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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 season began with back-to-back races at the Losail International Circuit, where Ducati had won on MotoGP’s previous Qatar visits in 2019 and 2018. Having topped pre-season testing outright with new factory signing Jack Miller, while it stormed to pole in both the Qatar and Doha GPs with factory […]
The McLaren driver believes the championship needs to reconsider its attitude to crashes, feeling that too much effort is made in glorifying accidents rather than focusing on F1’s other elements. Last year, Ricciardo spoke to F1 chiefs to voice his displeasure at the way that they had repeatedly played repeats of Romain Grosjean’s fiery… Continue […]
Verstappen was engaged in a close battle with Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton throughout the F1 season-opener in Bahrain that was settled in the final stages. Verstappen overtook Hamilton with four laps to go around the outside of Turn 4, but was forced to hand back the position after officials ruled that he made the overtake […]
After the COVID-19 pandemic forced a four-month delay to the start of the 2020 season, F1 drivers were left to busy themselves with outside pursuits. Most opted to keep some kind of involvement in motorsport by engaging in Esports, with the likes of Charles Leclerc, Lando Norris, George Russell and Alexander Albon all competing in […]
Gasly and AlphaTauri starred in qualifying for F1’s season opener, with the Frenchman starting fifth behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and ahead of McLaren drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Lando Norris. Gasly’s rookie team-mate Yuki Tsunoda also showed flashes of speed but missed out on a Q3 spot. AlphaTauri’s qualifying pace has given Gasly… Continue Reading on […]
In an exclusive interview with Autosport, Verstappen discussed his rivalry with the seven-time world champion, which has taken on a new dimension at the start of the 2021 season as the Dutchman’s Red Bull team has begun a campaign with the fastest car for the first time in the turbo hybrid era. This led to […]
Rossi endured a bruising brace of races at Losail to start the season, the nine-time grand prix world champion emerging from the Qatar Grand Prix 12th having qualified fourth – and came away from the Doha round without points in 16th having registered his worst ever qualifying result of 21st. This came on a backdrop […]
After losing his last full-time F1 drive with Renault at the end of the 2019 season, Hulkenberg took part in three events for the Aston team that was then known as Racing Point during the last campaign on the occasions when its regular drivers were unable to race after contracting COVID-19. Hulkenberg entered the two […]
Zarco and Morbidelli collided at 200mph through the Turn 2 kink at the Austrian venue in the first of two Red Bull Races last year, with their errant motorcycles narrowly missing Yamaha duo Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales up at Turn 3. ANALYSIS: The difficulties in making the Red Bull Ring safer for MotoGP Zarco […]
Alonso’s return to F1 has teed up the thrilling prospect of a tough battle between the Spaniard and his young French team-mate Ocon, who is in the final season of a two-year contract at the outfit. With Alonso having a history of being ruthless in dealing with his team-mates in the past, Alpine is well […]