The Grove-based squad drafted in Vowles from Mercedes last winter in a bid to turn around several disappointing seasons and make the most of opportunities offered by the new era of F1. But his knowledge of the level of technology and sophistication that top teams operate at has exposed just how far behind Williams is […]
Drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have complained about lacking confidence with the rear axle of the W14. This is partly due to the cockpit being placed further forwards relative to previous years, but any resolution will have to wait for an all-new chassis to be constructed for next season. By way of a more […]
Leclerc, who has five grand prix victories to his name with the Prancing Horse, was present at the Circuit de la Sarthe as Ferrari scored its first overall win there since 1965. When asked by Eurosport if he’d like to race a Ferrari at Le Mans in future, he replied: “I mean, why not? I […]
MotoGP returned to action at the Italian Grand Prix after a three-week break, with Francesco Bagnaia delighting the home crowd with a perfect weekend. Having been wiped out of the French GP to register his third grand prix non-score of the year, Bagnaia bounced back emphatically with pole, sprint victory and a win in the […]
The Grand Tour presenter has found F1 hard to steer clear of this season after attending the Bahrain season opener, his first time at a track “in years”. On that occasion, he listed all the teams that he would have cause to support, but gave special mention to Alpine, a team that is based close […]
The Spaniard was sat behind Jack Miller, Luca Marini and Marc Marquez in the early stages of Sunday’s grand prix at Mugello. Coming into Turn 1, Marquez got out of shape on the brakes and came close to hitting all three riders as he ran wide into the corner. Explaining what happened, Marquez claimed he […]
After a reduced stint in Europe due to the cancelled Emilia Romagna GP at Imola, F1 takes its traditional venture to Canada and the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with Red Bull on the cusp of recording its 100th F1 grand prix victory. The reigning F1 world champions have dominated the opening third of the season by winning […]
The 2021 world champion came into the Italian GP weekend carrying the set-up he used that year having found none of Yamaha’s 2023 developments worked in previous rounds. But this failed to transform his fortunes as he could only qualify 15th behind team-mate Franco Morbidelli and could manage only 10th in the sprint and 11th […]
McLaren announced ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix that Marshall, who is a former chief designer at Red Bull, will be joining it at the start of next year as technical director of engineering and design. His signing comes as part of a major recruitment drive that McLaren has unleashed to ensure it makes the […]
Sainz qualified second for his home race, but as has been the case in previous races, Ferrari’s comparatively poor race pace made him slide backwards, his Ferrari struggling with the bumpy and fast nature of the Barcelona circuit as it was outclassed by Mercedes on tyre management. After an early first pitstop, Sainz went from […]