McLaren driver Norris qualified a season-best third in Spain, but his hopes of a points finish were curtailed on the first lap when he clashed with Hamilton’s Mercedes at Turn 2 and had to pit at the end of the opening tour. Hamilton escaped without significant damage and went on to finish second. Speaking after […]
Having navigated his way through tricky conditions in Saturday’s sprint race at Mugello to win from pole, Bagnaia did the same with ease in Sunday’s full distance contest. Overtaken off the line by the KTM of Jack Miller, Bagnaia scythed past into Turn 2 to retake the lead and was never headed again across the […]
Mercedes persisted with its troubled 2022 car concept in the belief that dialling out porpoising would unlock its true potential on the new W14. But it turned up at Bahrain winter testing further behind Red Bull than it finished 2022, leading to a tough decision to change the concept of its floor, sidepods and suspension […]
The factory Ducati rider cruised to his third grand prix victory of the 2023 season in front of his home fans at Mugello, capping off an Italian GP weekend in which he also qualified on pole and won the sprint contest. This comes after Bagnaia was involved in more online criticism for comments he made […]
Mixed in with a poor showing from Charles Leclerc, a mixed race for Carlos Sainz, a dip in form from Aston Martin and even damage to Lando Norris’s McLaren car on the first lap, there’s plenty to talk about. Martyn Lee chats to Matt Kew at the track, and Jake Boxall-Legge on UK soil, to […]
Honda has endured a miserable 2023 season on its troubled bike, with a win from LCR’s Alex Rins in Austin and a sprint podium in Portugal for Marquez the only highlights. At Mugello, Joan Mir was forced to withdraw from the weekend after a crash in practice, while Rins has to have surgery on a […]
While the reigning F1 world champion didn’t have a completely trouble-free afternoon, it was still another near-perfect display from the Dutchman who moves 53 points clear of title rival and team-mate Sergio Perez, who recovered from another poor qualifying display to take fourth place. PLUS: Why Verstappen’s 2023 Spanish GP win wasn’t as simple as […]
Red Bull won four titles at the end of the V8 era in 2010-13 but lost out to Mercedes when the hybrid V6 power unit was introduced in 2014. The team finally won its first title under the current regulation with Max Verstappen in 2021, before adding a second drivers’ title – and the constructors’ […]
The feature documentary project was announced by Apple in March of last year. It will entail a film crew shadowing the seven-time world champion both in the F1 paddock and in his personal life. This and archive footage will be spliced alongside high-profile interviewees. While details thereafter are scarce, it is known that the behind-the-scenes […]
The car has regularly been fast over one lap, which was evident once again at the Spanish GP, where Carlos Sainz qualified second. However, the team continues to struggle in races, with the car behaving differently from stint to stint. In Barcelona, Sainz slipped down to fifth place at the flag, while from a pitlane […]