Quartararo has scored just one podium after the first five rounds of the season and admitted during last weekend’s French Grand Prix that he was ‘not confident’ his Yamaha team understood how to fix its troubled bike. The Frenchman’s woes continued at Le Mans, with Quartararo crashing out of the sprint and finishing seventh in […]
Much of the focus around the RB19 has revolved around its top speed – and especially the way that its DRS delivers a straight-line advantage that rivals are nowhere near matching. There are numerous theories floating around about why the team’s DRS appears to be so effective – from it simply being a consequence of […]
This weekend’s French GP, which is the fifth round of the 2023 season, marks the 1000th grand prix event in the world championship’s history dating back to 1949. Le Mans is generally one of the better-attended events on the MotoGP calendar, with last year’s French GP welcoming 225,000 fans across the weekend. Ahead of Sunday’s […]
A temporary gantry that faced away from the grid was erected on the main straight where American rapper LL Cool J presented each driver to the fans ahead of the US national anthem. Meanwhile, Will.i.am led an orchestra that performed his and Lil Wayne’s new F1-inspired song ‘The Formula’, which was released on the Saturday […]
Bezzecchi dominated Sunday’s Le Mans race on MotoGP’s 1000th grand prix weekend after he grabbed the lead on lap 11 of 27 and took the chequered flag 4.2 seconds clear of the field. It marked his second grand prix victory of the season, and with championship leader Bagnaia being taken out in a racing incident with […]
The team endured another difficult weekend at the Miami Grand Prix as struggles in practice and qualifying were followed by more encouraging pace in the race. The team has admitted, however, that this rollercoaster of form that the W14 has demonstrated has left it unable to understand exactly what has gone wrong. PLUS: How Verstappen […]
Vinales and Bagnaia were battling over third place on the fifth lap of Sunday’s grand prix at Le Mans when the Aprilia rider threw his bike up the inside of Bagnaia at Turn 11. He ran wide and Bagnaia cut back to his inside, but as they changed direction for Turn 12 the pair collided […]
The Spaniard took his fourth third-place finish in five races at the Miami Grand Prix, as he admitted that there is now a hunger to start delivering better results. But rather than start setting unrealistic expectations for the battle ahead, Alonso said Aston Martin needed to accept that Red Bull remained a clear step ahead. However, he […]
The Honda rider qualified on the front row for his comeback weekend at Le Mans and briefly led Sunday’s grand prix. Marquez ultimately fought with Pramac’s Jorge Martin for second in the latter stages of the race, but crashed at Turn 6 on the penultimate tour while in the runner-up spot. It means Marquez has […]
Speaking exclusively to Autosport at a IWC Schaffhausen basketball event ahead of the Miami Grand Prix – which featured seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton and Hollywood movie stars James Marsden and Simu Liu – Coulthard said that the never-raced street track venue in Weehawken, New Jersey, could complete F1’s roster of US races. Coulthard drove […]