Injured Bastianini replaced by Petrucci for French MotoGP round
Bastianini broke a shoulder blade after VR46 Ducati rider Luca Marini collided with him in the Portuguese GP sprint race. The four-time race winner didn’t require surgery on the injury, but was ordered to rest to allow his shoulder to heal. That forced him out of the Argentina GP, while he was deemed unfit to […]
Inaugural FIA Rally Star Women’s winner crowned
The new FIA initiative open to 17-26 year-old aspiring rally drivers aims to provide a pathway for future talent onto the WRC pyramid. Peruvian driver Cilloniz took the title after seeing off competition from Maja Hallen Fellenius (Sweden), Kristie Ellis (South Africa) and Pragathi Gowda (India) at the Maggiora Offroad Arena in Italy on Thursday. […]
Ducati hit with drop in revs for Barcelona
Series organisers announced on Thursday ahead of the start of track action at the Spanish venue that the all-conquering Ducati V4 R Panigale would have its adjustable rev limit lowered by 250rpm, bringing it down to 15850rpm. It marks the second time the Bologna marque has been hit with such a decrease, as the V4 […]
В Формуле 1 перед Гран При Майами скорректировали порядок рестарта
После Гран При Австралии, который запомнился несколькими рестартами и вызванным им хаосом на трассе, Международная автофедерация FIA приняла решение скорректировать правила рестарта с места ради большей безопасности. Новый регламент действовал уже на Гран При Азербайджана, а перед Гран При Майами его поменяют ещё раз. В Баку машина безопасности покидала пит-лейн на 30 секунд раньше пелотона, […]
Ferrari Miami F1 upgrade should go in «right direction»
Ferrari team principal Fred Vasseur said after last weekend’s event in Baku that his squad intended to unveil the real start of its 2023 development plan at this weekend’s Miami race, with further additional early-season tweaks to the SF-23 package expected at the following few rounds. This would come after Ferrari only made circuit-specific tweaks, […]
Impul Nissan’s Fuji performance “unacceptable”
Baguette made the comments after he and Kazuki Hiramine finished a distant ninth in their Nissan Z GT500, one minute and 20 seconds down on the winning TOM’S Toyota in a 450km race that ran completely free of full-course yellows or safety car periods. The Belgian driver took the wheel for the opening stint from […]
How Fuji 450km unravelled for Honda's 'superteam'
The #16 ARTA car that had qualified third and ran second in the early stages in the hands of Nirei Fukuzumi was penalised for a second race in a row for an infraction at its first pitstop, with a drive-through demoting Fukuzumi and Hiroki Otsu to 10th place.Then, with just two laps to run, the […]
Curing key weakness has unleashed F1 title bid
The Mexican’s victory in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has moved him to within six points of world championship leader Max Verstappen and confirmed him as a genuine challenger for the crown. Reflecting on the Baku performance, and especially on the way he controlled the pace at the front — like in Saudi Arabia — Perez […]
Auto Motor und Sport: Дмитрий Мазепин попытался купить AlphaTauri
Российский бизнесмен и отец Никиты Мазепина Дмитрий Мазепин попытался купить команду AlphaTauri, об этом сообщает Auto Motor und Sport. Мазепин-старший предложил Red Bull сумму 850 миллионов долларов, чтобы заполучить итальянскую команду, однако «Красные Быки» отклонили предложение, отказавшись вести дела с российским бизнесменом. С тех пор, как Оливер Минцлафф возглавил Red Bull, всё чаще появляются слухи […]