The reigning world champion came to Qatar with a chance of wrapping up the 2023 crown in the grand prix, if he was able to outscore Pramac rival Martin by 23 points across both races. However, after Martin won the sprint and Bagnaia could only manage fifth as he battled a lack of rear grip, […]
It is asking for payments of “in excess” of $30,000 per spectator, split equally between “general” and “special” damages. After Thursday’s incident involving Carlos Sainz led to first practice being stopped, there was a lengthy delay while water valve covers were checked. FP2 was supposed to start at midnight, and it finally got underway at […]
The pair came together on track at Turn 6 in the early stages of the Qatar weekend’s third practice session on Saturday morning, as Espargaro tried to overtake. Aprilia rider Espargaro gesticulated furiously at Morbidelli and later slapped him on his crash helmet when the latter motioned to him to calm down. Espargaro was given […]
McLaren went into the inaugural race weekend around the streets of Vegas with muted expectations but, while similar pessimism proved unwarranted in Austin, Mexico or Brazil, it did turn out to be justified on the low-downforce street circuit. Lando Norris was knocked out by former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo by a mere 0.020 seconds in Q1 […]
In the early stages of Saturday morning’s third practice of the weekend (officially designated as FP2), Espargaro and Morbidelli came together on track. Morbidelli had just passed the Aprilia at Turn 5 before Espargaro tried to do the same at Turn 6, with the pair connecting as they tried to turn in. Both ran wide […]
Verstappen and Ocon were part of a gaggle of drivers that backed up at the end of the main straight as they prepared to start their final laps of the session. Keen to get a clear lap and worried about complying with the FIA’s minimum delta requirements, Ocon passed Yuki Tsunoda, Zhou Guanyu and his […]
Sainz ran second quickest in the pole position shootout, falling only 0.044s short of team-mate Charles Leclerc as Max Verstappen abandoned his final flying lap to end up third. But Sainz must fight back from 12th on the grid as a legacy of taking a third control electronics package of the season to exceed the […]
Following a disrupted first day of running on Thursday night and Friday morning, most of which was held behind closed doors, fans were welcomed back into the grandstands to witness final practice on the streets of Las Vegas. With the track re-opened for road traffic during the day, action got underway at 8:30pm local time […]
The Pramac Ducati rider comes to Qatar trailing Francesco Bagnaia by 14 points and will lose the championship if he is outscored by 23 points this weekend. After a tough Malaysian GP last week in which he was beaten to third by Bagnaia, Martin’s Qatar GP didn’t get off to a great start as he […]
F1’s long-awaited spectacle on the streets of the gambling haven of America got off to a disrupted start on Thursday when Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari suffered huge damage after striking the a loose water valve cover after just eight minutes into FP1. The session was abandoned as track workers were forced to remove all 30 covers […]