With drivers forced to use the hard (Q1), medium (Q2) and soft (Q3) compounds in the three sessions on Saturday, rather than having complete free choice, it could serve to shake things up in terms of the fight for grid positions. However, perhaps the biggest impact of the way the new tyre experiment works may […]
The Dutchman won from ninth on the grid, after losing out on a shot to set a qualifying time on Saturday after botching his first run, and was denied a further chance by Charles Leclerc’s late-session crash. He was equipped with the hard tyre on a contra-strategy to Perez, who began the race from pole […]
Having been absent since crashing on the third lap of the Portuguese GP with a hand injury, Honda rider Marquez was cleared to return this weekend at Le Mans for the series’ 1000th grand prix event. As the clock counted down to zero in the Q2 qualifying session, Marquez sat top of the timesheets by […]
While Formula 2 graduate Sargent has shown impressive speed he has also endured a series of mishaps in the early races, his learning curve made harder by a run of tricky street or temporary venues. He crashed in qualifying in Jeddah, collided with Nyck de Vries at the final restart in Australia, and then missed […]
Motorcycle grand prix racing’s 1000th event did not disappoint, as the 2023 MotoGP French Grand Prix at Le Mans delivered plenty of drama. Ducati enjoyed a stellar weekend in France, picking up victories in the sprint race and the grand prix courtesy of Jorge Martin and Marco Bezzecchi, while it locked out the podium in […]
Charles Leclerc is so far the only non-Red Bull driver to snare a pole position this season, with the Monegasque topping both Friday and Saturday sprint shootouts in Azerbaijan. He was also only 0.292s adrift of pole in the Bahrain opener before he retired with a power unit failure and then 0.155s short in Saudi […]
Marquez was trailing the VR46 duo of Marini and eventual winner Marco Bezzecchi on lap six of Sunday’s 27-lap grand prix at Le Mans. As Bezzecchi and Marini battled for position, the latter touched the kerb on the inside of Turn 4 and lost the front-end of his Ducati. Though he was able to keep […]
After completing a review of the leadership structure at McLaren, new team principal Stella has reappointed former sporting director Gil de Ferran as a non-executive consultant. This move has been partially prompted by the way the “regulatory framework has become more complicated”. Stella cited the introduction of the cost cap as a key contributing factor. He said: “The process […]
Martin won the sprint race at Le Mans and went on to finish second in the grand prix on Sunday to register his first main race podium of the season. It came after the Pramac Ducati rider locked horns with Marquez over runner-up spot on the podium, with the former winning out after the Honda […]
Having fallen further adrift of F1 2023’s dominant team Red Bull, Mercedes soon decided sticking to its unique floor and sidepod concept was a mistake. It started working on a significant revamp of its W14, which also tackles the front suspension and aims to make the car less “poisonous to drive” for Russell and seven-time world champion […]