Bastianini’s MotoGP podium return in Portugal “beautiful”
The factory Ducati rider scored his first pole since the 2022 Austrian GP last weekend at the Algarve International Circuit, though he couldn’t convert this in the sprint after accidentally disengaging his front start device left him down in sixth.Bastianini proved much more competitive in the grand prix and tookContinue Reading
Marko: Impressive Tsunoda must improve more for Red Bull F1 seat
RB man Tsunoda broke through the apparent barrier between F1’s top and bottom five teams by beating both Aston Martins in Melbourne qualifying. He also outqualified Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by claiming eighth on the starting grid, just narrowly behind Mercedes’ George Russell.The Japanese driver couldn’t keep the faster Astons ofContinue Reading
10 things we learned at the 2024 F1 Australian Grand Prix
Formula 1 got something of a pressure release moment with Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz brilliantly winning the 2024 Australian Grand Prix and ending Max Verstappen’s latest dominant season start for Red Bull.The world champion was undone by a rare mechanical issue aboard one of Red Bull’s cars and Sainz picked upContinue Reading
Sainz feared F1 Australian GP “wasn’t going to happen” before flight
Sainz took a remarkable victory for Ferrari on Sunday, just two weeks after undergoing surgery for appendicitis on the weekend of the Saudi Arabian GP, which he sat out.PLUS: Why Sainz could have won F1’s Australian GP even in a Verstappen head-to-headThat left the Spaniard with just a week to recoverContinue Reading
Autosport Podcast: F1 Australian GP review
The Ferrari driver was forced to sit out the Saudi Arabian GP, where Oliver Bearman made a superb debut in his place, but Sainz was back at his best in Melbourne and won convincingly after poleman Max Verstappen retired with brake problems.Sainz did his job prospects for 2025, when heContinue Reading
Martin: Portugal MotoGP win “amazing” at a track “where I almost lost everything”
The 2023 championship runner-up put in a controlled performance last Sunday in Portugal to score his first grand prix win since last year’s Thailand GP.With erstwhile championship leader Francesco Bagnaia crashing out in a controversial tangle with Marc Marquez, Martin now leads the standings by 18 points.Martin says defending theContinue Reading
Peugeot reveal the 9X8 2024
Peugeot has revealed the heavily-revised 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar complete with a rear wing that will carry its hopes in the World Endurance Championship from next month’s Imola round. SourceContinue Reading
Peugeot reveals revised 9X8 Le Mans Hypercar with rear wing
First images of a car known as the 9X8 2024 in a new livery reveal a conventional, if low-line rear wing on a car that retains the familiar look of the original version, which entered competition in the final three races of the 2022 season.The addition of the wing, whichContinue Reading
Perez’s Australian GP compromised by tear-off stuck in RB20 F1 car floor
Perez started the Melbourne race in sixth after picking up a three-place penalty for impeding, and having lost a place to George Russell at the start he recovered to finish fifth.Having reported that he felt the balance of his car was not right, after the chequered flag the team discoveredContinue Reading
Wolff: Mercedes hasn’t “swallowed a dumb pill” since F1 2021
The Silver Arrows camp endured a torrid outing in last weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. The W15 suffered handling instability, Lewis Hamilton failed to progress into Q3 before retiring with an engine failure and George Russell crashed heavily two laps from the flag.While the car showed competitive pace on occasion inContinue Reading