Joan Mir branded Friday at the 2024 MotoGP German Grand Prix as the “most difficult day all year” in terms of bike performance on the Honda.The 2020 world champion brought his season tally of crashes up to 10 in second practice at the Sachsenring on Friday afternoon, with his frustrationContinue Reading
MotoGP’s second practice at the 2024 German Grand Prix proved to be something of a crash-fest as 10 riders suffered tumbles through the gravel.VR46 Ducati rider Marco Bezzecchi brought out the first display of yellow flags at the fast Turn 11 right-hander four minutes into the hour-long second practice session.ThreeContinue Reading
The British driver topped both Friday sessions, heading a McLaren 1-2 from team-mate Oscar Piastri in FP2, as he looks to bounce back from his clash with Max Verstappen fighting for the lead at the Austrian GP last time out.Red Bull’s Sergio Perez took third on the second practice timesheet,Continue Reading
The IndyCar Series takes a step into a new era this weekend at Mid-Ohio, as it finally debuts its new electrical hybrid powertrain.The current 2.2-litre, twin-turbocharged V6 internal combustion engine remains, but is now boosted by a low-voltage (48V) motor generator unit (MGU) via a supercapacitor energy storage system (ESS).Continue Reading
Lando Norris completed a clean sweep of Friday’s free practice sessions ahead of the British Grand Prix, having beaten McLaren Formula 1 team-mate Oscar Piastri by 0.331 seconds in FP2.Norris posted a 1m26.549s among the mid-session soft-tyre runs to go top in preparation for qualifying on Saturday, chiselling Piastri offContinue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s difficult start to his maiden Formula 2 campaign has put Carlos Sainz back in contention for a Mercedes Formula 1 drive next year alongside George Russell.Having entered F2 as one of the overwhelming favourites to take the title given his impeccable junior credentials, Antonelli has struggled withContinue Reading
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has criticised Red Bull and its Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner for ‘encouraging’ Max Verstappen to continue driving in an aggressive manner.Amid the fallout of the collision between Verstappen and Lando Norris at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Brown said that there are aspects that theContinue Reading
McLaren CEO Zak Brown has criticised Red Bull and its Formula 1 team principal Christian Horner for “encouraging” Max Verstappen to continue driving in an aggressive manner.Amid the fallout of the collision between Verstappen and Lando Norris at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, Brown said that there are aspects thatContinue Reading
Aprilia’s Maverick Vinales topped second practice for the MotoGP German Grand Prix with a new lap record, as a massive crash left Marc Marquez out of Q2 in 13th.Cooler conditions than expected for the time of year at the Sachsenring coupled with its unique layout led to a crash-strewn hourContinue Reading
The much-anticipated race debut of IndyCar’s hybrid era begins this weekend as over 800 horsepower will be on display for the first time in the series in over two decades, which also marks the start of a plan to increase performance over the next few years and eventually replace push-to-passContinue Reading