The eight-time world champion has yet to see a chequered flag in a grand prix in 2023 and has scored just 15 points from the opening six rounds – though he did miss three with injury. Having crashed out of the Italian Grand Prix last weekend, Marquez admitted that the constant falls he was suffering […]
Photographs of the underside of Sergio Perez’s RB19 were widely distributed over the Monaco Grand Prix weekend after the Mexican driver crashed in qualifying. The shots revealed the level of complexity that Red Bull has put into its floor concept, and were of huge value to rival teams to help them try to catch up […]
The one-time grand prix winner crashed while cycling at Mugello last Thursday and “destroyed” his heel. Initial x-ray scans showed no fractures, though his foot did suffer from a lot of swelling. Undergoing an MRI on Monday after the Italian GP – in which he finished sixth – it was found he had in fact […]
The Australian stepped up to a McLaren race seat for 2023 after spending last year as Alpine reserve and test driver. With McLaren’s car not being as quick as the team had hoped, it has not been the smoothest of rookie campaigns for Piastri, but he feels he is making progress. And he has singled […]
“Well, I’ve never had this before,” says McLaren ambassador Kris. He is Autosport’s guide for an afternoon at the McLaren Technology Centre and just as he clears his throat to introduce the MP4/13 from 1998 in all its monochrome glory, Mika Hakkinen unexpectedly wanders into earshot. No pressure, then, to remember that the Finn standing […]
In fact, this year marks the 45th anniversary of the first race in Montreal, famously also the maiden victory of local hero Gilles Villeneuve. The circuit that was later renamed after the Ferrari legend has been a near-constant presence on the schedule ever since, apart from glitches for financial reasons in 1987 and 2009, and […]
He cautioned that teams should be wary of trying to replace experienced team members with cheaper personnel in order to stay within the cap. The cost cap excludes the salaries of each team’s top three employees – typically the team principal and technical director plus one other – and includes everyone else with a direct […]
The four-time world champion, who retired from F1 at the end of last season, has spent the early part of this year away from the spotlight and spending more time with his family. However, on Wednesday he announced that he would be back behind the wheel as he joins up with former Red Bull team-mate […]
Espargaro battled through a heel injury from a cycling accident at Mugello last weekend to qualify eighth and stay there for the sprint, before snatching sixth from KTM’s Jack Miller in the Italian Grand Prix. Ducati dominated the weekend at Mugello, with Francesco Bagnaia taking pole, sprint victory, grand prix win and fastest lap, while […]
While rivals outfits like Aston Martin have hailed the significance of a works partnership from the next rules cycles in 2026, McLaren thinks there are bigger influences on performance than the power unit. That is why, for McLaren boss Andrea Stella, the bigger effort right now needs to be on addressing the elements that have […]