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McLaren enjoyed a solid start to the season, holding third in the constructors’ championship after four races. The team introduced incremental updates at the Portuguese and Spanish grands prix as it battles with Ferrari for the best of the rest title behind Mercedes and Red Bull. Despite all F1 teams having to increasingly shift resources… […]
In an exclusive interview with Autosport’s Tank Slappers Podcast, Schwantz admitted he was “concerned” about Rossi but was sure he “still has some fight left in him”. This was in response to the miserable start to 2021 Rossi has endured on the Petronas SRT Yamaha, having scored just four points from the opening four rounds. […]
After a torrid 2020 season in which Ferrari only finished sixth in the constructors’ championship, the Maranello outfit has made great strides with its SF21, which features a much-improved power unit. Ferrari’s new car has allowed Charles Leclerc and new arrival Carlos Sainz to challenge McLaren at the head of F1’s midfield, trailing the… Continue […]
Miller qualified on the front row for last year’s Le Mans race, but rain just before the start forced everyone to change to their second bikes. Unfortunately for Miller, his second bike had developed mechanical issue in warm-up and wasn’t due to be run again for the rest of Sunday. But with the weather forcing […]
Mazepin made his F1 debut this year with Haas, but has finished as the slowest driver to record a time in all four qualifying sessions, and as the last classified finisher in the three races he has completed. Haas opted against using its permitted development tokens for its 2021 car in order to place a […]
Red Bull is making an ambitious push with its new powertrains division, as it looks to produce its own engine for new F1 regulations that come into play in the next few years. The Milton-Keynes based operation has begun work on a state-of-the-art factory on its campus, and has made a big recruitment drive, signing […]
Turkey was added to the 2021 calendar as a replacement for the cancelled Canadian Grand Prix at the end of April, taking the 13 June date slot, one week after the Azerbaijan race in Baku. But fresh doubts were raised of the race after Turkey was added to the UK’s ‘red list’ for travel, meaning […]
Perez was signed by Red Bull to partner Max Verstappen for this season after his exit from Racing Point, becoming the fourth different driver in the team’s second seat in as many years. Perez said before the season began that he expected to take four or five races to get up to speed, and has […]
The subject become a hot talking point at the Spanish Grand Prix, when Lewis Hamilton suggested Red Bull had been running a ‘bendy’ rear wing to boost straightline speed performance. In the wake of these allegations, and no doubt following some prompting from teams, the FIA has reviewed what some outfits are up to and agreed… Continue Reading on Autosport
Dovizioso rode the Aprilia for the first time in April at Jerez having agreed a deal with the marque to privately try the bike, with the Italian moving to Mugello for two further days of running on Tuesday and Wednesday. Currently, the tests at Jerez and Mugello are all that have been agreed between Dovizioso […]