Having dominated the opening practice at Assen on Friday morning, Bezzecchi carried that form into the hour-long afternoon session to lead Pramac’s Jorge Martin by 0.130 seconds. Bezzecchi’s FP1 time went unchallenged until he bettered it on the penultimate lap of his session. For the first half an hour, only reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia […]
When you’ve raced over a dozen different Formula 1 cars from Minardi to Ferrari, and enjoyed a lengthy GT racing career in the Prancing Horse’s machinery, choosing a favourite is going to be tough. Post-F1, Giancarlo Fisichella has notched up two class victories at the Le Mans 24 Hours with AF Corse, in 2012 and […]
Salom tragically died after an incident during practice for the Moto2 Catalan Grand Prix in 2016, aged just 24. The Spaniard was a former rival of Vinales’, the pair battling throughout the 2013 Moto3 campaign for the title – with the latter taking the crown as Salom ended up third. Both moved on to Moto2 […]
F1’s calendar ballooned to a record 24 races for 2024 with the addition of the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix in November. The return of Shanghai’s Chinese Grand Prix was then cancelled as a result of China’s on-going COVID-19 policy, while Imola’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was called off due to severe flooding, reducing the […]
As part of MotoGP’s format shake-up for 2023 to include sprint races, the combined order at the end of Friday’s two practice sessions decides which riders go straight to Q2 in qualifying and who has to go through Q1. The riders requested this to be altered from this year’s British Grand Prix in August, so […]
From the launch of the MCL60, new team principal Andrea Stella played down expectations and stressed the need to be “realistic” after off-season development targets were missed. A key update package was ushered in for round four in Azerbaijan, with the revised floor and rear wing said to mark the specification in which the car […]
The Honda rider suffered a bruising weekend at the German GP in which he crashed five times, the last one leaving him with multiple fractures and ruling him out of the grand prix. He elected to race this weekend at Assen but has altered his approach to reduce risk, given how bad the Honda is […]
Team principal James Vowles made the call to fast-track an update package that wasn’t originally intended for Montreal, and the factory managed to produce enough new parts for Albon’s car. In addition, Albon was given a brand new Mercedes power unit in the search for an extra edge over the weekend. A brilliant strategy call […]
Acosta, who is 19 years old, made his Moto3 debut in 2021 with the Ajo KTM squad and scored a podium in his first race, before taking his maiden grand prix victory in the following Doha GP from pitlane. The young Spaniard won six grands prix on his way to the Moto3 title in his […]
The FIA recently opened the tender for the F1 tyre contract from 2025 to 2027, with an option for it to be extended by another year. Last week the selection process moved on to its second stage, as F1’s governing body completed its evaluation of applicants and selected approved bidders. It is understood that Pirelli […]