Pirelli set for new extreme wet-weather F1 tyre test with Ferrari
The two-day test will consist of a day of dry running on Tuesday with 2025 prototype slick compounds, before the track is made wet on Wednesday when the Italian tyre manufacturer tries out a new extreme wet compound. Ferrari’s regular race drivers Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz are set toContinue Reading
Evans “shocked” and “annoyed” at lack of Formula E penalty for Wehrlein in Shanghai
Jaguar’s Evans took victory in the first of two races this weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit, having taken the lead on the final lap from Wehrlein with a daring move around the outside of Turn 1.Wehrlein had headed the field for the final stages of the race having takenContinue Reading
What We Learned on Friday | 2024 #CatalanGP
19 riders within a second, one has broken the all-time lap record, all the factories are in the mix and a few #MotoGP World Champs will have to go through Q1! These are all the learnings of Day 1 in Barcelona! SourceContinue Reading
F1 Monaco GP: Leclerc fastest in final practice from Verstappen and Hamilton
The session was red-flagged after the opening 10 minutes when Valtteri Bottas clipped the Swimming Pool exit wall, an impact that broke the front-right suspension on his Sauber and caused him to stop at Rascasse.Once the Finn’s car was moved behind the barriers as he could not recover to theContinue Reading
F3 Monaco: Alpine junior Tsolov controls sprint after red flag
ART driver Tsolov was rarely threatened in his lights-to-flag win, surviving two restarts and an investigation for illegal weaving.Team-mate Laurens van Hoepen dropped to third behind Tim Tramnitz (MP Motorsport) at the start and was unable to recover the position, despite his German rival’s lack of pace.Remarkably, Tsolov’s success meansContinue Reading
MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro snatches pole; Martin crashes and Marquez 14th
On Saturday ahead of this weekend’s sixth round of the 2024 season, Espargaro grabbed a first pole of the season with a new lap record of 1m38.190s at the end of a dramatic Q2.For much of the session, it looked like reigning world champion Francesco Bagnaia would take pole onContinue Reading
MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro takes home pole, Marquez only 14th
On Thursday ahead of this weekend’s sixth round of the 2024 season, Espargaro grabbed a first pole of the season with a new lap record of 1m38.190s at the end of a dramatic Q2.Espargaro hailed the pole laps as “the best of my life”, saying: “I don’t have 100 poleContinue Reading
MotoGP Catalan GP: Espargaro takes home pole, Marquez only 13th
On Thursday ahead of this weekend’s sixth round of the 2024 season, Espargaro grabbed a first pole of the season with a new lap record of 1m38.190s at the end of a dramatic Q2.Espargaro hailed the pole laps as “the best of my life”, saying: “I don’t have 100 poleContinue Reading
Aprilia hints at Espargaro MotoGP replacement preference
On Thursday ahead of the Catalan Grand Prix, three-time MotoGP race winner Espargaro announced he will be retiring from racing at the end of the season.Insight: How Espargaro “silenced many mouths” during his underdog MotoGP careerThis has opened up a prime factory spot on the grid for 2025, which has alreadyContinue Reading
Why risk still trumps tyre temps in Monaco’s F1 pole fight
Getting the front and rear Pirellis into their perfect grip window can help unlock those extra hundredths that can make all the difference between pole position or even being dumped off the front row entirely.But as F1 braces for perhaps its most critical qualifying day of the year in Monaco,Continue Reading