Aprilia enjoyed a strong Friday at Phillip Island, with its flowing nature and the generally good acceleration of the RS-GP helping Maverick Vinales to third overall on the timesheets. Espargaro then qualified fourth for Saturday’s rescheduled grand prix, but couldn’t maintain this in the race, dropping to eighth at the chequered flag as Vinales… Continue […]
The Brackley-based squad introduced a floor development at the United States Grand Prix that its technical director James Allison had previewed as being a ‘bellwether’ of its long-term potential. The change appeared to deliver a small step forward in lap time, as Lewis Hamilton challenged Max Verstappen for the win before his post-race disqualification for […]
Lando Norris jumped polesitter Charles Leclerc into Turn 1 of the United States Grand Prix last weekend before race winner Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton demoted the Briton down to third – although the lead Mercedes was then disqualified for running with an excessively worn rear plank. Given that the remaining rounds in Mexico, Brazil, […]
Haas brought a huge package of upgrades to Austin, and like others who faced the challenge of only having FP1 in which to hone updated cars, the team struggled to optimise the VF-23. Following the Saturday sprint the team took the decision to take both cars out of parc ferme and switch to a higher […]
Anyone attending a Formula One race today will notice that the profile of fans has changed dramatically since Liberty Media took over. They are a lot younger and more female than five years ago. Research and audience data bear that out; the average age of an F1 fan is 32 years, younger than sports series […]
Browning won the Award, which also includes a prize of £200,000, after impressing in MotorSport Vision Formula 2, United Autosports Ligier LMP3 and Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin GT3 machinery last year. The F3 driver completed a day of testing at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in one of Aston Martin’s AMR21 cars on Tuesday. The […]
The South African rider qualified second and ran in the same position for much of Saturday’s race, only dropping out of the podium fight when he was passed by eventual winner Johann Zarco on the penultimate lap. Binder was closing in on Jorge Martin, who was the only frontrunner at Phillip Island to risk the […]
Mercedes brought the latest iteration of its floor design to last weekend’s United States Grand Prix in Austin as it continues to chase improvements that will not only yield lap time across 2023’s final races but will also stand it in good stead for next year’s car design. Like its predecessor, the W14 has been […]
The eight-time world champion announced after the Japanese GP that he would be leaving Honda with a year left on his contract, before Gresini confirmed his appointment during the Indonesian GP for 2024. In an exclusive interview with Autosport, Marquez opens up on his emotions at leaving Honda and what he is looking for with […]
In claiming F1 win number 50 at the 2023 United States Grand Prix, Verstappen does so as the driver to hit that figure the second quickest in 181 races compared to Hamilton’s 50 in 185. Michael Schumacher holds the record in taking 50 wins from just 153 races. With all that in mind, and as […]