Lewis Hamilton reckoned he could have finished fifth rather than sixth in Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix, which in itself was a respectable return given the contentious five-place grid penalty he carried over from Zandvoort.Hamilton started 10th and had to make his way past the Red Bull of Yuki TsunodaContinue Reading
Toto Wolff reckons Andrea Kimi Antonelli “made too many mistakes” in a disappointing outing for the Mercedes Formula 1 team at the Italian Grand Prix.Antonelli crossed the line in eighth, but a five-second penalty for forcing Alex Albon off at Turn 3 dropped the 19-year-old rookie to ninth while team-mateContinue Reading
McLaren’s decision to swap positions between Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri during Formula 1’s Italian Grand Prix was a matter of “fairness” and “consistency of principles”, per team principal Andrea Stella.The Woking-based squad found itself facing scrutiny during the race when, after Lando Norris suffered a slow pitstop and droppedContinue Reading
The 2025 Formula 1 championship fight is very unlike many that have come before.It is being fought by McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, but even as the season approaches its end, the pair are still playing ‘happy family’ rather than the intra-team bust-ups of years gone by likeContinue Reading
Alex Marquez says the mistake he made while leading Saturday’s MotoGP sprint acted as a lesson and helped him score victory in the Catalan Grand Prix.The Gresini rider threw away a likely win in the half-distance race in Barcelona after crashing at the notoriously difficult Turn 10 with four lapsContinue Reading
Max Verstappen produced a vintage display of dominance at the Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix with a commanding win over Lando Norris, who was at the centre of a McLaren team orders kerfuffle following a slow pitstop.Norris, who had given up his place in the McLaren pitstop queue to team-mateContinue Reading
Alex Marquez held off his elder brother Marc Marquez to take a brilliant MotoGP victory in front of his home crowd at the Catalan Grand Prix.At the start, Gresini rider Alex Marquez pulled away from pole position and briefly held the advantage, but Marc Marquez outbraked him into Turn 1Continue Reading
Pierre Gasly, Daniel Ricciardo, Max Verstappen, Charles Leclerc, winners of the past five grands prix at Monza, have something in common besides the obvious fact of being Formula 1 drivers who have won the Italian GP.None of them started from pole position.Indeed, races won from pole are in the minorityContinue Reading
Twelve months ago, the world of Formula 1 still looked very different in many ways. Max Verstappen led the championship with a sizeable margin, trying to drag an inferior car across the line for his fourth world title. Oscar Piastri had only one Grand Prix victory to his name, whileContinue Reading
Jorge Martin feels his 2024 title rival Francesco Bagnaia is lacking the confidence in Ducati’s MotoGP bike this season after following him closely in the Catalan Grand Prix sprint.Having already endured two tough weekends in Austria and Hungary following the summer break, factory Ducati rider Bagnaia hit a new lowContinue Reading