Ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, AlphaTauri revealed that Tost would be stepping down at the end of this season, with his Italian outfit to be run by Ferrari sporting director Mekies and new CEO Peter Bayer. But the announcement of Mekies’ recruitment did not go down well at Ferrari, as it was unaware of […]
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Pedrosa leads FP1 on wildcard return with KTM
Pedrosa won 31 MotoGP races in an illustrious career in the premier class that spanned from 2006 to 2018, all of which being run as a factory Honda rider. Since retiring, Pedrosa has been a KTM test rider and made a one-off wildcard outing in 2021 at the Styrian GP – in which he was […]
Leclerc credits Australian GP set-up breakthrough for Baku F1 pole
With a 1m40.203s lap at the close of the session, Leclerc chalked up his first pole of the season – his 19th in F1 – to beat the Red Bulls of Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez to the punch. Leclerc admitted his surprise at beating the brace of RB19s to the front of the grid, […]
Espargaro tops FP2, Bagnaia and Quartararo into Q1
The one-hour afternoon session at Jerez saw little in the way of overall lap time improvements until the closing stages, when FP2 exploded into a frantic time attack. Espargaro was the best of the bunch with a 1m36.708s from Aprilia team-mate Maverick Vinales, while FP1 pacesetter Dani Pedrosa was third overall. A disastrous afternoon for […]
McLaren “in the middle of nowhere” for rest of Baku F1 weekend
Helped by the arrival of a tweaked floor and wing changes as part of ongoing revisions to the MCL60, Norris banked the team’s best qualifying result of the year with seventh in Baku. His time of 1m41.281s left him behind only the Ferraris, Red Bulls, Mercedes and the sixth-placed Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso, who […]
Bastianini uncertain he’ll continue Jerez MotoGP round as he’s “in a lot of pain”
The four-time race winner broke his shoulder after a collision with Luca Marini in the sprint race at the Portuguese GP last month. Having missed the previous two rounds due to the injury, Bastianini was cleared by doctors to race this weekend following a test on a Ducati superbike at Misano on Tuesday. However, Bastianini […]
Verstappen explains thinking behind failed Azerbaijan GP Q3 out-lap bid
The Red Bull driver experimented with a different approach to his final run in Q3 to get more heat into his tyres, as he aimed to hold on to the top spot he had secured earlier after the first runs. But the plan did not work as Verstappen struggled for grip on his last effort, […]
Sprint podium “a lot to ask” after “unexpected” Jerez MotoGP practice return
The 31-time MotoGP race winner is making a wildcard appearance this weekend at Jerez with KTM, marking just his second outing since retiring from full-time competition at the end of 2018. Though he tested recently at Jerez on the RC16, Pedrosa was still stunned when he topped FP1 with a 1m36.770s on Friday morning. This […]
Norris and Tsunoda first F1 drivers to take sprint qualifying gamble
As revealed by Autosport a loophole has emerged in the new sprint format regulations regarding the usage of tyres in the shootout. Drivers are obliged to use one set of new medium tyres in SQ1, another new set of mediums in SQ2, and then a set of new softs in SQ3. The intention was that […]
Yamaha “losing its strong points every year” at Jerez in MotoGP
The Frenchman scored his first MotoGP pole at Jerez in 2019 as a rookie and took his first win at the track in 2020, was on course to do the same in 2021 before arm pump problems struck him, and was second in 2022. However, at the end of Friday’s running at the Spanish GP, […]