Evans leads as Lappi, Loubet suffer high-speed rolls
Evans guided his Toyota GR Yaris to two fastest times from the three stages, to open up a 2.6s-lead over Hyundai’s Teemu Suninen, as the WRC endured a spectacular return to South America’s gravel roads. M-Sport’s Ott Tanak headed to midpoint service in third, 0.1s adrift of Suninen, despite suffering a spin and loss of […]
2026 gearbox “a golden opportunity” for F1 to cut costs
After using customer units from McLaren and latterly Mercedes since its early Force India days in 2009, the Silverstone outfit is currently ramping its own transmission department ahead of 2026, when its new relationship with Honda obliges the team to create a bespoke gearbox. Inevitably, that push has focused Aston’s attention on the costs associated […]
2023 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix – How to watch, session times & more
Francesco Bagnaia heads to Japan with a reduced lead of just 13 points following his third retirement of the season in India last weekend. Jorge Martin is Bagnaia’s closest challenger in the title fight, with Marco Bezzecchi also having an outside shot in third. 2023 MotoGP Japanese Grand Prix session timings Session GMT BST CEST […]
Дэвидсон: Лоусону пошли бы на пользу выступления в Wiliiams
Бывший пилот Формулы 1, а ныне эксперт британского Sky Sports Энтони Дэвидсон считает, что Williams стоит отказаться от услуг американского дебютанта Логана Сарджента и сделать напарником тайца Алекса Албона новозеландского пилота Лиама Лоусона, который оказался без места в AlphaTauri на сезон-2024. «Это говорю не только я, но и все в паддоке, с кем я говорил […]
Hands on with Nikon’s Nikkor Z 135mm F1.8 S ‘Plena’: Digital Photography Review
Nikon has touted the Nikkor Z 135mm f/1.8 S ‘Plena’ lens as its premium mid-telephoto portrait prime for Nikon’s Z-series cameras. Nikon says the lens was designed to capture fine detail hair and skin tones, reduce vignetting and produce circular bokeh with minimal cat’s eye. Night photography and other scenarios with limited sources of light […]
Yamaha MotoGP bike “needs less power” despite rider demands
Crutchlow is making a one-off MotoGP appearance this weekend at the Japanese Grand Prix for Yamaha in order to evaluate a raft of items to aid 2024 development. Due to the regulations, Crutchlow is not allowed to test the 2024 engine prototype that was brought to the Misano test and which Fabio Quartararo said he […]
Франц Тост объяснил переход Red Bull на моторы Honda
Руководитель команды AlphaTauri Франц Тост рассказал, как началось сотрудничество итальянского коллектива с мотористами из Honda и как их работа привела к тому, что на японские двигатели, которые затем принесли несколько титулов Red Bull, перешла австрийская команда Формулы 1. «Начиная с 2014 года, я всегда поддерживал контакт с Honda. Конечно, им пришлось нелегко вместе с McLaren, […]
AlphaTauri’s current F1 form “worrying” for Williams
After a strong run of points finishes for Albon, Williams is currently in a solid seventh in the championship on 21 points, ahead of Haas on 12, Alfa Romeo on 10, and AlphaTauri on five. However, while Williams has no new parts coming through the system for the FW45 as it focuses on its 2024 car, […]
Lappi suffers heavy roll on opening stage
Lappi misjudged the final corner of the opening gravel test (Pulperia, 19.77km) which resulted in instant retirement from the first day of action from the championship’a return to Chile after a four-year hiatus. The Finn appeared to clip a concrete culvert with the front left which pitched his i20N into a series of rolls with […]