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During the build-up to this year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone, 1996 Formula 1 world champion Hill and three-time grand prix winner Herbert will join forces for a one-off show to remember tales and stories from their time in F1. The two drivers-turned-pundits will be joined by Sky Sports F1 colleague Rachel Brookes who will… […]
Bastianini smacked into the back of his Ducati stablemate Zarco as they warmed up their brakes on the way to their grid slots just before the start of Sunday’s 23-lap Mugello race. The Avintia rider was unable to take the start as a result, while Zarco had to complete the race with some cosmetic damage […]
A lowly seventh place for Lewis Hamilton was accompanied by urgent questioning of his strategy from the world champion, who lost two places to Sebastian Vettel and Sergio Perez over the pitstop sequence. Then there was the very public embarrassment of the crew struggling to remove the right-front wheel from the car of Valtteri Bottas,… […]
The Swiss 19-year-old Dupasquier tragically died from injuries sustained in a horror qualifying crash on Saturday at Mugello, with the FIM announcing his passing just before Sunday’s Moto2 race. A moment of silence was held on the grid ahead of the MotoGP race, but track action in Moto2 and MotoGP carried on as normal. Bagnaia, […]
Hamilton was raised on a council estate in Stevenage, with his father holding down multiple jobs to fund his early karting career that helped pave the way for his success in F1. The seven-time F1 world champion said in an interview with Spanish publication AS that F1 “has become a billionaire boys’ club”, adding: “If […]
Qualifying was delayed following a serious incident in the preceding Moto3 Q2 session, with Swiss rider Jason Dupasquier airlifted to hospital in Florence for further assessment. Jack Miller emerged from the early salvo of laps fastest with a 1m45.796s on his factory Ducati, though Aprilia’s Aleix Espargaro edged ahead moments later with a 1m45.651s having […]
Sainz and Norris raced together at McLaren in 2019 and 2020, striking up one of the closest partnerships on the grid as they lifted the team to third place in the constructors’ championship. Sainz left McLaren at the end of last year to join Ferrari, but Norris had continued his impressive form, scoring two podiums […]
The Honda rider followed Vinales out of pitlane in both of his runs in the first 15-minute shootout session at Mugello on Saturday afternoon. Vinales was visibly furious at this, with the Yamaha rider even aborting an outlap to come through pitlane again to try and shake Marquez – only for the Honda man to […]
Schumacher made his F1 debut in 2021 with Haas after winning the Formula 2 title last year, joining Vettel as the only other German driver on the grid. Vettel has taken a keen interest in Schumacher’s career, having raced against his seven-time world champion father, Michael, between 2010 and 2012, and looked up to him […]
Quartararo smashed the lap record around Mugello, logging a 1m45.187s laptime to secure his fourth consecutive MotoGP pole – beating Ducati’s Francesco Bagnaia after the Italian headed the field in the second and third practice sessions. Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco continued his impressive start to the season by completing the front row, as Aprilia’s […]