Martin started from fifth on the grid at Le Mans but leaped up to second on the opening lap, before taking the lead from Francesco Bagnaia on the fourth tour. Immediately, the Pramac Ducati rider opened up a lead of eight tenths before taking the chequered flag 1.8s clear of the field. It marked his first […]
Of course, it’s the FIA’s F1 safety car driver Bernd Maylander. The 51-year-old from Waiblingen, in the southwest of Germany, has the ice-cold veins required to keep F1’s racers in check when things go off the rails. Maylander is in his 24th season of driving the safety car and has only missed a couple of […]
The Honda rider has been absent since fracturing his hand on the third lap of the Portuguese GP at the start of the season in March, but is back in action at Le Mans for the 1000th grand prix event. After progressing directly into Q2 on Friday, having spent the day testing Honda’s new Kalex-designed […]
P1 Fuels technology shot to attention at last year’s British Grand Prix when Vettel completed a demonstration run in Nigel Mansell’s championship-winning 1992 car using its own fossil-free fuel. At the time, Vettel said that one of the motivations for the run was to prove that it was possible to keep using internal combustion engines from both past and […]
Despite the landmark shift to the ground-effect design regulations for 2022, the MCL36 of last season was still blighted by the same mid-corner handling unpredictability as its 2021 predecessor. Lando Norris has since raised the same complaint with the current MCL60, while team boss Andrea Stella says the car is weakest in low-grip conditions and […]
Amid the backdrop of teams having started to unlock dramatic gains in downforce with the 2023 cars, Pirelli feels it makes sense to intervene and introduce stronger tyres in time for the Silverstone race in July. The move is not being made because of safety concerns, but more as a bid to guarantee no problems […]
Miller left it late to secure a clean sweep on Friday at Le Mans, putting in a 1m30.950s to lead Aprilia’s Espargaro by 0.119 seconds on his final lap of the session. Despite the threat of rain looming over a grey Le Mans, all riders were able to improve on their FP1 times as they […]
During the Miami GP Albon was heard to question the team’s requests to push harder, and on a different occasion, to manage his tyres. Although such responses appear uncharacteristic given Albon’s calm personality out of the car, Vowles says he’s happy to have such feedback from his driver. “I actually encourage it, I think it’s […]
The Honda rider made his long-awaited return to action on Friday at Le Mans following over a month on the sidelines due to injury. Marquez ended Friday eighth overall and secured a place directly into the Q2 qualifying session on Saturday morning. The eight-time world champion also tested Honda’s new Kalex-designed chassis for the first […]
Pirelli’s tyres have been on the cautious side in recent seasons, responding to the sport’s fastest generation of cars with more durable compounds that offer less grip but also don’t fall off a performance cliff like its early offerings did. But the Italian manufacturer’s safe approach has progressively hamstrung the teams’ ability to play with […]