The Scuderia has lost its highly-rated race director Laurent Mekies, who will join AlphaTauri as team principal. Meanwhile, head of vehicle concept David Sanchez has switched to McLaren. Team boss Vasseur has moved to hire Mercedes performance director Loic Serra. However, contract lengths mean he will not officially join until 2025. Vassuer has said further […]
In last Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix, just under five seconds covered the riders from eighth down to 13th, which featured grand prix winners in Fabio Quartararo, Aleix Espargaro, Enea Bastianini, Morbidelli and Marc Marquez, as well as multiple podium finisher Johann Zarco. But very little of this group was given any airtime during the live […]
His name might not have been well known to the public, but within the series he had earned a lot of respect thanks to his spell with the FIA under Jean Todt. The 52-year-old Austrian has a busy CV, having worked in a variety of sports before finding his way into motor racing. As such […]
Since he stepped up to the premier class in 2019 with Petronas SRT, Quartararo has been a constant in the battle for the podium for Yamaha, winning races every year through 2020 to 2022 and securing the title in 2021. But, since the second half of last season, results have started to dwindle for Quartararo […]
The Scuderia emerged as the nearest challenger to Red Bull at the start of the second ground-effects F1 era and finished 2022 as the championship runner-up. But it has now dropped behind Mercedes and Aston Martin to fourth in the 2023 constructors’ standings ahead of the second part of the campaign. Alongside this performance drop-off, […]
In a frantic final 15 minutes, pole position changed hands frequently as Ducati, Aprilia and KTM battled for top honours. A late 1m28.539s from reigning world champion Bagnaia moved him to top spot and allowed him to take his fifth pole of the season. Vinales was second from KTM’s Brad Binder to complete the front […]
And there are many good reasons why it has quickly become a must-see event for fans. Propelled by the success of local hero Max Verstappen, the event features a highly charged atmosphere, with every seat filled and music pumping through the speakers in between the racing action. Fans are looked after and kept entertained throughout […]
The LCR rider has been absent since badly breaking his right leg in a crash during the Italian Grand Prix sprint race. With recovery taking longer than expected, particularly due to the nerves in his foot, Rins’ comeback date remains up in the air as he continues to be replaced by Iker Lecuona. During his […]
A multinational business dealing in money transfers, MoneyGram became Haas’s title sponsor for the 2023 season and beyond on a multi-year deal. The deal emerged after the team had ended its deal with previous title sponsor Uralkali – a Russian chemicals giant owned by Dmitry Mazepin, father of former driver Nikita – ahead of the […]
Autosport has learned that Marc van der Straten’s team, which was negotiating with several candidates who had offered themselves as Arbolino’s replacement with a view to 2024, closed the deal last weekend at the Red Bull Ring with the current second-placed rider in Moto2. Aspar followed suit with Dixon. Arbolino is now in his third […]