Wolff could not hide his disappointment after the race in Baku, as he suggested that Mercedes’ showings were ‘unacceptable’ if it wanted to fight Red Bull for the title. He was clear that the Brackley-based squad was under-delivering and that everyone in the team – including himself – needed to lift their game. “It is […]
The Yamaha rider’s race suit somehow opened fully in the later stages of Sunday’s Barcelona race, leading to many riders to question the safety of his decision to continue racing. Quartararo was later handed a three-second time penalty, dropping him from fourth – having already been penalised for a track limits offence in the race, […]
Hamilton lost the chance to fight for the win and the opportunity to regain the lead of the F1 drivers’ championship at the Baku restart after a dramatic Turn 1 lock-up. Just moments after surging to the front for the two-lap restart triggered by Max Verstappen’s crash, Hamilton’s front tyres locked up as he hit […]
Yamaha rider Quartararo had just been overtaken by Pramac’s Johann Zarco at Turn 1 at the start of lap 22 when he made a mistake under braking and was forced to run through the Turn 1/2 chicane. Any rider doing so was forced to cede one second or face a long lap penalty, though Quartararo […]
While the nature of two high-speed unexpected failures in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix was already enough for Pirelli to get to the bottom of the troubles, it was Verstappen’s post-race comments that added to the intrigue. With his stricken Red Bull still being returned to the garage, the Dutchman suggested that Pirelli would shake off […]
Quartararo’s leathers came open with around five laps of Sunday’s race to go and he completed the grand prix with his suit opened and without his chest protector. This would gain him a three-second time penalty some hours after the race, dropping him to sixth having already lost third to a three-second time penalty for […]
Max Verstappen’s tyre failure with four laps to go resulted in the race being red flagged so that the debris could be cleared on the main straight. FIA race director Michael Masi felt there was “no reason” not to restart the race, setting up a final two-lap sprint under green flag conditions after a standing […]
Most of the field remained at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya circuit for the second in-season test day of 2021, though Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro sat it out due to some swelling in his arm – a legacy of recent arm-pump surgery. LCR’s Takaaki Nakagami led the opening hour of running with a 1m40.648s, the Honda rider […]
The Baku race erupted into action when Verstappen suffered a shocking tyre failure which caused a red flag with three laps to go. A standing start was called, with the race counting down to two laps left, with Hamilton and Perez fighting for the lead at the first corner. But the reigning F1 world champion […]
The Portuguese rider struggled at the start of 2021, as the RC16 didn’t get on well with Michelin’s generally softer front tyre allocation in the early rounds. Failing to crack a top 10 from the first five races, a new chassis transformed Oliveira’s fortunes last week at Mugello as he scored second before going on […]