The move that prevents a long-standing tradition of team staff waving their successful cars home at the end of grand prix will come into focus from this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park. It follows a situation last time out in Jeddah where team personnel from Red Bull and Aston Martin were spotted climbing […]
Last weekend’s Portuguese Grand Prix was the first ever sprint weekend for MotoGP, with a half-distance race taking place on Saturday to compliment Sunday’s traditional full-length contest. The addition of sprints has led to a change in the weekend format, with two practices taking place on Friday, qualifying on Saturday morning and the sprint later […]
As rivals try to get to the bottom of what Red Bull has done to produce such a dominant car as its 2023 challenger, there has been an increased focus on the gains coming from it having such a stable platform. While the car is producing good levels of downforce with brilliant efficiency, and a […]
Eight months have passed since the announcement of the introduction of sprint races for the 2023 MotoGP season. That time frame has given rise to countless debates and disagreements between some about the suitability of the formula that finally made its debut last weekend in Portugal. The evaluation of this first experience was most positive […]
Williams languished at the bottom of the 2022 championship and arrived at last month’s Bahrain pre-season test with caution, playing down any hopes it would be able to move up the grid after a winter spent in limbo. But in Bahrain the team’s lead driver Alex Albon grabbed a point after reaching Q2. While neither […]
Marquez was handed a double long lap penalty by the FIM stewards for triggering a crash that took both him and Oliveira out of the race, while he also clipped Jorge Martin which forced him off track and dropped him down the order. The original penalty stated it would be served at the Argentina GP, […]
Unreliability and damage for both Piastri and team-mate Lando Norris in the opening two races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have left McLaren bottom of the constructors’ championship and without a point. Despite this poor opening, 1996 F1 world title winner Hill reckons rookie Piastri will not need to worry about a bad run sapping […]
Rins joins Honda and LCR for 2023 after Suzuki elected to quit MotoGP at the end of the 2022 campaign, and finished his debut weekend with his new employers with a 13th in the sprint race and 10th in the grand prix. The five-time race winner says his biggest issue in the main race in […]
The Haas driver has made his comeback with Haas this season, having not raced full time since he was dropped by Renault at the end of 2019. He kept race-sharp, however, as reserve and test driver for the Racing Point/Aston Martin team over the past three years, taking part in four grands prix in that […]
Following a frantic start to the new MotoGP season and the debut of the sprint race, the series doesn’t miss a beat as it moves straight to Argentina for the second round this weekend. The MotoGP grid will be without four regular riders due to injuries from Portugal; with Pol Espargaro ruled out after his […]