Following an initial run in Valencia at the post-season test last year, Marquez is getting a second chance at getting accustomed to the GP23 in this week’s official pre-season test at Sepang. Completing a total of 72 laps on Wednesday, the Gresini rider ended up 14th on the timesheets with a lap that was almost […]
According to Vowles, Hamilton’s shock departure will inevitably be a blow to Mercedes, but he believes all parties will come out stronger. “I actually think it’s good for the sport,” he said at the launch of Williams’ 2024 livery. “It’ll be good for Lewis, because he’ll learn from it and he will challenge himself. “It’s not […]
The Milton Keynes-based squad is due to reveal its 2024 challenger at its factory next week and is well aware that there is little reason to do anything dramatically different after such a crushingly dominant campaign in 2023. But chief technical officer Adrian Newey is mindful that, while it has been the benchmark squad so […]
Albon has been linked to various top teams in recent weeks, including a return to Red Bull and a move to Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton from 2025 onwards. “Should any decision go that way, it’s because I’m very clear in my mind that I’ve made decisions that are correct for the team’s long-term goals […]
Last year’s championship runner-up Martin set a time of 1m57.951s on the GP24 Ducati to head Tech3 rookie Pedro Acosta by 0.269s following eight hours of running on a hot and sunny day in Malaysia. Raul Fernandez grabbed the top spot early on for the new Trackhouse team as the test began at 10am local […]
In the wake of unspecified claims that are understood to have been made against him by a female employee, parent company Red Bull in Austria has opened up an official probe into the matter. A statement issued by it on Monday said: “After being made aware of certain recent allegations, the company launched an independent […]
Aerodynamic devices have been gaining prominence in MotoGP for several years now, but manufacturers have taken things up a notch in 2024, as evidenced by pictures coming out of the Sepang International Circuit this week. While all five manufacturers have put extra focus on aero over the winter, Aprilia in particular has introduced some radical […]
Governance and regulatory director Pierre Ketterer and head of commercial legal affairs Edward Floydd, both of whom had a hand in Concorde Agreement negotiations on behalf of the FIA, are departing. Ketterer, who will take up a new role at the International Olympic Committee in April, joined the FIA in 2010. He has long been […]
Honda heads into 2024 with the aim of arresting a period of decline that has seen it slump to the bottom of the standings in the last two seasons and lose its star rider Marc Marquez to the Gresini Ducati team. The Japanese marque has been working hard over the winter to deliver tangible improvements […]
Last year the team had Stake backing for the first time and the sponsor was even integrated into the full name of the outfit, then called Alfa Romeo. However, in countries where the promotion of gambling companies is not permitted, the team used the logos of Stake’s sister company Kick, even producing a special livery […]