McLaren insists it can win F1 Monaco GP without crucial pole
With overtaking so difficult around the streets of Monte Carlo, the biggest advantage comes from track position.Poleman Charles Leclerc is the clear favourite to win if he can pull off a clean getaway against front-row starter Oscar Piastri and lead out of the opening corner.The relative ease by which driversContinue Reading
BTCC Snetterton: Hill beats Thompson to race one victory
Hill, who had a disastrous outing last time out at Brands Hatch, predictably converted his pole position into the race lead with his rear-wheel-drive West Surrey Racing-run BMW 330e M Sport, while new-for-this-weekend team-mate Bobby Thompson surged from fifth to third behind championship leader Ash Sutton’s Alliance Racing-run NAPA FordContinue Reading
MotoGP Catalan GP: Full Moto2 and Moto3 race results
The 18-lap Moto3 contest opened up Sunday’s race programme and proved to be another typical Barcelona slipstream fest.Championship leader Alonso prevailed as he faced high pressure on the final lap to score a fourth win of the season.The Aspar CFMoto rider was one of numerous names to take turns headingContinue Reading
Dennis: Formula E title defence “is over” after Shanghai non-score
The Andretti driver was only able to finish 11th, having struggled for pace throughout the 28-lap race at the Shanghai International Circuit after starting down in 14th.With Dennis only able to take fifth place from the opening race of the weekend a day earlier, the Briton is now 55 pointsContinue Reading
The communication breakdown that led to Haas’s Monaco F1 disqualification
Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen were disqualified on Saturday after post-session examinations of their cars showed their DRS wings opened more than the 85mm that is allowed in the rules.Talking about how Haas had found itself in such a situation, team principal Ayao Komatsu said it mainly revolved around aContinue Reading
Da Costa: “Sneaky” radio messages to Andretti helped in Shanghai Formula E win
The Portuguese driver took a largely dominant win in the weekend’s second race at the Shanghai International Circuit, having led for the final 12 laps as he took his third on-the-road victory of the season.Da Costa had taken the lead from Andretti’s Nato on the approach to Turn 1 afterContinue Reading
The winners and strugglers in Monaco trackside viewing
The Aston Martin drivers are not having a good time. It’s FP1 for Formula 1’s 2024 Monaco Grand Prix, at the Loews hairpin.Every time Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll squirt down the hill towards Autosport’s vantage point it happens. From our perspective on the outside of the corner, the greenContinue Reading
F2 Monaco: Inspired strategy, VSC gifts O’Sullivan surprise feature victory
O’Sullivan vaulted up the order having started from 15th on the grid after a late incident involving Zane Maloney and Joshua Durksen flipped the script.Campos driver Hadjar had been on course for victory and controlling proceedings once poleman Richard Verschoor (Trident) suddenly slowed and eventually retired, but he was leftContinue Reading
The “butterflies” that are the saving grace of F1’s Monaco GP
Long before the advent of Las Vegas or Miami, Monaco was F1’s marquee event that basked in its own glamour.Monaco, which first saw grand prix racing in 1929, and Formula 1 helped put each other on the map in the ’50s and ’60s. The grand prix built up a worldwideContinue Reading
Round 2: Lausitzring: Race 1 – Highlights
Highlights from a rain-stopped first race at the Lausitzring. SourceContinue Reading