Sainz’s car suffered severe damage after running over a water valve cover early in the opening session of practice. The team had to rebuild the car around the spare chassis, and also swap the power unit and gearbox. Unfortunately for the Spaniard, one of the damaged items was the energy store, and by taking a […]
The first F1 race weekend on the famous Strip has been blindsided after Esteban Ocon ran over a water valve cover, with his Alpine lifting it proud of the resurfaced asphalt. His Alpine sustained damage and a yellow flag was waved but Sainz still clattered over the loose cover. Ferrari has been forced to replace […]
F1’s much-hyped event in Las Vegas got off to a nightmare start on Thursday evening when the opening free practice session was abandoned early on as the result of a loose manhole cover. One of the loose drains on the main straight caused major damage to the cars of Carlos Sainz and Esteban Ocon when […]
If the groundbreaking, F1 promoted race around the Strip is earmarked as the series’ very own Superbowl, then it already served up a halftime show to match a day before on-track proceedings even start. F1 pulled out all the stops to produce a ceremony befitting its entertainment driven host city, featuring appearances by Kylie Minogue, […]
This weekend’s Qatar GP marks the penultimate round of the 2023 season, and offers Bagnaia his first opportunity to win a second MotoGP crown. After beating Pramac’s Jorge Martin to third in last week’s Malaysian GP, Bagnaia comes to the Losail circuit 14 points clear and can win the championship if he scores 23 points […]
And things are only set to get worse as the entire circus transits to Abu Dhabi next weekend, going through a 12-hour shift forward in time. While the whole paddock is in the same boat, the focus is inevitably on the drivers. They may enjoy private jet or business class travel and have physios looking […]
Last weekend at the Malaysian Grand Prix, Autosport revealed that Honda has been in discussions with Marini about replacing Gresini-bound Marc Marquez next year. It looks like this will be a two-year deal, which breaks from Honda’s initial wishes to sign only a one-year contract – leading initial favourite Miguel Oliveira to stay put at […]
While exact figures have not been disclosed, Aston Martin has reported on the eve of the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix that Arctos Partners has acquired a “minority shareholding in AMR Holdings GP Limited, the team’s holding company”. The deal is expected to close by the end of 2023. According to the Financial Times, this […]
The Spaniard comes into this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix trailing Bagnaia by 14 points, after struggling to fourth in the Malaysian GP behind the factory Ducati team rider. As such, Bagnaia can win the championship in the penultimate round of the year in Qatar if he outscores Martin by 23 points. This has only happened […]
There is a huge buzz around F1 at the moment in America. The Vegas grandstands are up, the crowd has been partying to a live performance from Kylie Minogue, while colourful fireworks are popping ahead of a weekend like no other. The 20 drivers were also presented to the Vegas crowd on Wednesday night as […]