Power: Rosenqvist “on another planet” in opening IndyCar practice
Rosenqvist lapped his Honda-powered MSR machine in 1m00.339s, almost half a second quicker than his rivals after his off-season switch from Arrow McLaren.The rest of the top 10 were covered by less than three tenths, which moved fourth-fastest driver Power to state that “Felix is on another planet out there”.“Kinda surprised,” reflectedContinue Reading
IndyCar St. Petersburg: Felix Rosenqvist paces opening practice
Running the softer alternate tyres, the Swede dropped a lap of 1m00.3390s around the 1.8-mile, 14-turn temporary street circuit to head the leaderboard in the final segment of the session.The lap from Rosenqvist, who joined MSR from Arrow McLaren over the off-season, put him 0.4722s ahead of former team-mate PatoContinue Reading
Verstappen hopes “impressive” F1 debutant Bearman doesn’t fixate on missing Q3
Bearman made his full F1 debut in place of the appendicitis-addled Carlos Sainz at the 2024 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Friday, jumping into an SF-24 with only FP3 to prepare ahead of qualifying on the high-speed, walled layout in the Red Sea coastal city.He finished 11th in qualifying –Continue Reading
Miller: Altering Qatar MotoGP schedule due to wet track a “joke”
The second practice was shortened from an hour to 45 minutes and the results did not count towards qualifying, following a vote amongst the riders when rain fell heavily prior to the session.While some were initially concerned if there could be any running at all given how wet the circuitContinue Reading
Marquez “not far” in Qatar MotoGP practice but wary of “fake day”
The eight-time grand prix world champion ended Friday’s dry FP1 fourth fastest on the Gresini Ducati and topped the rain-hit FP2.Marquez enjoyed a strong pre-season on the 2023-spec Ducati but has repeatedly tempered expectations, doing so again after Friday’s Qatar running.While noting that he is feeling stronger all the timeContinue Reading
Hamilton: Bouncing still spoiling potential of Mercedes W15 F1 car
Hamilton wasn’t happy on Thursday and switched to a bigger wing for Friday that gave the car more stability, but cost time on the straights.He progressed through the first two qualifying sessions in 11th and 10th positions, and then took eighth when it mattered in Q3, a place behind team-mateContinue Reading
Verschoor loses Jeddah F2 sprint win to tech breach, Hauger inherits victory
A championship statement said both Trident drivers “were found to have had an incorrect throttle pedal progressivity map installed prior to the race which was not in compliance with Article 8.2.6 of the Technical Regulations”.Verschoor had beaten Hauger to secure his fourth victory in F2 by 0.700s after 20 lapsContinue Reading
MotoGP champion Bagnaia says rookie Acosta “must be left alone”
The 19-year-old reigning Moto2 champion made his official MotoGP debut on Friday at the Losail International Circuit with the KTM-backed Tech3 GasGas squad.Leading both sessions at various stages, Acosta was third overall in the dry FP1 and third in the rain-hit second outing to cap off a first day thatContinue Reading
Saudi Arabian GP: F1 team-mates’ qualifying duels
In a new feature on Autosport.com for 2024, following every F1 qualifying session we will update each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results, so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time dueContinue Reading
Verstappen suggests Red Bull F1 future linked to Marko’s fate
It emerged in Saudi Arabia on Friday that Marko is at risk of being suspended by the energy drinks company amid a fresh investigation into recent leaks to the media.It is understood that the Austrian Red Bull company is looking into how information relating to the confidential investigation into teamContinue Reading