Sargeant’s future at Williams has been in doubt in the wake of a run of accidents since the summer break. He crashed heavily in qualifying and the race at the Dutch Grand Prix, hit the barriers at the Singapore GP, and then went off in a big accident during Q1 for the Japanese GP last […]
With an end to Honda’s current competitive woes nowhere in sight, Marquez has done little to quell talk of a sensational switch to satellite Ducati machinery, which would entail ending his contract with the marque with which he has spent his entire premier class career. After a disappointing first test with the 2024 prototype Honda […]
A surge in competitiveness by McLaren since a mid-season upgrade has left the Woking-based squad just 49 points behind Aston Martin in the fight for fourth place in the constructors’ championship. Norris has no doubts that McLaren now has a car that can help close the gap in the remaining six races, and thinks that […]
The FIM announced on Wednesday that next year’s calendar will take in 22 rounds beginning in Qatar on 10 March and finishing in Valencia on 17 November. The new schedule features the return of the Aragon Grand Prix, which has been absent for 2023, as well as the second attempt at staging the Kazakhstan GP […]
The Dutchman was announced on Wednesday as having returned to the all-electric championship with Mahindra on a multi-year deal after been sacked by the AlphaTauri F1 team earlier this year. De Vries contested just 10 races for the Red Bull junior team but was replaced by Daniel Ricciardo ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix in […]
Reigning world champion Bagnaia has bled points since the Catalan Grand Prix, having started that race with a 66-point lead over Pramac’s Martin. But a crash on lap one of the Catalan GP, which compromised his physical condition for the San Marino GP, and then another Sunday crash in India, has allowed Martin to close […]
Not for the first time this year, Perez struggled to get going in Japan after having issues to get the RB19 balanced to his liking in Friday practice. Overnight work did little to improve matters as he qualified fifth, some seven tenths behind his dominant team-mate Max Verstappen. Perez’s Suzuka race quickly spiralled out of […]
Rins sustained a broken right leg in a crash in the sprint race during the Italian Grand Prix weekend, and has subsequently missed the last seven grand prix weekends, including last weekend’s Indian round. However, LCR announced that Rins would be making the trip to Japan in hopes of being able to participate in Honda’s […]
The Williams driver’s comments came in the wake of an incident late in the Singapore GP when he was knocked into a spin by Sergio Perez, costing him a points finish. In Japan last weekend Albon had another close call with Perez, and was then a witness to the Mexican punting Kevin Magnussen off the […]
The US-owned team has struggled for race performance for most of the season, although Magnussen managed to bag a point for 10th place in Singapore. However, the Japanese GP again saw the cars slip down the order, with Magnussen compromised by contact from Sergio Perez, and his team-mate Nico Hulkenberg by the need to do […]