Valentino Rossi’s outfit has been a presence in the MotoGP paddock for almost a decade, having started out in Moto3 in 2014 before expanding into Moto2 in 2017. In 2022, VR46 closed down its Moto2 and Moto3 teams to step up to MotoGP as a Ducati satellite squad, fielding Luca Marini and Marco Bezzecchi. Despite […]
A new one-year deal for Zhou and exercising a contract extension option for Bottas has left Sauber junior Pourchaire to stay put as reserve driver. Pourchaire won the 2019 German F4 crown, was the 2020 F3 runner-up and ranked second in F2 in 2022. He is poised to seal the 2023 title in Abu Dhabi, […]
Ferrari had come in to the Singapore weekend braced for a tough time, with its SF-23 having appeared to struggle against the opposition at high-downforce tracks. However, Sainz and team-mate Charles Leclerc were the surprises of the opening day of action as they headed both practice sessions around the Marina Bay circuit. But while encouraged […]
Red Bull headed to Singapore undefeated this season, with the twisty and bumpy street circuit touted as the team’s biggest obstacle towards taking an unprecedented clean sweep of race wins in 2023. Friday practice provided more evidence of Red Bull’s potential struggles, with Sergio Perez and 2023 dominator Verstappen stuck down in seventh and eighth […]
The British driver ended the more representative second practice session at the Marina Bay circuit on Friday third quickest behind the pace-setting Ferraris of Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. He said that, while things looked very close between a number of teams and more was needed for qualifying, it had been a hugely encouraging run […]
A brace of 1-2 results in Singapore Grand Prix practice capped off a strong Friday for Ferrari, as both Red Bull drivers uncharacteristically struggled with their Formula 1 cars’ handling. Charles Leclerc rocketed to the top of the order in the opening free practice session to beat team-mate Carlos Sainz by just 0.078s, albeit in […]
After his battling performance to grab a podium finish behind the Red Bulls in Italy, Sainz has once again ended Friday quickest having edged ahead of Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc by 0.018s in second practice in Singapore. Meanwhile the dominant Red Bull squad had a low-key Friday, its misbehaving RB19 struggling with oversteer to leave […]
The 2021 world champion has scored just two podiums this season as Yamaha languishes joint-last in the standings with Japanese rival Honda. Quartararo has made no secret of his frustrations throughout the year, and has repeatedly told Yamaha he wants to see actions to his problems with the bike and not just words. Both Quartararo […]
Perez is contracted for next season and team principal Christian Horner has insisted the Mexican will start the year alongside Max Verstappen, despite his stuttering recent form. But speaking to DAZN in Spain, Perez implied that he could leave the five-time constructors’ champion outfit on his own terms if he felt as though he could […]
Marko, a motorsport advisor for Red Bull, caused a stir after the Italian Grand Prix when he blamed Sergio Perez’s fluctuating form on his ethnicity. He told Red Bull’s own Servus TV channel: “We know that he has problems in qualifying, he has fluctuations in form. He is South American and he is just not […]