First Ducati MotoGP victory inching closer for rapid Marquez in Aragon
Marc Marquez has never been better placed to claim a maiden MotoGP win as a Ducati rider than this weekend’s Aragon Grand Prix.The Spaniard has stood on the top step of the rostrum five times at MotorLand Aragon with Honda, meaning a victorious Prosecco spray for a third of allContinue Reading
F1 Italian GP qualifying – Start time, how to watch & more
F1 began the Italian Grand Prix by welcoming Andrea Kimi Antonelli at Mercedes for his debut FP1 session, while at Williams Franco Colapinto has replaced Logan Sargeant for the remainder of the season. While the latter built his pace steadily, Antonelli got off to a flying start before losing control at the ParabolicaContinue Reading
The “astonishing” speed data that explains Antonelli’s FP1 crash
Andrea Kimi Antonelli’s spectacular 45G crash at Parabolica may not have been what Mercedes wanted, but his brief outing has actually served to further convince Mercedes about his brilliance.In fact, digging into the data of his handful of laps and trying to get to the bottom of how he endedContinue Reading
Motorsport UK scraps plans to restrict series after backlash
Motorsport UK has dropped plans to place a range of restrictions on race series’ calendars and names amid a furious backlash from organising clubs and drivers.The governing body’s race committee had sought to establish greater differentiation between a series and a point-scoring championship by placing limitations on some of theContinue Reading
F1 Italian GP: Hamilton sets FP2 pace in interrupted session
Lewis Hamilton led FP2 at Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix by 0.003 seconds from Lando Norris, while a Max Verstappen Parabolica slip and then a mid-session stoppage kept Red Bull outside the top 10.FP2 was halted for over 10 minutes through the start of the second half of theContinue Reading
How the controversial kerb tweaks have really changed Monza
The €21m-upgrade to the Monza circuit was a key talking point ahead of Formula 1’s 2024 Italian Grand Prix – but now we’ve had the chance to see the real impact of those controversial kerb changes from trackside.Autosport headed to the famous Ascari chicane to see how the cars wereContinue Reading
Wolff backs Antonelli after crash on Mercedes FP1 debut
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff believes a mix of pressure and expectation could explain why Andrea Kimi Antonelli crashed out just five laps into his Formula 1 debut at the Italian Grand Prix.Antonelli was running in place of George Russell in FP1 at Monza to gain his first experience behind theContinue Reading
MotoGP Aragon GP: Marquez remains on top in second practice
Marc Marquez took the first step towards ending a 1000-day MotoGP dry spell by rushing to first place in second practice for the Aragon Grand Prix, shaving over two tenths of a second from the all-time lap record at MotorLand Aragon. The slick condition of the new asphalt improved for theContinue Reading
MotoGP Aragon GP: Marc Marquez beats Aprilias to top FP2 times
Marc Marquez took the first step towards ending a 1000-day MotoGP dry spell by rushing to first place in Practice for the Gran Premio GoPro de Aragon and shaved over two tenths of a second from the all-time lap record at MotorLand Aragon. The slick condition of the new asphalt improvedContinue Reading
Renault engine employees push back in Monza: “Without F1, Viry has no purpose”
Left in limbo by their parent company, the employees of Renault’s under-threat Formula 1 engine programme are making their voices heard at the Italian Grand Prix.Renault chief Luca de Meo is currently working through plans to abandon the brand’s long-time F1 engine programme in France’s Viry-Chatillon and switch to MercedesContinue Reading