The British rider was gunning for a time attack lap in the closing stages of FP2 at Buriram when he was flicked from his Yamaha at the Turn 7 right-hander. He landed hard and limped away, with Crutchlow later going for x-rays on his right ankle, which showed up no breaks – though he is […]
On F1’s return to Singapore after three years away, a number of the frontrunners endured disrupted practice running on Friday, as Sainz led proceedings with a best lap of 1m42.587s to head a Ferrari 1-2 from team-mate Charles Leclerc in FP2. Mercedes’ George Russell slotted into third ahead of F1 world championship leader Max Verstappen, […]
The Honda rider is in the third grand prix weekend of his comeback from a fourth major operation on his right arm, with the six-time MotoGP champion’s physical condition seemingly improving all the time. Having qualified on pole in the wet last week in Japan and finishing the dry race fourth, Marquez topped FP1 at […]
After a day of fast developments in the Singapore Grand Prix paddock, as speculation focused on Aston Martin and Red Bull having potentially not complied with the 2021 cost cap limit, Wolff did not hold back in his views about how serious the matter was. After Red Bull team boss Christian Horner had indicated earlier […]
The double MotoGP race winner is making his return to the series with Suzuki as 2020 world champion Mir continues to recover from the ankle he broke in Austria in August. Petrucci last rode a MotoGP bike in Valencia last year on his farewell race on the Tech3 KTM, before embarking first on a Dakar […]
Rumours suggested the classic racing circuit was at risk of being removed from the calendar for the forthcoming season. But much to fans’ and drivers’ delight, it was announced the race would return during the weekend Max Verstappen stormed to victory from the back-half of the grid in front of a huge Dutch contingent. While […]
Series owners Dorna Sports has announced several new-race deals in recent weeks that will swell the calendar to 22 rounds from 2023. On Friday it was confirmed that the Indian Grand Prix would be added to the schedule for next year, which is thought to have delayed the release of the new calendar owing to […]
In the previous era of ultra-high-downforce, F1’s corresponding overtaking challenge meant teams would often focus more on setting their cars up to gain places in qualifying, knowing drivers behind would struggle to follow and wear their tyres more than a rival ahead at the same time. The switch back to ground effect designs for 2022 […]
MotoGP returns to Buriram for the first time since 2019 as the easing of worldwide restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have allowed the series to embark on its Asia-Pacific jaunt in 2022. Having taken pole in a wet qualifying last week in Japan, Marquez – who was fourth in the dry race – ended […]
Gasly has been the subject of intense discussions after this year’s driver market silly season was kickstarted by Alonso’s shock decision to join Aston Martin at the start of the summer break – despite Gasly having a contract to race with AlphaTauri for 2023. Red Bull is open to allowing Gasly to leave its fold […]