In Baku Charles Leclerc took his second consecutive pole of F1’s 2021 season, albeit helped by a late red flag which prevented others from attempting a second flying lap. In Sunday’s race, Leclerc was soon overtaken by title contenders Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen and then got into what he described as a “vicious circle’ […]
Perfect conditions for the start of FP3 meant several riders improved on their Friday lap times in the early stages of the session. Significantly inside the top 10, KTM’s Miguel Oliveira and his team-mate Brad Binder were big movers. Oliveira shot up from 14th to fifth in the opening moments with a 1m39.677s, improving to fourth […]
F1 is set to stage its first grand prix in Saudi Arabia on 3-5 December this year, serving as the penultimate round of the 2021 season ahead of the finale in Abu Dhabi. The planned track layout for the Jeddah track was revealed by F1 in March, which is set to be the longest and […]
No rider since Marc Marquez during his dominant 2014 season has scored five poles in a row, while no Yamaha rider since Jorge Lorenzo in 2010 achieved that feat before Quartararo ended that drought with a 1m38.853s in Q2 at Barcelona. Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro set the initial benchmark at 1m39.834s, though this was immediately bettered […]
With new tougher FIA pull-back tests not due to come into force until the French GP, the race in Baku was the last chance for outfits to get away with their more bendy rear wings. That prospect annoyed teams like Mercedes and McLaren, and the threat of a protest remained if outfits went too far […]
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 […]