Quartararo inherited second in Sunday’s 20-lap grand prix at the Circuit of the Americas when race leader Francesco Bagnaia crashed out. For the first 12 laps of the main race, Quartararo fended off VR46 Ducati rider Marini but could do nothing to stop the Italian from outdragging him on the back straight on the 13th […]
The Spaniard has finished third in all three races held thus far in 2023, and he has helped to lift the Silverstone team to second place in the current championship standings. Krack acknowledged that the fact that the Aston Martin mechanics have sung Alonso’s name beneath the podium indicated the esteem in which he had […]
Rins capitalised on a second successive grand prix crash for Francesco Bagnaia to end Honda’s victory drought in MotoGP, while notching up LCR’s 100th podium. It also marked Rins’ second MotoGP win at the Circuit of The Americas. He took his maiden premier class victory there in 2019 after defeating Valentino Rossi in a memorable […]
After an uneven debut season that hinted at Zhou’s underlying promise, the Chinese driver was retained for a second season and immediately got off to a stronger start. While he was behind Bottas in Bahrain, Zhou qualified and finished ahead of the Finn in a difficult race for Alfa Romeo in Saudi Arabia. When both […]
Despite a woeful beginning to 2023 for Honda, LCR’s Alex Rins gave the Japanese marque some much-needed hope after claiming its first win since the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP last weekend in Texas. Rins is a Circuit of the Americas specialist and capitalised on yet another critical error for Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia. But that doesn’t […]
For 2022, F1 switched to a car concept based around exploiting the ground effect from the floor, with the aim of making it easier for drivers to race each other by reducing the turbulent wake. The regulations were also tightened to make it less likely that one team would steal a march on the opposition. […]
Rins ended Honda’s victory drought dating back to the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP last Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas, when he capitalised on a crash for early leader Francesco Bagnaia to score his sixth career win. The result marked his first win for Honda, LCR’s first since Argentina 2018 with Cal Crutchlow and […]
The seven-time world champion is in the last year of his current deal and is so far yet to announce a contract extension, despite saying a renewal would come as a formality over the recent off-season. Hamilton has long since stated his ongoing commitment to Mercedes, which first backed him when he was 13 years old […]
Honda had gone winless in MotoGP since the 2021 Emilia Romagna GP, while LCR has gone without victory since the 2018 Argentina GP. While times have continued to be tough for Honda in 2023, Rins built on a podium in the sprint race on Saturday to score his sixth career grand prix victory on Sunday […]
Bagnaia dominated the sprint race at the Circuit of the Americas on Saturday having taken pole with a new lap record, and was leading the grand prix on Sunday when he crashed at Turn 2 on lap eight of 20. It marked his second-successive grand prix crash, with Bagnaia throwing away 45 points in two […]