Ferrari driver Leclerc claimed his second consecutive pole once again with the aid of red flags which ensured his Q3 benchmark could not be toppled by any late improvements. The Monegasque pipped seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton by 0.232s on their first qualifying runs, and was assured of pole by a late crash involving Yuki Tsunoda’s… […]
Last year’s Catalan GP ultimately came down to who best preserved their rubber, with Morbidelli dropping out of the podium battle late on due to a severe drop in grip. All riders are expecting a similar race to last year’s to pan out on Sunday, with Morbidelli admitting the choice of hard or medium rear […]
Norris received a three-place grid drop and three penalty points on his licence after he failed to enter the pitlane when a red flag came out during Q1. Norris was on the main straight and almost at the pit entrance when the session was stopped. He was heard asking the team if he should enter […]
Honda is enduring a tough 2021 campaign as all four of its riders across its factory team and LCR have struggled for form on the latest RC213V. Takaaki Nakagami has scored Honda’s best result so far in 2021 of fourth at the Spanish GP, while neither of its factory team riders Marc Marquez and Pol […]
Leclerc will start ahead of Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen of Red Bull after the one-hour qualifying session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3. Multiple crashes caused four red flags. What happened in Q1? The first session […]
Nine-time world champion Rossi is in his 26th season of grand prix racing but is currently in the midst of his worst campaign, having scored just 15 points from the first six races. This has left him 19th in the standings ahead of this weekend’s Catalan Grand Prix having scored a best of 10th last […]
With new tougher pull back tests being introduced from the French Grand Prix later this month, F1 teams will have a final chance to run with their previous flexible designs for this weekend’s race in Baku. However, there remains the threat of a protest for those that do, and it is not impossible that the […]
Rins broke his right arm during a cycling crash on Thursday at Barcelona and had to undergo an operation on Friday morning, ruling him out of this weekend’s grand prix. The Japanese marque confirmed earlier on Friday that Rins’ operation was a success and has not ruled out a return for him in Germany in […]
World champion Hamilton ended up 11th fastest in second free practice for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Bottas down in 16th spot – ahead of only the Williams and Haas drivers. Both Mercedes men said there their cars did not feel terrible to drive but were simply not quick enough. “It was very, very tricky […]
Doohan won the 500cc world title five times between 1994 and 1998, which came in the wake of a career-threatening accident at Assen in 1992 which left him with a seriously broken leg which at one point was at risk of amputation. The Australian’s tribulations have been compared to Marquez’s own struggles, with the six-time […]