Having been fastest at the track all through Friday, the championship contender carried that form into qualifying as he beat VR46 rival Luca Marini to the top spot by 0.138s. Martin was quick off the blocks in Q2, setting a rapid time of 1m29.491s just five minutes into the session, which was already enough to […]
With the prospect of breaking his own record for the most wins in a season should he chalk up a 16th success of 2023 in Mexico, Verstappen enjoyed a strong start to the weekend by topping both FP1 and FP2 in his RB19. The three-time Mexico GP winner paced Alex Albon’s Williams in the opening […]
The Pramac Ducati rider comes into the Buriram event 27 points adrift of factory Ducati counterpart Francesco Bagnaia after losing the victory in Australia last week on the final lap. With under half a second covering the top 18, Martin emerged as fastest of all with a final flying effort of 1m29.826s. However, he crashed […]
Three-time world champion Verstappen was fastest in Free Practice 1 by 0.095s from Alex Albon’s Williams, and also paced FP2 with a fastest time of 1m18.686s ahead of McLaren driver Lando Norris. Mexico GP FP1 results: Verstappen fastest from Albon Cla Nº Driver Car / Engine Time Delay Laps 1 1 Max Verstappen Red Bull/Honda […]
The eight-time world champion has been with Honda for his entire MotoGP career, but has elected to quit with a year left on his current contract to join Gresini Ducati in 2024. Marquez won’t be able to bring any of his crew with him to Gresini aside from tyre technician Javi Ortiz, but says nothing […]
Verstappen logged a 1m19.718s on softs, having dispatched Lando Norris from top spot as the McLaren driver had been among the first of the frontrunners to switch to the red-walled tyre. Norris had gone just 0.008s faster than Verstappen’s medium-tyre effort of a 1m20.245s – but the Dutchman returned to the top on his first […]
To cope with the heat demands of the Buriram track, Michelin’s rear tyres feature a carcass that is slightly harder than normal. A similar tyre is always brought to Thailand and Austria, but it was also used in India and Indonesia – where Quartararo was competitive and finished third in both grands prix. Quartararo secured […]
The Ferrari Driver Academy member, who currently lies sixth in the Formula 2 standings, is the latest in a line of Maranello proteges to get track time with Haas. The team has been burned in FP1 before, with Antonio Giovinazzi crashing heavily as a rookie in Hungary in 2017, and again last year as a […]
The Pramac Ducati rider was on course to convert pole to victory in last Saturday’s grand prix at Phillip Island, but plummeted to fifth on the final lap as his soft tyre gamble backfired. It dropped him 27 points behind title rival Francesco Bagnaia coming to Thailand, with Martin fastest on Friday despite a crash […]
F1’s car makers are currently working on the design of the new turbo-hybrid power units that will come into play from 2026. While the basic formula of the 1.6-litre turbo-hybrid ICE will remain the same, the power balance between combustion and electrical energy will shift. F1 is doing away with the MGU-H, and is aiming […]