Mir was on strong firm at the Circuit de Catalunya-Barcelona last year, rising from eighth on the grid to come within a second of victory in the runner-up spot having managed his tyres better than winner Fabio Quartararo on the Yamaha. However Mir could only manage 10th in Q2 on Saturday at Barcelona, 0.578 seconds […]
It feels as though every race in the last year has thrust Lewis Hamilton on the path to breaking a new Formula 1 record, largely those once-unbelievable records set by Michael Schumacher. We have also included the records Hamilton shares with another driver, some of which he could hold alone in the next few years. […]
The Petronas SRT rider made genuine steps forward with his Yamaha at Barcelona following a tough start to 2021, with Rossi making it through to Q2 for only the third time this season. Though a crash left him 11th on the grid Rossi was confident of a strong showing in the race. However, his choice […]
After troubled practice sessions in Baku his team-mate Lewis Hamilton found extra speed for both qualifying and the race, but Bottas was never able to recover. He qualified only 10th having contributed to second place for Hamilton by giving him a tow. Although he maintained 10th early on he faded to 14th at the red […]
The Yamaha rider ended the grand prix with his suit opened and without his chest protector, resulting in a three-second time penalty dropping him to sixth, having already lost third to a three-second time penalty for a track limits violation. Quartararo had no explanation for why his leathers came undone and said Alpinestars was looking […]
Wolff could not hide his disappointment after the race in Baku, as he suggested that Mercedes’ showings were ‘unacceptable’ if it wanted to fight Red Bull for the title. He was clear that the Brackley-based squad was under-delivering and that everyone in the team – including himself – needed to lift their game. “It is […]
The Yamaha rider’s race suit somehow opened fully in the later stages of Sunday’s Barcelona race, leading to many riders to question the safety of his decision to continue racing. Quartararo was later handed a three-second time penalty, dropping him from fourth – having already been penalised for a track limits offence in the race, […]
Hamilton lost the chance to fight for the win and the opportunity to regain the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship at the Baku restart after a dramatic Turn 1 lock-up. Just moments after surging to the front for the two-lap restart triggered by Max Verstappen’s crash, Hamilton’s front tyres locked up as he hit […]
Yamaha rider Quartararo had just been overtaken by Pramac’s Johann Zarco at Turn 1 at the start of lap 22 when he made a mistake under braking and was forced to run through the Turn 1/2 chicane. Any rider doing so was forced to cede one second or face a long lap penalty, though Quartararo […]
While the nature of two high-speed unexpected failures in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was already enough for Pirelli to get to the bottom of the troubles, it was Verstappen’s post-race comments that added to the intrigue. With his stricken Red Bull still being returned to the garage, the Dutchman suggested that Pirelli would shake off […]