Month: June 2021

30 Jun 2021

Senna producer granted rights to new eight-part Bernie Ecclestone docuseries

The eight-part series called Lucky! will be produced by Pandey’s company Jiva Maya after completing extensive filming with Ecclestone at his home in Switzerland through lockdown. Ecclestone, 90, started out as a racing driver before becoming a team owner and ultimately going on to be F1’s ringmaster for over four decades, overseeing… Continue Reading on […]

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30 Jun 2021

Marquez feels “lucky to escape” monster Assen MotoGP crash unharmed

The six-time MotoGP world champion was thrown from his Honda in a vicious off-throttle highside at the Dulkersloot right-hander in the early stages of FP2 and landed heavily on his knees and right elbow. Marquez walked away without any serious injury but wouldn’t ride again for the rest of FP2 – ending Friday sixth overall […]

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30 Jun 2021

2021 F1 Austrian GP session timings and how to watch

As the final leg of an F1 triple-header, the Austrian GP completes a back-to-back Red Bull Ring event created as part of the reshuffled F1 calendar for a second consecutive year due to the COVID-19-enforced changes. Max Verstappen took a commanding victory in the opening race in Austria, leading every lap on his way to […]

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30 Jun 2021

How Euro 2020 can inspire Mercedes’ Formula 1 title fightback

UEFA Euro 2020 – postponed by one year due to the pandemic – has dominated both the back and front pages lately, and even led to numerous football questions being put to the F1 drivers in recent press conferences. England’s success over Germany last night gave fans the chance to believe that, after over 50 […]

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30 Jun 2021

Pedrosa set to make MotoGP comeback at Misano as KTM wildcard

Pedrosa made his MotoGP debut in 2006 with Honda and raced his entire premier class career with the Japanese marque, winning 36 races and finishing runner-up in the standings on three occasions. The double 250cc world champion and one-time 125cc title winner retired from MotoGP at the end of the 2018 season and took up […]

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30 Jun 2021

‘Mazespin’ gift shows Mazepin not ‘miserable young man’ says Haas

With the young Russian driver having taken on the nickname of ‘Mazespin’ inside the team after his run of incidents this year, Steiner made a surprise presentation on race morning at last weekend’s Styrian Grand Prix. He handed Mazepin a special spinning top and base, and then joked: “It’s the Mazespin game. You spin this […]

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30 Jun 2021

Vinales leads Quartararo as Marc Marquez misses Q2 spots

A week after qualifying 21st and finishing last at the Sachsenring in his worst-ever MotoGP weekend, Vinales has been in imperious form across the Assen round so far by topping all three practice sessions and easing straight through to Q2. The forecasted rain for FP3 didn’t materialise on Saturday morning, firmly opening the door for […]

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30 Jun 2021

Ferrari can easily be ahead of McLaren in F1, says Norris

McLaren currently sits in third place in the constructors’ championship, heading Ferrari by 120 points to 108. After a disastrous race in France, Ferrari had a strong run in Austria last weekend, with Carlos Sainz taking sixth and Charles Leclerc recovering to seventh after a first-lap pit stop. Norris kept up his record of good […]

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