A double victory in Thailand narrowed the gap between Pramac’s Martin and his factory Ducati counterpart Bagnaia, which started at 27 ahead of the Buriram event. But Martin was hit with an official warning for running underneath the mandated minimum front tyre pressure limit in the Thailand GP. Should he break this rule again – […]
The Italian outfit has revealed a brand-new look for its SF-23, which features a white rear wing, splashes on its engine cover, and a white circular number board – which are reminiscent of previous cars that have strong links to the United States. The switch to an entirely red-and-white livery has had to get approval […]
Bautista moved to WSBK in 2019 with Ducati after losing his ride in MotoGP, previously serving nine years in the class riding Suzuki, Honda, Aprilia and Ducati machinery. The double WSBK champion will make his first MotoGP appearance since the 2018 Valencia GP this weekend in Malaysia as a wildcard with Ducati. Bautista hasn’t ridden the GP23 […]
The Milton Keynes-based outfit has been in a class of its own this season, winning all but one grand prix so far en route to a drivers’ and constructors’ championship double. While rivals have pushed the team hard at various times throughout this season, the fact that nobody has made a breakthrough to beat it […]
Yamaha rolled out the first 2024 prototype engine at the Misano test in September, though it was met with a lack of enthusiasm from 2021 world champion Quartararo. He said at the time he expected much more than was offered, especially in terms of power, while the team contradicted this and noted that the test […]
Team boss Toto Wolff reckoned the weekend in Sao Paulo was the worst of his 13 years in F1, as Lewis Hamilton finished the GP in eighth while George Russell retired with 14 of the 71 laps remaining. This was to protect the power unit after rising oil temperature and “worrying” pressures were detected. Following […]
If you were to describe Formula 1 as a film genre, action, thriller and, sadly, tragedy would be among the first three options that come to mind. But for the 2009 campaign, ‘fairytale’ is the only word that fits the bill. In the winter of 2008, the Honda team was seemingly dead and buried. But […]
The Spaniard lined up sixth on the grid following Charles Leclerc’s formation lap retirement but lost out at the getaway to Sergio Perez and George Russell to slip to eighth by the time the race was red-flagged for a hefty Turn 1 shunt involving Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen. Sainz then radioed to say his team […]
The Australian was set to retire from the 71-lap race at Interlagos after a tyre, which was jettisoned in the hefty first-corner shunt between Alex Albon and Kevin Magnussen, landed on the rear wing. But due to subsequent barrier repairs, the race was soon red-flagged to allow the team to carry out repairs and re-enter Ricciardo into […]
Piastri was hit by a spinning Kevin Magnussen at the start and came into the pits to retire at the end of the first lap, but a red flag shown one tour later allowed McLaren the opportunity to repair his car and get him back out. However, like fellow Australian Daniel Ricciardo, this meant he […]