Hulkenberg returned with the US-owned F1 team after three years without a full-time seat. During his absence he kept his hand in with five reserve appearances with Racing Point/Aston Martin. The German has twice made Q3 in the first three races with his new team, and in Australia he scored his first points with a […]
Year: 2023
“I haven’t earned right” to be seen as key in Ducati MotoGP dominance
Last season Bagnaia achieved what seemed unthinkable by recovering from a 91-point deficit to Fabio Quartararo to be crowned world champion at the final round in Valencia, marking Ducati’s first riders’ title in 15 years, since Casey Stoner’s 2007 triumph at the start of the 700cc era. As expected, Bagnaia’s feat earned him praise from […]
AlphaTauri still “aligned” despite Tost’s no trust comments
Amid a disappointing start to the 2023 season, Tost said at the Saudi Arabian GP he didn’t trust his engineers after the AT04 failed to live up to expectations. The team showed some signs of progress in Melbourne, where Yuki Tsunoda qualified 12th and scored the team’s first point of the season with 10th place, having risen […]
Alonso predicts changing F1 pecking order in time for European races
While Red Bull has enjoyed a perfect record of three wins across the opening races in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Australia, in the latter event Mercedes replaced Aston Martin as the second-best team. But the cancellation of a return to China has now left a four-week gap in the calendar until the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, […]
Fan injured in “freak one-off” debris incident at Australian GP
Westacott fronted media on Monday morning in Melbourne following what is his final race at the helm of the Australian GP promoter. Unsurprisingly the two key topics were a pair of significant safety issues that occurred yesterday – a fan injured by debris in the crowd and the premature track invasion at the end of […]
F1 must better define when to use red flags
The Melbourne race was dominated by three in-race red flags, leading to lengthy delays and chaotic standing restarts, the latter of which eliminated several drivers. On lap 7 Alex Albon’s crash brought out the first safety car of the race, which prompted Mercedes’ race leader George Russell to pit for hard tyres. But soon after […]
The latest Red Bull F1 wing changes helping its charge
The squad duly arrived in Australia with a new layout for its front wing, which took into account a revised flap arrangement as well as tweaks to the endplate and diveplane areas. This was aimed at helping balance the car with the various rear wing choices it has on offer. The endplate is now more […]
Vettel has “merits” in 2023 Aston Martin F1 form
Vettel retired at the end of last year after a 15-year career which yielded four consecutive world championships for Red Bull from 2010 until 2013. He ended his run in F1, which also included a long stint at Ferrari, with two years in the midfield at Aston Martin, where he failed to find success apart […]
F1 must shape rules with ‘Stanley knife’ not ‘baseball bat’
The timetable of a race weekend has been thrust into the limelight following comments from F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali that he is in favour of scrapping free practice sessions. This has been followed by drivers and championship chiefs pushing to revise the structure of a sprint round by ditching the unpopular Saturday FP2 session in […]
Razgatlioglu receives Yamaha MotoGP test call-up
The 2021 World Superbike champion will team up with the Iwata marque’s regular test rider Cal Crutchlow at the Spanish circuit for two days of testing from 10-11 April. Razgatlioglu previously tested the YZR-M1 last June in an outing at Motorland Aragon which was cut short due to inclement weather. The Turkish rider, who rides […]