The TV presenter made the commitment on social media after Ocon qualified fourth and started third in Monaco, noting during the race: “Come on Alpine. I’ll buy you all a pint if you get a podium here.” The Frenchman duly finished third, and on Monday Clarkson arrived at the Enstone factory with a tractor and […]
Marquez lost the front-end of his Honda braking for Turn 1 late on in FP2 at the Sachsenring, with his errant bike slamming into the side of Zarco’s Pramac Ducati. Zarco’s bike was destroyed in the tangle but both riders were unscathed, while Marquez later blamed the Frenchman for the crash as he felt he […]
The team has so far been quite conservative with its developments of the AMR23, with many of its main rivals having unleashed major changes to their 2023 challengers. But just a fortnight after Fernando Alonso urged the team to step up its progress in a bid not to lose ground in the fight to be […]
Honda is in the midst of a dire period in MotoGP, with two of the last four years seeing the brand go winless in the premier class. While LCR’s Alex Rins was able to end its victory drought earlier in 2023 at the Americas GP, it has so far proven to be an outlier result […]
The team introduced a major upgrade package in Monaco, and while the full potential was not clear in the principality, the team had a strong weekend in Spain, with Hamilton and team-mate George Russell finishing second and third. Asked if he had confidence that the momentum would continue in Canada this weekend Hamilton made it […]
F1’s new financial rules have been hailed as a success at reining in spend by bigger teams since they were introduced in 2021, but problems have since emerged – including that teams are strictly limited on capital expenditure. This means some teams therefore find it difficult to upgrade equipment not given exemptions in the cost […]
Key was eased out of a similar role at McLaren earlier this year after a shake-up of technical responsibilities. He was soon hired by his former boss Andreas Seidl, who as CEO of Sauber Motorsport is responsible for preparing the Swiss organisation for the arrival of Audi in 2026. Key, who had a previous spell […]
Tyre-warming blankets were originally meant to be banned from next season onwards, until the rules were later amended so that they will remain – but with the option for the FIA to re-impose the ban after a final decision is made by the end of July. Mercedes driver Russell was one of four drivers to […]
The 2020 championship runner-up is facing an uncertain MotoGP future as his Yamaha contract comes to an end at the conclusion of this season, with his results since last year not matching those of when he was part of Petronas SRT. Morbidelli has repeatedly faced questions about his future in recent rounds, with the Italian […]
Red Bull announced this week that four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel has signed up to run alongside Daniel Ricciardo at a special event at the famous track in September. Vettel is due to run the 2011 RB7 car that he took to that year’s world championship, while Ricciardo will run in an RB8 from the […]