The as yet unnamed film is being made by the team behind Top Gun: Maverick, with Lewis Hamilton serving as a producer and consultant. It is set to start production in the coming weeks from a base at Silverstone, with some of the action to be shot around real race events with the filming fitted […]
Month: April 2023
Bagnaia found “no reasons” for his race-ending Argentina MotoGP crash
Bagnaia was running in second in the latter stages of the wet Rio Hondo grand prix two weeks ago when he crashed at the penultimate corner. At the time, the world champion had no idea why he crashed and in the gap leading up to this weekend’s Americas GP, he admits he is still none […]
The Ferrari optimism over its “worst-ever” start to an F1 season
At this point last year, Charles Leclerc had two wins under his belt to lead Ferrari’s blossoming title challenge, its most credible since 2018. Twelve months on, he has only finished one race of three to call it the “worst-ever start of the season”. Meanwhile, a distant sixth in Saudi Arabia left team-mate Carlos Sainz […]
Oliveira cleared to race in Americas GP after Marquez Portugal MotoGP crash
The Portuguese rider was wiped out by Marquez on the third lap of the opening grand prix of 2023 last month and suffered tendon damage on his right side. Oliveira was forced to miss the Argentina GP to recover from his injuries and flew to Austin this week to undergo a medical check at the […]
Oliveira “cleared everything” with Marquez after Portugal MotoGP collision
Oliveira was wiped out by Marquez on the third lap of his home grand prix at the Algarve International Circuit last month, after the Honda rider made a mistake under braking for Turn 3. The Portuguese rider suffered tendon damage in the collision and elected to sit out the Argentina GP which took place the […]
The facts behind Hamilton’s F1 cockpit complaints
Mercedes has openly admitted that its 2023 W14 has failed to live up to expectations, prompting a course change on its development programme to recoup some of the performance that it had expected to make up on its rivals this season. However, it has become clear that the car also harbours some fundamental design flaws […]
Planned Kalex MotoGP chassis test did not take place, says Honda’s Bradl
Last month, Autosport reported that Honda was set to debut a new chassis from Kalex in a private test at Jerez which took place earlier this week. The new chassis was originally meant to make its debut at the post-race Spanish GP test at the end of April, but was then brought forward to the […]
Early F1 floor upgrade the first of “five or six” steps
The revised floor and diffuser package was used by Nyck de Vries from FP2 onwards in Melbourne, while Yuki Tsunoda had to revert to the original version after damaging his new parts in an off in FP1. Tsunoda’s switch inadvertently gave the Italian team an unplanned back-to-back comparison between the two specs over the full weekend, […]
Honda granted stay of execution on Marquez MotoGP penalty
Marquez collided with RNF Aprilia rider Oliveira on the third lap of the Portuguese GP last month. The FIM stewards issued Marquez a double long lap penalty to be served at the Argentina GP, though was later reissued to state the punishment would carry over to the next round the Honda rider would be present […]
Billionaire Lo looking at investment in new F1 team
Lo emerged last year as a potential investor in the sport, although initially he was coy on whether he wanted to join forces with an existing team or become involved in a new project. He now seems to prefer the route of joining forces with one of the potential new teams looking to join the […]