With many expecting the Grove-based outfit to be pegged to the back of the field after a low-key pre-season test in Bahrain, the squad has impressed greatly and made a good step forward since last season. Williams’ head of vehicle performance Dave Robson said much of the progress had come from work specifically addressing areas […]
Bezzecchi is the product of the VR46 Academy set up by nine-time grand prix motorcycle world champion Rossi in 2014 to nurture up-and-coming Italian talents. Making his MotoGP debut last year, Bezzecchi scored a maiden podium at Assen and a first pole in Thailand, and was touted as a dark horse for big results in […]
Red Bull was found guilty of breaking the cost cap limit in 2021, and the team was fined $7 million plus given a 10% reduction in aerodynamic testing for 12 months from October 2022. Despite that extra handicap being added to its position as world champions at the bottom of the aero testing sliding scale, […]
The new nose and front wing aim to increase downforce and also help give the team more options to balance the car. Alfa Romeo’s head of trackside engineering Xevi Pujolar said the downforce gains from the updates had wider benefits for the whole car. “We thought that front wing would bring back the car balance,” […]
The Spaniard was given a five-second penalty by the stewards for causing a collision with Fernando Alonso at the chaotic restart after the second red flag, which saw a string of incidents generate a third red flag. The penalty was awarded before the resumption for the single lap run to the chequered flag behind the […]
Valentino Rossi discovered speed by competing with everything that had wheels attached on the streets of Tavullia, playing with his friends, joking and always trying to win, with the competitiveness that has always been his trademark. As if in a game, a young Rossi arrived in the world championship in 1996, and he continued to […]
The race weekend occurred following a backdrop of controversy: FIA president Max Mosley had been exposed by a UK tabloid sting in the week leading up to the event, and some teams were calling on him to step down. On track, BMW’s Sauber era was blossoming, with Robert Kubica scoring his first career F1 pole […]
Dovizioso got his first taste of GT3 machinery at Hockenheim on 28-29 March, sharing an M4 GT3 with two-time DTM champion and factory BMW driver Marco Wittmann. Wittmann has already been signed by Project 1 to lead its assault on the DTM and the team has been looking for a second driver to complete its […]
Tsunoda finished 10th in the Australian Grand Prix after spending much of the race fighting McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. Through Albert Park’s fastest speed trap – at the second intermediate timing point – he was 17th fastest, logging 314.2 km/h compared to the 339.9 km/h of the fastest car, the Red Bull of Sergio Perez. Speaking […]
Bautista switched from MotoGP to World Superbikes from the 2019 season, which coincided with the first year of the production-based series’ three-race format per round – one full length race each on Saturday and Sunday plus a sprint race on Sunday morning. The Spaniard feels that the level of aggression in the sprint races needs […]