Jon Noble and Alex Kalinauckas discuss Kimi Antonelli’s rapid but short-lived Formula 1 debut, as well as analysis on the long-run pace of Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes and McLaren from Free Practice 1 and 2 at the 2024 Italian GP. 0:00 Antonelli’s debut 6:11 Track changes at Monza 8:41 TyresContinue Reading
The 2024 Italian Grand Prix is baking – 3°C hotter (at 34°C ambient) than in the 2023 Monza race so far, with a near 10°C accompanying rise on track temperatures. This may well combine with the major track surface change here to significantly alter race strategy.Again this term, four Formula 1Continue Reading
Will Power has conceded he will likely need help from his Team Penske team-mates in order to overcome the points deficit to IndyCar Series leader Alex Palou and take a third title.With three rounds to go, the 43-year-old trails Palou by 54 points, and if the Chip Ganassi racer adds even oneContinue Reading
Toyota is aiming for damage limitation in this weekend’s Austin round of the World Endurance Championship as it aims to keep its title chances alive.The Japanese manufacturer doesn’t expect a repeat of its victory last time out in the WEC at Interlagos in July and is bracing itself for aContinue Reading
Marc Marquez has never been better placed to claim a maiden MotoGP win as a Ducati rider than this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix.The Spaniard has stood on the top step of the rostrum five times at MotorLand Aragon with Honda, meaning a victorious Prosecco spray for a third of allContinue Reading
F1 began the Italian Grand Prix by welcoming Andrea Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes for his debut FP1 session, while at Williams Franco Colapinto has replaced Logan Sargeant for the remainder of the season. While the latter built his pace steadily, Antonelli got off to a flying start before losing control at the ParabolicaContinue Reading
Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular 45G crash at Parabolica may not have been what Mercedes wanted, but his brief outing has actually served to further convince Mercedes about his brilliance.In fact, digging into the data of his handful of laps and trying to get to the bottom of how he endedContinue Reading
Motorsport UK has dropped plans to place a range of restrictions on race series’ calendars and names amid a furious backlash from organising clubs and drivers.The governing body’s race committee had sought to establish greater differentiation between a series and a point-scoring championship by placing limitations on some of theContinue Reading
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes a mix of pressure and expectation could explain why Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed out just five laps into his Formula 1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix.Antonelli was running in place of George Russell in FP1 at Monza to gain his first experience behind theContinue Reading
Marc Marquez took the first step towards ending a 1000-day MotoGP dry spell by rushing to first place in Practice for the Gran Premio GoPro de Aragon and shaved over two tenths of a second from the all-time lap record at MotorLand Aragon. The slick condition of the new asphalt improvedContinue Reading