Piastri crashes out of Azerbaijan GP in huge setback for F1 championship leader
Championship leader Oscar Piastri has crashed out of the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix on the first lap after a poor start which has ended his 34-race point-scoring streak. Starting ninth on the grid, he had a horrific start as he jumped the lights before bogging the car down as heContinue Reading
Plato plots BTCC return as team owner
British Touring Car Championship wins record holder Jason Plato plans to return to the series in 2026 as a team owner.The 57-year-old, who won 97 BTCC races over a 26-year span in the series spanning 1997 to 2022, is planning a two-car team to be known as Jason Plato Motorsport.HardContinue Reading
Why Guenther Steiner doesn’t expect Liberty to copy F1’s model in MotoGP
Ex-Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes MotoGP will retain its originality under new owner Liberty Media rather than adopting Formula 1’s template.In July, Liberty Media completed its takeover of MotoGP, becoming the majority shareholder in series promoter Dorna Sports after a prolonged regulatory process.With Liberty having also acquired F1 inContinue Reading
Why Steiner doesn’t expect Liberty to copy F1’s model in MotoGP
Ex-Haas team principal Guenther Steiner believes MotoGP will retain its originality under new owner Liberty Media rather than adopting Formula 1’s template.In July, Liberty Media completed its takeover of MotoGP, becoming the majority shareholder in series promoter Dorna Sports after a prolonged regulatory process.With Liberty having also acquired F1 inContinue Reading
Strategy corner: Shaken-up grid has a perverse effect on F1 Azerbaijan GP
Although Pirelli has gone a step softer in its tyre allocation for Azerbaijan this year, in the hope of steering teams away from defaulting to a one-stop strategy, actually this has had the opposite effect.The C5 which was the unfancied soft last year is now the medium, with the newContinue Reading
Antonelli opens up after Baku quali: The mental effect of seeing other F1 drivers crash
Formula 1 qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix turned into crashfest with many red flags, but Andrea Kimi Antonelli kept his cool with a surprisingly good qualifying performance.After a tough European leg, the young Italian secured fourth place on the Baku grid – a welcome boost to his confidence.“The paceContinue Reading
Piastri, Colapinto avoid Azerbaijan GP pitlane starts despite F1 car chassis changes
Oscar Piastri and Franco Colapinto have both undergone chassis changes after their qualifying crashes at the Formula 1 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but neither driver will need to start the race from the pitlane.Both McLaren and Alpine managed to complete the rebuild of their respective cars within the time allowed inContinue Reading
What changed to cause so many red flags in F1 Azerbaijan GP qualifying?
Mechanics and TV schedulers alike were aghast at the sheer number of incidents in Formula 1 qualifying at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.Six wall impacts hard enough to bring out the red flags, plus more incidents dealt with under local yellows, meant more work in the garage – and a session whichContinue Reading
Verstappen wants Pirelli talk after Baku F1 qualifying: ‘They should leave the C6 tyre at home’
Max Verstappen secured pole position for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a 1m41.117s on soft tyres on Saturday, but the reigning Formula 1 world champion actually didn’t want to use that compound at all.Verstappen preferred this weekend’s mediums, around which Red Bull had geared its entire weekend planning.Read Also: FormulaContinue Reading
Verstappen was “pissed” during F1 qualifying, missing his GT3 drivers’ victory
Amid all the chaos at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix – where Formula 1 qualifying produced a record six red flags – Max Verstappen kept his cool.The Red Bull driver got one flying lap at the end of Q3 and delivered to secure his 46th pole in F1 and sixth ofContinue Reading