Valentino Rossi says he has a lot of support from Petronas SRT amidst his worst-ever start to a MotoGP season in the nine-time grand prix world champion’s career. From the first four races so far in 2021, Rossi has scored just four points with a best result of 12th in the opening Qatar Grand Prix…
Valentino Rossi admits that he has “a desperate need to improve the pace” but believes he and SRT made progress at the Jerez post-race test.
Several drivers offered an early verdict on the new configuration of Barcelona’s Turn 10, differing on whether the widened corner will promote overtaking or not. The former left-hand ‘La Caixa’ near hairpin that had been part of the Circuit de Catalunya’s layout since 2004 has been altered and redrawn with a wider arc, a change…
The next generation of NASCAR racecars was unveiled on Wednesday, May 5, and auto manufacturers hope the added character to the design will bring fans to the showroom floor. Ford, Chevrolet and Toyota worked with NASCAR to design their next racecar to look more like the production vehicles they sell on dealership lots – like…
Is it time to police track limits with yellow and red cards? That is an idea put forward by NOS commentator Louis Dekker. With Mercedes and Red Bull sewing the seeds for an epic 2021 title battle, quite rightly the excitement around Formula 1 has surged. But the subject of track limits continues to hang…
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin believes Lewis Hamilton was the only difference between the Silver Arrows and Red Bull at the Portuguese Grand Prix. Seven-time champion Hamilton took a commanding 97th career victory at Portimão after fighting back from falling behind title rival Max Verstappen to overtake the Red Bull and later his pole-sitting…
Toto Wolff has dismissed as “nonsense” reports suggesting he may replace Valtteri Bottas with George Russell before the end of the 2021 season. When asked about the rumours by Osterreich newspaper, including the assertion that Lewis Hamilton is ‘almost always’ ahead of Bottas, the Mercedes team boss replied: “Nonsense. “Bottas is really good – he…
Alex Albon has set the fastest time on Wednesday morning during DTM’s second pre-season test at the Lausitzring. The former Red Bull F1 driver topped the timesheets in his AlphaTauri-liveried Ferrari 488 GTE Evo, which is operated by Italian sportscar stalwarts AF Corse. Albon’s best time of 01:43:486 was enough to beat out the Mercedes-AMG…
Three teams voted against adding sporting penalties for breaching the budget cap, according to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff. For 2021, a new spending limit of $145m per season was imposed on the teams. This is set to reduce to $140m for 2022 and $135m for 2023. As is the case with any sport that uses…
Sebastian Vettel’s AMR21 will recieve in Barcelona this week the same aero upgrades enjoyed by Aston Martin teammate Lance Stroll last weekend at Portimão. Stroll was awarded the latest developments in priority given his tally of points in the Drivers’ standings relative to Vettel. Although the German outpaced the Canadian in qualifying and on race…
In light of Quartararo’s second arm pump operation in three years, we delve into the issue faced by a lot of riders a little further Arm pump: it’s the most common issue faced by many modern motorcycle racers. Last weekend we saw Fabio Quartararo’s (Monster Energy Yamaha MotoGP) Spanish GP dramatically unravel because of it,…
Marc Marquez says he was better able to understand the weak points of the 2021 Honda MotoGP bike compared to its predecessor during last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The six-time MotoGP world champion rode to eighth in last Sunday’s Jerez race, the second of his comeback from a nine-month injury layoff. Though he is still…
The Spanish Grand Prix has come under fire in recent years, as F1 races around the Catalunya circuit have generally been underwhelming, to say the least. George Russell and Lando Norris are the latest drivers to highlight the issue. Lando Norris has questioned alterations to the Catalunya track layout on the eve of the 2021…
Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has been full of praise for Sergio Perez on the back of his fourth-place finish at the Portuguese Grand Prix last weekend. The Mexican driver has so far earned a fifth and fourth in the opening three races whilst round two at Imola saw him outside the points after…
Romain Grosjean, after retiring from F1 following his dramatic accident at last year’s Bahrain Grand Prix, will make a special one-off test with Mercedes next month. While recovering in hospital, the Frenchman received the promise from Toto Wolff of an opportunity to drive a Mercedes F1 car and ensure his accident wasn’t the end of…
Penske will mastermind Porsche’s factory return to top-line sportscar racing with a new LMDh prototype in both the FIA World Endurance Championship and the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship from 2023. The American multi-discipline operation will renew its partnership with the German manufacturer to run a pair of LMP2-based LMDh contenders in both series under the…
