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Horner admitted to some frustration after the Bahrain race at the way he felt there was a lack of consistency and clear guidance over the policing of track limits at Turn 4. While drivers had been told that anyone abusing the limits in qualifying would have their lap times deleted, for the race there was […]
With conditions in FP3 set to be too hot for the Losail circuit to allow for improvements in lap time, Mir is resigned to facing the first qualifying shootout session on Saturday just as he did last weekend. The Suzuki rider could only manage 13th at the end of Friday’s action, missing a place inside […]
The Spaniard was in the mix for a top ten finish at the F1 season opener as he battled with McLaren, Aston Martin and Ferrari rivals over the early stages of the Sakhir race. But just when it looked like he was on course to deliver points in his first race for Alpine, despite some […]
Double 125cc world champion and veteran team boss Gresini tragically died after losing his battle with COVID-19 in February. Martin raced for Gresini’s Moto3 squad from 2017-2018, the Spaniard winning eight grands prix in that time and securing the world title in 2018. Stepping up to Pramac Ducati in 2021 in MotoGP, Martin stunned with […]
Verstappen took pole position for Red Bull for the F1 season-opener and led the opening stages of the race, but frequently reported problems and was unable to pull more than two seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton. This allowed Hamilton to pit early and get the undercut on Verstappen, laying the foundations for the Mercedes driver […]
Zarco was signed to KTM from Tech3 in 2019 in a move that was expected to see him fight for race wins and the title with the Austrian marque. But he endured a miserable part-campaign with the marque, terminating his two-year contract following the Austrian GP before KTM dropped him with immediate effect following the […]
The team previously known as Renault endured a tough season-opening Bahrain GP, with Fernando Alonso retiring and team-mate Ocon finishing down in a disappointing 13th position. It was the first time since last year’s Spanish GP that neither of the Enstone team’s cars finished in the points. Ocon’s race chances at Sakhir were compromised… Continue […]
Rins proved to be an early threat for the victory as he worked his way up from seventh on the grid to the podium places by the third lap, before engaging with Pramac’s Johann Zarco over second. Zarco was able to use the brute power of the Ducati to keep Rins at bay, with the […]
After being teammates in karting, Hamilton and Rosberg raced at Mercedes between 2013 and 2016, going head-to-head for the F1 world championship in their final three years together. The title battles featured a number of tense moments between the two drivers, including on-track collisions at the 2014 Belgian Grand Prix and the 2016 Spanish… Continue […]
Espargaro endured another tough qualifying in the second Qatar outing which left him down in 15th for the start, though he was able to make his way to the lead group having had pace good enough to fight for victory. But the Honda rider made “two huge mistakes” in the closing stages when he ran […]