After Max Verstappen and Valtteri Bottas topped Friday’s sessions, it was Lewis Hamilton who finished fastest of all in Saturday’s final practice for the Hungarian GP. He clocked a 1:16.289 in a session where once again a rookie brought out the red flags, this time it was Mick Schumacher. Saturday’s final practice at the Hungaroring…
AlphaTauri hopes to confirm shortly that Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda will continue to race for it in the 2022 Formula 1 season. Gasly and Tsunoda are Red Bull-contracted drivers placed at the sister team, so their futures are determined by Red Bull itself. There are some variables that could theoretically delay a decision, namely…
Williams chief executive Jost Capito would support George Russell’s move to Mercedes for 2022 insisting the Briton is now ready to fight for the title with a top team. As a Mercedes protégé, Russell served his apprenticeship in Formula 1 with Williams and is currently in his third season with the Grove-based outfit. But the…
The incident involving Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen has continued to be a topic of conversation during the weekend in Hungary. On Thursday Red Bull were told that Hamilton’s penalty, ten seconds, would not be increased. Since then the focus has returned to the track and the racing itself. ZiggoSport spoke to the main players,…
Formula 1’s 2021 title battle was already proving to be intense, but the fallout in the wake of Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s British Grand Prix collision has given it an extra edge. Thursday media days are typically routine and sometimes uneventful affairs by F1’s standards. However, that was not the case on the eve…
Formula 1 championship leader Max Verstappen laid down the early benchmark by topping the timesheets in opening practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix, while Yuki Tsunoda caused a red flag. Two weeks on from his dramatic, race-ending collision with title rival Lewis Hamilton at the British GP, the Red Bull driver set the pace in…
Jayson Uribe has joined the OUTDO TPR Team Pedercini Racing Kawasaki team for the remainder of the 2021 World Superbike season. The American joins Belgian rider Loris Cresson at the team following the departure of Samuele Cavalieri prior to the British round at Donington Park. British Superstock rider Luke Mossey replaced Cavalieri at Donington. Uribe…
Pierre Gasly says he is expecting to receive an update on his Formula 1 future from Red Bull “at some point in the summer break”. Gasly has turned in a series of impressive displays this season for AlphaTauri and is likely to stay put at the Faenza outfit for at least another year alongside rookie…
Helmut Marko admits he “feared” Max Verstappen would need more time to recover from his Silverstone crash, but the good news is he is fighting fit. Verstappen suffered a massive crash at the British Grand Prix, sent hurtling into the tyre barrier with an impact of 51G as he came off second best in his…
Birthday boy Fernando Alonso says he never imagined early on in his career that he would still be racing at the highest level of motorsport at the ripe old age of 40. The Alpine driver celebrated his 40th birthday at the Hungaroring on Thursday, the venue where he won his first F1 race, 18 years…
Formula One world champions Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel have spoken out against the Hungarian government’s planned LGBT law referendum. Hungary’s government wants a national referendum to showcase public support for a new law that the European Union says discriminates against LGBT people. The government says the law aims to protect children, but many have…
Hamilton has enjoyed dominance at the Hungaroring throughout his career and could be in line for a ninth victory on Sunday. Lewis Hamilton has rarely had it so tough. Midway through the 2021 F1 season, the seven-time world champion finds himself in a frustratingly unfamiliar position. For the first time since 2016 he is in…
Honda has confirmed that it will run the power unit involved in Max Verstappen’s Silverstone crash during opening practice in Hungary on Friday. Red Bull driver Verstappen suffered a 51g impact at the start of the British Grand Prix after clashing with Lewis Hamilton through Copse corner. Formula 1 power units are made up of…
Cal Crutchlow will return to the MotoGP starting grid as an injury replacement for Franco Morbidelli at SRT. The Briton, who retired from racing at the end of 2020 and took up a test role with Yamaha, will ride for its satellite team in the next three races. That will see Crutchlow tackle the two…
It is now known that Red Bull’s team is contesting the penalty given to Lewis Hamilto for touching and disabling Max Verstappen at the Silverstone Grand Prix. Marko has given some more information to RTL on why information is available for a review of Hamilton’s punishment. “We are bringing forward new facts/evidence that were not…
Driving through the pit lane is one of the fewest types of penalties the stewards prefer imposing on a driver infringing the laws of motorsport including F1. However, a racing team in Formula-E preferred driving through the pit lane to gain positions during the race at the 2021 London E-Prix. Audi Sport driver, Lucas Di…
