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With the Milton Keynes-based team ramping up its efforts ahead of the takeover of Honda engines, long-time Mercedes employee Ben Hodgkinson will join the programme. Hodgkinson has been head of mechanical engineering at Mercedes’ High Performance Powertrains since 2017, having worked at the German manufacturer’s Brixworth headquarters for… Continue Reading on Autosport
The Honda rider scored an impressive seventh-place finish at Portimao in his first race in nine months since breaking his right arm in last July’s Spanish Grand Prix. Marquez had only ridden a motorcycle three times since his aborted comeback at the second Jerez race last year and was off two wheels on the month […]
Ricciardo, who joined McLaren this off-season from Renault, has so far struggled to match teammate Lando Norris on pace in 2021’s first two F1 weekends. At last weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, Ricciardo was asked to move over for Norris in the fight for fifth, with Norris going on to take a podium while Ricciardo […]
The Canadian had spun off the track at Acque Minerali on the opening lap at Imola but managed to get going again. However, as he resumed on the run to the Variante Alta, he tagged Mazepin’s front left wheel and was spun around into the wall before the chicane. Reflecting on the incident, Latifi said […]
Come Friday’s FP1 session at the Algarve circuit on Friday, Marquez will have been off his Honda MotoGP bike for 265 days following his aborted comeback from a broken arm at last year’s Andalusian GP. In his absence, Honda registered its first winless season in the premier class since it made its full-time top tier […]
On Tuesday afternoon, a US jury found Derek Chauvin, the former police officer accused of Floyd’s murder on a Minneapolis street last year, guilty on three charges: second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Floyd, a Black man whose neck was knelt upon by Chauvin for more than nine minutes… Continue Reading on Autosport
Petrucci crashed out of the opening round of the season at Losail on the opening lap at Turn 2, and battled inflammation in his left shoulder for the rest of MotoGP’s stay in Qatar. Ending the second Qatar race 19th, Petrucci admitted ahead of this weekend’s Portuguese GP that an MRI scan when he returned […]
This year, F1 introduced an annual $145million cost cap, followed by a further $5million year-on-year reduction in subsequent seasons. The cap meant F1’s largest teams have had to downsize to operate as close to the spending limit as possible, with little margin for unforeseen costs such as accident damage. When F1 teams agreed to trial… […]
Dovizioso, who is taking a sabbatical from racing in 2021 after losing his Ducati ride last season, spent three days riding the Aprilia at Jerez earlier this week. The 15-time MotoGP race winner worked primarily on getting used to the RS-GP having spent eight years riding the Ducati and didn’t give much away about the […]
Alpine looked to bounce back from a disappointing opening race of the year in Bahrain by debuting a number of car updates at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The team once again struggled to keep up with midfield leaders McLaren and Ferrari at Imola, with Esteban Ocon and Fernando Alonso only qualifying ninth and 15th, […]