Reigning world champion Bagnaia has bled points since the Catalan Grand Prix, having started that race with a 66-point lead over Pramac’s Martin. But a crash on lap one of the Catalan GP, which compromised his physical condition for the San Marino GP, and then another Sunday crash in India, has allowed Martin to close […]
Not for the first time this year, Perez struggled to get going in Japan after having issues to get the RB19 balanced to his liking in Friday practice. Overnight work did little to improve matters as he qualified fifth, some seven tenths behind his dominant team-mate Max Verstappen. Perez’s Suzuka race quickly spiralled out of […]
Rins sustained a broken right leg in a crash in the sprint race during the Italian Grand Prix weekend, and has subsequently missed the last seven grand prix weekends, including last weekend’s Indian round. However, LCR announced that Rins would be making the trip to Japan in hopes of being able to participate in Honda’s […]
The Williams driver’s comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish. In Japan last weekend Albon had another close call with Perez, and was then a witness to the Mexican punting Kevin Magnussen off the […]
The US-owned team has struggled for race performance for most of the season, although Magnussen managed to bag a point for 10th place in Singapore. However, the Japanese GP again saw the cars slip down the order, with Magnussen compromised by contact from Sergio Perez, and his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg by the need to do […]
The Faenza outfit announced over the Suzuka weekend that Yuki Tsunoda will be joined by Daniel Ricciardo next year, with Lawson serving as reserve once again for the two Red Bull teams. Japan was the New Zealander’s fourth outing since Ricciardo suffered a hand injury at Zandvoort. While the target is for the latter to […]
Having started the 2023 season as Red Bull’s main rival, Aston Martin has slipped back into the chasing pack and is now having to fight hard just to finish in the points. During the Suzuka race last weekend, Alonso did not hold back when it came to letting his feelings be known about how things […]
The three-time grand prix winner was forced to retire from last Sunday’s race at the Buddh International Circuit when his RS-GP broke down. Espargaro was at a loss to explain what the actual problem was, but noted that this is a recurring issue for Aprilia at hot venues. “I don’t know, the bike stopped,” he […]
Red Bull chief technical officer Newey, who joined the recently crowned 2023 constructors’ champion in 2006, turned down approaches from Ferrari on three occasions. Never working for the Scuderia leaves him with some regrets “emotionally”, as does not having the chance to design cars for F1 champions Alonso and Mercedes rival Hamilton. Speaking on F1’s […]
The schedule had already been announced to begin on 10 March with the Qatar Grand Prix, which returns to the season-opening slot having been moved to November in 2023 due to track updates earlier this year. MotoGP will then head to Europe for the Portuguese GP – which opened the 2022 calendar – before the […]