#77 – Callum Ilott, 16th in championship standings (266 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 0 podium, 2 top fives, 3 top 10s, 0 poles, 0 Fast Six AppearancesBest Finish: 5th (St. Petersburg, Laguna Seca)Best Start: 8th (Portland)#78 – Agustín Canapino, 21st in championship standings (180 points) – 17 racesContinue Reading
#18 – David Malukas, 17th in championship standings (265 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 1 podium, 2 top fives, 6 top 10s, 0 poles, 2 Fast Six AppearancesBest Finish: 3rd (Gateway)Best Start: 3rd (Iowa – Race 2)#51 – Sting Ray Robb, 23rd in championship standings (147 points) – 17Continue Reading
In its final season under the Alfa Romeo name, the Swiss outfit slipped from sixth to ninth in the constructors’ standings after a difficult season with the C43.However, in the background the team has been building towards the arrival of Audi in 2026, with the hiring of former McLaren manContinue Reading
The Italian manufacturer has now won back-to-back riders’ titles with Francesco Bagnaia in 2022 and 2023, marking the first time in its MotoGP history that this has happened.It capped off a year of utter dominance for Ducati, having scored a total of 43 podiums and 17 grand prix wins acrossContinue Reading
Every year, dozens of drivers enjoy championship success across a plethora of different national racing categories.But some of these title winners stand out more than most. Whether it is because of the quality of the opposition they’ve had to defeat or because of their sheer number of wins across theContinue Reading
That was the year Norris made his F1 debut with McLaren, with which he has remained after signing two contract extensions in 2021 and 2022.Although the papaya team had a tough start to the season just gone, its development work helped it go from battling to escape Q1 to regularlyContinue Reading
#06 – Helio Castroneves, 18th in the championship standings (217 points) – 17 races 0 wins, 0 podiums, 0 top fives, 1 top 10s, 0 poles, 0 Fast Six AppearancesBest Finish: 10th (Texas)Best Start: 8th (Iowa – Race 2)#60 – Simon Pagenaud, 28th in the championship standings (88 points) –Continue Reading
Gresini Ducati rookie Fabio Di Giannantonio scored points on just six occasions in 2022. His haul at the end of that season was a slender 24, a full 87 points adrift of the next Ducati rider in the standings. His fellow rookie Marco Bezzecchi, had a higher peak too, managing aContinue Reading
Following the shock retirement of newly crowned F1 world champion Nico Rosberg, Bottas left Williams to join Mercedes for 2017. He remained alongside Hamilton until a 2022 move to Sauber (then branded Alfa Romeo). During their time together, Hamilton won 50 grands prix and four drivers’ titles while Bottas scored 10Continue Reading
Adrian Newey today (26 December) celebrates his 65th birthday in a year where he has contributed to yet another F1 championship-winning car.He and his Red Bull colleagues created the RB19, which won 21 of 22 grands prix to dominate both the 2023 F1 constructors’ and drivers’ world championships.However, it was not theContinue Reading