Alonso wants group qualifying in Monaco amid F1 traffic chaos
The Aston Martin driver had set a time good enough for 13th on his final lap, but was vulnerable to progress from drivers further back, culminating in a drop into the bottom five. He couldn’t recover, having already pitted, and was out of time to set a final flying run.CitingContinue Reading
Perez blames stickers, traffic for Monaco F1 qualifying “disaster”
The Mexican driver managed to find his way into fifth after Saturday’s earlier FP3 session, although brusquely noted that his Red Bull was “nowhere” ahead of the run-in to qualifying.His team made duly set-up changes to the RB20, but these were not enough to help Perez progress any further intoContinue Reading
F1 team-mates’ qualifying battles: Monaco GP
After every F1 qualifying session, Autosport publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this willContinue Reading
De Vries: First points since Formula E return “like a victory”
The Mahindra driver finished eighth on-the-road in the first of two Shanghai E-Prix this weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit in China.The result marks the first time de Vries has finished in the points aboard a single-seater since he made his Formula 1 debut with Williams at the 2022 ItalianContinue Reading
F1 Monaco GP: Leclerc beats Piastri to crucial pole
Monegasque Leclerc dazzled throughout the Friday and Saturday sessions in Monaco, and built up his speed over the sessions to eventually land on a 1m10.270s – a tenth shy of Lewis Hamilton’s record pole time set in 2019.”It was nice, the feeling after a qualifying lap is always very specialContinue Reading
Fernandez “crying like a baby” after “very stupid mistake” in Barcelona MotoGP sprint
The Trackhouse Racing rider qualified a career-best third for himself and the American team on Saturday morning at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.Fernandez, riding the 2023-spec Aprilia that won last year’s sprint and GP at Barcelona, took the lead on lap three of 12 and quickly broke away from the packContinue Reading
MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro wins sprint after Bagnaia crashes from lead
Set to end a barren sprint run without a win on Saturday since last year’s Austrian GP, Bagnaia fell off his factory Ducati at Turn 5 on the last lap of 12, while eight tenths clear of Aprilia’s Espargaro.Espargaro, who started from pole but got beaten up in the earlyContinue Reading
MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro wins crazy sprint after last-lap Bagnaia crash
Set to end a barren sprint run without a win on Saturday since last year’s Austrian GP, Bagnaia fell off his factory Ducati at Turn 5 on the last lap of 12 while eight tenths clear of Aprilia’s Espargaro.Espargaro, who started from pole but got beaten up in the earlyContinue Reading
F2 Monaco: Barnard takes maiden win in interrupted sprint race
Barnard became the seventh different F2 race winner this season, taking the chequered flag by over five seconds from Gabriel Bortoleto despite the final segment of the race being a five-lap dash after the stoppage.Prior to the Monaco weekend, Barnard was the only F2 driver without a point to hisContinue Reading
BTCC Snetterton: Hill and Thompson top free practice
As the dismal British spring climate brought rain sweeping in from the North Sea across East Anglia, Thompson quite literally made a splash on his BTCC return – and his debut in a rear-wheel-drive tin-top – by topping the second session in his West Surrey Racing BMW 330e M Sport.ButContinue Reading