The Pramac rider came into the Valencia Grand Prix finale on Sunday trailing Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points, but crashed out on lap six while battling with Marc Marquez. This handed the championship to Bagnaia, who would go on to win the race. Insight: The key moments in Bagnaia’s 2023 MotoGP title defence Ahead of the […]
The pair made contact early in the race, leaving Gasly with diffuser damage that cost him downforce and lap time. The FIA stewards looked at the incident, but opted to take no action. Explaining their decision they noted: “Car 10 locked its front right tyre into Turn 6 resulting in that car approaching the turn […]
The 2020 world champion said Honda “needed a bit more help” after September’s Misano test, at which Marc Marquez admitted the team was “still far” from where it needed to be. But speaking after Tuesday’s test, Mir was visibly pleased with the progress made, and said the bike “seems to be working better.” He also […]
McLaren missed its winter development targets and started the campaign poorly, with neither driver scoring a point in the first two races. But led by a three-stage car upgrade phased in from the Austrian Grand Prix, the team emerged as the second-fastest outfit behind runaway constructors’ champion Red Bull. PLUS: How McLaren revamped its F1 […]
It’s a little after 11am on Tuesday morning of 28 November at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. The media mass is assembled outside of the Gresini Racing garage, and has been for well over an hour – hands frozen, faces beaten by a biting wind underneath a cold and overcast sky. Technically, this is the beginning […]
As the 2023 campaign concluded with the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix running back-to-back with the season finale in the Middle East – forcing people to overcome a 12-hour time difference in three days – drivers, team personnel and championship staff were coming down with sickness at Yas Marina. Although a 24-round schedule for next […]
The Gresini rider had looked unlikely to race in MotoGP next season until a late reshuffle opened up a space at Valentino Rossi’s team. He lost his seat at Gresini to Marc Marquez, who joins the Ducati satellite team after 11 years with the Honda factory squad. Though he was briefly linked to the Honda […]
With a freeze on power units until new rules arrive in 2026 and its emphasis on aerodynamics, Formula 1 is almost the exact inverse of the electric series I’ve raced in for the past decade. Formula E is all about powertrain efficiency, optimising a spec chassis with standard aerodynamics and none of the underfloor black […]
KTM factory rider Jack Miller crashed out of the lead on lap 19, with Alex Rins, Augusto Fernandez and Enea Bastianini all ending up in the gravel in similar incidents. Francesco Bagnaia eventually won for Ducati to seal his second world title, after closest rival Jorge Martin was eliminated in a crash with Marc Marquez. […]
Abu Dhabi’s one-day test is a combined exercise to hand Pirelli extra tyre data while also providing a chance to rookie drivers to gather valuable miles. All teams ran two cars, one for each assignment. Russell caused the most notable incident by crashing in Turn 6 four hours into the session after a suspected technical […]