Sponsored by The narrow barriers around the city-centre circuit, coupled with extreme climate that pushes the drivers to the limit of exhaustion, make it one of the toughest races of all and there has been plenty of action under lights over the years. As F1 prepares to return for this year’s race,Continue Reading
After days of mounting reports, Red Bull finally confirmed on May 1st that Chief Technical Officer Adrian Newey, their legendary chief designer and technical guru, will leave the team in the first quarter of 2025, after 19 years with the team. Adrian will be taking a step back from hisContinue Reading
“Ayrton Senna is joining Williams…” I have to say that even though I was the team manager at the time, I had a certain feeling of trepidation when I heard this news. It was pretty daunting, because he was Ayrton Senna… he was coming with a little bit of aContinue Reading
Both Zarco and team-mate Takaaki Nakagami got to run the overhauled version of the RC213V at Jerez on Monday, after HRC test rider Stefan Bradl raced with the same bike in Spain last weekend.However, the initial impressions of the upgraded Honda challenger were poor across the board, with Zarco sayingContinue Reading
The Spaniard is the only driver other than Max Verstappen to have won a race in 2024 and is just seven points behind his team-mate Charles Leclerc in the standings despite having missed the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on medical grounds.His strong form has made him a key player inContinue Reading
For many, Ayrton Senna is the greatest Formula 1 driver of all time, and the passing of years since his death – at the peak of his powers aged 34 in the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix – has only strengthened that conviction.To mark the 25th anniversary in 2019, AutosportContinue Reading
Following intense speculation about the future of the squad’s chief technical officer amid the behind-the-scenes unrest at Red Bull following the controversy surrounding team principal Christian Horner, the Milton Keynes-based team announced on Wednesday that Newey would be departing.It is not clear if Newey has made a definite decision onContinue Reading
Following intense speculation about the future of the squad’s chief technical officer, the Milton Keynes-based team announced on Tuesday that Newey would be departing.In a statement, Red Bull said that Newey’s time at the outfit would end in the first quarter of next year and he would attend “specific races”Continue Reading
As revealed by Autosport over the Chinese Grand Prix weekend, teams last week discussed a tweak to the regulations to clear up an aspect of the regulations that had caused unease.Previously, jump starts were judged entirely on whether or not the FIA-supplied sensors fitted to cars had picked up movementContinue Reading
A fortnight on from his maiden victory with Aprilia in the Americas GP, Vinales could muster only a ninth-place finish at Jerez, over 11s off race winner Francesco Bagnaia on the factory Ducati.He and Aprilia team-mate Aleix Espargaro were also the slowest of the Q2 runners in qualifying, ending upContinue Reading