F1 Italian GP: Norris leads Piastri in McLaren qualifying 1-2, Verstappen seventh
Lando Norris led a McLaren 1-2 in qualifying for Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, with points leader Max Verstappen qualifying down in seventh.George Russell took third for practice pacesetter Mercedes, while Oscar Piastri and Verstappen are set to see the stewards post-qualifying due to an incident in Q1 where theContinue Reading
MotoGP Aragon GP: Marquez takes dominant sprint win, disaster for Bagnaia
Marc Marquez broke his 1000-day victory drought with top spot in Saturday’s sprint race at the Aragon Grand Prix.The 31-year-old Catalan, who had topped every single session at MotoLand, controlled the race from the opening corners to convert pole position into a dominant 2.9s win.It was the former Honda rider’sContinue Reading
MotoGP Aragon GP: Dominant Marquez ends win drought in sprint, Bagnaia struggles
Marc Marquez won his first MotoGP race in over 1,000 days – and took his first ever victory in a sprint race – with victory in the Aragon GP.The 31-year-old Catalan, who has topped every single session at the MotorLand Circuit so far, converted from pole position and controlled theContinue Reading
F2 Italy: Bearman blasts to sprint race victory
Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman drove a controlled race in the Formula 2 Monza sprint to record his second victory of the year.Having started from eighth, this following a five place grid penalty for causing a collision with Pepe Marti last time out at Spa Francorchamps, Prema driver Bearman swiftly climbedContinue Reading
The subtle McLaren upgrades that highlight its F1 title focus
McLaren continues to pile the pressure on its Formula 1 rivals, as it unleashed another clutch of upgrades at the Italian Grand Prix.While some of these changes are track-specific for the high-speed characteristics at Monza, others point to longer-term efforts aimed at eking out ever more performance from the MCL38.TheContinue Reading
Rosberg: Antonelli can become “best of next generation”, but F1 preparation not ideal
Former Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg believes that Andrea Kimi Antonelli has the talent to star in Formula 1, but noted his preparation in his 2024 Formula 2 season “is anything but ideal”.Antonelli was announced on Saturday as a Mercedes driver for 2025 to partner George Russell at the team, aContinue Reading
Overtaking and safety – why F3’s new car has a sense of the familiar
F3 has raced with the Dallara F3 2019 since its formation in that year, bringing together GP3 and the Formula 3 European Championship.With racing that continues to enthrall with plenty of overtaking, it was somewhat peculiar that a large focus of the press release was on improving the raceability ofContinue Reading
F1 Italian GP: Hamilton leads Russell for Mercedes 1-2 in tight FP3
Lewis Hamilton headlined the final free practice session of Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix weekend, 0.093 seconds clear of Mercedes team-mate George Russell.In a closely contested session, in which the top six were all within a quarter of a second, the two Mercedes cars displaced Charles Leclerc from the leaderboard’sContinue Reading
Antonelli beats Doohan in chase for same F1 race number
Andrea Kimi Antonelli has beaten Jack Doohan in taking race car #12 next season after both set their sights on the same digit.Under Formula 1’s current sporting regulations, drivers have to choose a permanent number that they keep for their entire F1 career.Numbers only become available if a driver’s F1Continue Reading
MotoGP Aragon GP: Marquez blitzes field to claim pole by eight tenths
Marc Marquez extended his dominance at MotorLand Aragon by taking his second MotoGP pole position of the season on the Ducati GP23.The 31-year-old has headed all four sessions so far in the Aragon Grand Prix and is now favourite for the sprint as well as the 12th race of theContinue Reading