Vinales trailed Quartararo in the opening stages of Sunday’s season-opener at Losail, but carved through from sixth at the end of the opening lap to pass four Ducatis and Quartararo to score victory. Quartararo faded from the podium battle to fifth by the chequered flag having encountered a drop in rear tyre grip he hadn’t […]
A combination of an aggressive Mercedes strategy, pre-race tyre selections and some controversial track limit flashpoints resulted in Hamilton beating Verstappen by less than a second at the end of an epic race at the Bahrain International Circuit. There were talking points aplenty, including the fight for victory between Mercedes and Red… Continue Reading on […]
The Spaniard had shown strong race pace throughout testing and practice for the Qatar GP, but all too often in recent years has that form disappeared when it counted and Vinales offered a meek showing on Sundays. But, despite being monstered by four Ducatis at the start, the new-and-improved Vinales took control of the improved […]
After missing out on Q3 with the medium tyres, Perez was due to start 11th but triggered an aborted start when his RB16B shut off and coasted to a halt before the final corner. With no power, the Mexican couldn’t communicate with his team, but despite his relative unfamiliarity with the car and the Honda […]
Espargaro launched from 12th on the grid on Sunday in Losail but was cautious in the opening laps having had no experience of the RC213V’s behaviour on a full fuel tank. He eventually started picking his way through the pack, ending up eighth having been pipped by his Aprilia-mounted brother Aleix by 0.056 seconds on […]
Red Bull and Honda protege Tsunoda was promoted to AlphaTauri at the expense of Daniil Kvyat after a sole season in Formula 2 and immediately impressed by scoring points on his F1 debut in Bahrain. Tsunoda only started 13th on the grid after struggling to put a good lap together in Q2, but then produced […]
The 2020 championship runner-up was pegged by many – including Ducati’s Jack Miller – as the favourite for victory in Sunday’s season-opener at Losail. But Morbidelli slumped to the back of the pack from seventh on the grid on the opening lap and could only salvage 18th – beating only Aprilia’s Lorenzo Savadori after LCR […]
The Dutchman had headed into the race as favourite for the victory after sweeping all three practice sessions and qualifying on pole by nearly 0.4 seconds, but lost out to rival Lewis Hamilton after the world champion’s Mercedes team went aggressive with its strategy. But Red Bull’s ability to respond was hampered by it not […]
Mir endured a tough weekend up to the race as the feeling he had on the GSX-RR last year had disappeared, saying he was “missing a lot” in qualifying. But the Suzuki rider was able to make a breakthrough with set-up ahead of the race and ghosted his way from 10th on the grid to […]
From 19th place on the grid Mazepin tussled with teammate Mick Schumacher going through Sakhir’s first corner combination, but then lost control over his car on the Turn 2 exit kerbs. The Russian rookie tried to catch his car but veered off to the left and hit the wall, ending his F1 debut after less […]