Following Carlos Sainz’s Singapore GP triumph that ended the winning streak of Red Bull and Max Verstappen, the Dutch driver returns to the circuit where he clinched his 2022 world title. The entire F1 paddock expects Red Bull to bounce back to its dominant form at Suzuka after its Singapore slump, but Ferrari will aim […]
Red Bull was finally toppled in the 2023 Formula 1 season, as Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz brilliantly won this year’s Singapore Grand Prix. He did so with a clever and calm approach, which also boosted McLaren’s Lando Norris and thwarted Mercedes’ bid to scoop the victory with a late roll of the dice on strategy around […]
India is scheduled to host its first-ever MotoGP round this weekend at the Buddh International Circuit which was built to host Formula 1 races between 2011 and 2013, when it was dropped from the calendar. Concerns about track safety have been brought up in recent months, as the venue required an upgrade to extend the […]
The Red Bull driver knew that Sunday would be a struggle after he qualified only 11th on the grid, insisting afterwards that he could “forget” challenging for victory. In the race he could only climb to fifth after a strategy gamble that saw him start on the hard tyres failed to pay off, and a safety […]
Morbidelli, a member of Valentino Rossi’s VR46 Academy, will ride one of the satellite squad’s Desmosedici GP24s next season, replacing Honda-bound Johann Zarco. The Italian will partner Jorge Martin, who has a pre-existing contract to remain at Pramac. Pramac team boss Paolo Campinoti commented: “I am very happy that Franco is joining our family for… […]
For the Singapore weekend, the Woking team brought a raft of new parts which have been fitted only to Norris’s car, and there wasn’t time to prepare enough for Oscar Piastri. Revised sidepods are the biggest visible change, along with new front and rear wing endplates. Norris qualified fourth at the Marina Bay track, just […]
The eight-time MotoGP podium finisher spearheaded development of the KTM bike from the brand’s debut in 2017 through to 2020. Signed to join Honda for 2021, Espargaro struggled massively to replicate the form he enjoyed on the RC16, scoring just two podiums in as many years before electing to re-sign with KTM to return to […]
The Marina Bay track wasn’t expected to suit Williams but Albon had a solid race, and a stop for new tyres under the Virtual Safety Car – mirroring the strategy used by Mercedes – gave him extra pace in the latter stages of the race. Albon was in 10th and closing on Liam Lawson when […]
Having dominated the 2023 season so far by winning every race, Red Bull found itself unable to get one of its cars into Q3 for the first time since the 2018 Russian Grand Prix. While its pace was better in the race, it failed to finish on the podium. That surprise change of form came […]
The latter phases of the grand prix at Marina Bay kicked into life when Esteban Ocon’s stranded Alpine produced a virtual safety car, prompting the two Mercedes drivers to stop for a set of fresh medium tyres. As George Russell and Lewis Hamilton hacked away at the leaders’ advantage to bring themselves into winning contention, […]