On Thursday, Perez stressed that he now feels he has an equal opportunity to succeed at Red Bull and is supported by the team. However, the Saudi Arabian GP winner added that before he arrived at Red Bull in 2021 “they were just going racing with two cars because they had to”. The clear implication […]
Threats of rain stayed away as the hour-long second practice at Rio Honda got underway, with 2022 Argentina GP winner Aleix Espargaro taking over from team-mate Maverick Vinales to head the field. A late surge of time attack laps as the field tried to bag a place in the top 10 to get directly into […]
Ricciardo had stepped away from a full-time race seat following the 2022 season, after he and McLaren agreed to part company in the wake of a frustrating two years. While the Australian had initially considered moving to another team, he ultimately felt a year helping out as Red Bull’s third driver would be a better […]
The Spaniard was flicked from his Tech3 GASGAS in the closing stages of FP2 at the Algarve International Circuit’s Turn 10 last Friday. He sickeningly hit a tyre barrier that was not protected by an air fence and suffered fractures to his jaw and back, as well as trauma to his lungs. Espargaro was airlifted […]
Gasly departed the Red Bull stable, swapping AlphaTauri for Alpine, to replace Aston Martin-bound Fernando Alonso as part of the 2022 driver market ‘silly season’. The 2021 Italian Grand Prix victor kicked off his Alpine tenure by qualifying last for the Bahrain opener after exceeding track limits but recovered to ninth in the race. He […]
Folger’s only MotoGP campaign was back in 2017, competing for Tech3 on Yamaha machinery, and highlighted by a second-place finish at his home round at the Sachsenring. But the German’s rookie premier class campaign was cut short by illness which was later diagnosed as Gilbert’s syndrome. Since then Folger has made sporadic outings in Moto2 […]
Mixed Melbourne weather and Formula 1 data systems trouble resulted in frustratingly truncated first practice running for the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, where Red Bull led the way but faced rare issues. Max Verstappen topped the times in FP1, the only fully dry session on Friday at Albert Park, but had off-track moments and a […]
As part of MotoGP’s introduction of sprint races to every grand prix in 2023, the entire weekend format has been adjusted. A key change has been made to Fridays, with both practice sessions now taking place after Moto2 and Moto3. Previously, MotoGP practices were sandwiched between Moto3 and Moto2. As a result, FP2 now takes […]
Verstappen was fastest in FP1 for Red Bull, despite a spin, and Alonso was quickest for Aston Martin in a rain-impacted FP2. Australian Grand Prix FP1 results: Verstappen fastest from Hamilton What happened in Australian GP Free Practice 1? Red Bull’s Sergio Perez set the early pace on medium tyres at 1m20.267s, until Verstappen beat […]
The Australian made a strong start to life with KTM last weekend in Portugal with fourth in the sprint and seventh in the grand prix, brushing aside what appeared like a difficult winter for the Austrian manufacturer. Miller is looking to become the first rider since Loris Capirossi to have won races for three different […]