With team owner and mentor Valentino Rossi in attendance at the Red Bull Ring this weekend, Bezzecchi set a new lap record on the revised Spielberg layout to lead Friday’s second session by 0.044s. Bezzecchi did stop on track on the run down to Turn 4 at the end of the session having run out […]
Having been in championship contention during the first half of last season, Ferrari’s 2023 fortunes have not been as kind and the team has managed just three podium finishes this season. All three have been courtesy of Charles Leclerc as Sainz has not managed to stand among the top three finishers this season, as an […]
Espargaro is competing in his second grand prix weekend since returning from a lengthy spell on the sidelines with serious injury. Suffering multiple back and jaw fractures after an FP2 crash at the season-opener in Portugal, Espargaro was finally cleared to return at the British GP two weeks ago. The Tech3 rider finished Friday’s running […]
The sheer scale of the support for local hero Max Verstappen can be intimidating to overseas visitors of fans of other drivers, and Zandvoort is keen to avoid the sort of harassment issues that were reported in Austria last year. The Red Bull Ring issues prompted the F1 organisation and race promoters to clamp down […]
Honda introduced a new aero fairing onto Takaaki Nakagami’s LCR-run bike at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago, with the package resembling KTM and Ducati’s design philosophy. For this weekend’s Austrian GP, both Marquez and team-mate Joan Mir have the new kit, with the former spending Friday’s practice sessions running the old package… Continue […]
Last year, the glitzy Miami Grand Prix joined Austin’s Circuit of the Americas on the F1 calendar, benefitting from the increased global appeal of grand prix racing in the wake of its Netflix boom. This season, Las Vegas is aiming to top that with an extravagant event set around its iconic Strip, promoted by F1 […]
As has been the case since the British GP, the opening 45-minute session of the weekend does not count towards the qualifying groups for Saturday. Run under dry conditions, Zarco fired in a 1m29.838s after switching to a fresh medium rear tyre to end first practice 0.399 seconds clear of the field. He bested 2021 […]
Verstappen won his eighth consecutive race before the summer break at Spa, which extended Red Bull’s clean sweep of winning all of 2023’s 12 races so far, an all-time record. Red Bull has now bagged the past 13 grands prix, a record that would have extended to 23 had it not lost out to George […]
Alonso carries around a reputation for being a tough customer keen on expanding his influence within a team, which was mainly born from his stints at McLaren. The two-time world champion joined Aston from Alpine for 2023, eager to secure a multi-year deal with the Lawrence Stroll owned team. In an exclusive interview with Autosport, […]
Hulkenberg was signed for 2023 to replace the accident-prone Mick Schumacher, who scored points in his second season of F1 but also showed an alarming tendency to cost the team high repair bills. This followed a three-year spell where Hulkenberg was often called upon as a super-sub at Racing Point and Aston Martin, jumping into […]