Bautista will contest the Sepang event on a factory-supported Desmosedici GP22 in the colours of Aruba.it, the title sponsor of the works Ducati WSBK outfit, on 10-12 November. It will mark the 38-year-old Spaniard’s first grand prix appearance since the end of the 2018 season, the year before he made the switch to Superbikes with […]
Car maker’s involvement in the management of motorsport programmes has been thrust into the spotlight by the ‘football manager’ style turnover of senior staff at the Alpine Formula 1 team. It doesn’t take an expert to realise that seven team principals across 10 years for the Enstone team is not conducive in creating stability to […]
Red Bull has won all 12 races before the summer break, making the prospect of the team winning every race in 2023 increasingly plausible. The most recent Belgian Grand Prix showed there is no end in sight yet for Red Bull’s dominance, with Max Verstappen finishing 32 seconds clear of the first non-Red Bull car […]
In a rare offering, Schumacher’s 2002 Australian Grand Prix-winning Ferrari F2001b will be available to purchase with Sotheby’s Sealed. Chassis 215 is one of very few F1 chassis to have never finished outside the podium positions during its competition career, presenting a remarkable opportunity to acquire an outstanding machine of the modern era. One of […]
While its race form hasn’t been able to match that due in essence to excessive tyre usage, that one-lap pace has been impressive and it has been sustained even in the context of a tight development race, with all teams regularly bringing new parts. Haas hasn’t always been able to keep up with its rivals […]
The younger brother of six-time series champion Marc first entered the MotoGP ranks in 2020 with Honda but it was at the British Grand Prix last weekend that he scored his first premier class victory, topping the sprint race. The result marked his first win since his title-winning Moto2 campaign in 2019 and followed three […]
Starting from sixth at Spa-Francorchamps, Verstappen took the lead from team-mate Sergio Perez on lap 17 and won the race at a canter, putting Perez 22 seconds behind, with Red Bull’s nearest challenger Charles Leclerc 32 seconds in arrears. While Red Bull has demolished the competition in 2023, its RB19 winning all 12 races so […]
After nine rounds of the 2023 MotoGP season, Honda’s haul of points in the constructors’ championship – in which only the leading rider from each brand contributes – is 89. Of that 89, 27 of those have been scored by LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami. Alex Rins has contributed the most at 47 and Marc Marquez the […]
From Red Bull‘s unprecedented pace to McLaren‘s mammoth gains, the convergence of sidepods across the grid and the importance of suspension in the venturi tunnel era, there’s been plenty of focus points from F1’s technical masterminds. Jon Noble talks to Matt Somerfield and Jake Boxall-Legge to discuss all these technical points and more. Continue Reading […]
The Italian, who graduated to the factory team from Gresini this season, missed the first five races of 2023 after suffering a broken shoulder blade in the Portuguese Grand Prix sprint race. Bastianini returned at Mugello, finishing ninth in the grand prix, with a best result of eighth next time out at Sachsenring. He failed […]