The double F1 champion has chalked a hat-trick of podiums to kick off the new F1 season. This follows his switch from Alpine to in-form Aston Martin, who Max Verstappen reckons will win grands prix this year. Verstappen has also noted that Alonso should have more than his current tally of 32 F1 victories. This is a […]
MotoGP riders have raised numerous concerns about the COTA asphalt for a number of years, with various partial resurfacing jobs taking place in the wake of such criticisms. ANALYSIS: Why is COTA’s asphalt notoriously bad? After the surface was labelled “a joke” by 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo two years ago, and Formula 1 raised […]
Last year’s Americas GP poleman arrived in Austin feeling unwell and has been on antibiotics to fight the virus that has struck him down. Despite this, Martin ended Friday’s running at the Circuit of the Americas fastest of all with a 2m02.178s to edge ahead of reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia by 0.063 seconds. The […]
The Italian also says that it’s too early to make a judgement on how the year will unfold, and he expects to see stronger competition and “great surprises” before it ends. Some observers have suggested that fans attracted in the ‘Drive to Survive era’ during recent competitive seasons may not enjoy seeing one team dominating the […]
After Suzuki elected to quit MotoGP at the end of the 2022 season, five-time race winner Rins signed a two-year deal directly with Honda to join its satellite operation at LCR. With the start to 2023 proving woeful for Honda through injury woes for Marc Marquez and Joan Mir, and a general lack of competitiveness […]
The FIA launched an entry process in February that is still open and is scheduled to produce an outcome in June after all bids have been examined. At the moment, if accepted, a new entrant has to pay a $200m ‘anti-dilution fee’ that is shared between the 10 existing teams. Officially that number is meant […]
Sitting outside of the top 10 places needed to progress straight through to the pole shootout session in qualifying as FP2 drew to a close, Martin leaped up to top sport with a 2m02.178s. This put the 2022 Circuit of the Americas poleman 0.063 seconds clear of reigning world champion Bagnaia and LCR Honda’s Alex […]
Ferrari made the request after Sainz was docked five seconds following his collision with Fernando Alonso after the final grid restart in Melbourne. The contact between the two Spaniards was one of several incidents that occurred at the restart and which led to the third red flag of the race. Sainz received the penalty before […]
MotoGP’s return to Americas in Texas this weekend sees a VR46 rider in the lead of the championship for the first time, after Marco Bezzecchi took victory in the Argentina GP two weeks ago. A late tumble for the championship leader in the latter stages time attack left Bezzecchi down in 13th, as his team-mate […]
Piastri’s F1 debut was much anticipated after McLaren snatched the 2021 Formula 2 champion away from Alpine in last summer’s standout silly season saga. And the 21-year-old Australian hasn’t disappointed so far. Following a disjointed Bahrain weekend for McLaren, Piastri proved a match for Norris in Saudi Arabia and he also ran his more experienced […]