Russell believed he had a realistic shot at pole position at Yas Marina after topping the final practice session on Saturday afternoon, but he wound up fourth in the evening shootout – lapping 0.343 seconds shy of Red Bull polesitter Max Verstappen. While Russell reckoned that, in isolation, fourth place was no mean feat, the […]
Martin came from sixth on the grid to score his ninth sprint win of the 2023 season. With title rival Francesco Bagnaia only fifth after struggling on his medium rear tyre, Martin has cut the championship deficit down from 21 points to 14 ahead of Sunday’s grand prix finale. When asked by Autosport if this […]
Sainz made the comment after he found himself stranded in 16th place on the grid for the Abu Dhabi GP after hitting traffic in his last run in Q1. The Spaniard’s weekend had already been made difficult by a crash in FP1 after he bottomed out on a bump in Turn 3. Sainz suggested that […]
With 21 points splitting factory Ducati rider Bagnaia and Pramac’s Martin coming into this weekend’s finale, the former could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points. But, despite leading early on, Bagnaia could only finish fifth as Martin stormed through to win and trimmed his points […]
The reigning world champion secured the final pole of the season by seeing off a late challenge from Charles Leclerc in qualifying, taking top spot by 0.139s. Oscar Piastri claimed third place for McLaren while George Russell made it four different teams on the front two rows for Mercedes. Lando Norris was left to rue […]
With 21 points splitting Bagnaia and Martin coming into this weekend’s finale in Valencia, the former could have won the championship in the sprint by outscoring his rival by at least four points. But, despite leading early on, Bagnaia could only finish fifth on his factory Ducati as Martin stormed through to win and cut […]
Verstappen will start ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and McLaren’s Oscar Piastri after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix grid: Verstappen on pole from Leclerc What happened in Abu Dhabi […]
The factory Aprilia rider put in the first ever 1m28s lap at Circuit Ricardo Tormo with a 1m28.931s to take his first pole since Assen in 2021, two days prior to announcing he was quitting Yamaha a year early. He led from factory Ducati rider Bagnaia, who dominated Q1 before finishing Q2 in second, while […]
The Mercedes team principal and his Ferrari opposite number, Fred Vasseur, were called to face the FIA stewards ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for incidents of swearing during an official press conference in Las Vegas. The instances were in the same session, with Vasseur venting over the damage caused to Carlos Sainz’s car […]
Honda has already gone through a number of personnel changes, with former technical manager Takeo Yokoyama being replaced by ex-Suzuki technical chief Ken Kawauchi, while chief technical officer Shinichi Kokubu was replaced earlier this year by Shin Sato. Now, on the eve of the final round of the 2023 season in Valencia, it is being rumoured […]