Typically when Red Bull has won a race, it celebrates with a full team picture to immortalise the moment, which concludes with team staff soaking each other in Red Bull’s eponymous caffeinated product. The Milton Keynes-based squad usually holds these celebratory moments in the F1 pitlane – either with the main straight of the track […]
As the F1 paddock filled up on Saturday morning ahead of the Qatar event’s sprint race action, the FIA announced that Pirelli had discovered a serious risk of potential dramatic punctures during Sunday’s main race following its post-practice analysis of tyres that had completed over 20 laps in Friday’s FP1 session. In this communication, it […]
Martin has slashed long-time championship leader Francesco Bagnaia’s advantage to just three points following his victories in both the sprint and main race of the Japanese Grand Prix weekend at Motegi, giving him five wins in the last six races. Zarco’ lacked Martin’s record-breaking one-lap speed in qualifying in Japan and was unable to finish… […]
Pirelli, which is currently managing tyre concerns at this weekend’s Qatar GP, had been expected by paddock insiders to win the tender for some weeks, and the deal has now been ratified by the FIA World Motor Sport Council, which was the final step in a process that had been running since March. Having been […]
The Grove-based squad is evaluating whether Sargeant is making the necessary progress in his rookie season to justify being given another year in the car. Although the American has shown some promising speed for the team, he has yet to score a point and has had a spate of accidents along the way. Team boss […]
The New Zealand-based Rodin Cars submitted an entry to join the F1 grid, projected for either 2025 or 2026, along with US racing powerhouse Andretti Global, F2 and F3 competitor Hitech GP, and South East Asian outfit LKYSUNZ. Rodin was eventually not chosen to be put forward by the FIA, with Andretti given the nod […]
Norris went second in Q3 in Losail for McLaren, which proved to be the second-fastest car through the high-speed corners behind Red Bull’s dominant polesitter Max Verstappen. But the Briton immediately realised he wouldn’t start there as he had caught a slide into the Turn 10 left-hander that spat him out wide past the white […]
Behind polesitter Max Verstappen, who will land his third title if he scores three points in the Saturday sprint race at Losail, Mercedes drivers George Russell and Hamilton snared second and third place in Friday night qualifying for the Qatar GP. But the duo were only bumped up after faster McLaren drivers Lando Norris and […]
F1 has turned its sprint race into a standalone Saturday event, with sprint qualifying deciding the starting grid followed by the sprint race later in the day. Here’s how the latest sprint race format changes will work. During qualifying for Sunday’s grand prix, Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position, initially from McLaren’s Lando Norris […]
Earlier on Friday, Tech3 announced that it would swap eight-time podium finisher Espargaro in favour of Moto2 championship leader Acosta, while Augusto Fernandez would retain his seat. It ends a months-long rider logjam for KTM, having had five riders contracted to four seats for 2024. Espargaro did sign a two-year deal to return to KTM […]