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 […]
Norris has said several times in recent races that he believes Alpine has made heavy weather of the fight that his McLaren squad and its closest rival are having over fourth place in the F1 world constructors’ championship. The Briton reckons that considering the pace Alpine has shown with its A522 car this season, it […]
Espargaro is just 20 points back from championship leader Fabio Quartararo coming into this weekend’s Phillip Island round, with 75 points still on offer in 2022. The Aprilia rider hasn’t won since claiming his maiden MotoGP victory in Argentina at round three back in April, while his last podium came at Aragon three races ago. […]