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The eight-time world champion fractured the first metacarpal of the thumb in his right hand in a controversial collision with Miguel Oliveira during the Portuguese Grand Prix season-opener last month. Following immediate surgery to stabilise the fracture, the Honda rider has been sidelined and will miss this weekend’s Spanish GP at Jerez. After scans on […]
The world champion has made no secret of his dislike for sprint race events, and remarks he made on the topic at the Australian Grand Prix were interpreted by some as being a quit threat over them. But ahead of the first F1 sprint weekend of the year in Baku, Verstappen has shed some light […]
Following approval at this week’s F1 Commission meeting, this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix will witness a revamped schedule. Saturday’s running will be completely standalone from the rest of the weekend, with there being a sprint shootout qualifying session in the morning followed by the short race in the afternoon. The change means that teams will […]
The idea of cars running LED wheel covers to display extra information to fans has been considered for several years, and the option was even there in the rules for them to be introduced for racing if the technology was ready. As long ago as the 2021 post-season test in Abu Dhabi, McLaren trialled the […]
So, with F1 having approved plans on Tuesday for an overhaul of its sprint race weekend format, teams will be studying the revised regulations to ensure that they are on the front foot and ready to go into battle in Baku this weekend. While the FIA has announced outlines for the revised sprint weekend format […]
Indeed, even F1’s pacesetting team itself joined in the fun when its motorsport director Helmut Marko joked earlier this year that it has been nice to see ‘three Red Bulls’ on the podium. While such comments are easy to make, and have certainly been fuelled by the team’s technical director Dan Fallows having previously worked […]
AlphaTauri has announced that Tost will step down as team principal at the end of the 2023 season, with Mekies due to return to the Italian squad in his place – and will join the team at an undisclosed date. In addition, former FIA executive director Peter Bayer will join AlphaTauri later this season as […]
This year was meant to mark a record-breaking year for MotoGP, as it embarked on what was supposed to be its longest season ever at 21 rounds. MotoGP added two new events to the provisional schedule for 2023, pending final sign-off at the track homologation stage, with Kazakhstan and Indian rounds joining the fray. The […]
De Vries was brought in for the 2023 F1 season alongside Yuki Tsunoda to replace the experienced Pierre Gasly, who was tapped up by Alpine. De Vries is an F1 rookie, with just one previous grand prix start to his name, when he stood in for the injured Alex Albon at last year’s Italian Grand […]
Having undergone surgery on his right thumb a day after the Portuguese GP on 27 March, Marquez visited the Ruber Internacional Hospital in Madrid again this week to get an update on his health. The medical team led by Dr. Roger de Ona deemed his clinical and radiological progression as satisfactory, but concluded that he […]