The Italian has been associated with Yamaha since 2019, when he joined the Petronas SRT satellite squad having made his premier class debut in 2018 with Marc VDS Honda. It was announced on Wednesday that Morbidelli will make way for LCR Honda rider Rins next season, who will partner 2021 world champion Fabio Quartararo. Speaking […]
Earlier this year, motorsport’s governing body invited potential new teams to express their interest in joining the F1 grid from as early as 2025. The evaluation process of those applications is ongoing, with several teams, including Andretti-Cadillac, Hitech, Craig Pollock’s Formula Equal and LKY SUNZ going public with their ambitions. Other squads, including Rodin Carlin […]
On Wednesday prior to this weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Yamaha announced it was parting ways with Franco Morbidelli at the end of the 2023 season. This all but paved the way for Rins to join the Japanese marque from LCR Honda, with that move confirmed shortly after. Rins joined LCR Honda this year […]
Red Bull has utterly dominated so far with an unbeaten start to the 2023 season, but behind them the battle between Mercedes, Aston Martin, Ferrari and McLaren was tighter than ever. Alpine has also featured on the F1 podium this year amid a turbulent time within the team, and behind them Haas, Williams and Alfa Romeo looked to […]
On Friday afternoon Perez qualified third for the Spa-Francorchamps race, behind team-mate Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc. After Perez’s final qualifying lap team principal Christian Horner came on the radio to congratulate the Mexican, who replied: “Ah, you will talk to me now…” Horner replied: “I will talk to you. I said to you […]
For the first 10 rounds of the season, attention at AlphaTauri was biased towards full-time rookie Nyck de Vries and his struggles to step up to F1 as he drew criticism from Red Bull bosses Christian Horner and Helmut Marko. The FIA Formula 2 and Formula E champion was sacked after Silverstone to be replaced […]
The phenomenon that dominated the team’s 2022 season has largely disappeared with this year’s W14, helped by regulation tweaks over the winter. But both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell reported the problem at Spa, with the latter noting that he experienced a “huge amount”. Elliott says the team will have to determine whether it was […]
Between 2014-21 the Brackley team won the constructors’ title eight times and took seven drivers’ titles between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. Its form took a dive with the W13 under the new aerodynamic regulations last year, and it has only scored one win over the last two seasons. A series of updates has improved […]
Morbidelli has been associated with Yamaha since 2019, when he joined the Petronas SRT satellite squad in 2019 having made his premier class debut in 2018 with Marc VDS Honda. Having been resoundingly beaten by rookie team-mate Fabio Quartararo in 2019 on lesser machinery, Morbidelli bounced back in 2020 to win three grands prix and […]
It was the Belgian’s first running in an F1 car since he tested for Mercedes in Abu Dhabi at the end of 2021. The two-day session, which was also attended by McLaren, featured rainy conditions throughout and only wet and intermediate tyres were used. The poor weather meant that Pirelli didn’t conduct any running with […]