Perez went off at the exit of the iconic Parabolica corner, bringing out a second red flag in the session topped by Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz. Perez was fortunate to escape with only minor contact with the outside barriers, tapping the wall with his rear wing. Explaining the crash Perez said: “I understeered off on the […]
On his 29th birthday, Sainz topped second practice by 0.019s from McLaren’s Lando Norris in an eventful session stalled by two red flags; the first early on for Lance Stroll stopping with a suspected fuel system issue in his Aston Martin and the second late in the session for Sergio Perez crashing at the Parabolica. Despite […]
Aleix Espargaro topped both sessions on Friday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, heading factory Aprilia team-mate Maverick Vinales. The double grand prix winner set a new circuit lap record on his way to top spot in FP2 with a 1m38.686s, beating the existing record he set on his way to pole last year at the […]
Both the overall pace order and the long run averages are even more fraught with peril at Monza – in addition to the usual caveats about practice fuel loads and engine modes. This is because the teams were trialling various downforce levels and specific set-up tweaks around the ATA requirements. Then there were the […]
A brief statement from the PBM team said Bird died earlier on Friday having been hospitalised with illness. “PBM is deeply saddened to announce the sudden passing of Paul Bird, the team owner of Paul Bird Motorsport. “Paul Bird died earlier today at the age of 56 following a short time in hospital with illness. […]
Massa is one of several former drivers employed by the F1 organisation in ambassadorial roles, with the job involving attending a certain number of races per season in logoed shirts and undertaking tasks such as meet and greets in the Paddock Club. Others to have similar arrangements are Mika Hakkinen, Jacques Villeneuve and David Coulthard. […]
Having led an Aprilia 1-2 at the end of first practice in Barcelona on Friday, Espargaro carried on his strong home form to top the second session by 0.362 seconds from team-mate Maverick Vinales. Crucially, Espargaro got this lap in before a late yellow flag for Luca Marini’s stricken VR46 Ducati caused havoc for many […]
But it has not been entirely smooth sailing in the 18 months since the new ground-effect cars emerged, with grand prix racing having endured its share of ups and downs. On the positive side, the cars do seem better able to follow each other than the older generation of machinery, which has allowed for some […]
The 11th round of the 2023 season marks the beginning of a frantic run in to the end of the year over the next 10 events, with the Catalan GP the first of a back-to-back with Misano. Espargaro – who last year lost a podium after miscounting how many laps he had remaining, and who […]
Perez enjoyed a strong start to the season, taking two early wins as he set out to pose a more credible title challenge to two-time world champion Verstappen. But from Miami onwards, where Verstappen came through the field to demote polesitter Perez to second, the Mexican has increasingly struggled to keep up with the Dutchman. […]