This is why every season there is some toing and froing between the competitors and the FIA in this endless battle for performance. The 2023 season has already shown two clear examples of ways teams have aggressively pursued ideas that some of their rivals may have presumed were banned. Mercedes and Ferrari both revealed some intriguing […]
The Spaniard retired from MotoGP at the end of the 2019 season, following a campaign truncated by injury, but he continued to be open to motorsport opportunities in the four-wheeled world. Last year, Lorenzo enjoyed a season in the Porsche Carrera Cup Italy, ending the year 14th in the drivers’ standings, while he also made a […]
De Vries has been snapped up by AlphaTauri for 2023 in the wake of an impressive F1 debut at last year’s Italian Grand Prix, where he scored points after standing in for the unwell Alex Albon at Williams. And Shovlin, speaking in a new book about the careers of Dutch drivers Max Verstappen and de Vries, does not […]
Launched officially on Thursday, the car is very different to the A522, with new rear suspension among the changes, many of which are intended to help with a weight-saving programme that has put the car under the minimum limit. The power unit department in Viry also focused on reliability over the winter after a series […]
Drivers and teams are charged a fee to participate in the world championship based on their results from the previous year, with a flat fee adding to a set amount per point scored. Due to the ever-increasing number of events and the introduction of sprint races there are more points on offer than ever before. […]
Norris told Autosport that former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo enjoyed a much smoother acclimatisation to the new breed of ground-effects machinery in the early part of 2022. The Briton added that he was forced to significantly change his driving style to adapt to last year’s MCL36 but brake cooling issues in Bahrain testing had severely limited […]
“I’m very demanding in everything that I do,” he said at the launch of Aston Martin’s new car, the AMR23, earlier this week. “I give my 100%, and expect the same of the people that I work with.” It’s an obsession for the best that has fuelled frustration in the past and even caused relationships […]
Last summer, Piastri was at the centre of a tug-of-love between McLaren and Alpine, for whom he served as reserve driver and was previously a member of its junior programme. After Fernando Alonso’s move to Aston Martin was announced, Piastri was initially named by Alpine as his replacement, but he quickly denied that was the […]
After a disappointing start to launch season for fans, as teams mostly elected to steer clear of showing off their proper cars, it was not until earlier this week that some real machinery was put on display. Aston Martin was among the first to pull the covers off a genuine 2023 challenger on Monday, with an unveiling […]
Reigning riders’ and constructors’ champions Ducati have become the reference in MotoGP in terms of bike design, with the Desmosedici’s stopping power and its engine grunt something rival marques have been trying to copy. Espargaro was sixth fastest overall in last weekend’s Sepang pre-season test, which was topped by Ducati riders across all three days, […]