Minardi, Jaguar and Williams. The Australian, who started 215 world championship grands prix, scored nine victories, 13 poles and 19 fastest laps before retiring from F1 at the end of 2013. He then went on to score success with […]
On Friday at the Valencia Grand Prix, MotoGP held a press conference to announce that 1982 500c world champion Uncini would be retiring from his role as official safety officer at the end of this season. His place will be taken by Bartolome Alfonso Ezpeleta, nephew to Dorna Sports CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta and formerly head […]
Red Bull’s breach of the cost cap limit in 2021 triggered a major controversy within F1 recently, with opinions divided in the paddock about how extreme the sanctions taken again it should be. In the end, the Milton Keynes-based outfit was handed a $7 million fine and had its aero development allowance cut back by […]
Quartararo comes into this weekend’s title decider in Valencia 23 points down on Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia and must win on Sunday to have any hope of retaining his world championship. The Frenchman has been lavished in praise by some of his rivals – including Bagnaia – for the job he has done in keeping the […]